Peruvian singers

ggand songwriters

1. Read the text you were given and share with your group. Then, complete
the sentences with the name of a Peruvian composer.
a. was born in Lima.
b. has a leadership position in a national music association.
c. was an orphan.
d. ‘s voice changed after a surgery.
e. died outside the country.
f. ‘s life wasn’t documented due to the deterioration of the recorded
material.
g. was a sportsperson.

2. Now read the text about Lucha Reyes and think of the word which best
fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

Lucila Sarcines Reyes, widely known as Lucha Reyes, ________

born in “El Rímac”, a very popular district in the capital of Peru.
______ the age of 5, due to economic precariousness, she began
singing in the streets to ________ money.
______ 1942 her father died and her mother met another man who,
far from fulfilling a paternal role, mistreated her both physically and
psychologically. Some time later, a fire, caused by a lamp that
illuminated their home, caused the family to move to “The Barrios
Altos”, an area of Lima characterized by being the so-called “Cradle
of Creoleism”.

Due _______ the worsening economic problems, her mother ____________ the decision to
send her to the Convent of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, run by Franciscan
nuns. They educated her until the third grade of primary school and instilled in the values
would characterize her later: her proximity to the humble and her vision of life from a human
point of view. Before being known _______ a singer and artist, Lucha worked selling
newspapers in the streets of The Barrios Altos, as well as working as a laundress, cook, shoe
shiner, and domestic worker.
In the mid-1950s, she unintentionally ___________ part in a very popular amateur radio
program called “El Sentir de los Barrios”, debuting with Sixto Carrera's waltz "Abandonada",
having great success. Since then her voice touched the heart of all Peruvians and she became
an icon of Peruvian Creole music as well a one of the most representative characters of our
culture.

EFL activity created by

Mr. Juan Jorge Valenzuela Valdez.