Orquestas Tejanas - TSHA
Jul 13, 2015 · Orquestas Tejanascan be traced to the nineteenth century orquestas típicas of Mexico, five-to-seven-member folk ensembles linked to the rural mestizo population. The musical instruments these groups played …
Other content from tshaonline.orgTejano Roots: Orquestas Tejanas: The Formative Years: …
Part of Arhoolie’s Tejano Roots series, Orquesta Tejanas, is a compilation of some of the important orquesta tejana performers of the 1940’s and 1950’s including Beto Villa, Isidro Lopez, Balde Gonzalez, and Chris Sandoval.
López, Isidro [El Indio] (1933–2004) - TSHA
May 26, 2015 · In about 1955 Isidro López started his own orquesta Tejana. With his saxophone-playing ability and singing talent, he soon established himself as a highly-regarded member of the Tejano music industry. As a recording artist for …
Orquesta Tejana: Its Formative Years Music is a form of cultural communication, and the most powerful forms of music are those which are intimately connected to a people's fundamental …
Beto Villa - Wikipedia
Beto Villa (Falfurrias, Texas, October 26, 1915 – 1986) was a Texan saxophonist and considered, alongside Isidro López, the father of the orquesta Tejana. [1] [2] [3]
Villa, Beto (1915–1986) - TSHA
Dec 7, 2006 · During his career, he created a new musical style for Mexican Americans, the orquesta Tejana, which helped them express both their ranchero (country) and jaitón (cosmopolitan) identities. In 1983, three years before his …
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Desde Conjunto to Chingo Bling | Houston History …
The 1930s witnessed a boom of Mexican American musicians in Houston dominated by two forms of music, the conjunto and orquesta Tejana.
Father of Orquesta Tejana, Vol. 1 | Smithsonian …
Beto Villa (1915–1986) is considered to be the Father of Orquesta Tejana. Villa and his band were dedicated to spreading the influence of tejana in the American Southwest and beyond. This album contains his orchestra’s original …
Tejano music - Wikipedia
Tejano music (Spanish: música tejana), also known as Tex-Mex music, is a popular music style fusing Mexican influences. Its evolution began in northern Mexico (a variation of regional Mexican music known as norteño ).
Tony "Ham" Guerrero Interview - The Arhoolie …
Orquesta trumpeter Tony “Ham” Guerrero was born in “El barrio bulto” in San Angelo, Texas, in 1944. Raised by his grandparents, Guerrero displayed musical ability early on, and he started playing trumpet when he was in the fifth grade.
