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Posted by Romy the Cat on 12-29-2009
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I have a mental sickness for the last 2-3 weeks, I fold in love with a melody and I have no idea what it is. I know that is some kind of 14-15 century Peruvian (?) ceremonial dance. Hypostatically it set to be somewhere in Inca world of the pre-Columbian America but it might be a wide guess. In the fragment I posted below the dance is being played by a full force of symphony orchestra and it make me absolutely horny!

Can somebody who has South America background could identify the melody?  I want more of it. 

http://www.mediafire.com/?xn2zjjznzc2  (the file is 44/16, 30meg)

Rgs,
Romy the Cat

Posted by montepilot on 12-29-2009
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by Simon & Garfunkel

Posted by Romy the Cat on 12-29-2009
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I see thanks. I do not know how who Simon & Garfunkel are but a search indicates that it is by Daniel Alomía Robles written in 1913 and based on traditional Andean folk tunes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_C%C3%B3ndor_Pasa_(song)

Very cool melody, very much in tune with early Mahler semantics. I was looking at YouTube and it is orchestrated.

Even orchestrated like this…


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