Alamo Musical Echoes

Fiddling & dancing at the Alamo

Music and dance are only rarely mentioned in eyewitness accounts of the siege of the Alamo. But the joining together of men from diverse backgrounds, desperate, yet determined to go down fighting for the cause of freedom, would undoubtedly have given rise to a wealth of music and dances. The Alamo defenders could have shared them whole-heartedly, had the circumstances been less dramatic.
As it became clear to them that they were doomed, they probably thought back upon their lives, seeking courage and comfort from their memories. Perhaps the thought of a jolly celebration, with music and dances from a distant home, momentarily distracted them from their present predicament. In the absence of specific documentation, the only way to surmise the sort of tunes they might have sung, played, or danced to cheer themselves is to refer to their ancestral traditions.

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