''Quilapayún Chante Neruda'' is a compilation music album released by
Quilapayún
Quilapayún () are a folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential ambassadors of the ''Nueva canción, Nueva Canción Chilena'' movement and genre. Formed during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with t ...
in
exile
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in
France
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in 1983 in commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the death of the Chilean poet and Nobel laureate
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...
– who died in September 1973.
Background
Pablo Neruda was not a musician but he was a major inspiration to artist in the music field all over
Latin America
Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ...
, especially for artists of the ''
Nueva Cancion Chilena'' (New Chilean Song) movement. Neruda wrote the liner notes for a number of recordings released by young folk Chilean artists under the
DICAP label. Many compositions were directly inspired by the poetry of Neruda and popular protest songs were often musical arrangements for his poetical text. Neruda's epic work
Canto General
''Canto General'' is Pablo Neruda, Pablo Neruda's tenth book of poems. It was first published in Mexico in 1950, by ''Talleres Gráficos de la Nación''. Neruda began to compose it in 1938.
"Canto General" ("General Song") consists of 15 secti ...
, from which several poems featured in this recording were taken from, has been a major source of text for compositions by folk, contemporary and classical composers.
Content
This album included a compilation of songs from 1975 to 1983 recorded by Quilapayun and new arrangements of music inspired by the poetry of Neruda along with the participation of prominent French artists who sing and narrate Neruda’s poetry in French. There are songs based on Neruda’s early work ''Crepusculario'' (Twilight Book), from his ''Extravagario'' (Extravagary), on his political verse from ''Canción de Geste'' (Songs of Protest) and from his
Cien Sonetos de Amor (100 Love Sonnets). There are also musical composition based on Neruda’s work “''Fulgor y Muerte de
Joaquin Murieta''.”
The album opens with, ''Complainte de Pablo Neruda'', a poetical elegy written by the French poet
Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon (; 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the Surrealism, surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review ''Littératur ...
to the music of
Eduardo Carrasco which prefaces the rest of the compilation.
Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon (; 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the Surrealism, surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review ''Littératur ...
, who had been a personal friend of Neruda, died shortly before the release of this album.
The verses from Neruda's poems adapted to songs were translated from their original Spanish to French by Geneviève Dourthe, Jean Marcenac, Eduardo Carrasco Jr., Emmanuelle and Gérard Clery.
Liner notes
September 1983:10th Anniversary of the death of Pablo Neruda
Track listing
#"Complainte de
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...
" (Complaint of Pablo Neruda) (3'48)
Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon (; 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the Surrealism, surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review ''Littératur ...
/
Eduardo Carrasco (Arrangement:
Eduardo Carrasco 1983.
#"El árbol
El árbol de los libres''" (The Tree
r The Tree of the Free (3'44)
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...
/
Rodolfo Parada (Arrangement:
Quilapayún
Quilapayún () are a folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential ambassadors of the ''Nueva canción, Nueva Canción Chilena'' movement and genre. Formed during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with t ...
) 1979.
Text: From Neruda’s ‘Canto IV, The liberators’ of
Canto General
''Canto General'' is Pablo Neruda, Pablo Neruda's tenth book of poems. It was first published in Mexico in 1950, by ''Talleres Gráficos de la Nación''. Neruda began to compose it in 1938.
"Canto General" ("General Song") consists of 15 secti ...
)
#"Pido Castigo" (I Demand Punishment) (3'23)
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...
/
Rodolfo Parada(Arrangement:
Quilapayún
Quilapayún () are a folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential ambassadors of the ''Nueva canción, Nueva Canción Chilena'' movement and genre. Formed during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with t ...
) 1975. Text: Neruda’s ‘Canto IV, The liberators’ of
Canto General
''Canto General'' is Pablo Neruda, Pablo Neruda's tenth book of poems. It was first published in Mexico in 1950, by ''Talleres Gráficos de la Nación''. Neruda began to compose it in 1938.
"Canto General" ("General Song") consists of 15 secti ...
)
#”Playa del Sur” (Sea of the South) (3’30)
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...
/Hugo Lagos (Arrangement: Hugo Lagos –
Eduardo Carrasco) 1980. Text: Playa del Sur, from Neruda’s work, Crepusculario (Crepusculary)
#”Entre morir y no morir” (Between Dying and not Dying) (4’15)
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...
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Sergio Ortega (Orchestration and Conductor: Pierre Rabbath) 1980. Text: from Neruda’s Testamento de Otoño (Autumn Testament) from Extravagario.
#"Premonición de la Muerte de
Joaquín Murieta" (Premonition on the Death of Joaquín Murieta) (4’00)
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...
/
Eduardo Carrasco (Arrangement: E. Carrasco) 1975.
Text: Neruda’s “Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta”
#”Un Son Para Cuba” (A Son for Cuba) (3’50)
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...
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Quilapayún
Quilapayún () are a folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential ambassadors of the ''Nueva canción, Nueva Canción Chilena'' movement and genre. Formed during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with t ...
(Arrangement: Quilapayún) 1976
Text: Poem from Neruda’s work: “Cancio de Gesta” (Songs of Protest)
#”Continuará Nuestra Lucha” (Our Struggle Shall Continue) (2’50)
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...
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Rodolfo Parada (Arrangement: Quilapayún) 1976
Text: Neruda’s Canto V “Están Aquí” (They Are Here) from
Canto General
''Canto General'' is Pablo Neruda, Pablo Neruda's tenth book of poems. It was first published in Mexico in 1950, by ''Talleres Gráficos de la Nación''. Neruda began to compose it in 1938.
"Canto General" ("General Song") consists of 15 secti ...
#”Monólogo de la Cabeza de Murieta" (The Monologue of Murieta’s Head) (4’50)
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...
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Eduardo Carrasco (Pierre Rabbath: Orchestration and Direction) 1980
Text: Neruda’s “Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta”
#”Dos Sonetos” (Two Sonnets) (4’55)
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...
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Eduardo Carrasco 1983
Text: Neruda’s Sonnets: XCIX. Otros días vendrán, sera entendido (XCIX. Other days will come, the silence) and C. En medio de la tierra apartaré (C. In the center of the earth I will push aside) from
Cien Sonetos de Amor (One Hundred Love Sonnets)
Personnel
*
Eduardo Carrasco
*Carlos Quezada
*
Willy Oddó
Guillermo Oddó Parraguez (October 14, 1943 – November 7, 1991), better knolwn as Willy Oddó, was a Chilean musician and engineer known as a leading vocalist in the Chilean folk music ensemble, Quilapayún between 1967 and 1987.
Biography
He ...
*Hernán Gómez
*
Rodolfo Parada
*Hugo Lagos
*Guillermo Garcia
*Ricardo Venegas
*Patricio Wang
Other artists
*Catherine Ribero
*Denis Manuel
*Pierre Rabbath
External links
Quilapayun's Official Page (Spanish language)Quilapayún Chante Neruda Lyrics
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Quilapayún albums
1983 compilation albums
Cultural depictions of Pablo Neruda