Other recent additions are harps, violins and a variety of brass instruments. Perhaps the best known example of Andean music is the song El Condor Pasa , adapted by Paul Simon. Criollo Criollo music is common all over the coastal region of Peru, La Costa . Criollo includes different kinds of music styles, like the valse , Afro-Peruvian music and marinera . Very popular all over Peru is the valse, the waltz.
Valses are songs about life and love, joy and sadness.
The valse originates from the Viennese waltz, but while the Viennese waltz makes you think of Johann Strauss' waltzes, the Peruvian waltz is more vocal and in many aspects totally different from its European roots. It is a complete new style of its own. A special kind of music is the Afro-Peruvian music. Introduced by black slaves and enriched with colonial elements, it resulted in a unique Peruvian music style. This music used to be very popular in the coastal city of Chincha, Ica, where many black Peruvians live.