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THE MOST POPULAR WALTZES

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Acércate al Perú "Come Near Perú"

This is a waltz which offers a singular invitation to Perú. It is based in the poem of Félix Luna (Argentinean) and the music of the great Argentinean composer Don Ariel Ramírez. The lyrics show the friendship and fellowship between the countries of  Perú and Argentina... This midi is based in the arrangement of Carlos Castro.

Sequenced by Carlos Castro

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El Rosario de mi Madre "The Prayers of My Mother"

Another waltz composed by Don Mario Cavagnaro. ... "Give me back the prayers of my Mother, and keep all the rest, your belonging I will give them back to you any afternoon, I do not want you to see me anymore". (Devuélveme el rosario de mi Madre y quédate con todo lo demás, lo tuyo te lo envio cualquier tarde, no quiero que me veas nunca más).

Sequenced by Ricardo M. Serrano

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Anita

This is a waltz from the Peruvian Old Times (la guardia vieja), composed by Pablo Casas Padilla. It is dedicated to Anita : " ...I will be happy, among your arms I will melt, and through the chords of this humble waltz, I will give you joy"... (Feliz seré, y entre tus brazos me enterneceré, y a los acordes de este humilde vals la dicha entera te la brindaré).

Sequenced by Ricardo M. Serrano

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Aromas de Nostalgia "Nostalgia's Aromas"

From the inspiration of "Moss", with the music of  "grindio", a poem full of nostalgia which remembers the childhood memories of "Moss" with the Peruvian Sea. Oh! Peruvian Sea, I miss you, I long to feel you... I want to come back to you and to enjoy your caresses"... .

Sequenced by Ricardo M. Serrano

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El Huerto de mi Amada "The Garden of my Beloved"

A romantic waltz composed by Felipe Pinglo Alva, ..."If you pass by the garden of my Beloved, when you look up to the horizon, you will se a forest full of spring colors given by the calmness and the solitude of the bushes"... (Si pasas por la vera del huerto de mi amada, al expandir tu vista hacia el fondo veras, un florestal que pone tonos primaverales en la quietud amable que los arbustos dan....)

Sequenced by  Isabel Raygada

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Me duele el Corazón "My heart aches"

A waltz which expresses the pain and suffering of an enamoured heart and soul. It was composed by C. Yeguit based on the lyrics of L. Mendoza.

Sequenced by Jorge Merino

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Mechita

This is a waltz composed by Don Manuel Raygada and dedicated to one of his impossible love: "La Srta. Mercedes".

Sequenced by Isabel Raygada

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Viva el Perú y Sereno "Long Live The Serene Perú"

With the festive notes of the joyful piano, a Peruvian waltz composed by Alicia Maguiña Málaga. The arrangement belongs to the "Grandfather Tatita", relative of  Rómulo Soto, a Peruvian pianist residing in Lima.  

Sequenced by Rómulo Soto

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Porfiria

A very elegant waltz composed by Don Felipe Pinglo Alva and dedicated to the Lady Porfiria, which combines the typical instruments for this type of songs: guitar, saxophone, melodic organ and "cajón".

Sequenced by Rafael Enciso

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La Historia de mi Vida
"The Story of my Life"

From the recently deceased and prolific Peruvian composer Don Mario Cavagnaro, one of his well known waltzes. He gives us in this song the story of his life related to his loved one... The story of my life starts the day you came ...

Sequenced by Walter Curioso

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Zenobia

This popular waltz from the Peruvian Old Times (guardia vieja), describes the anxieties and the care of an enamored heart. ... Ay! Zenobia I love you and cant not forget you, I want to hold you in my arms and be able to caress you, because you are beautiful and so kind to me, Ay! Zenobia you are the only one I love. (Ay Zenobia yo te quiero y no te puedo olvidar, quiero tenerte entre mis brazos para poderte acariciar, por es tan bonita y tan buena para mí,
Ay Zenobia te quiero solo a tí) .... This waltz was composed by Luis Deam.

Sequenced by Ricardo M. Serrano

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Indio "The Indian"

From the inspiration of Alicia Maguiña Málaga, this waltz shows in a very descriptive way, the anguish and pain of the ancient native Peruvians. "The light became shadow, and the Indian was born; the high mountain pain became a man, and the Indian was born, a prisoner in his own land, captive Indian, without hope in his vision, anguished Indian" ...(La luz se hizo sombra y nació el Indio, la puna se hizo hombre y nació el Indio, prisionero en tu suelo Indio cautivo, sin luz en la mirada, Indio sombrío...)

Sequenced by Ricardo M. Serrano

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Sullana de mis Amores "My beloved Sullana"

This waltz was composed by Italo Arbulú. The love of the people from Sullana toward its city is expressed in this melody. Sullana is a city located in the north of Perú, in the Piura Department.

Sequenced by Ricardo M. Serrano

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Quizás un día Así "Probably Some Day in this Way"

From the immortal and best known female Peruvian composer Doña Isabel "Chabuca" Granda, a waltz which expresses the love, the life and the union of a couple, in the glory to love and to be loved.

Sequenced by Ricardo M. Serrano

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Chabuca Limeña
"Limenian Chabuca"

From the Spanish composer Manuel Alejandro, a well deserved recognition to the immortal.... Isabel "Chabuca" Granda.

Sequenced by Ricardo M. Serrano

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Acuarela Criolla
"Typical Aquarelle"

This is a happy and typical Peruvian waltz, which is played in the majority of the Peruvian gatherings and parties. It was composed by Don Manuel "Chato Raygada" 

Sequenced by Dick Robert

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El Plebeyo
"The Peasant"

This waltz was composed by another well known Peruvian composer, Felipe Pinglo Alva. The message of the lyrics tried to stir up and break the old traditions of the Old aristocratic Peruvian times.

Sequenced by Manuel Isa

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Alma, Corazón y Vida 
"Soul, Heart and Life"

Another well known waltz, composed by Adrián Flores, "...These 3 things I offer to you: soul, heart and life and nothing else. Soul to conquer you, heart to love you, and life to spend it close to you ... (Estas tres cosas te ofrezco, Alma, corazón y vida y nada más. Alma para conquistarte, Corazón para quererte y Vida para vivirla junto a tí....)

Sequenced by Jorge Villamizar

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Mi Perú "My Perú"

"I am so proud to be Peruvian, and I am so happy to be born in that beautiful land of the Sun". ("Tengo el orgullo de ser Peruano y soy feliz .... De haber nacido en esta hermosa tierra del sol..."). With those words Manuel Raygada describes proudly, the incomparable feeling to be Peruvian and to have the chance to be born in Perú.

Sequenced by Ricardo M. Serrano

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Cuando llora mi Guitarra   "When my guitar cries"

A melancholic waltz which describes the anguish of a enamored heart in the voice of a guitar. This waltz was composed by Augusto Polo Campos.

Sequenced by Ricardo M. Serrano

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Hilda

A traditional Peruvian waltz ...Hilda you were my temptation.. Without your love, I will only live by the guilt of your bad actions. (Fuiste Hilda tu mi tentación ...Ya que sin tu amor solo viviré por culpa de tu traición...). This waltz was composed by Alberto Haro.

Sequenced by Ricardo M. Serrano

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Amarraditos "Intertwined"

This waltz was composed by the Argentineans Margarita Durand y Belisario Pérez.

Sequenced by María Elena Alcalá.

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La Flor de la Canela "The Cinnamon's Flower"

This a well known internationally and a typical Peruvian waltz. It was composed by Isabel "Chabuca" Granda, one of the greatest female Peruvian composers.

Sequenced by Felipe Polo Wood.

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Fina Estampa "Fine Stamp"

Another popular Peruvian waltz of the Peruvian Old Times (guardia vieja) which was composed by Isabel "Chabuca" Granda" ... "Caballero de Fina Estampa".

Sequenced by Jorge Villamizar.

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Limeña "Limenian"


This waltz was composed by Augusto Polo Campos, one of the Peruvian authors and composers most well known at the present time... "Limeña que tienes alma de tradición".... Anonymous collaboration of the sequence of this midi.

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Nube Gris "Gray Cloud"

Ah... the Peruvian Old Times (la guardia vieja) ...A glorious time in the Peruvian Musical History... "If I depart from you, it is because I finally understood, that I am the gray cloud that blurs your way" ("Si me alejo de tí ....Soy la nube gris que nubla tu camino").... It was composed by Eduardo Márquez Talledo.

Sequenced by Walter Curioso.

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Odiame "Hate Me"

It was composed by Rafael Otero López ..."I prefer hate to indifference, since hate is less painful than to be forgotten... It is hated only what it was loved before"...(Odio quiero más que indiferencia, que el odio duele menos que el olvido ... Tan sólo se odia lo querido)... The lyrics of this waltz makes us think that there is a short distance between love and hate.

Sequenced by Walter Curioso.

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Puente de los Suspiros "Bridge of Sighs"

From the inspiration of Isabel "Chabuca" Granda, a tribute to the well known bridge of Barranco, a place where thousands of Peruvian couples pledged endless love. Anonymous collaboration in the sequence of this midi.

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Regresa "Come back"

A Peruvian waltz that was made really popular by Lucha Reyes, "The Golden Peruvian Ebony" ("La Morena de Oro del Perú"). She was accompanied by the incomparable guitar of Rafael Amaranto. This waltz was composed by Augusto Polo Campos.

Sequenced by Ricardo M. Serrano

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Todos Vuelven "Everybody Comes Back"

A well known Peruvian waltz composed by Cesar Miró. It describes the feeling of thousands of Peruvians located everywhere in the world, or probably also in Perú ... "Everybody comes back to the place where they are born ... Where probably a love flourished long time ago"... ("Todos vuelven a la tierra en que nacieron... Donde acaso floreció más de un amor")

Sequenced by Walter Curioso.