La Violetera

La Violetera is a copla song, with the rhythm of a habanera, composed by José Padilla in 1914 with lyrics by Eduardo Montesinos and interpreted and popularized by the Spanish singer Raquel Meller. In Spanish, "Violetera" is a girl or woman who sells violets in the street.

The song was composed by José Padilla during his stay in Paris as director of the orchestra of the Casino de Paris music hall. Its premiere took place in Barcelona, however, with an interpretation by Carmen Flores. Then the singer Raquel Meller popularized the song among the French and Spanish public first, and later worldwide.

Another popular Spanish interpreter is Sara Montiel. La Violetera is also in the repertoire of, among others, Montserrat Caballé, Dalida, Gigliola Cinquetti, Nana Mouskouri, Connie Francis, Mieczysław Fogg.

Movies using La Violetera include City Lights (1931) by Charles Chaplin with him and Virginia Cherrill; La Violetera (1958) by Luis César Amadori with Sara Montiel; All Night Long (1981) by Jean-Claude Tramont with Barbra Streisand and Gene Hackman; Scent of a Woman (1992) by Martin Brest with Al Pacino; In the mood for love (2000) by Wong Kar Wai, named on the soundtrack "Lan Hua Nu" and sung by Rebecca Pan (recorded in 1949); or Raji En Kanmani (1953 Tamil film), named on the soundtrack "Malligai Poo Jathi Rojaa", where it is sung by Balasaraswathi and combined with La Paloma.

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