La Población
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| Released | 1972 | |||
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| Length | 38:48 | |||
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| Producer | Víctor Jara | |||
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La Población is the seventh studio album by Chilean singer-songwriter Víctor Jara, released in 1972 by DICAP, and Odeon labels.
Composition[edit]
The album concept is "based on the history and life of Santiago's shantytown communities",[1] and focuses on the poverty of the Chilean camps and workers.[2] It also "gives a central role to children in the founding of this new popular urban space",[3] "brilliantly described the set of practices and imaginaries that surrounded the emergence of the camps",[4] and "has a correlation in the formal aspect of the album, where it is possible to listen to tunes, cuecas and marches, among other rhythms that account for the melodies that accompany different social identities."[5]
Seven tracks were written by Jara and the Chilean writer Alejandro Sieveking, who had met in 1956 and were classmates at the University of Chile until 1960.[6] "Hermina de la Victoria" recounts the moments prior to the seizure of those lands in the community of Barrancas, Pudahuel on March 16, 1967.[7] The other artists which collaborated on the album were, Isabel Parra, Bélgica Castro, Huamarí, Cantamaranto, Pato Solovera, Pedro Yáñez and Benko.[8]
Release[edit]
La Población was released in 1972 by DICAP,[9][10] and Odeon labels.[11] It was reissued by Warner Records in 2001.[12] In 2017, the album was reissued along with others by Jara such as Victor Jara (1966), Pongo en tus manos abiertas (1969), El derecho de vivir en paz (1971) and Manifiesto (1974).[13]
Track listing[edit]
All songs are written by Víctor Jara and seven by Alejandro Sieveking.
- "Lo único que tengo"
- "En el río Mapocho"
- "Luchín"
- "La toma - 16 marzo 1967"
- "La carpa de las coligüillas"
- "El hombre es un creador"
- "Herminda de la Victoria"
- "Sacando pecho y brazo"
- "Marcha de los pobladores"
References[edit]
- ^ Kaminski, Anna; Meghji, Shafik (7 November 2013). The Rough Guide to Chile. Rough Guides UK. p. 495. ISBN 978-1-4093-6068-1. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Culto, Equipo de (25 February 2022). "Mi disco favorito: La Población de Víctor Jara | por Roberto Márquez". La Tercera. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Bolívar, Rubí Carreño (2017). La rueda mágica: Ensayos de música y literatura - Manual para (in)disciplinados (in Spanish). Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado. p. 528. ISBN 978-956-357-108-0. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Pérez, Miguel (26 April 2022). The Right to Dignity: Housing Struggles, City Making, and Citizenship in Urban Chile. Stanford University Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-5036-3153-3. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Eriz, Magda Sepúlveda (2013). Ciudad quiltra: Poesía chilena (1973-2013) (in Spanish). Cuarto Propio. p. 95. ISBN 978-956-260-651-6. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Catalán, Marcelo Macellari (13 May 2001). "Un escritor compulsivo" (PDF). Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Ramón, Armando de (1992). Santiago de Chile (1541-1991): Historia de una sociedad urbana (in Spanish). Editorial Catalonia. p. 413. ISBN 978-956-324-656-8. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Víctor Jara: La población (1972)". PERRERAC (in Spanish). 5 July 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ García, Marisol (1 August 2013). Canción valiente (in Spanish). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Chile. p. 111. ISBN 978-956-9339-06-6. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "La población". MusicaPopular.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Palominos, Simón. Vientos del pueblo: Representaciones, recepciones e interpretaciones sobre la Nueva Canción Chilena (in Spanish). LOM Ediciones. p. 126. ISBN 978-956-00-1168-8. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "La población (WARNER) (Víctor Jara) [2001]". CANCIONEROS.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Vergara, Claudio (26 August 2017). "Víctor Jara vive: reeditan sus discos en vinilo y se reabre estadio para shows". La Tercera. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
