| First Name |
Violeta
|
| Last Name |
Parra
|
| Full Name at Birth |
Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval
|
| Birthday |
4th October, 1917
|
| Birthplace |
San Carlos, XIII Region
|
| Died |
5th February, 1967
|
| Place of Death |
Santiago, RM
|
| Cause of Death |
Suicide
|
| Buried |
Cementerio General de Santiago, Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
|
| Build |
Slim
|
| Eye Color |
Brown - Dark
|
| Hair Color |
Brown - Dark
|
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
|
| Sexuality |
Straight
|
| Religion |
Atheist
|
| Ethnicity |
White
|
| Nationality |
Chilean
|
| Occupation Text |
Singer-songwriter, Visual arts
|
| Occupation |
Musician
|
| Music Genre (Text) |
Folk, Experimental, Nueva Canción, Cueca
|
| Year(s) Active |
1939–1965, 1939–†1967, 1939–1967
|
| Instrument (text) |
Vocals, Guitar, Charango, Cuatro, Percussion
|
| Record Label |
EMI-Odeon, Alerce, Warner Music, (all Posthumous), Warner Music Group
|
| Associated Acts |
Víctor Jara, Quilapayún,, Inti-Illimani, Patricio Manns, Illapu, Ángel Parra, Isabel Parra, Roberto Parra, Sergio Ortega, Margot Loyola, Pablo Neruda, Nicanor Parra, Soledad Bravo, Daniel Viglietti, Mercedes Sosa, Joan Baez, Holly Near, Elis Regina, Dean Reed, Silvio Rodríguez
|
| Official Websites |
http://www.violetaparra.scd.cl/, http://web.archive.org/web/20000621221302/http://www.violetaparra.scd.cl/index.htm/, https://web.archive.org/web/20000621221302/http://www.violetaparra.scd.cl/index.htm/
|
| Father |
Nicanor Parra Alarcón
|
| Mother |
Clarisa del Carmen Sandoval
|
| Brother |
Nicanor Parra, Lalo Parra, Roberto Parra, Caupolicán Parra, Lautaro Parra, Óscar Parra
|
| Sister |
Hilda Parra, Elba Parra, Olga Parra
|
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".
