Violeta Parra

Known for: Sound

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Born Oct 04, 1917

Birthplace San Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile

Gender Female

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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".

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