'El Condor Pasa' by Daniel Alomía Robles

Officially recognized as part of the national cultural heritage of Peru, "El Cóndor Pasa" is considered to be a second national anthem. The work was made famous outside of Peruvian/Latin American culture in the 1960’s by the American pop group, Simon and Garfunkel, as the song, "If I Could." Paul Simon heard the song in Paris and was assured that the song was an Andean folk melody. After it was released, the son of Daniel Alomía Robles (1871-1942) successfully sued to have his father’s name recognized as the composer, as Robles had copyrighted the song in 1933 in the United States. As the lawsuit was settled by the parties, Robles’ son went on to write new Spanish lyrics for Simon’s version.

This arrangement for flute, marimba, and guitar more closely resembles the original orchestral version. This performance features Staff Sgts. Sonia Dell’Omo on flute, Jake Harpster on marimba, and Jan Knutson on guitar.

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[carlossaavedrafuentes]

As a Peruvian citizen living in USA, this is a wonderful sense that make my cries in my soul, thanks USA Army, for recognize our culture. God bless America

[sueperez]

This was very nice and comforting to listen to. Thank you for your service 🇺🇸 and God Bless 🙏

[felix]

Very nice melody representative from my Country, greetings from Perú.

[realufosbykeithchapman]

That sounds so good God bless you guys 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🇺🇲

[NoLandMandi]

it's sad you see thoes bright, young, and smart American youngs go through the war machine with the greatest intentions to bring peace to the world and defend the week against the wicked, but in the end after so many sacrifices and unimaginable losses and heartbreaks, they come back broken, unwanted, suspension and an outcast.
my 1st cousin, as close as my brother to me, the smartest boy by far in our pack, very much an elite athlete, and so full of life you would imagine his energy could run 3 human bodies simultaneously plus a couple of cats and dogs! he joined the US Army and first group to deploy for the very noble reason to protect the USA from radical ideologies and to free the Afghan people from the warlords. he came back a different person. still driven to finish his academic degree in optics and laser-whatever but something damaged his DNA during those years and he dies very quickly from a very rare cancer(s) 1000 miles away from his family and old friends, painfully, for him and for everyone who knows him and loved him and loved by him. didn't lose his positivity and sense of humor until the last day and 21 years later I still get a lump down my throat reminding myself what happened to him and countless other soldiers and how much Afghanistan changed from then if any. some nights I dream of him and his somewhat half broken and a half himself before the war very self-conscious of his physical changes! and somehow I know he's going to go away again and I'm afraid to ask him if he could stay a little bit longer while we both ignore his broker cancerous body parts the elephant in the room and go for a short walk in autumn with gold and red leaves crash under our feet and just silently walk and enjoy the last chance which never materialized.