A Survey of Music in Peru

ISBN: 9780861590711 (0861590716)
Edition Type: Paperback
Publisher: British Museum Press
Pages: 54
Date Published: 1st Dec 1994

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The African inheritance
popular music 1900-1950 - "musica criolla"
popular music after 1950
Andean popular music - popular "mestizo huayno"
traditional Andean music
"Cumbia Andina" or "chicha" music
urban music to 1986
Andean musical instruments
the Andean harp.

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Visitors to Lima today may wonder what has happened to the native music of Peru. While the music of Brazil and Chile have spread across to other countries, Peru has been left behind. A notable exception to this statement is the immense popularity of the lambada . Today, Peru's record industry and radio are concerned almost exclusively with salsa and rock both of which have acquired uniquely Peruvian forms.

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