Tonadas (Violeta Parra album) explained

Tonadas
Type:	studio
Artist:	Violeta Parra
Cover:	La tonada presentada por Violeta Parra.png
Released:	September 1959
Genre:	Chilean folklore
Length:	51:16
Label:	Odeón
Prev Title:	La cueca presentada por Violeta Parra
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Toda Violeta Parra
Next Year:	1960

Tonadas, also known as La tonada presentada por Violeta Parra and El folklore de Chile Volumen 4, is an album by Violeta Parra released on the Odeón label in September 1959. It was the fourth full-length album by Parra and part of Odeón's "El folclore de Chile" series to which Parra contributed five albums. The album contains 15 songs in the tonada genre. The album consists mainly of songs collected in 1959 in the central zone of the Chilean countryside.^{[1] [2]}

The album cover was designed by the Chilean painter Nemesio Antúnez. The original release included a six-page booklet of liner notes which are unattributed.^[1]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Adónde vas, jilguerillo" 3:57
2. "Atención, mozos solteros" 2:39
3. "Cuando salí de mi casa" 5:26
4. "Si lo que amo tiene dueño" 3:39
5. "Cuándo habrá cómo casarse" 2:38
6. "Un reo siendo variable" 3:24
7. "Si te hallas arrepentido" 2:19

Side B

1. "Las tres pollas negras" 3:52
2. "Una naranja me dieron" 2:48
3. "Huyendo voy de tus rabias" 3:52
4. "El joven para casarse" 2:07
5. "Tan demudado te he visto" 3:54
6. "Yo tenía en mi jardín" 2:25
7. "Imposible que la luna" 3:44
8. "Blancaflor y Filumena" 4:03

Notes and References

1. Web site: La tonada presentada por Violeta Parra (Violeta Parra) [1959]]. Cancioneros.com. November 24, 2020.
2. Liner notes from the first edition.