Composer/lyricist: unknown
Date of composition: unknown
Date of recording: unknown, probably 1960s – 1970s
Performer/Instruments: Basilia Zavala Camones “La Huaracinita,” voice; accompanied
by violin, guitar, harp, and accordion
Genre: wayno
Form: strophic
Tempo/meter: fast duple

What to Listen for:

  • String ensemble, typical of the Ancash region
  • Two formal sections, including the initial wayno verses and the faster, concluding fuga
  • The characteristic wayno rhythm, clapped during the fuga
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