PERUVIAN

Musica Peruana
The music of Peru is the product of fusion through
As executors, Jaime Guardia stands out on the
charango, Raúl García Zárate on guitar, Florencio
CULTURE
many centuries. There are many genres of Peruvian Coronado Gutiérrez and Tony Medina on harp;
music: Andean, Creole and Amazon. These can be Alejandro Vivanco on quena and flute; and
classified into music and dances from the Peruvian Máximo Damián, on violin. Creole and Afro-
coast, the Peruvian highlands and the Peruvian Peruvian Music Edit More recent is the Creole and
Amazon. These manifestations are popularly Afro-Peruvian music. Guitars, castanets, Peruvian
known as folk music. Andean Music Edit Andean or cajon and many other modern instruments are
vernacular music comes from time immemorial used. The waltz, the polka, the marinera and
and although it has received the Hispanic others express the feelings of the people. With
influence, it has been perpetuated in huainos, them the "jaranas" and popular festivals are
mulizas, etc. It is usually performed especially at enlivened.
mass festivals and as an accompaniment to
dances.We will limit ourselves to making a slight
list of the highest exponents of Peruvian folk
music: For Áncash, Ernesto Sánchez, the Jilguero
del Huascarán; María Alvarado, Pastorita
Huaracina; and Angelica Harada, the Little Princess
of Yungay; while in the central region the
interpreters Víctor Alberto Gil, el Picaflor de los
Andes; Juan Bolívar, El Zorzal Jaujino; and Amanda
Portales, the Bride of Peru.

By: Vivian Chujutalli Pashanasi