''Cartageneras'' () are a
flamenco
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palo
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belonging to the category of the ''
cantes de las minas'' (in English, songs of the mines) or ''cantes minero-levantinos'' (eastern miner songs). As the rest of the songs in this category, it derives from older
folkloric
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fandango
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styles. The origin of this particular style is attributed to traditional fandango from the miner area of
Cartagena in the province of
Murcia
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, in southern Spain.
Although earlier singers like
Rojo el Alpargatero contributed to its development, it was
Antonio Chacón
Antonio Chacón (1869–1929) was a Spanish flamenco singer antaor
Chacón was born in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz Province. He began earning a living by performing flamenco around 1884. He toured Andalucia with his two friends, the Moli ...
who determined its definite flamenco form and made it popular in other areas.
The
stanza of the Cartagenera is the usual for
Fandango
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