"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
''Las últimas composiciones'' ("the last compositions") is an album by Violeta Parra released on the RCA Victor label (CML-2456) in November 1966. It was Parra's final album, as she committed suicide in February 1967. The album contains 14 songs, ...
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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
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."
Versions
The song has become a standard in the Latin American songbook and has been recorded and performed by numerous artists, including
Mercedes Sosa
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Milton Nascimento,
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Franco Simone
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Background
Born in Acquarica del C ...
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Víctor Manuel,
Rosa León
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Paloma San Basilio,
Charly García
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Caetano Veloso,
Myriam Hernández,
Chico Buarque,
Zélia Duncan,
Gal Costa,
Marilia Andrés with Nacho Vegas,
Zizi Possi
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Claudia Acuña
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Biography
Born July 3 1971 in Santiago and raised in Concepcion, she was inspired as a child to perform a variety of music, including folk, pop and o ...
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Angel Parra,
Nydia Caro,
Rumillajta
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Elise Witt, and
Rozalén
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Life
She grew up in Letur.
She studied psychology at the University of Murcia with a master ...
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References
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Violeta Parra songs
1962 songs
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