CHILEAN NEW SONG AND THE QUESTION OF CULTURE IN THE ALLENDE GOVERNMENT Voices for a Revolution Nardtra Avo ScumiepEckEChilean New Song and the Question of Culture in the Allende Government Voices for a Revolution Natalia Ayo Schmiedecke LEXINGTON BOOKS Lanham + Boulder * New York * LondonPublished by Rowman & Litlefield ‘An imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Ine. ‘4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanliam, Maryland 20706 ‘86-90 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NE, United Kingdom ‘Copyright © 2022 by The Rowman & Litlefsld Publishing Group, ne “Translated by Sheyla Riyadh Weyersbach. Revised by Katie Clarkson and Jessica Galette.” _Allvighis reserved. No patt ofthis book may be reproduced in any form or by ‘any electron or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without Written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages ina review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Infomation Available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Library of Congress Control Number: 2020951037 ISBN 978-1-70936.2285- (cloth) ISBN 978-1-7936-22860 (ebook) 5" the paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Scicnces Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSUINISO 233.48-1992.Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Place of Culture in the Government of the Popular Unity Govemnment Programs, Institutions, and Achievements “What Exists and What is Lacking": Demands from the Intellectuals The “Question of Culture” in Debate Notes 2. Official Song? Chilean New Song and Engagement Politics in the Musical Ficld: The Primacy of the Chilean ‘New Song? Onda and Ramona Magazines Compete for Young Audiences “Record is Culture”: DICAP and IRT Notes: 3 Controversies within Chilean New Song ‘The Pamphlet Song: A Contribution to the Process? Representations of Identity Popular Art: About, for, with or of the People? Engagement vs. Autonomy of Art ‘Commercial Culture “High Culture” Notes ix u u 25 34 34 59 59 65 B 89 99 105 105, 19 129 137 M43 151 187