José de la Rosa
José de la Rosa was a Mexican composer, printer, singer and guitarist who moved to California in 1833, where he became known as Don Pepe. He may have also been the first professional printer in Californian history. He was Alcalde of Sonoma, California, for a time, and played a role in the 1846 Bear Flag rebellion, wherein he assisted in assuring the release of Mariano Vallejo.[1] Rosa documented the oldest-known transcription of Mexican-Californian song lyrics, in a notebook that is now archived in the Southwestern Museum.[2]
References
- Koskoff, Ellen (ed.) (2000). Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 3: The United States and Canada. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-4944-6.
Notes
- ^ Frances E. Watkins (October 1942). ""He Said It with Music": Spanish-California Folk Songs Recorded by Charles F. Lummis". California Folklore Quarterly (Western States Folklore Society) 1 (4): 359–367. doi:10.2307/1495602. JSTOR 1495602.
- ^ Loza, Steven. "Hispanic California". The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. pp. 734–753.
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