Editing Víctor Jara (section)

==Musical career==
After joining the choir at the [[University of Chile]] in Santiago, Jara was convinced by a fellow chorus member to pursue a career in theater. He subsequently joined the university's theater program and, through his talent, earned a scholarship.<ref name="notablebiographies.com" /> He appeared in several of the university's plays, gravitating toward those with social themes, such as Russian playwright [[Maxim Gorky]]'s ''The Lower Depths''.<ref name="notablebiographies.com" />

In 1957, he met [[Violeta Parra]], a singer who had steered folk music in Chile toward modern song composition rooted in traditional forms,{{Explain|date=December 2022}} and who had established musical community centers called ''peñas'' to incorporate folk music into everyday life. Jara absorbed these lessons and began singing with a group called [[Cuncumén]], with whom he continued his explorations of Chile's traditional music.<ref name="notablebiographies.com" /> He worked as a guitarist and vocalist from 1957 to 1963.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cuncumén |url=http://www.musicapopular.cl/grupo/cuncumen/ |website=Cuncumén {{!}} MusicaPopular.cl |access-date=30 June 2021 |language=es}}</ref> He was deeply influenced by the folk music of Chile and other Latin American countries, and by artists such as Parra, [[Atahualpa Yupanqui]], and the poet [[Pablo Neruda]]. In the 1960s, Jara started specializing in folk music and sang at Santiago's La Peña de Los Parra, owned by [[Ángel Parra (singer-songwriter)|Ángel Parra]]. Through these activities, he became involved in the [[Nueva canción]] movement of Latin American folk music.

In 1966, Víctor released his self-titled first album; it was the only album released by the Demon label and was Víctor Jara's first solo work.<ref>{{cite web |title=Víctor Jara|url=http://www.musicapopular.cl/3.0/index2.php?action=RGlzY28=&var=NjU= |access-date=30 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027154727/http://www.musicapopular.cl/3.0/index2.php?action=RGlzY28=&var=NjU=|archive-date=27 October 2011}}</ref> The album would later be re-released under the titles ''Canto a lo humano'' and ''Sus mejores canciones'', and in 2001 an reissue on CD by [[Warner Music Group|Warner Music Chile]] was released with the original title.<ref name="Víctor Jara (1966)">{{cite web |title=Víctor Jara Discography: Víctor Jara (1966) |url=https://nuevacancion.net/victor/jara66.html |website=nuevacancion.net |access-date=30 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224031552/http://www.nuevacancion.net/victor/jara66.html |archive-date=24 February 2012}}</ref> This version on [[CD]] also included five bonus tracks, four of which are songs by Víctor Jara along with Cuncumén.

The album includes Jara's versions of some Latin American folk songs, such as "La flor que anda de mano en mano", and "Ojitos verdes"; as well as two Chilean folk songs, "La cocinerita", an Argentinian folk song, or "Ja jai",{{clarify|date=December 2022}} a Bolivian traditional.<ref name="Víctor Jara (1966)" /> The authorship of this album, as well as its singles, was in the hands of [[Camilo Fernández]], owner of the Demon label from its launch in 1966 until 2001, when he transferred the rights to the widow of Víctor Jara.<ref>{{cite news |author1=La Nación |author1-link=La Nación (Chile) |title=Camilo al cielo |url=http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20050910/pags/20050910193616.html |access-date=30 June 2021 |date=11 September 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426085655/http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20050910/pags/20050910193616.html |archive-date=26 April 2009 |page=lanación.cl |language=es}}</ref>

In 1967, released their{{who|date=December 2022}} second album homonymous, this album apart from the controversial song "The appeared"{{clarify|date=December 2022}} includes Jara's covers of folk songs from Latin America and Spain. The album was later released under the name of ''Desde Lonquén hasta siempre''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Victor Jara Discography: Víctor Jara (1967) |url=http://www.nuevacancion.net/victor/jara67.html |website=nuevacancion.net |access-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224031600/http://www.nuevacancion.net/victor/jara67.html |archive-date=24 February 2012}}</ref> In 1968, Jara released his first collaborative album entitled, "[[Canciones folklóricas de América]]" (Folkloric Songs of America), with [[Quilapayún]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Víctor Jara + Quilapayún: Canciones folklóricas de América (1968) {{!}} PERRERAC |url=https://perrerac.org/chile/vctor-jara-quilapayn-canciones-folklricas-de-amrica-1967/798/ |access-date=12 July 2021 |language=es |date=8 December 2018}}</ref> In 1970, Jara left theater to devote himself to music.