café-chantant
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thumb|300px|The first café-chantant was established in 1789 on the Champs-Élysées (ink drawing from the collection of [[Hippolyte Destailleur)]] thumb|Corner of a Café-Concert, the right half of a painting of the Brasserie de Reichshoffen, Boulevard Marguerite-de-Rochechouart, Paris, by [[Édouard Manet circa 1879]] thumb|Le Café Concert by Henri-Gabriel Ibels, illustrated book cover by Ibels and [[Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893 — the customer is Francisque Sarcey]] '''''' (; French: lit. 'singing café'), ', or ' is a type of musical establishment associated with the Belle Époque in France. The music w
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thumb|300px|The first café-chantant was established in 1789 on the Champs-Élysées (ink drawing from the collection of [[Hippolyte Destailleur)]] thumb|Corner of a Café-Concert, the right half of a painting of the Brasserie de Reichshoffen, Boulevard Marguerite-de-Rochechouart, Paris, by [[Édouard Manet circa 1879]] thumb|Le Café Concert by Henri-Gabriel Ibels, illustrated book cover by Ibels and [[Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893 — the customer is Francisque Sarcey]] '''''' (; French: lit. 'singing café'), ', or ' is a type of musical establishment associated with the Belle Époque in France. The music was generally lighthearted and sometimes risqué or even bawdy—but, as opposed to the cabaret tradition, not particularly political or confrontational.
==Origins== Although there is much overlap of definition with cabaret, music hall, vaudeville, etc., the was originally an outdoor café where small groups of performers performed popular music for the public.