History of Tejano Music. “Texas” comes from the Hasinai word táysha, meaning “friend.”
The Hasinai Confederation is part of the Caddo Nation Native American tribe from East Texas. The Caddo were one of the hundreds of different tribes that first inhabited the Texas – Mexico region. Today, many Tejanos trace their roots to the indigenous Native American, Mexican, Spanish, and African cultures. A Tejano is more commonly known as a Texan of Mexican heritage with a history that goes back even to a time where Texas land was Mexican land. Mexican musicians in the Texas region used music as storytelling during the Mexican Revolution. When Texas became a state, many Mexicanos were forced to give up land, move to Mexico, or assimilate as a “Mexican – American.” South Texas, having the closest proximity to Mexico became the birthplace of Tejano Music with Alice, Texas being the first Texas city to ever record a Tejano album in the mid 1940’s.
We hope you enjoy this first feature of Tejano music. 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. Worldwide - the largest accordion internet site with weekly news from around the world about festivals, competitions seminars, artists, concerts, masterclasses, events, CD reviews, videos, celebrity interviews, information about accordion producers and th. Believe it or not, it all began in the middle of the nineteenth century in Germany.
Yes, the diatonic accordion, the main instrument of Tex-Mex music, was created by Friedrich Buschman, whose fellow country-men emigrated to the state of Texas, around 1890, to work the fields, and the construction of railroad lines in Northern Mexico. During lunch breaks, the recent arrivals played waltzes and polkas, while Mexican-Americans, better know as Chicanos, listened to the fantastic resonance.
Little by little, locals began making the small-buttoned instrument their own, and in time, the mazurkas became «corridos» of love and despite, and began to be danced and tapped, real close together, from the Valley of Texas, to Nuevo Laredo. In 1935, Mr. Santiago Jiménez was the first to make recordings of polkas, northern «corridos», «rancheras», and «guapangos» in Spanish. As a child, Leonardo «Flaco» Jiménez used to go with his father to their «tocadas» (presentations).
What is Tejano Music? Tejano music is from the Mexican origin population of Texas and is sung in Spanish.
While Tex-Mex is not Tejano because Tex-Mex is bilingual, as in the Texas Tornados song, “Hey Baby, Que Paso.” Regional Mexican and Musica Tejana, not Tejano, are all-inclusive of the sounds of the different ensembles such as orquesta, conjunto, norteño, grupo, banda, mariachi, trio, tropical/cumbia, vallenato and includes Tejano. (Burr, 1999, Peña, 1999) Tejano music incorporates many standard evergreen Mexican music compositions in the ranchero style such as “Tu, Solo, Tu,” and “El Rey” by Jose Alfredo Jimenez. The name Tejano refers more so to a geographic area than a blending or mixing of cultures, since Mexican music created in Texas or the sounds of Mexican popular music as developed in Texas are now heard around the world.
Only a few Tejano bands play polkas or waltzes and they definitely do not have flutes. Emilio Navaira. Emilio Navaira - Como le Hare. Biography. Selena, "Queen of Tejano" Biography. Born: April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas Died: March 31, 1995 in Corpus Christi, Texas Trivia: Selena was a Texas girl and only spoke kitchen Spanish.
She learned to sing her Spanish songs phonetically but later took intensive Spanish classes. Early Days: Selena was the youngest of three children born to Mexican-American Abraham Quintanilla and Marcella. Her father loved music and formed a band with Selena, sister Suzette and brother A.B. (A.B. Quintanilla Sr. had performed as a vocalist with "Los Dinos" (The Boys) when he was young so when he opened a restaurant named "Papagallos" a few years later, the newly formed band Selena Y Los Dinos were the featured performers. Quintanilla pulled Selena out of school when she was in the eighth grade so that she could stay on the road.
First Albums: In the beginning, Selena y Los Dinos was a small band comprised primarily of Selena, Suzette and A.B. The World Notices Selena: For the next 7 years, Selena would continue to win award after award. Selena - I Could Fall In Love. Selena - Bidi Bidi Bom Bom. Selena - Como La Flor & Baila Esta Cumbia.
Tex-mex music & examples.