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Haydée Mercedes Sosa (9 July 1935 at BrainyHistory.com & ndash; 4 October 2009), known as La Negra (literally: The Black One ), was an Music of Argentina|Argentine singer who was popular throughout South America and many countries outside the continent. With her roots in Argentine folk music , Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción . She gave voice to songs written by both Brazilians and Cubans. She was best known as the "voice of the voiceless ones".

Sosa performed in venues such as the Lincoln Center in New York City , the Théâtre Mogador in Paris and the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City , as well as sell-out shows in New York's Carnegie Hall and the Rome|Roman Coliseum during her final decade of life. Her career spanned four decades and she has been the recipient of several Grammy awards and nominations, including three nominations which will be decided posthumously. She served as an ambassador for UNICEF .

Life

Sosa was born on 9 July 1935, in San Miguel de Tucumán , in the northwestern Argentine province of Tucumán Province|Tucumán , of mestizo , French people|French , and Quechua people|Quechua Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Amerindian ancestry.Mercedes Sosa dies at 74"/> In 1950, at age fifteen, she won a singing competition organized by a local radio station and was given a contract to perform for two months. She recorded her first album, La Voz de la Zafra , in 1959. A performance at the 1965 Cosquín Festival|Cosquín National Folklore Festival -where she was introduced and brought to the scene while seating among the public by fellow folk singer Jorge Cafrune -,, The presentation by Jorge Cafrune and the song Mercedes Sosa sang are available here. Retrieved 3.03.2010. brought her to the attention of her native countrypeople.

Sosa and her first husband, Manuel Óscar Matus, with whom she had one son, were key players in the mid-60s nueva canción movement (which was called nuevo cancionero in Argentina).Mercedes Sosa dies"/> Her second record was Canciones con Fundamento , a collection of Argentine folk songs.

In 1967, Sosa toured the United States and Europe with great success. In later years, she performed and recorded extensively, broadening her repertoire to include material from throughout Latin America.

In the early 1970s, Sosa released two concept albums in collaboration with composer Ariel Ramírez and lyricist Félix Luna : Cantata Sudamericana and Mujeres Argentinas (Argentine Women). She also recorded a tribute to Chile an poet Violeta Parra in 1971, including what was to become one of Sosa's signature songs, Gracias a la Vida .Mercedes Sosa dies at 74"/> She also improved the popularity of songs written by Milton Nascimento of Brazil and Pablo Milanés and Silvio Rodríguez both from Cuba .Mercedes Sosa dies at 74"/>

After the National Reorganization Process|military junta of Jorge Videla came to power in 1976, the atmosphere in Argentina grew increasingly oppressive. At a concert in La Plata in 1979, Sosa was searched and arrested on stage, along with the attending crowd.Mercedes Sosa dies"/> Their release came about through international intervention. Banned in her own country, she moved to Paris and then to Madrid .Mercedes Sosa dies"/> Her second husband died in 1978.

Sosa returned to Argentina in 1982,Mercedes Sosa dies"/> several months before the military regime collapsed as a result of the Malvinas War , and gave a series of concerts at the Opera theatre in Buenos Aires , where she invited many of her younger colleagues to share the stage. A double album of recordings from these performances became an instant best seller. In subsequent years, Sosa continued to tour both in Argentina and abroad, performing in such venues as the Lincoln Center in New York and the Théâtre Mogador in Paris. In a poor condition of health for much of the 1990s, she performed a comeback show in Argentina in 1998. In 1994, she played the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City .Mercedes Sosa dies at 74"> In 2002, she sold out both Carnegie Hall in New York and the Coliseum in Rome in the same year.Mercedes Sosa dies at 74"/>

A supporter of Juan Perón|Perón in her youth, she favored leftist causes throughout her life. She opposed President Carlos Menem , who was in office from 1989 to 1999, and supported the election of Néstor Kirchner , who became president in 2003., Magazin Berliner Zeitung , 25 October 2003.
Sosa was a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean.Mercedes Sosa dies"/>

In a career consisting of four decades, she worked with performers across several genres and generations, folk, opera, pop, rock, including Lucio Dalla , Nana Mouskouri , Maria Farantouri , Andrea Bocelli , Holly Near , Silvio Rodríguez , Pablo Milanés , Milton Nascimento , Caetano Veloso ,Mercedes Sosa dies at 74"/> Joan Manuel Serrat ,Mercedes Sosa dies at 74"/> Chico Buarque , Gal Costa , Gian Marco , Konstantin Wecker , Lourdes Pérez , Nilda Fernández , Pata Negra , David Broza , Franco Battiato , Luz Casal , Ismael Serrano , Charly Garcia , Joan Baez , Luciano Pavarotti , Shakira , Lila Downs , Julieta Venegas , Martha Argerich , Francis Cabrel and Sting (musician)|Sting .Mercedes Sosa dies">

Sosa participated in a 1999 production of Ariel Ramírez 's Misa Criolla . Her song Balderrama is featured in the 2008 movie Che (film)|Che , starring Benicio del Toro as the Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara . - a tribute to Che Guevara

Awards

She won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album in 2000 ("Misa Criolla"), 2003 ("Acústico") and 2006 ("Corazón Libre"), as well as many international awards.

Her album Cantora 1 won two awards at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2009 . She won Best Folk Album and was nominated for Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year . The album was also awarded Latin Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Recording Package .

Death

Suffering from recurrent endocrine and respiratory problems in later years, the 74-year-old Sosa was hospitalized in Buenos Aires on September 18, 2009. She died from multiple organ failure on October 4, 2009, at 5:15 am. She is survived by one son, Fabian Matus, born during the first marriage.Mercedes Sosa, 'voice of Latin America,' dies at 74"/> He said: "She lived her 74 years to the fullest. She had done practically everything she wanted, she didn't have any type of barrier or any type of fear that limited her".Mercedes Sosa, 'voice of Latin America,' dies at 74"> The hospital expressed its sympathies with her relations.Mercedes Sosa dead at 74"> Her website featured the following: "Her undisputed talent, her honesty and her profound convictions leave a great legacy to future generations".

Her body was placed on display at the Argentine National Congress|National Congress building in Buenos Aires for the public to pay their respects, and President Fernández de Kirchner ordered three days of national mourning.Mercedes Sosa, 'voice of Latin America,' dies at 74"/> http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp? nota_id=1182377& pid=7460859& toi=6255 Thousands had queued by the end of the day. She was cremated on October 5.Mercedes Sosa dies at 74"/>

Sosa's obituary in The Daily Telegraph said she was "an unrivalled interpreter of works by her compatriot, the Argentinian Atahualpa Yupanqui , and Chile's Violeta Parra ". Helen Popper of Reuters announced her death by saying she "fought South America's dictators with her voice and became a giant of contemporary Latin American music".Mercedes Sosa dies at 74"> Sosa received two Latin Grammy nominations for her album which is nominated for a total of three awards. She went on to win Best Folk Album about a month after her death.Mercedes Sosa dies at 74"/>Mercedes Sosa dies"/>

Discography

She recorded forty albums.Mercedes Sosa dies at 74"/>Mercedes Sosa dies"/>

La voz de la zafra (1962)

Canciones con fundamento (1965)

Yo no canto por cantar (1966)

Hermano (1966)

Para cantarle a mi gente (1967)

Con sabor a Mercedes Sosa (1968)

Mujeres argentinas (1969)

Navidad con Mercedes Sosa (1970)

El grito de la tierra (1970)

Homenaje a Violeta Parra (1971)

Hasta la victoria (1972)

Cantata sudamericana (1972)

Traigo un pueblo en mi voz (1973)

Si se calla el cantor (1973) (with Gloria Martín , life in Venezuela)

Niño de mañana (1975)

A que florezca mi pueblo (1975)

En dirección del viento (1976)

O cio da terra (1977)

Mercedes Sosa interpreta a Atahualpa Yupanqui (1977)

Si se calla el cantor (1977) - Recopilacion

Serenata para la tierra de uno (1979)

A quién doy (1980)

Gravado ao vivo no Brasil (1980)

Mercedes Sosa en Argentina (1982)

Mercedes Sosa (1983)

Como un pájaro libre (1983)

Recital (1983)

¿Será posible el sur? (1984)

Vengo a ofrecer mi corazón (1985)

Corazón americano (1985) (with Milton Nascimento and León Gieco )

Mercedes Sosa ´86 (1986)

Mercedes Sosa ´87 (1987)

Amigos míos (1988)

En vivo en Europa (1999)

De mí (1991)

30 años (1993)

Sino (1993)

Gestos de amor (1994)

Live in Argentina (1994)

Live in Europe (1994)

Sera Posible El Sur (1994)

Vivir (1994)

Oro (1995)

Escondido en mi país (1996)

Gracias a la Vida (1996)

Alta fidelidad (1997) (with Charly García )

Coleccion Mi Historia (1997)

Al despertar (1998)

Misa criolla (1999)

Serie Millennium 21 (1999)

La Negra (2000)

Acústico (2002)

Grandes Exitos, Vols. 1 & 2 (2002)

40 Obras Fundamentales (2003)

Argentina quiere cantar (2003) (with Víctor Heredia and León Gieco )

Voz Y Sentimiento (2003)

Corazón libre (2005)

Éxitos Eternos (2005)

La Historia del Folklore (2007)

Cantora 1 (2009)

Cantora 2 (2009)

Filmography

Güemes, la tierra en armas (1971)

Argentinísima (1972)

Esta es mi Argentina (1974)

Mercedes Sosa, como un pájaro libre (1983)

Será posible el sur: Mercedes Sosa (1985)

Historias de Argentina en vivo (2001)

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