The Music of Latin America

• Videos and Audio Sound Files of Music of Latin America

• Clickable Map of South America - http://www.journeylatinamerica.co.uk/map/index.shtml

• Meso and Latin America - http://www.teacheroz.com/Meso_Latin.htm

• European Voyages of Exploration - http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/

• Latin America History Pages - http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/latin.html

• The Age of Exploration - Mariner History - http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/

• LANIC: Music in Latin America - http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/music/

• Latin American Music Center - U. of Indiana School of Music - http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/lamc/

• Papers - Aspects of Chilean Musical Culture - http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~mejane/Aspects/aspects.html

• Musical Fusion in Chilean Musical Cultures - http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~mejane/Aspects/MusicalFusions/PaperEnglish.html

• Chilean Rhythms - http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~mejane/Aspects/CuecaRhythms/rhythms.html

• Chilean Instruments - http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~mejane/Aspects/Instruments/instruments.html

• Nueva Canción - Politics of Chile - http://www.district94.dupage.k12.il.us/english/collin/cancion.htm

• IMC Radio - Audio Files - http://radioactiveradio.org/

• Encyclopedia: Chilean Music - http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Music-of-Chile

Inti-Illimante - http://www.gamisim.com/index_illimani.htm

• Inti-Illimante (with Music) - http://www.inti-illimani.cl/contenido/new_site/index.html

Victor Jara - http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Fl-Ka/Jara-Victor.html

Andean Instruments

• Musical Instruments of Bolivia - http://www.aima1.com/mimbol/

• Wayanay Inka - http://wayanay.com/instruments.html

• Zampona or Siku - http://panflute.net/instruments/siku.html

• Quena (in Spanish) - http://jlfeijooi.en.eresmas.com/quena/quena.htm

Native American Music from South America

• Saraguro: Música - two groups from Ecuador. Includes RealPlayer Downloads and pictures of South American musical instruments (at the bottom of the page on Ruminahui).

• Inka Dances - description of dances and songs, incl. video clips

Quichua

Dating back to the Inca civilization, a language spoken by up to 8 million First Peoples in the Andes region of South America, including Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Columbia.

• Quichua - The Indigenous People of the World - http://www.peoplesoftheworld.org/text?people=Quichua

• Quichua Mashis (audio) - http://www.incasite.com/

• Literatura Quichia - http://tq.educ.ar/grp0134/

The Andean Ensemble Phenomenon: Going Abroad

• Check out this site with audio, pictures, and more on music from the Andes - http://boleadora.com/andes.htm

• Cultures of the Andes - http://www.andes.org/ (audio and video)

• Quecha Songs of the Andes (lyrics and audio) http://www.andes.org/songs.html

• Andean Links - http://www.andes.org/bookmark.html

• Archives of Andina - http://www.puebloindio.org/archivo/Default.htm

• Cultural Survival (Indigenous Peoples) - http://www.culturalsurvival.org/

• Musica Andina - http://www.lelandvandervort.info/andean/

  • Background on Andean Music - http://www.lelandvandervort.info/andean/index.php?mode=music

  • Instruments - http://www.lelandvandervort.info/andean/index.php?mode=instruments

• The Music of Black Peru - http://www.rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/current.articles_detail/project_id/126/article_id/1860.cfm

• Samples from the Soul of Black Peru - http://blackperu.calabashmusic.com/

• Eva Allyon - http://www.worldconnection.nl/wclayout/biografy.php?site_id=18

• Susana Baca - http://www.luakabop.com/susana_baca/ or http://www.hrmusic.com/artists/sbaart.html

• Susana Baca Biography - http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/artists/artist_page.php?id=699

A country that is known for music, but not included in the textbook, is Brazil. Sergio Mendez made the bossa nova popular in the U.S. with Brazil 66. Brazilian music could be a great topic for your ethnographic study. For more information, go to http://www.thebraziliansound.com/sergio.htm.

• The Roots of Brazil - http://www.rootsworld.com/brazil/brazil.html

• All Brazilian Music - http://www.allbrazilianmusic.com/en/home/home.asp

• Music in Brazil - http://www.crab.rutgers.edu/~goertzel/MusicinBrazil.html

• The Brazilian Sound - http://www.thebraziliansound.com/

• Brazilian Music - http://www.brazilianmusic.com/

• NPR Story - Carnival and Bossa Nova - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4651734