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100th anniversary of the birth of Atahualpa Yupanqui, music composer (1908- 1992)   
Countries : Argentina
Year : 2008
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Singer, guitarist, poet, composer and humanist, defender of the humble and Amerindian people, Héctor Roberto Chavero, also known as Atahualpa Yupanqui, was born in 1908 in Campo de la Cruz, in the province of Buenos Aires. He is an emblematic figure of Argentine folk music of the twentieth century. Writer of more than 12,000 musical compositions, he became a troubadour and made solitary journeys on the back of a mule in the most remote areas of the continent, in search of accounts of experiences and musical relics of ancient Amerindian cultures. Married to French Canadian artist Antoinette Paule Pepin Fitzpatrick, Atahualpa Yupanqui composed his most famous work with her. He died in France in 1992.
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