Hi,

It is a bit unfortunate that these two sources disagree. The top one claims that the song is just traditional, merely incorporated into the zarzuela by Alomía Robles, while the bottom one states, correctly in my opinion, that while the song has some similarities to a Jauja lovesong, it's really a different piece. (As I read it, it's that Jauja song that appears in La música de los incas.)

Q: It may be that the difference in what sources we're willing to accept stems from the different interpretation of the word "composer". You use "composer" for Julio Badouin y Paz, writer of the text of the zarzuela as well. But for me "composer" only refers to music, so a source stating that Daniel Alomía Robles is the composer of El Cóndor Pasa, to me only says he wrote the music, not the lyrics.

Well, it appears we need someone close enough to The Library of Congress to look up the registration, as it's not on-line, or someone with access to a copy of the book Armando Robles Godoy edited about his father's work, or someone near Lima to look into the manuscripts at the PUCP. It would be interesting to know, if we could find out, but without historical sources I fear we'll have to leave the question open.

BFN
                                                                Mysha