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Don Osvaldo 'Chosto' Ulloa (Osvaldo del Tránsito Ulloa Lobos, b. 1936), is the eldest of a small community of guitarrón players of Pirque, a rural community 20 kilometres south of Santiago, Chile. He was born in fundo El Principal, where he has lived all his life as a labourer and musician.
The origin of the guitarrón, a 25-stringed guitar unique to Chile, is shrouded in mystery. The guitarroneros use it in their Canto a lo poeta (Poet’s Song), which encompasses the Canto…
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