1920s – 2020sPeak: 1950s
Música Criolla
About Música Criolla
The romantic coastal song tradition of Peru, centered on the vals criollo, a Peruvian reinvention of the Viennese waltz set to guitar and cajón. Flourishing in the peñas and bars of Lima from the early twentieth century, it produced enduring standards of nostalgia, love, and national pride.