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Violeta Parra

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Also known as Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval

Chilean musician and folklorist

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Violeta Parra was a Chilean singer-songwriter and folk musician whose career spanned from 1939 to 1967. Born on October 4, 1917, and deceased on February 5, 1967, she was associated with the nueva canción movement and contemporary folk music. Her musical style is categorized under Chilean music and Hispanic American folk music.

As an author, Parra produced sixteen works, including *El libro mayor de Violeta Parra*, *Centésimas de alma*, and *21 son los dolores*. Her discography and literary output have been referenced in 251 other encyclopedia articles. She is recognized as a female vocalist within the folk genre.

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
117,737
Total plays
2,090,359

Tags

chilefolkfemale vocalistsnueva cancionsinger-songwriter

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

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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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Encyclopedic overview

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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Violeta Parra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.