>>"El cóndor pasa" is the title of a well-known music from Bolivia (according to Bolivians) or from Peru (according to Peruvians).
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>Hilmar;
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>The composer of “El Condor Passa” was Daniel Alomía Robles who is Peruvian and was written in 1913, according to one source.
Unfortunately, I have heard several Peruvians claim it is from Peru - citing names, as you do. And, I also heard several Bolivians claim it is from Bolivia - also citing names (which I can't remember). That is why I wrote the above - I am simply not sure.
>Some people would say that Simon and Garfunkel wrote it. :) However in their version they did not play the ending which is called a “Huayno”
Ah, yes, I have heard this incomplete popular song.
Although I am not an expert in music, I was thinking to create some MIDI files, with mainly Bolivian music, and place them on the Web - when I have some time. Nothing sophisticated - but perhaps some people might find the alien rythms quite interesting.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
