Cameoland: A memory play with music (open access)

Cameoland: A memory play with music

This manuscript by Sterling Houston is a short musical play about the history of the African-American community in San Antonio, Texas prior to integration.
Date: 2002
Creator: Houston, Sterling
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Frontera: A play with music (open access)

La Frontera: A play with music

This manuscript of a short musical play by Sterling Houston is about the relationship between an African-American family living in San Antonio, Texas and their new neighbors, a Latino family. Dialogue and lyrics by Sterling Houston.
Date: 1993
Creator: Houston, Sterling
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Music of Robert Xavier Rodriguez (open access)

The Music of Robert Xavier Rodriguez

This promotional catalog provides a brief biography of the composer Robert Xavier Rodriguez and descriptions of several of his orchestral, operatic, choral, and other works that are available through his publisher as either sheet music or recordings.
Date: 198X
Creator: Galaxy Music Corporation
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Divine Music Makers]

Photograph of the Divine Music Makers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band consists of a banjo player on the far left, two guitar players in the center, and a fiddle player on the far right. The Divine Music Makers perform on a stage in front of a large canopied area.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Devine Music Makers]

Photograph of the Devine Music Makers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, band members perform on the Story Telling stage. Arnold Griffin, left, is seated on a stool as he plays a violin. A young girl dances at the center of the stage. A woman, right, plays a guitar. Three others appear in the background.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Couple Dancing to Music]

Photograph of Jim Braud and his partner dancing in the Cajun Country section at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The couple is dancing on the designated dance floor; they are both wearing similar white vests and dark slacks. Other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Band Performing Music]

Photograph of the Opa Band of the New Braunfels Wurst Association performing music at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Accordionist, Ed Kadlecek, is standing and playing the accordion in front of a microphone. The other band members are playing a variety of instruments, including the trumpet, trombone, sousaphone, accordion, and drums.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fiddler Performing Music]

Photograph of Zaragoza Guajardo, second fiddle for the Silveraiders and Serenaders of Devine band, performing at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musician is playing the fiddle as he is turned toward the rest of the band. Other musicians are playing instruments behind him.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Live Music Performance]

Photograph of Kermit Baca, member of the Gil Baca Band, hitting a drum kit on a stage at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The drummer is wearing a white collared shirt with a colorful vest and black slacks. Stage emcee, Chuck Schwartzkopf, is standing on the edge of the stage. He is wearing a short sleeve collared shirt with a tie and gray slacks. Festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Devine Music Makers Performing]

Photograph of the Devine Music Makers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are all sitting in front of a log cabin wall where a collection of guitars are hanging. Sitting on the left is a man playing electric violin. In the middle, a man is playing acoustic guitar, and on the right is an older man playing electric guitar. In the foreground, the back of a tube amp is visible.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Visitors Dancing to Tejano Music]

Photograph of festival visitors dancing to the music of a Tejano band at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers are in the foreground while the band is onstage in the middle ground. Two trumpet players are in the center of the stage, flanked by a a couple of keyboard players.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Devine Music Makers Performing]

Photograph of Mrs. Bruce Roark and Arnold Griffin performing with the Devine Music Makers at the Texas Folklife Festival. Both of them are sitting. Mrs. Roark is on the left speaking or singing into a microphone she is holding while looking at a book. Griffin is on the right playing a violin behind a microphone. He is wearing a cowboy hat, black-rimmed glasses and western wear. In the bottom foreground some stringed instruments are partially visible. In the background a few festival visitors are visible.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Divine Music Makers]

Photograph of the Devine Music Makers performing at the 15th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the Devine Music Makers perform on a stage surrounded by festival-participants. The backdrop of the stage is painted to look like the front of a barn.
Date: [1986-07-31..1986-08-03]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Dancing to Cajun Music]

Photograph of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces, a Cajun band from Port Arthur, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band is playing on a wooden outdoor stage with a sign displaying their band name. To the left of the stage a couple is dancing. Two people on the left in the foreground are watching the band. Large yellow letters reading "Cajun Country" are displayed on a hill behind the band.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Greek Music and Dance Performance]

Photograph of Kali Pauli (The Good Crowd), from San Antonio, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The performers are gathered on an outdoor stage around two microphones. Closest to the microphone are two women in white dresses who are singing, and a man wearing a green hat and playing a stringed instrument. Behind them are other women and two men dressed in white shirts and brown baggy trousers that are gathered just below the knee. The performance is at night but there is ample stage lighting to illuminate the performers.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Steel Guitarist Playing Music]

Photograph of a steel guitarist with the Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces Band, from Port Arthur, Texas, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musician is sitting down and is staring down at the steel guitar; he appears to be playing the instrument. Another musician and other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jazz Band Performing Music]

Photograph of the San Antonio Jewish Community Center jazz band at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musicians are on stage playing a variety of instruments, including a guitar, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, and drums. Microphones and music stands are in front of the musicians.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dancing to the Music of Wurstfest Opa Band]

Photograph of couples dancing to the music of the Wurstfest Opa Band at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The couples are dressed in traditional German folkwear, the men in lederhosen and the women in peasant blouses and skirts. One couple is dancing in the foreground and another couple is visible behind them to the right. Many festival visitors are in the background, watching from the side of the stage.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bruce Roark of the Devine Music Makers]

Photograph of Bruce Roark of the Devine Music Makers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bruce wears a straw hat and a white shirt as he plays a guitar with other members of the Devine Music Makers.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Devine Music Makers Performing Onstage]

Photograph of the Devine Music Makers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing vests and cowboy hats, they are arranged on a gray stage in front of a backdrop of vertical orange banners. The band is made up of fiddlers, guitarists, and a piano player. A little girl is standing at the front of the stage, facing the audience.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Strong Tower Gospel Music Band]

Photograph of Strong Tower, a gospel music band, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman is performing in front of a microphone on a stand. She is wearing a white t-shirt that says "Strong Tower" and is raising her arms. Two other members of the band and instruments are visible in the background.
Date: [1998-08-06..1998-08-09]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Andean Music of Wayanay Inka]

Photograph of four members of Wayanay Inka performing Andean music on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. Texas. They are standing behind microphones in stands and member each holding and playing an instrument. Other instruments and equipment is visible in the background.
Date: [1996-08-01..1996-08-04]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Andean Music of Wayanay Inka]

Photograph of a member of Wayanay Inka performing Andean music on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. Texas. He is holding a wooden flute and is standing in front of a microphone on a stand. An audience and the white roof of a tent are visible in the background.
Date: [1996-08-01..1996-08-04]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Andean Music of Wayanay Inka]

Photograph of a member of Wayanay Inka performing Andean music on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. Texas. He is holding a small guitar and wearing a colorful vest and white hat with multicolored decoration.
Date: [1996-08-01..1996-08-04]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History