Víctor Jara (album)

Víctor Jara
Víctor Jara
Studio album by Víctor Jara
Released	1967
Genre	Nueva canción, folk music
Length	41:13
Label	Odeon; Alerce; Warner;
Producer	Víctor Jara
Víctor Jara chronology

Víctor Jara is the second solo album by Víctor Jara, released in 1967. It continues the nueva canción (new song) style of politically conscious folk music that he had established with his first solo album, , in 1966. The songs of Víctor Jara change from Jara's earlier autobiographical lyrics to topics of general concern for all of Latin America,^[1] growing closer to the style of Violeta Parra. Parra died shortly before the album was released, and Jara, her student and friend, stepped forward to fill the political void.^[2]^[3] After this album, Jara's subsequent work would become more explicitly political, espousing left-wing activism to advocate or protest specific political issues.^[1]

The album includes the controversial song, "El aparecido" (The Ghost), which was written about Che Guevara months before the Argentinian revolutionary was killed. The song says, "The crows with golden claws have put a price on his head / how the fury of the rich has crucified him."^[3]

The album was later released under the name of Desde longuén hasta siempre with different covers.

Track listing[]

"El aparecido" (The Ghost) (Víctor Jara)
"El lazo" (The Lasso) (Víctor Jara)
"Qué alegres son las obreras" (How Happy Are the Women Workers) (Bolivian folk)
"Despedimiento del angelito" (Farewell to the Little Angel) (Chilean folk)
"Solo" (Alone) (Eduardo Carrasco)
"En algún lugar del puerto" (Some Place in the Port)(Víctor Jara)
"Así como hoy matan negros" (Thus They Kill Blacks Today) (Pablo Neruda - Sergio Ortega)
"El amor es un camino que de repente aparece" (Love Is a Road that Suddenly Appears) (Víctor Jara)
"Casi, casi" (Almost, Almost) (Chilean folk)
"Canción de cuna para un niño vago" (Lullaby for a Deserted Child) (Víctor Jara)
"Romance del enamorado y la muerte" (Song of the Lover and of Death) (Text: Anonymous – Víctor Jara)
"Ay mi palomita" (Ah, My Little Dove) (Chilean folk)

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Mularski, Jedrek (2014). Music, Politics, and Nationalism In Latin America: Chile During the Cold War Era. Cambria Press. p. 94. ISBN 9781621967378.
^ Lockard, Craig A. (2020). Societies, Networks, and Transitions, Volume II: Since 1450: A Global History (4 ed.). Cengage Learning. p. 810. ISBN 9780357639283.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Barr-Melej, Patrick (2017). Psychedelic Chile: Youth, Counterculture, and Politics on the Road to Socialism and Dictatorship. UNC Press. p. 97. ISBN 9781469632582.

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[Mularski2014-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Mularski, Jedrek (2014). Music, Politics, and Nationalism In Latin America: Chile During the Cold War Era. Cambria Press. p. 94. ISBN 9781621967378.

[2] Lockard, Craig A. (2020). Societies, Networks, and Transitions, Volume II: Since 1450: A Global History (4 ed.). Cengage Learning. p. 810. ISBN 9780357639283.

[Barr-Melej2017-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Barr-Melej, Patrick (2017). Psychedelic Chile: Youth, Counterculture, and Politics on the Road to Socialism and Dictatorship. UNC Press. p. 97. ISBN 9781469632582.

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