Violeta Parra
(1917-1967)
Chilean musician and folklorist
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Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (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. Parra is acknowledged as "the Mother of Latin American folk".
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Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval 4 October 1917 San Carlos, XIII Region
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5 February 1967 (aged 49) Santiago, RM
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