Vykki Mende Gray, transcriber, has done an excellent job of producing "Music of Early California," a compilation of ten volumes made between 1999 and 2008, and issued by the San Diego Friends of Old-Time Music (a California Non-profit Corporation).
The magnum opus (it is worthy of that name) is comb bound so that it lies flat when opened at any page.
Some 285 songs, each with sheet music for piano, chords, and Spanish lyrics, clearly printed on good white 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper, are included. A tremendous collection!

Dance tunes mostly are given with directions for the figures, and notes on source are included.

The songs are taken from wax cylinder recordings by Charles Fletcher Lummis (c. 1904) and his printing of the songs (C. F. Lummis, 1923, "Spanish Songs of Old California," songs transcribed and arranged by Arthur Farwell), the manuscripts of the Joseph Maria Garcia Collection, a dance master's fakebook, 1772, Mexico City, and W. J. McCoy, 1895, "Folksongs of the Spanish Californians."
If the song came from a particular source or author or collector, the name is cited. Notes are brief and to the point. Most of the original material is at the Southwest Museum.

The alphabetical index at the front of the oversize rather heavy volume is arranged according to the key word in the title, e. g., La jota vieja is with 'j' rather than La, and El tiempo de ventura is with 't' rather than El.

Copies are U. S. $45.00. Contact Los Californios for this, and a good cd of a few of the songs, at info@loscalifornios.com. Considering the work involved and the (probably) small edition, the price asked is low.

The website is loscalifornios.com.