Volver a los Diecisiete

"Volver a los Diecisiete"
Song by Violeta Parra
from the album Las últimas composiciones
LanguageSpanish
English titleBack to seventeen
Written1962
Published1966
Released1966
Recorded1962
GenreNueva Cancion Chilena
Length4:18
LabelRCA Victor

"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 últimas composiciones.[1][2]

The song was reissued on multiple compilation albums, including The Songs of Violeta Parra (1997)[3] and Antologia (2003).[4] Banned from the musical repertoire during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, along with Gracias a la Vida, the lyrics of Volver a los Diecisiete have a poetic character and vindication for "the value of feeling above reason" with a rhetoric that seeks to describe "the purifying, ardent effects of achieved love."

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The song has become a standard in the Latin American songbook and has been recorded and performed by numerous artists, including Mercedes Sosa,[5] Milton Nascimento,[6] Joan Manuel Serrat, Franco Simone, Víctor Manuel, Rosa León,[7] Paloma San Basilio, Charly García, Caetano Veloso, Myriam Hernández, Chico Buarque, Zélia Duncan, Gal Costa, Marilia Andrés with Nacho Vegas,[8] Zizi Possi,[9] Claudia Acuña,[10] Angel Parra,[11] Nydia Caro,[12] Rumillajta,[13] Elise Witt,[14] and Rozalén.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Las últimas composiciones de Violeta Parra (Violeta Parra) [1966]". Cancioneros.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "Las Útimas Composiciones de Violeta Parra". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  3. ^ "The Songs of Violetta Parra". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "Antologia". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Homenaje a Violeta Parra". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  6. ^ "Musica Do Mundo". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  7. ^ "Rosa Se Esta Buscando en el Espejo". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  8. ^ "Marilia - Volver a los Diecisiete ft. Nacho Vegas". Marilia. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  9. ^ "Puro Prazer". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  10. ^ "Rhythm of Life". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  11. ^ "Chante Violeta Parra". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  12. ^ "Claroscuro: Tributo Musical a Violeta Parra". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  13. ^ "Live at Edinburgh Festival". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  14. ^ "Mezzanine". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  15. ^ "Cuando el Río Suena". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.