¨Treinta y un cantos del alma vernácula is a collection of high quality art songs of nationalist cut, in which the composer reflected his knowledge of indigenous and mestizo motifs. The importance of these songs in the production of Latin American art song lies in the fact that they are among the first to make use of indigenous melodies and the indigenous languages, Quechua and Aymara. ¨ Patricia Caicedo, The Latin American Art Song, Sounds of the imagined nations, Lexington Press, 2019