Did the Polka exist in Mexico before the Germans arrived?

Question

Some of the music from Mexico sounds like it came directly out of a German beer garden. How and when did this happen?

Answer 1

Here's some hypotheses:

Proximity to Texas and exposure to styles in the area.

Influx of Germans at the end of the 19th century to northern Mexico (hence why the polka-like stuff is called Norteña).

In the 1860s, France invaded and put in a king who happened to be Austrian. Austrian (and thus German) culture thus entered Mexico, and the seeds of the music are thus planted.

Those seems like the most appropriate ideas.

Answer 2

no after