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", and Lola Montes, who sang the cuplé El novio de la muerte, 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 copla of the 1930s.

Notable cupletistas
María Antinea (1915-1991), Spanish actress, vedette, dancer, cupletista and tonadillera
La Argentinita (1898-1945), Spanish-Argentine flamenco dancer (bailaora), choreographer and singer
Bella Dorita (1901-2001), Spanish cabaret singer, dancer, and vedette
Paquita Escribano (1880-1970), Spanish singer (cupletista and tonadillera)
Julia Fons (1882-1973), Spanish singer and cupletista
La Fornarina (1884-1915), Cuplé singer
Celia Gámez (1905-1992), Argentine film actress, icon of the Golden Age of Spanish theatre
Úrsula López (1870-1966), Spanish Zarzuela, variety singer, and businesswoman
Raquel Meller, Spanish diseuse, cuplé, and tonadilla singer and actress.
Lola Montes (1898-1983), Spanish singer
La Chelito, Cuban-born Spanish cuplé singer, and theater business owner
Preciosilla (1893-1952), Spanish cupletista
Olga Ramos (1918-2005), Spanish cupletista, violinist, and actress
Rosita Rodrigo (1891-1959), Spanish actress, vedette, dancer and songwriter
Teresita Zazá (1893-1980), Spanish tonadillera, cupletista, and actress


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