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Violeta Parra
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Chilean musician and folklorist
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1917
- Died
- 1967
- Works
- 16
Top works
- El libro mayor de Violeta Parra
- Centésimas de alma
- 21 son los dolores
- 21 son los dolores
- 21 {i.e. Veintiuno} son los dolores
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Chile
- Active from
- 1917-10-04
- Active to
- 1967-02-05
Discography
- Cantos de Chile1956
- El folklore de Chile, vol. I: Violeta Parra, canto y guitarra1957
- El folklore de Chile, vol. II: Violeta Parra, acompañándose en guitarra1958
- El folklore de Chile, vol. III: La cueca presentada por Violeta Parra1959
- El folklore de Chile, vol. IV: La tonada presentada por Violeta Parra1959
- El folklore de Chile, vol. VIII: Toda Violeta Parra1961
- El folklore de Chile según Violeta Parra1962
- Recordando a Chile: Una chilena en París1965
- Las últimas composiciones de Violeta Parra1966
- Décimas1976
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 117,737
- Total plays
- 2,090,359
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Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, folklorist, ethnomusicologist, and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena (Chilean' New Song), a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music which would extend its sphere of influence outside Chile. In 2011 Andrés Wood directed a biopic about her, titled Violeta Went to Heaven. Parra was born in San Fabián de Alico, near San Carlos <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Violeta+Parra">R
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Key facts
- Born
- Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval , ( 1917-10-04 ) 4 October 1917, San Fabián de Alico or , San Carlos , Chile
- Died
- 5 February 1967 (1967-02-05) (aged 49), Santiago , Chile
- Genres
- Folk , experimental , nueva canción , cueca
- Occupations
- Singer-songwriter, Visual arts
- Instruments
- Vocals, Guitar, Charango , Cuatro , Percussion, Harp
- Years active
- 1939–1967
- Labels
- EMI-Odeon , Alerce, Warner Music Group , (all posthumous)
- Website
- web .archive .org /web /20000621221302 /http: //www .violetaparra .scd .cl /index .htm /
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Parra01f.PNG
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- date of birth
- 1917-10-04
- date of death
- 1967-02-05
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- Violeta Parra
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- birth name
- Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval
- end of work period
- 1967-00-00
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Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval ( Spanish pronunciation: [bjoˈleta ˈpara]; 4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena (The Chilean New Song), a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music that would extend its sphere of influence outside Chile.
Her birthdate (4 October) was chosen as "Chilean Musicians' Day." In 2011, Andrés Wood directed a biopic about her, titled Violeta Went to Heaven (Spanish: Violeta se fue a los cielos).