Texto y música en el pasillo cuencano / Text and music in the Cuencan pasillo

This work briefly reviews the validity and development of one of the traditional musical genre that most characterizes Ecuador and Cuenca, the Pasillo, which sung or instrumental is synonymous with national music. The lyric of the Pasillo-song has been subjected to analysis from the narrative discourse and from its poetic format that has gone through contrasting styles along with lounge music, through the rocolera music, to the academic contemporary music. The Pasillo has been consumed by all social sectors and fulfills cultural functions that maintain the identity of the city.