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San Antonio house party / Le Ciego Melquíades (the blind fiddler).

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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Melquíades, Ciego, instrumentalist.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mexican Americans--Texas--Music.
Mexican Americans.
Dance music.
Popular music.
Texas.
Popular music--Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)--1931-1940.
Popular music--Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)--1941-1950.
Popular music--Texas--1931-1940.
Popular music--Texas--1941-1950.
Dance music--Texas.
Genre:
Music.
Sound recordings.
Physical Description:
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
El Cerrito, Calif. : Arhoolie Productions, [2002]
System Details:
digital
optical
1.4 m/s
digital recording
Contents:
El gato negro (Polka)
Las tres Elviras (Mazurka)
La gripa (Polka)
Alma del Alma (Vals)
Dias felices (Polka)
Beatriz (Vals)
Todos ellos (two step)
Pancho Villa (Polka)
Que Tomas (Two step)
Felicitas (Polka)
La Boradita (Polka)
Tuyo O de nadie (Vals)
Concha (Polka)
Isabel (Vals)
Mary (Polka)
Para mi y para mi novia (Vals fox trot)
Luz (Polka)
Muchachas modernas (Vals fox trot)
Virginia (Polka)
Manuelita (Polka)
Participant:
El Ciego Melquíades, violin ; with unidentified guitar, violoncello, string bass, and (track 7) clarinet)
Notes:
Mexican-American popular music, from south Texas.
Recorded between 1935 and 1949 in San Antonio, Texas.
Compact disc.
Biographical note by Chris Strachwitz ([2] p.) inserted in container.
OCLC:
51972891
Publisher Number:
096297704523
CD 7045 Arhoolie

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