Author Question: Explain what Otavalo music is and tell how this music illustrates the Andean ensemble phenomenon. ... (Read 90 times)

vinney12 · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

Explain what Otavalo music is and tell how this music illustrates the Andean ensemble phenomenon.

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Question 2

What is the Andean ensemble phenomenon? Name some performing groups that illustrate this phenomenon. (Examples may vary.)

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beccamahon · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Otavalo music is performed by Quichua musicians from the Otavalo Valley of Imbabura (a province in the Andes of Northern Ecuador)see Cotacachi, a town in Imbabura Province on map of Ecuador in WOM.
The Otavalo Quichua musical-ensemble renaissance is evident from Lynn Meisch's listing of numerous long-playing records recorded from 1970 to 1986nearly all of which were recorded in Ecuador and contained only Ecuadorian music. . . . Otavalo music performed by Quichua Indigenous musicians has now become globalized, part of the world music beat influencing the music made by others, with Sanjuanitos adaptations of sanjuanes seen as emblematic of Ecuadorian music WOM citing Meisch, 1997.

Answer to Question 2

The Andean ensemble phenomenon refers to the spread of Andean music and ensembles (playing traditional Andean instruments and associated music) to other parts of the world. . . . a now-broad phenomenon, both in the Andes and beyond: the itinerant Andean ensemble and the globalization of Andean musics.
Segundo Galo' Maigua and his Quichua colleagues have been to Europe to play. He and his ensemble Conjunto Ilumn performed on CD 3:4 (Ilumn tyiu) discussed above.
Other Ecuadorian ensembles featuring Quichua or Nueva Cancin musics include anda Maachi, Conjunto Indgena Peguche, and Jatari.