Jorge Bravo de Rueda (born September 13, 1895, in Chancay, Peru - deceased November 22, 1940, in the Rímac District of Lima, Peru) was a Peruvian pianist and composer. Inspired by the huyanos of Andean music, he composed the internationally popular tune for guitar and pan flutes "Vírgenes del Sol" (sometimes erroneously "Virgines del Sol"): possibly the second best-known Peruvian song worldwide after "El Cóndor Pasa", it was covered by dozens of interprets, among others Yma Súmac, Los Calchakis, or Los Chacos. As of 2006, the Congress of Peru has a project for a "Universidad Nacional Jorge Bravo de Rueda Querol" named in his honor. Rímac is a district in the Lima Province, Peru. ... Andean music comes from the approximate area inhabited by the Incas prior to European contact. ... The acoustic archtop guitar, used in Jazz music, features steel strings. ... The pan flute (also known as panpipes, syrinx, or quills) is an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe, consisting usually of ten or more pipes of gradually increasing length. ... El Cóndor Pasa is a Peruvian zarzuela, or musical play, and its more famous title song. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Congress (Spanish: Congreso) is the name given to Perus unicameral legislature under the current (1993) constitution. ...

References

• "Sobre Jorge Bravo de Rueda" (in Spanish) down in the page
• Congress of Peru document about the University proposal (in Spanish)

External links

• The song "Virgenes del Sol" (0.02 MB) in free MIDI file, coded by Ricardo M. Serrano
• The song "Virgenes del Sol" (5.22 MB) in free Ogg file, played by Sentimiento Perú
• A list of 38 covers of "Virgenes del Sol" at AMG