La Población Explained

La Población
Type:	studio
Artist:	Víctor Jara
Cover:	vjara72.jpg
Released:	1972
Length:	38:48
Producer:	Víctor Jara
Prev Title:	El derecho de vivir en paz
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Canto por travesura
Next Year:	1973

La Población is the seventh studio album by Chilean singer-songwriter Víctor Jara, released in 1972 by DICAP, and Odeon labels.

Composition

The album concept is "based on the history and life of Santiago's shantytown communities",^[1] and focuses on the poverty of the Chilean camps and workers.^[2] It also "gives a central role to children in the founding of this new popular urban space",^[3] "brilliantly described the set of practices and imaginaries that surrounded the emergence of the camps",^[4] and "has a correlation in the formal aspect of the album, where it is possible to listen to tunes, cuecas and marches, among other rhythms that account for the melodies that accompany different social identities."^[5]

Seven tracks were written by Jara and the Chilean writer Alejandro Sieveking, who had met in 1956 and were classmates at the University of Chile until 1960.^[6] "Hermina de la Victoria" recounts the moments prior to the seizure of those lands in the community of Barrancas, Pudahuel on March 16, 1967.^[7] The other artists which collaborated on the album were, Isabel Parra, Bélgica Castro, Huamarí, Cantamaranto, Pato Solovera, Pedro Yáñez and Benko.^[8]

Release

La Población was released in 1972 by DICAP,^{[9] [10]} and Odeon labels.^[11] It was reissued by Warner Records in 2001.^[12] In 2017, the album was reissued along with others by Jara such as Victor Jara (1966), Pongo en tus manos abiertas (1969), El derecho de vivir en paz (1971) and Manifiesto (1974).^[13]

Track listing

All songs are written by Víctor Jara and seven by Alejandro Sieveking.

1. "Lo único que tengo"
2. "En el río Mapocho"
3. "Luchín"
4. "La toma - 16 marzo 1967"
5. "La carpa de las coligüillas"
6. "El hombre es un creador"
7. "Herminda de la Victoria"
8. "Sacando pecho y brazo"
9. "Marcha de los pobladores"

Notes and References

1. Book: Kaminski . Anna . Meghji . Shafik . The Rough Guide to Chile . 7 November 2013 . Rough Guides UK . 978-1-4093-6068-1 . 495 . 11 October 2022 . en.
2. Culto . Equipo de . Mi disco favorito: La Población de Víctor Jara por Roberto Márquez . La Tercera . 25 February 2022 . 11 October 2022.
3. Book: Bolívar . Rubí Carreño . La rueda mágica: Ensayos de música y literatura - Manual para (in)disciplinados . 2017 . Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado . 978-956-357-108-0 . 528 . 11 October 2022 . es.
4. Book: Pérez . Miguel . The Right to Dignity: Housing Struggles, City Making, and Citizenship in Urban Chile . 26 April 2022 . Stanford University Press . 978-1-5036-3153-3 . 103 . 11 October 2022 . en.
5. Book: Eriz . Magda Sepúlveda . Ciudad quiltra: Poesía chilena (1973-2013) . 2013 . Cuarto Propio . 978-956-260-651-6 . 95 . 11 October 2022 . es.
6. Web site: Catalán . Marcelo Macellari . Un escritor compulsivo . Memoria Chilena . 11 October 2022 . es . 13 May 2001.
7. Book: Ramón . Armando de . Santiago de Chile (1541-1991): Historia de una sociedad urbana . 1992 . Editorial Catalonia . 978-956-324-656-8 . 413 . 11 October 2022 . es.
8. Web site: Víctor Jara: La población (1972) . PERRERAC . 11 October 2022 . es . 5 July 2015.
9. Book: García . Marisol . Canción valiente . 1 August 2013 . Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Chile . 978-956-9339-06-6 . 111 . 11 October 2022 . es.
10. Web site: La población . MusicaPopular.cl . 11 October 2022 . es.
11. Book: Palominos . Simón . Vientos del pueblo: Representaciones, recepciones e interpretaciones sobre la Nueva Canción Chilena . LOM Ediciones . 978-956-00-1168-8 . 126 . 11 October 2022 . es.
12. Web site: La población (WARNER) (Víctor Jara) [2001] ]. CANCIONEROS.COM . 11 October 2022 . es.
13. Vergara . Claudio . Víctor Jara vive: reeditan sus discos en vinilo y se reabre estadio para shows . La Tercera . 26 August 2017 . 8 October 2022.