Violeta Parra

Violeta Parra

  • Birthday: 1917-10-04
  • Deathday: 1967-02-05
  • Place of birth: San Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile
  • Also know as: Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval

Biography

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".

Filmography

Viola Chilensis

2003

As Self (archive footage)

Violeta más viva que nunca

2017

As Herself (archive footage)

Canto Libre - den fria sången

1980

As Self (archive footage)

Production

Mimbre

1958

As Original Music Composer

Compañero Presidente

1971

As Music

Viola Chilensis

2003

As Music

Andacollo

1958

As Music

Trilla

1959

As Music

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