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Nueva Canción (Spanish for 'new song') is a movement in Latin American music that was developed first in the Southern Cone of South America - Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay - during the 1950's and 1960's, but also popularized shortly after in Central America. Latin music, includes the music of all countries in Latin America (and the Caribbean) and comes in many varieties It combined traditional Latin American folk music idioms and some had popular rock music, with progressive and often politicized lyrics. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous It would gain great popularity throughout Latin America and sometimes called a precursor to rock en español. Rock en Español ( Spanish for Rock in Spanish) refers to the Spanish-language Rock music.

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"La Nueva Canción" also known as the "New Song Movement" or "Trova" is a type of protest/social song. Its lyrics characteristically talk about poverty, empowerment, the Unidad Popular, imperialism, democracy, human rights, and religion. Poverty (also called penury) is deprivation of common necessities that determine the quality of life including food clothing shelter and safe Drinking water, and Unidad Popular ( UP) ( English: "People's Unity" was a coalition of Political parties in Chile that stood behind the successful candidacy Imperialism has two meanings one describing an action and the other describing an attitude Democracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is held completely by the people under a free electoral system Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos There are some hundreds of songs with influences from British and American pop rock that was popular with college youths.

Nueva canción largely draws upon Andean music, Música negra, Spanish music, Cuban music and other Latin American folklore. Andean music comes from the general area inhabited by the Incas prior to European contact Música negra is a type of Latin American music initially developed by black slaves in South America, in particular Peru, where it is known as música Spanish music is often considered abroad to be synonymous with Flamenco, an Andalusian musical genre which contrary to popular belief is not widespread outside that region The Caribbean island of Cuba has developed a wide range of creolized musical styles based on its cultural origins in Europe and Africa Latin American Folklore is the study of the informal beliefs customs and cultural traditions common in the countries in Latin America. The most important source for nueva canción, however, is Chilean cueca, a rural song-form. The Cueca is the national Dance of Chile, where it was officially selected on September 18 1979, and Bolivia.

The '73 Chilean coup impacted the genre's growth in Chile, the country where it was most popular, because the whole musical movement was forced to go underground. During the days of the coup, Victor Jara, a well known singer, songwriter and maybe the most popular figure of Nueva Canción, was tortured and killed by the new rightist military regime under General Augusto Pinochet. Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez ( September 28, 1932 – September 15, 1973) was a Chilean teacher Theatre director, Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (November Other groups, such as Inti-Illimani and Quilapayún found safety outside the country. Inti-Illimani (pronounced een'tee ee'yee-mah'nee) is a musical group from Chile, formed in 1967. Quilapayún ( Pronounced: kee-lah-pah-YOON) are an Instrumental and vocal Folk music group from Chile and among the longest The military government under General Pinochet ruled until 1989 and went as far as to ban many traditional Andean instruments, in order to suppress the Nueva Canción movement. Following the deposition of Pinochet, the Estadio Chile in Santiago de Chile where Victor Jara was murdered bears his name.

Most songs feature the guitar, and often the quena, zampoña, charango or cajón. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The quena (qina sometimes also written "kena" in English is the traditional Flute of the Andes. The Siku (siku siku also "Sicu" "Sicus" "Zampolla" or Spanish zampoña) is a traditional Andean Panpipe. This article is about an instrument For the album by British Trip-Hop band Morcheeba, see Charango. A cajón (ka'xɔn (plural Cajones not cajons (Spanish for 'crate' 'drawer' or 'box' is a kind of box Drum played by slapping the front face (generally thin plywood with The lyrics are typically in Spanish, with some indigenous or local words mixed in.

While Chile has produced the largest number of Nueva Canción artists, its popularity has been great in almost all Spanish speaking Latin American countries, and it enjoyed some popularity in Spain during the 1970s. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.

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Nueva Canción: Argentina

Nueva Canción: Brazil

Nueva Canción: Canary Islands

Nueva Canción: Chile

Nueva Canción: El Salvador

Nueva Canción: Guatemala

Nueva Canción: Nicaragua

Nueva Canción: Paraguay

Nueva Canción: Puerto Rico

Nueva Canción: Uruguay

Nueva Canción: Venezuela

Nueva Trova: Cuba

Nueva Canción: Perú

Canto Nuevo: México

Nova Cançó: Catalunya

Nueva Canción: Los Angeles, California, United States

For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Mercedes Sosa (born 9 July 1935) is an Argentine singer immensely popular throughout Latin America. Atahualpa Yupanqui ( 31 January 1908 - 23 May 1992) was an Argentine Singer, Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco, better known as León Gieco (born on November 20 1951 on a farm near Cañada Rosquín in northern Pedro Aznar (born 23 July, 1959) is an Argentine musician and current solo artist |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born June 19, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) popularly known as Chico Buarque, is a Singer Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26 1942 better known as Gilberto Gil (ʒiu̯berto ʒiu̯ is a Brazilian singer Guitarist, and songwriter Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (born August 7, 1942) better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Composer, Singer, Guitarist The Canary Islands ( English pronunciation kəˈnæriː ˈaɪləndz Spanish: Islas Canarias, ˈizlas kaˈnarjas are a Spanish Pedro Manuel Guerra Mansito ( 2 June 1966 in Güímar, Tenerife) is a Singer-songwriter from the Spanish Canary Islands Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Illapu (prounounced ee-YAH-poo are a Chilean folk and andean musical ensemble that was formed in 1971 in Antofagasta, in northern Chile, by the brothers José Inti-Illimani (pronounced een'tee ee'yee-mah'nee) is a musical group from Chile, formed in 1967. Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez ( September 28, 1932 – September 15, 1973) was a Chilean teacher Theatre director, Los Jaivas are a Chilean folk/rock/ Progressive rock group/band Patricio Manns (b August 3 1937 is a Chilean Composer, author writer and Journalist. Sergio Ortega (February 2 1938 - September 15 2003 was a Chilean Composer and Pianist. Angel Cereceda Parra (born 1943 is the son of Luis Cereceda and Violeta Parra, the Chilean folklorist of the Nueva Canción movement Isabel Parra (born 1939 is a famous Chilean singer-songwriter and interpreter of Latin American musical Folklore. Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval ( October 14, 1917 – February 5, 1967) was a notable Chilean folklorist and visual Quilapayún ( Pronounced: kee-lah-pah-YOON) are an Instrumental and vocal Folk music group from Chile and among the longest Horacio Salinas is a Chilean folk guitarist and composer He is cofounder and musical director of the Chilean group Inti Illimani and has played with John Williams El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America Carlos Mejía Godoy (born June 27, 1943) is a Nicaraguan musician composer and singer The Turquoise-browed Motmot ( Eumomota superciliosa) is a colourful medium-sized Bird of the Motmot family Momotidae Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} Haciendo Punto en Otro Son is a Nueva Trova band from Puerto Rico, founded in 1975 Roy Brown may refer to Roy Brown (Montana politician, Montana state Senator and gubernatorial candidate Roy Brown (Manitoba politician Moliendo Vidrio (originally called Moliendo Vidrio con el Pecho) is a Nueva Trova band from Puerto Rico, founded in 1975 Antonio Cabán Vale (aka " El Topo " (born November 22, 1942 in Moca Puerto Rico) - Composer Guitarist and El Topo ( The Mole) is a 1970 allegorical, cult Western movie and Underground film, directed by and Danny Rivera (born February 28, 1945) is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who was born in San Juan. Dr Zoraida Santiago born ( May 25, 1952 in Santurce Puerto Rico) is a noted Composer and Singer of Puerto Rican cultural Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America Alfredo Zitarrosa (b March 10, 1936 in Montevideo, Uruguay; d Daniel Viglietti is a Uruguayan Folk singer, Composer, and Political activist. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Alí Rafael Primera Rosell was a musician composer poet and Venezuelan political activist Soledad Bravo is a Venezuelan singer Soledad Bravo was born in Logroño, Spain in 1943 Nueva trova was a movement in Cuban music that emerged in the mid-1960s The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez (born November 29, 1946 in San Antonio de los Baños) is a Cuban musician and a leader of the Nueva trova Pablo Milanés Arias (born in Bayamo, Cuba on February 24, 1943) is a Cuban Singer-songwriter and guitar player Carlos Manuel Puebla ( 11 September 1917, Manzanillo &ndash 12 July 1989, Havana) was a Cuban singer guitarist Carlos Varela (born April 11, 1963) is a Singer-songwriter of Nueva trova from Havana, Cuba. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Mexico State or State of Mexico (often abbreviated to " Edomex " from Estado de México in Spanish) is a state in the Fernando Delgadillo (born in Naucalpan, Estado de México, México on December 7 1965 is a Latin American musician and composer Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa (born December 27, 1943 in Barcelona) is a Spanish Catalan Singer-songwriter. Lluís Llach i Grande (born May 7, 1948 in Girona, Catalonia, Spain) is a Catalan composer and songwriter Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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