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The flexibility and sweetness of her voice prepared with surprising mastery the culmination of the songs and passed without artificial efforts and with naturalness, from the power to the most delicious smoothness.<ref name=":0" /> |
The flexibility and sweetness of her voice prepared with surprising mastery the culmination of the songs and passed without artificial efforts and with naturalness, from the power to the most delicious smoothness.<ref name=":0" /> |
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She died in Cadiz in 1975 at the age of 51.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cádiz|first=Diario de|date=2010-09-14|title=Perla de Cádiz y del cante|url=https://www.diariodecadiz.es/ocio/Perla-Cadiz-cante_0_405559852.html|access-date=2020-10-26|website=Diario de Cádiz|language=es-ES}}</ref> She was married to Curro la Gamba. Her death when she was still quite young came as a consequence of a breast cancer. |
She died in Cadiz in 1975 at the age of 51.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cádiz|first=Diario de|date=2010-09-14|title=Perla de Cádiz y del cante|url=https://www.diariodecadiz.es/ocio/Perla-Cadiz-cante_0_405559852.html|access-date=2020-10-26|website=Diario de Cádiz|language=es-ES}}</ref> She was married to Curro la Gamba. Her death when she was still quite young came as a consequence of a breast cancer.<ref>"[https://elartedevivirelflamenco.com/cantaores84.html El arte de vivir el flamenco]". Cantaores/as.</ref> |
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She stood out for the styles of: alegrías, bulerías, soleares, tientos, tangos and saetas. SHe also stood out for her excellent compás and interpretative skills. At present, a flamenco club in Cadiz had her name. |
She stood out for the styles of: alegrías, bulerías, soleares, tientos, tangos and saetas. SHe also stood out for her excellent compás and interpretative skills. At present, a flamenco club in Cadiz had her name. |
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== Discography == |
== Discography == |
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La Perla de Cádiz (19 cantes). Includes bulerías, cantiñas, romance por tientos, rumba flamenca, fandangos, romera, alegrías and tangos. Accompanied on guitar by Paco Aguilera, Moraito Chico, Félix de Utrera, Antonio Arenas, Melchor de Marchena, Enrique de Melchor and Eugenio Salas. |
La Perla de Cádiz (19 cantes). Includes bulerías, cantiñas, romance por tientos, rumba flamenca, fandangos, romera, alegrías and tangos. Accompanied on guitar by Paco Aguilera, Moraito Chico, Félix de Utrera, Antonio Arenas, Melchor de Marchena, Enrique de Melchor and Eugenio Salas. |
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Revision as of 18:58, 26 October 2020
La Perla de Cádiz
Antonia Gilabert Vargas (Cádiz, 1924 - Idem, 1975), better known by her stage name La Perla de Cádiz was a Spanish gypsy flamenco singer.
Biography
Of gypsy ethnicity, daughter of flamenco artists, her father was the guitarist Juan Gilabert and her mother the singer Rosa Vargas Fernández, known as Rosa la Papera. She was born in Calle de la Botica, in the Santa María district.[1]
In 1960 she made her debut in the Zambra tablao in Madrid. In 1962 she won First Prize for Bulerías in the Concurso Nacional de Cantes de Jerez. She was later hired by the Seville tablaos of Los Gallos and El Guajiro. However, a year later she returned to Madrid, hired by Manolo Caracol for the opening of his tablao, Los Canasteros.In 1964r she moved to El Duende and later worked in Torres Bermejas and El Corral de la Morería, as well as in Cadiz's La Cueva del Pájaro Azul, and in its venta-tablao 'La Perla de Cai', in Valdelagrana, in El Puerto de Santa María. [1] In 1968 she won the First Prize in the First Cante de Cádiz Competition.
The flexibility and sweetness of her voice prepared with surprising mastery the culmination of the songs and passed without artificial efforts and with naturalness, from the power to the most delicious smoothness.[1]
She died in Cadiz in 1975 at the age of 51.[2] She was married to Curro la Gamba. Her death when she was still quite young came as a consequence of a breast cancer.[3]
She stood out for the styles of: alegrías, bulerías, soleares, tientos, tangos and saetas. SHe also stood out for her excellent compás and interpretative skills. At present, a flamenco club in Cadiz had her name.
Discography
La Perla de Cádiz (19 cantes). Includes bulerías, cantiñas, romance por tientos, rumba flamenca, fandangos, romera, alegrías and tangos. Accompanied on guitar by Paco Aguilera, Moraito Chico, Félix de Utrera, Antonio Arenas, Melchor de Marchena, Enrique de Melchor and Eugenio Salas.
References
- ^ a b c Gonzalo Rojo "La Perla de Cádiz" Diario Sur (13 de septiembre, 2019)
- ^ Cádiz, Diario de (2010-09-14). "Perla de Cádiz y del cante". Diario de Cádiz (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ "El arte de vivir el flamenco". Cantaores/as.