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El Degüello
El Degüello is a bugle call, notable in the US for its use as a march by Mexican Army buglers during the 1836 Siege and Battle of the Alamo to signal that the defenders of the garrison would receive no quarter by the attacking Mexican Army under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. "Toque a Degüello" was introduced to the Americas by the Spanish armies and was later adopted by the patriot armies fighting against them during the Spanish American wars of independence. It was also widely used by Simon Bolivar's armies, notably during the Battle of Junin〔http://www.rgcgsm.ejercito.mil.ar/Esc_Jun%C3%ADn.html〕 and the Battle of Ayacucho.〔http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bibvirtual/publicaciones/antropologia/2001_n02/batalla_ayacucho.htm〕
"Degüello" is a Spanish noun from the verb "degollar", to describe the action of throat-cutting. More figuratively, it means "give no quarter."〔 It "signifies the act of beheading or throat-cutting and in Spanish history became associated with the battle music, which, in different versions, meant complete destruction of the enemy without mercy." It is similar to the war cry "¡A degüello!"used by Cuban rebels in the 19th century to launch mounted charges against the Spanish infantry.
==Musical compositions==
Martha Keller's ''The Alamo'' in ''Brady's Bend and Other Ballads'',〔Martha Keller ''Brady's Bend & Other Ballads'' Rutgers University Press; 1st edition (1946)〕 published in 1946, became popularized through Juanita Coulson's folk song, "No Quarter, No Quarter."〔Coulson J., Keller M. ''Rifles and Rhymes'', Off Centaur Publications, 1984 (cassette)〕 In it, Keller wrote, "When they sound the 'No Quarter', they'll rise to the slaughter, when they play 'The Deguello', the wail of despair."
K. R. Wood's 1997 compilation album ''Fathers of Texas''〔(Fathers of Texas ) from the Summit Artists website〕 explains the bugle call and what it meant at the Alamo through song and narration.
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