Violeta Parra
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Violeta Parra

Violeta Parra

October 4, 1917 — San Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile

Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena, a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music that would extend its sphere of influence outside Chile. Parra is acknowledged as "the Mother of Latin American folk".

Compañero Presidente

Compañero Presidente

1971

Viola Chilensis

Viola Chilensis

2003

Mimbre

1958

Andacollo

Andacollo

1958

Trilla

1959

I Wish, I Wish I Had a Child

I Wish, I Wish I Had a Child

1974

Los artistas plásticos de Chile

Los artistas plásticos de Chile

1960