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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.
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]
El cóndor pasa is a Peruvian zarzuela (musical play) whose music was composed by Peruvian songwriter Daniel Alomía Robles in 1913 [1] with a script written by Julio de La Paz (pseudonym of the Peruvian dramatist Julio Baudouin). This zarzuela is written in prose and consists of one musical play and two acts.
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
"If I Could" (Calaisa song), a 2008 Calaisa song "If I Could" (Wiley song) , by Wiley featuring Ed Sheeran "" El Condor Pasa (If I Could) " a version by Simon & Garfunkel of a song written by Daniel Alomía Robles
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.
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Many preliminary versions of "Chiquitita" exist. It had working titles of "Kålsupare", "3 Wise Guys", "Chiquitita Angelina" and "In the Arms of Rosalita". [3] A revised version, which had a sound that was influenced by the Peruvian song "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" performed by Simon and Garfunkel, was recorded in December 1978 and released as a single in January 1979.