Music of Argentina
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The music of Argentina includes a variety of traditional, classical, and popular genres. According to the Harvard Dictionary of Music, Argentina also has "one of the richest art music traditions and p
Atahualpa Yupanqui, 1934
Ariel Ramírez (at piano), President of the Argentine Society of Authors and Composers, with eminent folklore vocalist Mercedes Sosa, 1972
Musician and folklorist Jorge Cafrune was killed in a hit-and-run shortly after defying the military dictatorship.
A group of Chamamé in San Ignacio, Misiones.
Mercedes Sosa
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Haydée Marta Mercedes Sosa Girón was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the
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…de Nuevo Cancionero ("Foundational manifesto of the New Songbook"). It was written by Armando Tejada Gómez, with the collaboration of artists like Mercedes Sosa, Oscar Matus, Tito Francia, and Eduardo Aragón. Atahualpa Yupanqui was another important figure in the movement. The 1976 dictatorship created a difficult…
Portrait by Annemarie Heinrich, 1960s
Sosa in 1972
Sosa in 1973