Antonio Mairena
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Spanish flamenco singer (1909–1983)
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Antonio Cruz García, known as Antonio Mairena (Mairena del Alcor, Seville, Spain, 1909-Seville, 1983) was a famous flamenco singer. He led the movement towards the revival of traditional flamenco in the fifties and subsequent decades. He was born in a Gypsy family of smiths and learned to sing in the family environment. An important personality of flamenco, he was the main leader of a movement of flamenco artists and intellectuals who tried to rescue a type of flamenco, which they considered to
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Antonio Cruz García "Antonio Mairena" - Ateneo de Córdoba
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antonio
- Family name
- Cruz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Mairena del Alcor
- Place of death
- Seville
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- flamenco
- Record label
- RCA Victor
- Official website
- www.antoniomairena.com
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- date of birth
- 1909-09-07
- date of death
- 1983-09-05
- birth name
- Antonio Cruz García
- pseudonym
- Niño Mairena
- second family name in Spanish name
- García
- described at URL
- www.vintagemusic.fm/artist/antonio-mairena-2
- nickname
- Niño Rafael
- ethnic group
- Romani people in Spain
- Commons category
- Antonio Mairena
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