Lima de veras

"Lima de veras" is a song written in 1948 by Chabuca Granda. The song is a Peruvian waltz in the "música criolla" style. It was Granda's first published song and is regarded as one of her most important works.

"Lima de veras"
Song by Chabuca Granda
Released1948
GenrePeruvian waltz, música criolla
Songwriter(s)Chabuca Granda

Composition

"Lima de veras" was Granda's first published song.[1][2] The song was written in 1948 when two Colombian friends, Armida Cárdenas Moreno and Simón Arboleda, challenged her to a competition in which Granda was to compose a waltz while they composed a bolero. Granda's composition was "Lima de veras".[3][4]

The song has four parts. In the first part, the lyrics describe the city's wooden balconies and speak of the city with nostalgia, as a "calm illusion" and "beautiful truth." The second part describes a dance that interrupts the flow of light and creates shadows. The third section describes a Lima party and proclaims love for a city where life is defined by dances, flavors, and traditions. The final section, a fugue, tells of the departure of a sailor from Lima and his longing for the city.[5]

Without Granda's knowledge, her friends entered the song in a songwriting competition held in the Rímac District of Lima. Granda's competition won the grand prize, launching her career as a writer and composer.[6][7][8]

Recording history

In the 1950s, the song was recorded by a musica criolla trio, Los Morochucos.[9]

In 1961, Mario Cavagnaro, the head of the "Sono Radio" record label, proposed an album compiling Granda's best compositions. The album was titled "Lo mejor de Chabuca Granda" ("The Best of Chabuca Granda"). Granda was allowed to select her favorite interpreters to perform on the album. For "Lima de veras", she chose the group, "Los Cinco".[10]

The song has since been recorded by Granda and other artists, including Peruvian operatic tenor, Juan Diego Flórez.[11]

Recognition

In 2017, Granda's body of musical work was declared a part of the "Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación" ("Cultural Heritage of the Nation").[3] "Lima de veras" was one of the emblematic works named in the declaration.[12]

In 2020, as part of Peru's "Chabuca eterna" ("eternal Chabuca") celebration upon the 100th anniversary of her birth, the original handwritten manuscript of "Lima de veras", drawn from the archives of the Chabuca Granda Cultural Association, was exhibited.[13]

The song was also the inspiration for the play, "Lima de veras", staged in 2018 and starring Reynaldo Arenas.[14]

References
  1. El Libro de Oro del Vals Peruano. Tans Peru. 2000. p. 188.
  2. Renán Gorriti Delgadillo (1999). Voces criolla. San Marcos Editorial. p. 56.
  3. Guillermo Pellegrino (2002). Las cuerdas vivas de América. Editorial Sudamericana. p. 29.
  4. Rodrigo Sarmiento Herencia (2020). Llego Rasgando Cielos, Luz y Viento: Vida y Obra de Chabuca Granda (PDF). Peru Ministro de Cultura. p. 45.
  5. Sarmiento, "Llego Rasgando Cielos, Luz y Viento", pp. 45-46, 108-111.
  6. Sarmiento, "Llego Rasgando Cielos, Luz y Viento", p. 46.
  7. David Gallo Varillas (2005). Mujeres ilustres en el Perú: biografías. Verlag nicht ermittelbar. p. 124.
  8. "¿Cómo logró Chabuca Granda convertirse en la mayor exponente del vals peruano?". La República. September 3, 2019.
  9. Sarmiento, "Llego Rasgando Cielos, Luz y Viento", p. 51.
  10. Sarmiento, "Llego Rasgando Cielos, Luz y Viento", pp. 59-60.
  11. "Lima de Veras, Chabuca Granda, interpretada por Juan Diego Flórez". Juan Diego Flórez. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  12. "Declaran Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación a la Obra musical de María Isabel Granda y Larco". El Peruano. January 5, 2017.
  13. "Chabuca Granda a 100 Anos des su Nacimiento (1920-1983)". Municipalidad de Lima. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  14. "Reynaldo Arenas protagonizará "Lima de Veras", una divertida y dramática obra". La República. April 5, 2018.

Further reading
  • Ricardo Miranda Tarrillo, "Música criolla del Perú: Breve historia" (1989, Peru Ministerio de Educación)
  • G. Bulnes Mallea, "Chabuca: Semblanza de Isabel Granda Larco" (1990, Lima: Concytec)
  • Florian Furtwängler, "Chabuca Granda: Musikalishe Impressionen aus Lima" (1980, video documentary by Radiodifusión Bávara)
  • Rodrigo Sarmiento Herencia, "Felipe Pinglo y la canción criolla. Estudio estilístico de la obra musical del Bardo Inmortal" (2018, Fondo Editorial de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)
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