In November 1957, Violeta returned to Chile and recorded the first LP of the series "The Folklore of Chile" for the EMI Odeon label, "Violeta Parra and her Guitar" ("Canto y Guitarra"), which included three of her own compositions. She followed with the second volume of "The Folklore of Chile" in 1958, "Acompañada de Guitarra". In 1959, she released "La cueca" and "La tonada". The following year, she founded the National Museum of Folkloric Art (Museo Nacional de Arte Folklórico) in Concepción, under the University of Concepción (Universidad de Concepción). During this time, she composed many décimas, a Latin American poetry form for which she is well known.