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Cuplé
The cuplé was a popular risqué Spanish theatre song style in the late years of the 19th century. From 1893 to 1911 the songs were a feature of the "género ínfimo" (lowest type) cabaret theatre sung by solo female singers, or men in drag, and attended mainly by men. But in the second decade of the 20th century the cuplé, in a more respectable form, became more family-friendly and was associated with the makings of stars of the Spanish theatre such as Aurora Jauffret, "La Goya",Bradley S. Epps, Despina Kakoudaki ''All about Almodóvar: A Passion for Cinema'' 2009 "Even the cuplé, the song with which Montiel becomes identified, derives from a tradition of risqué musical numbers filled with sexual innuendo performed by women." and Lola Montes, who sang the cuplé , which, after adaptation, became the official hymn of the Spanish Legion. The term comes from French ''couplet'', but the poetic form couplet in Spanish is a ''pareado'' or ''dístico''. The cuplé prefigured the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Olga Ramos
Trinidad Olga Ramos Sanguino (18 July 1918 – 25 August 2005) was a Spanish cupletista, violinist, and actress known as the queen of the cuplé. Life and career She appeared singing a song in the 1940 film ''Leyenda rota'', with Juan de Orduña and Maruchi Fresno, directed by . She studied violin at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, where she won the first prize for chamber music in 1943. In the 1940s, she conducted the Orquesta Fémina, an "orchestra of young ladies", in various locations in the city such as . After a few years withdrawn from the world of entertainment, from 1967 to 1978 she sang at the Madrid venue El Último Cuplé, at 51 , until its closure. Two years later, Ramos reopened the club, becoming an entrepreneur, with her daughter, , under the name Las Noches del Cuplé, and performed there daily until its final closure in 1999. Her husband, Enrique Martínez de Gamboa, composed several of her songs. Discography * ''Madrid entre cuplés y canciones'' * ''Puro cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Paquita Escribano
Paquita Escribano (Zaragoza, 1880 - Valencia, 1970) was a popular Spanish singer. A cupletista and tonadillera, she recorded 39 albums. Among her most popular songs were ''Ven y ven (La mejicana)'', ''El polichinela'', ''El apache moderno'', ''La mariposa'', ''Tirana del Tripilí'', ''La foot-balista'', ''Mimosa, ¿Solo o con leche?'', ''La cucaracha'', ''Zulina, la esclava'', ''Bella samaritana'' and ''La guitarra agarena''. She retired to Valencia with her husband where she died in 1970. Biography Escribano was a Spanish ''tonadillera'', a magnified and glorified vaudeville singer. Her single act constituted the entire performance, and featured the Spanish song type known as Cuplé. Characterized as being "one of the best of the type", she did not take well in some parts of South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fornarina (singer)
María del Consuelo Vello Cano, known as La Fornarina (28 May 1884 – 17 July 1915), was a Spanish singer. She was a ''cuplé'' singer whose short career –barely 15 years– nevertheless brought her fame throughout Spain and Europe. Among her admirers were Jacinto Benavente and the brothers Antonio and Manuel Machado. Biography Daughter of the Civil Guard Laureano Vello Álvarez and the laundress Benita Cano Rodríguez. Her first notable appearances were as chorus girl in the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid and her presence is also documented in the capital's ''Teatro Japonés'' around 1900. She apparently owed her nickname, "La Fornarina" (the baker girl) to the La Época journalist Javier Betegón. She already appeared under the name at the Teatro Romea in Madrid, the Teatro Nuevo Retiro in Barcelona and the Salon Novedades in Valencia. From 1904, she became associated with the lyricist José Juan Cadenas. Her appearances abroad can be traced to 1905, in Lisbon's Coliseu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
