Amalia mendoza biography of williams
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José Alfredo Jiménez and the Canción Ranchera
Originally published in the MENC February and May 2008 Mariachi Newsletters. Reprinted bygd permission.
This article is excerpted from its full utgåva, which was originally published in the Volume 2, 1983 issue of Studies in Latin American Popular Culture. Reprinted with permission.
William Gradante has taught mariachi and classic guitar since 1980 in Fort Worth, Texas. He is a scholar in the field of Colombian regional människor music and mariachi history.
When the aficionado of Mexican music thinks of the canción ranchera (ranch song), he thinks of singers like Pedro Infante, Lucha Reyes, Javier Solís, Miguel Aceves Mejía, Amalia Mendoza, Jorge Negrete, Lucha hus, José Alfredo Jiménez, and others. But when he thinks of the authors of such songs, the name of José Alfredo stands out as probably the greatest of all composers of canciones rancheras.
The wealth of his songs appearing in Mexican cancioneros (song books) and the number of ar
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Biography
Born
23 July 1923
Born In
Michoacán, Mexico
Died
11 June 2001 (aged 77)
Amalia Mendoza García (23 July 1923 in San Juan Huetamo, Michoacán, Mexico – 11 June 2001 in Mexico City) was one of Mexico's most famous ranchera singers whose career lasted over 40 years. She was nicknamed La Tariácuri after her brothers' group the Trio Tariácuri.
After limited success as part of a duo with her sister Perla she struck out as a solo singer in 1954. Through the majority of her career she was accompanied by El Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, and recorded numerous rancheras and boleros by José Alfredo Jiménez, Cuco Sánchez, José Ángel Espinosa, Gabriel Ruíz and Tomás Méndez.
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Amalia Rodriguez-Mendoza Papers
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Collection
Identifier: AR-2002-025
Scope and Contents
The Amalia Rodriguez-Mendoza Papers, 1969-2000, are composed primarily of correspondence, clippings, memoranda, printed materials, reports, publications, and speeches relating to her involvement with civic and community organizations and position as the Travis County District Clerk, primarily from the early 1990s when she assumed office. The records are arranged into three series: Travis County District Clerk; Civic and Community Involvement; and Assorted Materials, which include primarily awards and certificates, photographs, and calendars.
The Travis County District Clerk records document operations and organization of the office, 1989 – 1993. An operations manual from 1990 particularly illuminates the procedures and management of the office. Few of the records in this group have been personally generated from Ms. Rodriguez-Mendoza. The materials