ArtistInfo

Oscar Matus

voc,
Musician / Composer of World, Latin and Folk
A.k.a. Manuel Oscar Matus

Manuel Oscar Matus known as Oscar Matus, is a musical composer and guitarist of Argentine folk music from the province of Mendoza. At the beginning of the 1960s he was one of the founders of the New Songbook Movement, along with his wife Mercedes Sosa, Armando Tejada Gómez and Tito Francia. He was married between 1957 and 1965 with Mercedes Sosa with whom he had a son, Fabián Matus . Independently produced the first album of Mercedes Sosa and the first albums of this singer include many of his songs. He maintained an artistic society with the poet Armando Tejada Gómez with whom he composed numerous songs, such as Selva sola, El río y tú, El viento duende, La Pancha Alfaro, La zafrera, La zamba del riego, Los hombres del río, Nocturna, Zamba de los humildes, Tropero padre, Zamba de la distancia, etc. Born 1935 Place Bandera de Argentina Mendoza, Argentina Death 29 de enero de 1991

Instruments

• Vocals
• Guitar

Genres

• World
• Latin
• Folk