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Violeta Parra
- Born
- Oct 4, 1917 · Aged 49
- Died
- Feb 5, 1967
- Place of birth
- San Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 4
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (1)
- 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".
