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The erkencho
The erkencho
Edgardo Civallero
2017
Edgardo Civallero (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1973) is a musician, Civallero, Edgardo
instrument builder, researcher, teacher and writer with a general The erkencho / Edgardo Civallero. – Madrid : Edgardo Civallero, 2017.
interest in Latin American music, a particular enthusiasm for Andean 21 p. : ill..
genres and instruments and a special leaning towards indigenous 1. Music. 2. Aerophones. 3. Clarinet. 4. Erkencho. 5. Erke. 6. Irqi. I.
musical heritage. Civallero has a degree in Librarianship and Civallero, Edgardo. II. Title.
Information Sciences (LIS) from National University of Córdoba
(Argentina), where he also studied History (Archaeology and © Edgardo Civallero, 2017
Anthropology branch). After years of fieldwork, he specialized in the © of this digital edition, 2017, Edgardo Civallero
collection and management of oral tradition and music, as well as in Design of cover and inner pages: Edgardo Civallero
indigenous knowledge and library services for indigenous societies. In
the music area, he has served since 1990 as a player of Latin “The erkencho” is distributed under a Creative Commons license
American/Andean (traditional, indigenous) wind instruments. His Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareALike 4.0 International. To see a
musical career has run parallel to his dedication and commitment copy of thislicense, please visit:
towards research, education and spread of knowledge. In this
direction point his educative projects, promoting a series of cultural https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
and formative activities on traditional Latin American sound heritage.
As well as a number of digital, open-access books and articles, whose Contents available in:
aim is to spread information not only on Latin American instruments
and musical styles, but also on those performing those rhythms and https://www.unsurdesonidos.org/
the ethnic, cultural and historical framework that surrounds them. https://www.bibliotecario.org/
Image 6.
Bolivian erke.
[Photo: http://www.mimo-db.eu/].
Image 7.
Argentinean erkenchos.
[Photo: http://www.kaypacha.com.ar/].
Image 10.
Argentinean player of erkencho.
[Photo: http://pallcafilm.blogspot.com.es/].
Image 8.
Argentinean erkencho [http://www.herrimusika.org/].
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Argentinean erkencho [http://wiki.educacionmusical.es/].
Local variations
Image 15.
Argentinean player of erkencho.
[Photo: http://www.fotorevista.com.ar/].
Images Image 11. Player of erkencho in the Festival del Queso y la
Copla in Chorrillos, Jujuy (Argentina). FotoRevista.
http://www.fotorevista.com.ar/SFotos/12/09/02/1209020
Image 6. Bolivian erke. Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en
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Geschiedenis (Brussels, Belgium). http://www.mimo-
db.eu/media/KMKG-MRAH/IMAGE/1990.028.jpg
Image 12. Player of erkencho in the Festival del Queso y la
Copla in Chorrillos, Jujuy (Argentina). FotoRevista.
I m a g e 7 . A r g e n t i n e a n e r ke n c h o s . K a y p a c h a .
http://www.fotorevista.com.ar/SFotos/12/10/19/1210190
http://www.kaypacha.com.ar/instrumentos/erquencho/er
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I m a g e 8 . A r g e n t i n e a n e r ke n c h o . S o i n u e n e a .
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