Margot Loyola
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Margot Loyola Palacios (September 15, 1918 – August 3, 2015) was a musician, folk singer and researcher of the folklore of Chile and Latin America in general.
Loyola was active as a musician and musical ethnographer/anthropologist for many decades. She published a large body of work dealing with musical
customs of all Chilean regions as well as other South American countries. She also taught music.[1]
Early career
Loyola was born in
José Maria Arguedas
.
Later, Loyola studied
south Pacific Ocean). She compiled and published a great deal of valuable material obtained from her scholarly research and was regarded as an artist and researcher of great authority. Among the art expressions she researched, some were virtually rescued from oblivion and extinction
by her work.
Legacy and recognition
Loyola created Chile's first
traditional music and dance group, The Conjunto de Alumnos de Margot Loyola (Student Group of Margot Loyola),[2] through which she effectively became an unofficial ambassadress of the Chilean culture
.
In 1972, Loyola became a professor of the
Santiago de Chile.[1]
Works
Loyola's activities resulted in several books, videos, LPs, cassettes and CDs.
Bibliography
- "Bailes de tierra" (Earth dances), (1980)
- "El Cachimbo", (1994)
Videography
- "Danzas tradicionales de Chile" (Traditional dances of Chile), (1994)
- "La Zamacueca" (1999)
- "Los del Estribo: Cantos y Danzas Populares de Chile", (2001)
Discography
- 14 cassettesand 7 CDs, in addition to other editions in various other countries
Notes
- ^ a b c "A los 96 años muere la destacada folclorista Margot Loyola". 24horas.cl.
- ISBN 978-0-02-864750-0.
- ^ "Abate Molina medal conferred to composer Margot Loyola – Universidad de Talca". utalca.cl. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ^ "La huella imborrable de Margot Loyola en la historia de la música chilena" [The Indelible Mark of Margot Loyola on the History of Chilean Music]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Spanish. August 4, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2017.