Packet 4: Tossup 19

Musicians from this country often performed under a banner reading “There is no revolution without songs.” The untitled final song attributed to a musician from this country laments, “How hard it is to sing / when I must sing of horror / Horror which I am living, horror which I am dying.” The singer of “Gracias a la Vida” pioneered this country’s namesake variant of nuevo (10[1])canción. (-5[1])A song by this country’s folk (10[1])band Quilapayún (10[2])(“kee-la-pa-YOON”) inspired a massive set of variations (10[1])by Frederic (10[1])Rzewski (10[1])(“ZHEFF-skee”) on the song (10[1]-5[1])“The People United (10[1])Will Never Be Defeated.” (10[1]-5[1])A musician from this country composed songs like “Te recuerdo Amanda” before being tortured and killed (10[1])in a soccer stadium. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])Violeta Parra and Víctor Jara (10[1])(“HA-ra”) were from (10[1])what South American country (10[1])whose (10[1])jazz guachaca style incorporates influences from its eastern neighbor’s tangos? ■END■ (10[4])

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