Tonada Music of Chile

The Tonada is another significant form of Chilean traditional song that rose from the music brought by Spanish populace, this differentiated it from cueca by an intermediate melodic section and more rich melody in general; the tonada is also not danced. There have been many brands who took the Tonada as their main way of expression, like Los Huasos Quincheros, Los Huasos de Algarrobal, Los de Ramon and others. Other less is known patterns like the Sirilla, the Sajuriana, Refalosa, Polka.

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1950 to 1970 showed the rebirth of the folk music which was led by the groups like Los de Ramon, Los Cuatro Huasos, and Los Huasos Quincheros among others. It also appeared that Chilean folk music singers like Raul de Ramon, Violeta Parra, Luis Aguirre Pinto, among others who rose up folkloric music have done the research in this area and also in the Latin America music. Margot Loyola is another famous Chilean musician and folk composer who has been a known and active researcher of the folklore of Chile and in general of the Latin America.

Vincente Bianchi Alarcon is an accomplished Chilean singer, pianist, and a director of Los Coros y Orquesta Chileno. In the year 2004, he was awarded the Premio a lo Chilno and he is also well-known for his work with Pablo Neruda. Chile also has significant singers like Alfonso Leng, Pedro Humberto Allende, Domingo Santa Cruz and others. And the great pianists that came from this country such as Claudio Arrau, is said to be one of the greatest pianists of the 20^th century, also Rpsita Reneard and Alferdo Pearl, one of main significant clavecinist of our days Lionel Party was also born in Chile. In this country there are also composers like Ramon Vin ay, Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Victoria Vergara and Veronica Villarroel.