# Peruvian Music

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peruvian-music/354806>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 30, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peruvian-music/354806 "2006-04-30T04:06:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Questmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a6a055/32.png) [@Questmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Questmaster)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peruvian-music/354806/1 "2006-04-30T04:06:27Z")

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I was in Cuzco, Peru recently and there was this particular piece of music played on a flute there. I heard it dozens of times. Does anybody know the title or where I can get a copy of the song. I know this is very vague but maybe somebody can guess what I’m referring to.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peruvian-music/354806/2 "2006-04-30T04:23:30Z")

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I was in Cuzco recently as well. I heard “El Condor Pasa” played several times – this is ther Andean song incorporated into the Simon and Garfunkel hit “If I Could”. If that’s not it, maybe one of these:

[http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1102893/a/Traditional+Music+Of+The+Incas:+Flute+And+Indian+Music+From+Ecuador,+Peru+And+Bo.htm](http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1102893/a/Traditional+Music+Of+The+Incas:+Flute+And+Indian+Music+From+Ecuador,+Peru+And+Bo.htm)

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peruvian-music/354806/3 "2006-04-30T04:41:48Z")

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Go figure, I came in here to say Simon and Garfunkel too.

Never been to Peru, but in Oaxaca, Mexico I saw a Peruvian band play, and they also kept doing El Condor Pasa. They really love that song.

Note that Peru had the song before (probably long before) S&G did, but for some reason when I first heard it I got the idea that Peru had ripped it off S&G! 🙂