Creator of worlds and songs

Abstract

This chapter examines the last three recordings of Violeta Parra: Recordando a Chile (EMI Odeon, 1965), Las últimas composiciones de Violeta Parra (RCA, 1966), and the posthumous Canciones reencontradas en París (Peña de Los Parra/DICAP, 1971). In these LPs, Parra reproduced musical and socio-political processes, making her a composer worthy of the name Mother of the Nueva Canción Chilena [Chilean New Song]. Her influence on the new song extends throughout Latin America. Parra's music, poetry, performance, and life combine to construct a legacy that remains valid and pertinent up to the present day, offering us new worlds to discover and inhabit. Her creative and critical works have made a substantial contribution to the shape of Chilean cultural identity.