Kacharpari: the word is in Quechua, the language of the Inca Empire which is still spoken by the indigenous people of Peru. It means farewell, good-bye.

Jorge Huirse Reyes (1914 - 1995), was the most out-standing pianist, orchestra director and Peruvian composer.

Urubamba, is the name of a small town in Peru, near the Urubamba River which winds at the foot of Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas.

Urubamba was a music group consisting of musicians from various South-American countries, founded in 1956 by Jorge Milchberg. Urubamba introduced Paul Simon to Andean music in the early seventies, and then toured and recorded with Simon (El Condor Pasa). Urubamba, who featured the Argentine Jorge Cumbo on the quena flute, was also known as "Los Incas". Milchberg's style stayed close to the folklore of the altiplanos (highlands) of Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Chile.

El Condor Pasa is a typical Inca dance, based on authentic Incan folk melodies. Around 1916, Peruvian composer Daniel Alomia Robles notated this popular traditional melody and used it as the basis for an instrumental suite. The English Lyrics, 'If I could, I surely would' words, are by Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)!