Americanity in the Andean Baroque Music (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru): Sincretism and Identities

Abstract

When the colonial cities of the former Inca empire sought to consolidate an identity, the cultural elements of the metropolis were intertwined with the ancient tradition, so syncretism gives a unique character to the Andean cultural manifestations of the eighteenth century. In this work we reflect on our own cultural traits, whose roots refer both to Spanish models and those of native peoples, which substantiate musical creations that are framed in the aesthetics of the Baroque but with distinctive elements of the Andean world. Thus, for example, Marian devotions whose image is identified with a ñusta, are accompanied by their own music, which we present together with other examples of musical and cultural syncretism, from a research work carried out in the archives of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.