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  Huaynos
It is probably the traditional huayno of Puno that was composed at the beginning of the XX century.
This is an anonymous huayno from Quillabamba, the capital of the Province of Convención, department of Cuzco.
A huayno from Cuzco that describes the importance of the harvest of Wheat in the region.
www.musicaperuana.com /english/huaynos.htm   (1113 words)

  
 Huayno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Huayno (quechua: wayñu) is a genre of popular Andean music, especially common in Bolivia, Peru and Northern Argentina.
Some elements of huayno originate in the music of the pre-Colombian Andes.
Huayno utilizes a distinctive rhythm, in which the first beat is stressed and followed by two short beats.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Huayno   (142 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Traditional Huayno Music of Peru
The Peruvian huayno is one of the principal social dances of the Andean region.
Although it was originally a Native American dance rhythm, the huayno has been adopted by mestizos living in the highlands as their own.
Played on string instruments introduced by the Spaniards, such as harp, guitar, and mandolin, or on the indigenous charango, the huayno has an upbeat tempo, usually in duple meter with two different melodic phrases of equal length being repeated over and over again.
encarta.msn.com /media_461564865/Traditional_Huayno_Music_of_Peru.html   (137 words)

  
 Music of the Callejon de Huaylas, Peru by Elisabeth den Otter
The huayno is typical of highland Peru, and the most popular type of music, song and dance in the Callejón.
Huaynos generally consist of two or three stanzas followed by a faster refrain (fuga).
This mix of huayno and cumbia is called chicha or Peruvian cumbia; a gourd scraper (guiro), typical of the so-called tropical music, is added to the band for this purpose.
www.euronet.nl /users/edotter/peru_cd/peru_CD.html   (1678 words)

  
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Huayno music uses a vast array of instruments, but relies primarily on the violin, charango (a little guitar), quena (a typical Andean flute), drums, and harp.
Although Huayno and Marinera music and dance are still practiced at social occasions, especially in the Northern region of Peru and other places, the Marinera has also evolved into a competitive sport, and is often reserved for dance contests and official ceremonies.
All the best Huayno and Marinera dancers throughout the region and in some concentrations of Andean immigrants in the United States such as Port Chester, New York, and Patterson, New Jersey, look forward to a special celebration to showcase the beauty of the dance and the talents of the participants.
andromeda.rutgers.edu /~latincul/HuaynoMarinerafin.html   (449 words)

  
 Peru : Music & Dance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A hybrid of sorts of the huayno and Colombian cumbia, chicha is an extremely popular urban dance, especially among the working class.
Especially up and down the coast, and in the central corridor of the Andes, the map is a bewildering maze of numbers indicating the indigenous dances practiced in given regions.
The huayno is the essential dance in the Andes, with pre-Columbian origins fused with Western influences.
www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=814&catID=0814020556   (938 words)

  
 Huayno Dance - Culture, Arts and Traditions in Peru by Peru Travels
The dance is performed by couples who perform turns and movements featuring hops and a tap-like zapateo to mark time.
Instruments used to accompany the huayno include the quena, charango, harp and violin.
Some variations of the huayno involve marching bands which have added trumpets, saxophones and accordions.
www.perutravels.net /peru-travel-guide/art-music-huayno.htm   (131 words)

  
 Music of Peru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Raul Romero's recordings of saxophone and clarinet ensembles from the Mantaro Valley have proven extremely influential.
Chicha is a popular fusion of huayno, rock and roll and cumbia.
Perhaps the purest expression of Pre-Columbian music is huayno, which is popular throughout Peru, its modern center of innovation, as well as the other Andean countries of Bolivia, Chile and Ecuador.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Peru   (375 words)

  
 People Like Me Viewer's Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Huayno, also spelled Huaiño or Wayno, is widely recognized as the most representative dance of the Andes, with pre-Columbian (Quechua and Aymara) origins fused with Western influences.
A circle of dancing couples surrounds the musicians, whose instruments may be flutes, drums, harps, and guitars.
Huayno music is played on quena, charango, harp, and violin, however, there are dozens of regional variations, some of which involve marching bands, trumpets, saxophones and accordions.
www.worldartswest.org /main/discipline.asp?i=46   (760 words)

  
 Cultura   Huayno
Huayno, música tradicional de Perú El huayno peruano es uno de los principales bailes en la región de los Andes.
Aunque era tradicionalmente un baile rítmico indígena, el huayno ha sido adoptado por los mestizos que viven en las tierras altas.
Interpretados con instrumentos de cuerda introducidos por los españoles, como el arpa, la guitarra y la mandolina, o con el charango indígena, los huayno tienen un tempo rápido, normalmente de compás binario con dos diferentes frases melódicas de igual longitud que son repetidas de forma constante.
www-fundmed.univer.kharkov.ua /stupag/paul/cultura.htm   (1366 words)

  
 Huayno Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The southern Andean region is famous for the Huayno and Cusco for its Muliza.
Arequipa is the proud creator of the famous Yaravi Arequipeño (sang by many brothers of the Andes) and the Pampeñas.
The central and north coast Trujillo, Lambayeque and Piura; are most famous for guitar hymns like the piuran Tondero, the Limeñan Zamacueca, the Resbalosa and the bands of Marinera.
empathic.en.ogarnij.info /en/Huayno   (12881 words)

  
 CD Review
These conclusions may not be true of all Huayno music, however they are consistent throughout the CD that I have studied.
The Huayno music typically begins with an introduction of sorts, however it is the endings that have caught my attention.
My hope was to have written forms of these cadences to compare and contrast in order to draw some conclusions about the manner in which the performers go about finishing their pieces.
cfaonline.asu.edu /haefer/classes/568/568.papers/2001_4/verinder4.html   (3061 words)

  
 Dances
Huayno: Native dance from the highland regions of Peru, such as Cuzco, Junín, Ayacucho and San Martín.
The key elements in Huayno dance are the "Zapateo" (rhythmic footwork) and "Salto" (rhythmic jumping.) Dancers wear colorful llama wool woven and embroidered costumes.
Huayno music is mostly played with Charangos (guitar like,) Zampoñas (bamboo panpipes,) Tambor (drums,) Quenas (Andean flute,) Harp and Violin.
www.folkloreyafroperu.com /Dances.htm   (570 words)

  
 Huayno Music of Peru
From the solo harpist to the brass band, from the high-pitched duets of the the women to the gruff, throaty sound of the men, there is a little bit of everything on this recording.
The glue that holds it all together is the rhythm of the Huayno and other related dance forms.
“Sung in both Spanish and Quechua, Huayno is a music as rich and spirited as the peoples who perform it.
www.arhoolie.com /titles/338.shtml   (437 words)

  
 Download page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Probably the only couples dance that existed before the arrival of the Spaniards, "huayno" comes from the Quechua word for "youngster" and is the most representative rhythm of the Andes regions.
Obviously Inca-influenced, this particular huayno is performed with the basic instruments: vocal, guitar, wind instrument (saxophone), Andean drum and chajchas.
The muliza's marching pattern shifts into the fugue, an animated huayno that concludes the dance.
www.cesarpaucar.com /Download.html   (671 words)

  
 Peru Tourism Bureau - FOLK - MUSIC
Held to be the most representative dance of the Andes, its pre-colombian origins blended early on with Western influences, spreading into dozens of regional variations.
Its musical structure stems from a pentatonic scale with a binary rhythm, a structural characteristic which has made this genre the basis of a series of hybrid rhythms, running from huayno to Andean rock.
At the same time, although they are different genres in popular thinking, huayno is closer to the marinera than it appears, judging by this refrain from a marinera serrana: “There’s no marinera without huayno / nor huayno without marinera /little Indian girl in the green skirt/the third part of this song is for you”.
www.visitperu.com /folklore.htm   (1407 words)

  
 Huayno De Navidad Facts | Huayno De Navidad Content   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
To the bolivian huay o and the peruvian huayno, the argentine carnavalito also.
In fact, with folkl rica and huayno music representing the andes.
Chihuanco, cullahuada, danzante de la luna, huayno del sol, lamento indio, ojos azules, a las.
www.todosnavidad.info /huayno-de-navidad.html   (1160 words)

  
 Yungay Peru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
author of: Malicious Pichishanca (Huayno) and Hymn to San Pedro.
The Pariah (Huayno), completes track (pasodoble), Bird without nest (huayno), Arrived Rafael (pasodoble), the Inca in Yungay (Weeping of the Inca, Camel)
: Ancashina jewel (Pasacalle), the Palangana (Huayno), Air wanted to be (Huayno), Have a good day (Huayno), Your spots (Huayno), By our good (Huayno), San Juan Baptist (Huayno) and many musical compositions but.
www.huascaranperu.com.pe /musica.htm   (518 words)

  
 Huayno Music of Peru
John Cohen's notes place the music in its cultural-social context and point out the distinctions among the various regional Huayno styles.
“Huayno (pronounced `wino') is the everyday music of the Peruvian Andean people.
Dating back to the Incas, Huaynos have evolved but keep a particular rhythm (a stressed 1st beat followed by two short beats) tunes cover a broad canvas, instrumentals and songs instruments include fiddle, harp, mandolin, accordion, saxophone, guitar, and lute.
www.arhoolie.com /titles/320.shtml   (288 words)

  
 John Cohen Works - Andean Overview
In 1957 Cohen wrote his MFA thesis at Yale University, titled "Contemporary Weaving of the Peruvian Indians." In an unprecedented study, he wandered across the regions of Peru for six months, gathering information from the Indians about how they made their textiles.
In 1989 he produced Huayno Music of Peru, an anthology of commercial recordings from the archives of the Peruvian company IEMPSA, and a second anthology of Huayno recordings from the company Discos Smith.
Finally he produced an anthology of Peruvian music from Discos Smith, From the Mountains to the Sea, covering Andean, Marinera, and coastal music heard on commercial recordings from the 50s through the 70s.
www.johncohenworks.com /andean/overview.html   (547 words)

  
 Drive Me Crazy (DVD) And Various Artists - Huayno Music Of Peru Vol. 2: Discos Smith...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Another entry into Hollywood's late-1990s onslaught of romantic comedies set in high school, starring Hart as Nicole Maris, an attractive, well-liked student who is on the organizing committee for her school's upcoming Centennial Celebration.
Realizing that they might be dateless for such an important event - this is high school, remember - they decide to team up and convince everyone that they're dating, creating a burning jealousy that will most certainly send their real objects of desire running back to them with open arms.
Various Artists - Huayno Music Of Peru Vol.
www.remus-lupin.com /drive.htm   (143 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Huayno Music of Peru, Vol. 1 [Import] [Compilation]: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Huayno Music Of Peru (Series), Various Artists - Intl.
I have traveled in Peru and picked up a taste for Huayno music.
It's not for everyone, but if you like some of the snippets you can access, you will be enthralled by the album.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000001G9   (306 words)

  
 Pilot Guides.com: Travel Writers: Huayno: The Dance of the Andes By Stephanie Smith
We walked to the recreational center, where locals and tourists were gathered in the light of a lone camping lantern, listening to the music of two traditional bands.
Valeria grabbed me immediately and taught me to dance the huayno.
For the next couple of hours, Craig and I were run ragged by locals eager to show us a good time on the dance floor.
www.pilotguides.com /community/travel_writers/dance_of_the_andes.php   (554 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Huayno Music Of Peru Vol. 1 (1949-1989) - Various Artists at Epinions.com
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 Huayno Music of Peru - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
Huayno Music of Peru - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
Huayno is the popular music of the Indians from the Andean mountain regions of Peru.
Many of these indigenous people have left their homes to find employment in Lima and other cities, bringing back a cross-fertilizing element of urban culture and music to their villages.
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 Songsearch: Buy Huayno Music Of Peru V.1 Music CDs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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