Música Tejana: The Cultural Economy of Artistic Transformation

by Manuel H. Peña and Manuel Peña

Book Overview

Texas-Mexican music, or m sica tejana, is not one single music but several musical and musico-literary genres, ensembles, and their styles, encompassing the corrido, canci n, and what author Manuel Pe a calls the canci n-corrido. M sica tejana also includes two major regional ensembles and their styles--the conjunto and the Texas-Mexican version of the orquesta....

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890968888
• ISBN13: 9780890968888
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"