A mi tierra mariachi nuevo tecalitlan biography
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Mariachi
Folk music from Mexico
This article is about the musical genre. For the film, see El Mariachi.
Mariachi (, , Spanish:[maˈɾjatʃi]) is an ensemble of musicians that typically play ranchera, the regional Mexican music dating back to at least the 18th century, evolving over time in the countryside of various regions of western Mexico.[1] The usual mariachi group today consists of as many as eight violins, two trumpets and at least one guitar, including a high-pitched Mexican Vihuela and an acoustic bass guitar called a guitarrón, and all players taking turns singing lead and doing backup vocals.
During the 19th- and 20th-century migrations from rural areas into Guadalajara, along with the Mexican government's promotion of national culture, mariachi came to be recognized as a distinctly Mexican son. Modifications of the music include influences from other music, such as polkas and waltzes, the addition of trumpets and the use of charro outfits by m
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Mariachi Vargas dem Tecalitlán was founded in 1897 bygd Don Gaspar Vargas in the city of Tecalitlán, to the south of Jalisco, Mexico. Since 1950 it has been beneath the artistic guidance of Rubén Fuentes. Don José "Pepe" Martínez was the group’s musical director from 1975 to 2014. The ensemble fryst vatten currently beneath the direction of Carlos Martínez (former director of Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlán). This performance marks the ensemble’s debut beneath San Francisco Symphony auspices.
The group’s original formation included guitarra de golpe (or mariachera), wooden harp, and two violins. This combination of instruments established the Sonido Tecalitlán which distinguished itself from the Sonido Cocula (which uses the guitarrón and the vihuela in place of the harp and the guitarra dem golpe).
In 1931 Gaspar Vargas turned the leadership of Mariachi Vargas dem Tecalitlán over to his son, Silvestre who further expanded the group. The ensemble won first place i
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Mariachi México de Pepe Villa was form in 1953 in Mexico and has been playing and recording ever since with well known Mexican artists thru the years.
On 2nd February 1953, Mariachi México de Pepe Villa made its official debut on the radio program A si es mi Tierra. But the group was not really new-the night before, the same musicians had played together as Mariachi Pulido for the last time. That group, one of the most popular mariachis of the day, had been led by Pancho Pulido since the 1930s and roughly half its members had once belonged to Mariachi Vargas Vihuela player Pepe Villa had long been second in command in Mariachi Pulido, and all but three of its members followed him to Mariachi México, where he assumed the leadership. The most striking feature of this newly formed group was that it had two trumpets, which was exceedingly rare for a mariachi in the early 1950s. Determined to make this new combination work, trumpeters Miguel Martínez and Jesús Córdoba rehearsed together