Sound
Violeta Parra
ES, FR, XX cinema · 12 credits
Born
4 October 1917
Died
5 February 1967 (aged 49)
Birthplace
San Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile
Also known as Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval
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".
Known for
Filmography
Violeta más viva que nunca
ES · 2017Not rated
as Herself (archive footage)
Viola Chilensis
ES · 20037.7
as Self (archive footage), Music
Canto Libre - den fria sången
ES · 1980Not rated
as Self (archive footage)
Mimbre
1958
Mimbre
ES · 19585.8
Original Music Composer