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Latin American Music: Trova, Nueva Trova, Nueva Canción

Explore the main music genres of Latin America, including Trova, Nueva Trova, and Nueva Canción. Learn about influential artists and their impact on the social and political landscape of the region.

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Latin American Music: Trova, Nueva Trova, Nueva Canción

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  1. http://hum2461.wordpress.com/ hum2461Humanities of Latin America HomeHomeworkLectures 2014QuizzesResearch Paper Santa Fe AnnouncementsSyllabus 2014

  2. Music from the Latin America Today’s agenda

  3. CUBA

  4. Trova (19th century) • Nueva Trova (1967-68) Main Music Genres

  5. Itinerant musicians from the 19th century. • Their profession was singing with a guitar. • Sung their own songs. What is “trova”?

  6. Carlos López (1856-1918): “Tristezas” (1889) • SindoGaray (1867-1968): “Retorna” • José ‘Chicho’ Ibáñez (1875-1981): “Yoera dichoso” (1919) Founders of ‘trova’ music

  7. 1967/68 (after the Cuban Revolution [1959]) • Guitar was the main instrument used. • Content was political. • Lyrics attempt to escape the banalities of life. What is “nuevatrova”?

  8. Silvio Rodríguez (1946): Ojalá • Pablo Milanés (1943): Versos sencillos [by José Martí] (1973) Founders of “nuevatrova”

  9. NUEVA CANCION South Cone “Nueva canciónchilena” (Chile) “Nuevo cancionero” (Argentina)

  10. Originated in Chile in 1960. • Latin American Folk Music. • Mix of Latin American and Iberian folk music. • Socially committed music. • Played a powerful role in the social upheavals in Portugal, Spain and Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s. “Nueva Canción”

  11. "The Chilean New Song" (1960) • Violeta Parra (1917-67) • Isabel & Angel Parra created “CentrosCulturales” • General Pinochet’s coup d’état in September 11th, 1973. • Victor Jara (1932-73) • 1969 “The 1st Festival of The Chilean New Song” Chile

  12. Founder of the Chilean New Song or “nuevacanciónchilena. • 1966, album “Ultimascomposiciones” (The Last Compositions) “Gracias a la vida” (Thanks to Life) was her most well-known song. • “Gracias a la Vida” popularized in Argentina by Mercedes Sosa, in Brazil by Elis Regina and later in the US by Joan Baez. Violeta Parra (1917-67)

  13. Thanks to life, which has given me so muchIt gave me two bright stars that when I open them,I perfectly distinguish the black from whiteAnd in the sky above, her starry backdropAnd within the multitudes the man I love Fragment of(Thanks to Life)

  14. 1960s sang in La Peña de los Parra. • 1969, “The 1st Festival of The Chilean New Song” • Most well-known song “Terecuerdoamanda” (I remember you Amanda) • 1970, Spoke on Salvador Allende's behalf during political campaign. • September 12th detained by Chilean Army, in jail he wrote a poema “Estadio Chile” (1973) Victor Jara (1932-73)

  15. Argentina, ManifiestoFundacional de “Nuevo Cancionero” (1963) • Artists and poets (musico-literal). • It is a rediscovery of folk music and indigenous traditions. • Atahualpa Yupanqui and Buenaventura Luna influential folklorists. • Internal urban migration that brought rural Argentines to the capital of Buenos Aires changed the façade of Argentina. “Nuevo cancionero”

  16. “Nuevo cancionero” proposed to develop a national song that overcome the dominance of tango-folklore in Argentine national music and the rejection of pure commercialism. • Instead “Nuevo cancionero” sought to embrace of institutions that encouraged critical thinking and the open exchange of ideas. “Nuevo cancionero”

  17. Mercedes Sosa (1935-2009) • Atahualpa Yupanqui(1908-92) Nuevo Cancionero's most famous singers

  18. 1995, won the Diamond KonexAward  most important personality in the Popular Music in Argentina. • Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album in 2000 ("MisaCriolla"), 2003 ("Acústico"), and 2006 ("CorazónLibre") • 2009, her album Cantora 1 won two awards at the Latin Grammy Awards. Mercedes Sosa (1935-2009)

  19. 1950Contract with "Chant Du Monde", the recording company that published his first LP in Europe, "Minero Soy" (I am a Miner). • Won first prize for Best Foreign Disc at the Charles CrosAcademy. • Nickname was Don Ata. Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908-92)

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