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Alfredo Zitarrosa

Alfredo Zitarrosa has been played on NTS shows including Heaven and Earth Magic w/ Jocelyn Romo, with Adagio En Mi País first played on 20 November 2024.

Uruguayan folk icon Alfredo Zitarrosa lived his childhood in the small town of Santiago Vázquez. Influenced by an elementary school teacher, the enthusiastic young man started paying attention to classical and traditional music. Alfredo Zitarrosa's writing skills allowed him to come in first place after participating in a local poetry contest in 1958, making his debut as a singer in the Peruvian Tulio Loza's Show, performing "Guitarrero" and "Milonga Para una Niña." As a songwriter, his first composition,…

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Adagio En Mi País
Alfredo Zitarrosa
Cantares Del Mundo1973
Adagio En Mi País
Alfredo ZitarrosaCantares Del Mundo1973
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