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Post by Wade Dillon on Mar 21, 2009 2:16:09 GMT -5
Is there any documented, period Tejano music available today?
~Wade
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Post by billchemerka on Mar 21, 2009 7:37:07 GMT -5
Are you looking for modern recordings of songs Tejanos played or were familiar with in the 1830s? Are you looking for songs about Tejanos in the 1830s?
Check out the entries in Music of the Alamo: From 19th Century Ballads to Big-Screen Soundtracks.
Also, the catalog for modern Tejano performers is extensive. A number of them have recorded traditional compositions.
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Post by Allen Wiener on Mar 21, 2009 12:06:33 GMT -5
Wade, If you can find a copy of it, you might start with a cassette titled Remember the Alamo! Mexican & Texian Music of 1836. There is a photo of it, and a brief description, on page 104 of our book. It was produced by Ray Herbeck, Jr., who was Associate Producer of the IMAX film Alamo, The Price of Freedom. In the liner notes (which are worth having alone) Herbeck says: "The historian today is left with mere tidbits of fact from which to reconstruct at best an 'educated guess' at exactly which tunes were played, when and where, and with what instruments." Nonetheless, Herbeck did a great job piecing together an authentic collection of period music, reflecting the diverse Texian and Mexican forms of music at that time. Texian instruments include fife, recorder, mandolin, bagpipies, guitar, drums, concertina, fiddle and jew's-harp. Mexican instruments include cornet, tuba, and drum. Here's a photo of the cassette cover (it was never released in any other format):  AW |
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