La Nueva Canción and its significance -- Art and politics intertwined in Chile : a selected history -- The emergence of la Nueva Canción chilena -- La Nueva Canción and the unidad popular -- Politically committed artists and their music -- Musical and political contributions of la Nueva Canción -- The coup and its aftermath
Summary
Chilean New Song (la Nueva Canción chilena) entranced and uplifted a country that struggled for social change during the turbulent 1960s and early 1970s, until the 1973 coup that overthrew democratic socialist president Salvador Allende. This powerful musical style-with its poetic lyrics and haunting blend of traditional indigenous wind and stringed instruments-was born of and expressed the aspirations of rising classes. It promised a socially just future as it forged social bonding. In Chilean New Song, J. Patrice McSherry deftly combines a political-historical vi
