Paquita Escribano

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Paquita Escribano (1914)

Paquita Escribano (Zaragoza, ✦1880 - Valencia, 1970) was a popular Spanish singer. A cupletista [Note 1] and tonadillera[Note 2], 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. She was considered as unusually handsome with black hair and dark eyes.[1]

References

  1. Sherwood, Frederick Augustus (1920). Glimpses of South America, Public domain, The Century Company, 96–. 
More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Paquita_Escribano ]

Notes

  1. The cuplé was a popular risqué Spanish theatre song style in the late years of the 19th century.
  2. Tonadilla was a Spanish musical song form of theatrical origin; not danced.

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