Talk:Vals Criollo

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Hi. Wikipedia has articles for "Vals Peruano" in several languages. I am going to talk about the one in English. It is known that about the origin of this dance that it comes from colonial time, from the Viena Waltzes. Recently I was listening some pieces of French Valse Musette. You can listen the sound is alike Peruvian vals with the 1-2 that goes with the main melody. In Youtube is possible to see some older French people (see "vals musette" and "bal musette") that dance exactly like Peruvians dance it. The Peruvian vals was known in Latin America. As far as I know, Argentinians were composing some valses by their own in the first half of the XX century; you can find them easily in the World Wide Web. Also, that I've listened some Colombian pieces that sound alike, though they are not called "valses."

In addition, need is to say that this music was rooted mainly in Lima and the larger cities in Perú. It is also called "Vals criollo" meaning that it was more related to persons with Spaniard heritage in their blood. The "Vals criollo/Peruano" was to benefit from radio and TV difussion last century. Its golden time was from te '40s to the '60s. Actually is fading because new forms of popular music that goes from cumbia and rock, to the loved Andean music are winning more room in radio, TV and the Internet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kharrub (talk • contribs) 15:52, 6 September 2009 (UTC)