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  2. Peruvian waltz - Wikipedia

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    Peruvian waltz. 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 ...

  3. Eva Ayllón - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.evaayllon.com.pe. Eva María Angélica Ayllón Urbina (born February 7, 1956), better known by her stage name Eva Ayllón, is a female composer and singer, one of Peru 's foremost Afro-Peruvian musicians, and one of the country's most enduring living legends. She held the record for most nominations without a winning the Latin ...

  4. Dance in Peru - Wikipedia

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    El Vals Criollo (Vals peruano) is a subgenre and musical adaptation of the original European waltz, originated in Peru or also called a genre of Afro-Peruvian Creole music. Huaconada (Wanka) is a ritual dance that is represented in the town of Mito, Concepción Province , Junín Region , located in the Central Andes of Peru.

  5. El puente de los suspiros (song) - Wikipedia

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    Granda composed "El puente de los suspiros" in 1960 in homage to a famous wooden bridge over a ravine in the seaside Barranco District of Lima. [1] The lyrics describe a little bridge hidden between foliage, a sleeping bridge between the murmur of love and embraced by memories, a place of pleasant silence. The song goes on to compare the bridge ...

  6. 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.

  7. Music of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Music of Peru. 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 ...

  8. Jorge Stanbury Escudero - Wikipedia

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    Jorge Stanbury Escudero, better known by his stage name Jorge Escudero, was a Peruvian-born Venezuelan singer and composer of popular tango music in the 1950s, who has been called "The successor to Gardel ." [1] Escudero was the son of Jorge Stanbury and Rosa Escudero. His nephew Carlos Stanbury and niece Jennifer Stanbury are also singers and ...

  9. Lima de veras - Wikipedia

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    1948. Genre. Peruvian waltz, música criolla. Songwriter (s) Chabuca Granda. " Lima de veras " is a song written in 1948 by Chabuca Granda. The song is a Peruvian waltz in the "música criolla" style. It was Granda's first published song and is regarded as one of her most important works.