Banda is a rural Mexican brass band genre from the state of Sinaloa that became popular among immigrant populations of Los Angeles in the 1990s. In contemporary banda, the tuba has acquired a more prominent role than it held in traditional banda. The tuba has shifted from the traditional background harmonic and rhythmic function to a significant and new placement with the front line melodic instruments. The focus on tubas in modern incarnations of banda has helped it become a staple in acoustic and accordion genres such as sierreña and norteña. In many Mexican-American regional ensembles, the prominence of the tuba and its placement within the group represents a shift in its cultural significance, a stronger connection to the Mexican history and cultural roots, in the Mexican-American music community of southern California. This paper uncovers some of the motives and significance behind these recent changes in the role of the tuba in Mexican-American regional genres as well as the cultural connection that the tuba provides for Mexican-Americans in southern California to traditional Mexican music culture.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc804941 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Orth, Jesse |
| Contributors | Little, Donald C., Friedson, Steven M. (Steven Michael), 1948-, Ragland, Cathy, Bowman, Brian, 1946- |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Coverage | United States - California |
| Rights | Public, Orth, Jesse, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
| Relation | Lecture recital: May 20, 2015, ark:/67531/metadc983878, Recital [video]: September 28, 2013, ark:/67531/metadc275832, Recital [audio]: September 28, 2013, ark:/67531/metadc802045, Recital: November 3, 2012, ark:/67531/metadc171723, Recital: April 21, 2012, ark:/67531/metadc171534 |
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