Title: Música tejana : the cultural economy of artistic transformation /
Authors: Peña, Manuel H., 1942-
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Mexican Americans Texas Music History and criticism.; Tejano music Texas History and criticism.; Tejano music History and criticism.
Abstract: Pena traces the history of musica tejana from the fandangos and bailes of the nineteenth century through the cancion ranchera and the politically informed corrido to the most recent forms of Tejano music.
Contents: Introduction: Music as culture and as spectacle -- Music of the nineteenth century: An overview -- Vocal music of the twentieth century -- The Texas-Mexican conjunto -- The Orquesta Tejana -- Le Onda Chicana: Pinnacle of the Orquesta tradition -- Tejano: Music of the Post-Chicano Era -- Selected discography.