For Peruvians abroad there are several composers and singers who have universally “touched the chord of nostalgia” and produced what could be considered unofficial international anthems of the diaspora*. César Alfredo Miró Quesada Bahamonde, better known as César Miró (1907-1999) created the nostalgically beautiful “Todos vuelven a la tierra en que nacieron al embrujo incomparable de su sol . . ." (For other verses see below). The best known version,(see this internet diary for an example of how Peruvians feel about it) perhaps, is that of Jesús Vásquez and Victor Dávalos. She had (Jesus can be a “she”, in this case María de Jesus, and Maria a “he” in Latin America) previously recorded “Todos vuelven” as a solo piece*. Victor Dávalos was from Arequipa in the South of Peru, and formed part