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Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
Contributing Institution:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Title: Anthony Beltramo Collection
Creator:
Beltramo, Anthony 1927 -
Identifier/Call Number: 87
Physical Description:
2 linear feet
(2 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1949-2004
Abstract: The Anthony Beltramo Collection includes song sheets, instruction books, and other published materials related to Mexican
popular music of the 1950s-1970s. Anthony Beltramo, professor and admirer of Mexican American music and folkore, collected
these items over several decades.
Language of Material: Collection materials in Spanish.
Physical Location: Collection stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Chicano Studies
Research Center for paging information.
Open for research.
Donated by Anthony Beltramo. Deed on file at the UCLA CSRC Library Archive.
The files are in the order determined by the initial archivist.
Anthony Beltramo (PhD, Stanford 1972) was part of the Spanish faculty at the University of Montana until retiring in 2005.
He taught Spanish, applied linguistics, and 2nd-language pedagogy with a research focus on language retention in U.S. Hispanic
communities, and English-language influences on the Spanish spoken there. Since the 1960s, when he studied and taught in Mexico,
he has maintained a strong personal interest in Mexican and Mexican American music and folklore. An amateur clarinetist and
guitarist, he relished opportunities to participate, for example, in the Banda Municipal de Torreón and in conjuntos with
colleagues and students, and he often used music in his teaching. Activities over the years (aside from his academic work)
included forming a mariachi band, tracking down and recording the performance of corridos as well as other Latino musical
styles, and documenting these in Montana as part of the state's oral history. These are song sheets and instruction books
he has collected over several decades.
[Identification of item], [Box/Folder], Anthony Beltramo Collection, 87, Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California,
Los Angeles.
The collection was initially processed in 2010. The finding aid was edited and revised by Doug Johnson, August 2018.
The Anthony Beltramo Collection includes song sheets, instruction books, and other published materials related to Mexican
popular music of the 1950s-1970s.
These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user
must assume full responsibility for any use of materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication
rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mariachi
Music--Mexico
Songs--Texts
Musical instruments--Instruction and study