Toña la Negra
Toña la Negra ( Maria Antonia del Carmen Peregrino Álvarez ; born October 12, 1912 in Veracruz , † December 16, 1982 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican singer.
Toña la Negra never had any formal musical training. She performed at family celebrations as a child. In 1932 she went to Mexico City, where she met Agustín Lara and became the most important interpreter of his boleros. He composed Lamento Jorocho for her, and titles like Noche criolla , Palemras , Cancionera naci and Cenizas have been identified with her. Works by composers such as Rafael Hernández Marín and Miguel Valladares were also part of her repertoire.
In the 1940s and 1950s, the golden age of the bolero, she had great success as a singer in Latin America. She has appeared in the theater and on the radio and has appeared in films such as En carne viva (1951), Revancha (1948) and Humo en los ojos (1946). After her death, she honored her hometown with a statue in the central square, and the Mexican Post Office included her face in the radio legends stamp series .
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- Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, Ana M. Lopez (Eds.): Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures , Routledge, 2002, ISBN 9781134788521 , p. 1475
- Armando Jiménez: Cabarets de antes y de ahora en la Ciudad de México , Plaza y Valdes, 1991, ISBN 9789688562659 , p. 45
- Toña la Negra in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Allmusic - Toña La Negra
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Toña la Negra |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carmen Peregrino Álvarez, María Antonia del |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mexican singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Veracruz , Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1982 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |