Violeta Parra
SoundBirthday | Oct 4, 1917 (50 years old) |
Deathday | Feb 5, 1967 |
Place of birth | San Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile |
Gender | Female |
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".
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Participated in 10 movies, 0 TV series