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Daniel Alomía Robles

1871 - 1942

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Daniel Alomía Robles (3 January 1871 – 17 July 1942) was a Peruvian composer and ethnomusicologist. He is best known for composing the song "El Cóndor Pasa" in 1913 as part of a zarzuela — a musical play that alternates between spoken and sung parts — of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Alomía Robles has received more than 133,206 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Alomía Robles is the 964th most popular composer (down from 943rd in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Peru (down from 59th in 2019) and the most popular Peruvian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Daniel Alomía Robles ranks 964 out of 1,451Before him are Adolf Bernhard Marx, Juhan Aavik, Alexei Lvov, Joseph Marx, Nicola Vicentino, and Henri Sauguet. After him are Harry Gregson-Williams, Marvin Hamlisch, Attilio Ariosti, Johann von Herbeck, Walter Piston, and Nicolas Dalayrac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Daniel Alomía Robles ranks 102Before him are Friedrich Akel, Benjamin I of Constantinople, Harry Brearley, Gino Fano, Lou Tseng-Tsiang, and Igor Grabar. After him are Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, Nils Edén, Nicholas Adontz, Fyodor Dan, Dénes Berinkey, and José Enrique Rodó. Among people deceased in 1942, Daniel Alomía Robles ranks 151Before him are Xiao Hong, Adolf Mayer, Zsigmond Móricz, Mordechai Gebirtig, Jack Greenwell, and Adolphe Grisel. After him are Ants Piip, Natalya Kovshova, Joseph Larmor, Elmer Niklander, Zofia Zamenhof, and Mahadev Desai.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Daniel Alomía Robles ranks 66 out of 287Before him are Augusto B. Leguía (1863), Teodoro Fernández (1913), Óscar R. Benavides (1876), Hernando de Soto Polar (1941), Manuel A. Odría (1896), and Vladimiro Montesinos (1945). After him are Micaela Bastidas (1744), Henry Ian Cusick (1967), José Bustamante y Rivero (1894), Héctor Chumpitaz (1943), Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (1895), and Ricardo Palma (1833).

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Among COMPOSERS In Peru

Among composers born in Peru, Daniel Alomía Robles ranks 1