Lydia Mendoza's life in music : norteno tejano legacies = La historia de Lydia Mendoza / Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Broyles-González, Yolanda, 1949-

Series:

American musicspheres.

American musicspheres

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Singers--United States--Biography.

Singers.

Tejano music--History and criticism.

Tejano music.

Mendoza, Lydia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Historia de Lydia Mendoza

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lydia Mendoza began her legendary musical career as a child in the 1920's, singing for pennies and nickels on the streets of downtown San Antonio. She lived most of her adult life in Houston, Texas, where she was born. The life story of this Chicana icon encompasses a 60-year singing career that began with the dawn of the recording industry in the 1920's and continued well into the 1980's, ceasing only after she suffered a devastating stroke. Her status as a working-class idol continues to this day, making her one of the most prominent and long-standing performers in the history of the recording

Contents:

Contents; About This Book; Brief Chronology; I: Let's weave that story by telling it; II: Vamos hilvanando aquella historia: platicándola; III: Background and analysis; Notes; Appendix; Index

Notes:

Accompanied by sound disc of a performance by the singer.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-028444-7

1-280-91447-5

1-282-23514-1

9786610914470

9786612235146

0-19-535199-1

OCLC:

252683015