Beto Villa (Falfurrias, Texas, October 26, 1915 – 1986) was a Texan saxophonist and considered, alongside Isidro López, the father of the orquesta Tejana.
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- "TSHA | Villa, Beto".
- Manuel H. Peña Música Tejana: The Cultural Economy of Artistic Transformation- 1999 - 0890968888 In the field of the symbolically important orquesta, one man stands out as the consummate mediator — saxophonist Beto Villa, whom we justifiably could call the "father" of the modern orquesta tejana. More than anyone before him, Beto Villa ...
- Guadalupe San Miguel - Tejano Proud: Tex-Mex Music in the Twentieth Century. 2002 1585441880 Page 47 "The two indisputable kings of orquesta Tejana, Beto Villa and Isidro Lopez, for instance, emphasized the new sound of the saxophone in the orquesta.44 Occasionally a small piano or an accordion was used as the key melody instrument
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