The Uruguayan composer José Serebrier was well-known in the United States when he approached the San Antonio Symphony in 1979 with a travel proposal.

For the next several episodes of Momentos Musicales we will travel alongside musicians from Latin America as they cross the border into, for want of a better description, the English-speaking countries of the Americas. We will also sample some of the musicians of English-speaking America as they tour into the Spanish-speaking Americas.

Having helped defeat Nazism in World War II, La Cadena de las Américas ceased broadcasting in 1948.

While covering the 1939 Chilean earthquake, radioman Edmund Chester began wooing his future wife, while CBS radio wooed Edmund, to start La Cadena de las Américas.

By 1943, a network of shortwave transmitters and receivers was strategically located in such a way that a signal originating in New York City could be heard all the way to the tip of Argentina. Music and communication were spread throughout the western hemisphere.

One of Mexicio's greatest composers spent nearly two years in San Antonio, living in a home in the King William area.

Mexicao's celebration of Diez y seis opens Hispanic Heritage Month, but less commonly known is that El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Guatemala all declared independence on September 15, 1821.

The 2026 season of Momentos Musicales gets underway with the history of Mexico's Himno Nacional.

Music bridges cultures across the Americas, shaping a broader and more inclusive view of what it means to be American.

TPR's James Baker looks at some Hollywood films where the setting helps define the sound of the film, from dialogue to music.