Abstract

This article explores the particular characteristics of the musical practices deployed by the musicians of the brass band Alcones del Folklore, with special emphasis on their repertoire. To this end, a review was made of the historical evolution of brass bands in the Norte Grande de Chile and field work was done with that band. In addition, archaeological, ethnohistorical and ethnographic data dealing with the association between music and ritual in religious ceremonies of the Central-South Andes from pre-Hispanic times to the present were considered.