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Violeta Parra

1917 - 1967

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Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (Spanish pronunciation: [bjoˈleta ˈpara]; 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. Her birthdate (4 October) was chosen as "Chilean Musicians' Day." In 2011, Andrés Wood directed a biopic about her, titled Violeta Went to Heaven (Spanish: Violeta se fue a los cielos). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Violeta Parra is the 233rd most popular musician (down from 208th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Chile (down from 14th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chilean Musician.

Violeta Parra is most famous for her song "Gracias a la Vida" which she wrote and composed.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Violeta Parra ranks 233 out of 3,175. Before her are Stéphane Grappelli, Ahmet Ertegun, Nam June Paik, George Martin, Ken Hensley, and Joni Mitchell. After her are Klaus Nomi, Gilberto Gil, Wanda Landowska, Salif Keita, Sean Combs, and Alfred Brendel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Violeta Parra ranks 61. Before her are Dizzy Gillespie, Kunitaka Sueoka, Jane Wyman, Edward Norton Lorenz, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., and Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia. After her are Leonora Carrington, John Lee Hooker, Thelonious Monk, Juan Rulfo, Cyrus Vance, and Louis Zamperini. Among people deceased in 1967, Violeta Parra ranks 51. Before her are Harald Quandt, Joseph Pilates, Brian Epstein, Totò, Shukri al-Quwatli, and Robert van Gulik. After her are G. W. Pabst, Vladimir Bartol, Luigi Tenco, Otis Redding, Anthony Mann, and Gregory Goodwin Pincus.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Violeta Parra ranks 15 out of 321. Before her are Víctor Jara (1932), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), Sebastián Piñera (1949), Luis Sepúlveda (1949), Claudio Arrau (1903), and Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947). After her are Jorge Medina (1926), Roberto Bolaño (1953), Patricio Aylwin (1918), Iván Zamorano (1967), Pedro Pascal (1975), and Ricardo Lagos (1938).

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Among MUSICIANS In Chile

Among musicians born in Chile, Violeta Parra ranks 2. Before her are Claudio Arrau (1903). After her are Tom Araya (1961).

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