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  2. Music of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Peruvian music is an amalgamation of sounds and styles drawing on Peru's Andean, Spanish, and African roots. Andean influences can perhaps be best heard in wind instruments and the shape of the melodies, while the African influences can be heard in the rhythm and percussion instruments, and European influences can be heard in the harmonies and stringed instruments.

  3. Huayno - Wikipedia

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    The history of Huayno dates back to colonial Peru as a combination of traditional rural folk music and popular urban dance music. High-pitched vocals are accompanied by a variety of instruments, including quena (flute), harp , siku (panpipe), accordion , saxophone , charango , lute , violin , guitar , and mandolin .

  4. Música criolla - Wikipedia

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    Música criolla, Peruvian Creole music or canción criolla is a varied genre of Peruvian music that exhibits influences from European, African and Andean music. The genre's name reflects the coastal culture of Peru, and the local evolution of the term criollo, a word originally denoting high-status people of full Spanish ancestry, into a more socially inclusive element of the nation.

  5. Andean music - Wikipedia

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    Street band from Peru performing El Cóndor Pasa in Tokyo. Andean music is a group of styles of music from the Andes region in South America.. Original chants and melodies come from the general area inhabited by Quechuas (originally from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile), Aymaras (originally from Bolivia), and other peoples who lived roughly in the area of the Inca Empire prior to European contact.

  6. Category:Music of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Peruvian folk music (3 C, 5 P) I. Peruvian musical instruments (12 P) J. Peruvian jazz (2 C) M. Music organisations based in Peru (1 C, 1 P) Peruvian musicians (14 C ...

  7. Peruvian waltz - Wikipedia

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    The vals criollo (English: Creole waltz), or Peruvian waltz (Spanish: vals peruano), is an adaptation of the European waltz brought to the Americas during colonial times by Spain. In the Viceroyalty of Peru, the waltz was gradually adapted to the likings of the Criollo people. In the 20th century, the genre became symbolic of the nation's ...

  8. List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Peru - Wikipedia

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    'Hatajo de Negritos' and 'Hatajo de Pallitas' from the Peruvian south-central coastline 2019 01309 [15] "'Hatajo de Negritos' and the 'Hatajo de Pallitas' from the Peruvian south-central coastline are two complementary expressions featuring music and singing as part of Christmas celebrations, hailing from the central department of Ica in Peru.

  9. El Cóndor Pasa (song) - Wikipedia

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    The song was originally a musical piece in the Peruvian zarzuela (musical play), El cóndor pasa. The zarzuela is written in prose and consists of one musical play and two acts. Its music was composed by Daniel Alomía Robles in 1913 and its script was written by Julio de La Paz (pseudonym of the Limenian dramatist Julio Baudouin).