Quilapayún - Cantata Santa María de Iquique (English Subtitles/ Letra en Español)

Cantata Santa María de Iquique is a cantata composed in 1969 by the Chilean composer Luis Advis Vitaglich, combining elements of both classical and folkloric/indigenous musical traditions to produce what became known as a popular cantata and one of Quilapayún’s most acclaimed and popular music interpretation. The theme of the cantata is a historical industrial dispute that ended with the massacre of miners in the northern Chilean city of Iquique in 1907. The Santa María School massacre was a massacre of striking workers, mostly saltpeter works (nitrate) miners, along with wives and children, committed by the Chilean Army in Iquique, Chile on December 21, 1907. The whole album has 18 tracks but I only translated the final 4 tracks that close the album. 1. 0:00 Canción-Letanía (Song-Litany) 2. 1:32 A los Hombres de la Pampa (The men from the plain) 3. 4:26 Pregón Final (Final Announcement) 4. 4:58 Canción Final (Final Song)