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Volver a los Diecisiete
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Wikipedia article
"'Volver a los Diecisiete'" is a song written and performed by Violeta Parra. It was composed in 1962 but was not released until 1966 on her final album, "Las ltimas composiciones".
The song was reissued on multiple compilation albums, including 'The Songs of Violeta Parra' (1997) and 'Antologia' (2003). Banned from the musical repertoire during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship along with Thanks to life, the lyrics of Volver a los 17 have a poetic character vindication for "the value of feeling above reason" with a rhetoric that seeks to describe "the purifying, ardent effects of achieved love."
Versions
The song has become a standard in the Latin American songbook and has been recorded and performed by numerous artists, including Mercedes Sosa, Milton Nascimento, Joan Manuel Serrat, Franco Simone, Vctor Manuel, Rosa Len, Paloma San Basilio, Charly Garca, Caetano Veloso, Myriam Hernndez, Chico Buarque, Zlia Duncan, Gal Costa, Marilia Andrs with Nacho Vegas, Zizi Possi, Claudia Acua, Angel Parra, Nydia Caro, Rumillajta, Elise Witt, and Rozaln.
References
Category:Chilean songs
Category:Violeta Parra songs
Category:1962 songs
Category:Nueva cancin
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