Violeta Parra
Born: 1917-10-04 in San Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile
Died: 1967-02-05
Known For: Sound
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".
Filmography
2017
- Violeta más viva que nunca as Herself (archive footage)
2003
- Viola Chilensis as Self (archive footage)
1983
1980
- Canto Libre - den fria sången as Self (archive footage)
1974
- I Wish, I Wish I Had a Child ... (Music)
1971
- Compañero Presidente ... (Music)
1960
- Los artistas plásticos de Chile ... (Music)
1959
- Trilla ... (Music)