El cóndor pasa
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Key facts
- Composer
- Daniel Alomía Robles
- Official name
- El Cóndor Pasa
- Type
- Intangible
- Criteria
- Work of a great master
- Designated
- 16 March 2004 ; 22 years ago ( 2004-03-16 )
- Legal basis
- RDN 219/INC-2004
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Bridge over Troubled Water
- Composer
- Daniel Alomía Robles
- Performer
- Los Incas
- Image
- El cóndor pasa.pdf
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- form of creative work
- instrumental music
- Commons category
- El cóndor pasa
- title
- El cóndor pasa
- publication date
- 1913-01-01
- copyright status
- public domain
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Encyclopedic overview
"El Cóndor Pasa" ( pronounced [el ˈkondoɾ pasa], Spanish for "The Condor Passes") is an orchestral musical piece from the zarzuela El Cóndor Pasa by the Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles, written in 1913 and based on traditional Andean music, specifically folk music from Peru.
Since then, it has been estimated that, around the world, more than 4,000 versions of the melody have been produced, along with 300 sets of lyrics. In 2004, Peru declared this song to be a part of its national cultural heritage. This song is now considered the second national anthem of Peru.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “El cóndor pasa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.