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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.
Antología is a contemporary urban-Andean music group from Peru, founded in 1999 by Dilio Galindo Moreno and José Meza Muñoz. [1] [2]The name Antología refers to a multiple collection of musical works from the popular Andean songbook.
Music of Peru (12 C, 21 P) Pages in category "Andean music" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Rough Guide to the Music of the Andes is a world music compilation album originally released in 1996. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, [ 1 ] the album features the music of the Andes Mountains of South America , focusing especially on the music of Bolivia , whose musicians contributed eleven tracks.
Alborada is a Peruvian group of Andean music and contemporary music created in 1984. Alborada is considered one of the Peruvian exponents of world music due to their combinations of contemporary styles and because its members settled mainly in Germany. [1] [2] Most of their songs are performed in Quechua. [1]
Rumillajta (Quechua: rumi stone, llaqta place (village, city), [1] pronounced ɾʊmɪ'ʎaqta) is a Bolivian musical group that formed in 1980, by Juan Jorge Laura Quisbert, and became one of the most important progenitors of Andean music.
The mountainous, Andean region of Ecuador, the Sierra, is home to a style of music called Sanjuanito. The music of the Otavalo people is well-known worldwide. A small panpipe called the rondador is the most distinctive instrument, but ensembles are typically groups of wind instruments , guitar trios (often including a bandolin ), or brass bands .
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.