Roberto Martinez Collection of New Mexican and Mexican Music (See notes for more song title information)
Collection
Identifier: MU-3
Scope and Content
The collection consists of twenty three sound cassettes, two compact discs with line notes, and eleven 45 rpm discs of commercial recordings, dating 1979 to 1994. They contain popular New Mexican and Mexican music performed by Roberto MartÃnez, his son, Lorenzo, daughter, Debbie, the music group, Los Reyes de Albuquerque, and other MartÃnez family members. The discs and cassettes have been reformatted to CDs. The collection contains various types of New Mexican folk music, originating from the 1930's on, including inditas or ballads, popular mariachi songs, traditional dance music, polkas, and others. All songs are in Spanish.
Dates
- 1979-1994
Language of Materials
Spanish
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publications or distribution.
Historical Note
Roberto Martinez and Los Reyes de Albuquerque, photograph courtesy of Rob Martinez, son
Roberto Martinez and Debbie Martinez, photograph courtesy of Rob Martinez, son
In 1962, Roberto MartÃnez founded the music group, Los Reyes de Albuquerque. The group performed traditional New Mexican music reflecting the influence of Mexican culture on New Mexican Hispanic life.
Roberto Martinez and Debbie Martinez, photograph courtesy of Rob Martinez, son
In 1962, Roberto MartÃnez founded the music group, Los Reyes de Albuquerque. The group performed traditional New Mexican music reflecting the influence of Mexican culture on New Mexican Hispanic life.
Extent
26 CDs + liner notes
Abstract
Collection contains commercial recordings, dating 1979 to 1994, of popular New Mexican and Mexican music performed by Roberto Martinez, his son, Lorenzo, daughter, Debbie, the music group, Los Reyes de Albuquerque, and other Martinez family members.
Separated Material
45 rpm records, cassettes, and archival master CDs are stored in B3.
General
Contact Information
- Center for Southwest Research
- Zimmerman Library
- University of New Mexico
- Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-1466
- Phone: 505-277-6451
- Fax: 505-277-0530
- Email: cswrref@unm.edu
- URL: http://eLibrary.unm.edu/cswr
General
Processing Information
Original audio cassettes were reformatted to CD in October 2009.
- Folk dance music -- New Mexico
- Folk music -- New Mexico
- Inditas
- John Donald Robb Archive of Southwestern Music
- Mariachi
- Martinez, Debbie
- Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- Music
- Polkas
- Popular music -- Mexico
- Popular music -- New Mexico
- Songs, Spanish -- Mexico
- Songs, Spanish -- New Mexico
- Sound recordings
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Roberto Martinez Collection of New Mexican and Mexican Music, 1979-1994
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Monique Durham
- Date
- ©2000
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//University of New Mexico::Center for Southwest Research//TEXT (US::NmU::MU 3::New Mexican and Mexican Music from the Collection of Roberto Martinez)//EN" "nmu1mu3.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451