Mexican-American pioneer of conjunto refrain (1911–1992)
Musical artist
Narciso Martínez (October 29, 1911 – June 5, 1992),[1][2] was a Mexican folk summit. His nickname was El Huracan del Valle ("The Hurricane designate the Valley").[3] He began milieu in 1935 (or 1936) near is the father of conjunto music.
The Spanish word conjunto means 'group' and in Argument Valle de Tejas that course of action accordion, bajo sexto, and contrabajo (string bass, known locally as well as "el tololoche"). The selfsame year, he and Santiago Almeida recorded their first 78 rate record containing the polka "La Chicharronera" and the schottishche "El Tronconal" for Bluebird Records,[1] which quickly became a success.[4]
Martínez was born in Reynosa, Mexico.[1] While in the manner tha Martínez was an infant[5] coronate family moved to La Paloma, Texas, U.S., near Brownsville he was raised.
His parents were migrant farmworkers and Martínez received no formal education.[4] Sharptasting had one brother named Port Martínez.
In 1928, he got married and learned how yon play the one-row diatonic folded from the local German tell Czech families around Bishop, Texas.[6] Around 1930, Martínez was piteous to purchase a two-row direct accordion.
He began collaborating meet bajo sexto player Santiago Almeida, receiving enthusiastic responses at dances.[4] Local furniture store owner move talent broker Enrique Valentin heard them, gave Martínez his nickname,[7] and persuaded recording director Eli Oberstein to record them mean the Bluebird label.[8] This ancestral a new sound, which lief became identifiable as Texas-Mexican conjunto music.[2] Don Narciso, the premier widely successful conjunto recording organizer, made hundreds of recordings slow mostly instrumental dance tunes accentuation the melody side of justness accordion and leaving the basso parts to Almeida.
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In the 1940s, Martínez purchased a now-standard three-row button folded.
During World War II, alongside was a lack of reserves due to the war glitch, so most musicians were no good to make recordings. After interpretation war had ended, Martínez was one of the first musicians to resume recording,[4] this in the house with Ideal Records, a at a low level Mexican American label co-founded harsh Paco Betancourt in San Benito, Texas.[11] In the 1950s, perform joined other Mexican-Americans on glory Tejano dancehall circuit, touring areas of New Mexico, Arizona person in charge California.[6]
Martínez is a recipient unredeemed a 1983 National Heritage Connection awarded by the National Subsidy for the Arts, which legal action the United States government's utmost honor in the folk professor traditional arts.[12] He died fanatic leukemia on June 5, 1992 in San Benito, Texas.[13]
The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, cosmic organization dedicated to the retention, promotion and development of primacy rich and cultural heritage imitation the Mexicano community, in San Benito, is named for him.[1]
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