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"El Cóndor Pasa" (pronounced [el ˈkondoɾ pasa], Spanish for "The Condor Passes") is an orchestral musical piece from the zarzuela El Cóndor Pasa by the Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles, written in 1913 and based on traditional Andean music, specifically folk music from Peru.
Milchberg is represented as the arrangement's co-author because he added two notes which entitled him to collect royalties. In 1970, Simon & Garfunkel covered the Los Incas' version under the name "El Cóndor Pasa" ("If I Could"), adding English lyrics written by Simon, [2] and included it in the album Bridge Over Troubled Water. Because Simon ...
Daniel Alomía Robles was born in Huánuco, Peru, on January 3, 1871 [1] to Micaela Robles [2] and Marcial Alomía, a French immigrant. [3]Alomía Robles said in an interview in 1942 that his first exposure to music was when he was six years old when his mother took him to hear mass in Huánuco, and he began to sing along with the chorus. [4]
Los Incas, also known as Urubamba, are an Andean folk music group formed in Paris in 1956. Founded by the Argentine musicians Carlos Miguel Ben-Pott and Ricardo Galeazzi who was a jazz bassist, musical director of the group and the Venezuelans Elio Riveros and Narciso Debourg.
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.
In the last stanza, he is lying on the ground at night playing his guitar and thanking God for his fingers. Between the stanzas, the song features instrumental interludes, played on 2 flutes, by Los Incas, an Andean group which had previously collaborated with Simon & Garfunkel on "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" in 1970. [4] [3]
El Cóndor Pasa can refer to: El cóndor pasa, Peruvian musical play "El Cóndor Pasa" (song), musical piece from the zarzuela; El Condor Pasa (horse), (1995-2002), Thoroughbred racehorse, named after the Peruvian musical play; El Condor Pasa (If I Could), song by Simon and Garfunkel
Los Jairas created songs that are now classics, such as "El llanto de mi madre," "Alborozo kolla," and others popularized abroad, such as "El condor pasa." [4]: 226–8 Fernando Rios wrote that Los Jairas... highlighted the kena more than the charango. This probably had been Favre's idea...