• Género chico (literally, "little genre") is a Spanish genre of short, light plays with music. It is a major branch of zarzuela, Spain's form of popular...
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    Romantic zarzuelas can be further divided into two main subgenres, género grande and género chico, although other sub-divisions exist. Zarzuela spread to the...
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     1850–1950), which can be further divided into the two subgenres of género grande and género chico. Pedro Calderón de la Barca was the first playwright to adopt...
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    often found in the zarzuelas of the 19th century, especially in the género chico. Costumbrista museums deal with folklore and local art and costumbrista...
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    Sulamith (1883), Moses (1894) Christus (Rubinstein, 1895) Rubinstein Género chico Spanish Literally, "little genre". A type of zarzuela, differing from...
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    Fairy-tale opera / Märchenoper Fait historique Farsa Festa teatrale Género chico Género grande Grand opera Handlung Intermède Intermezzo Liederspiel Literaturoper...
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  • derives. One of the most famous zarzuela (Spanish operetta) pieces in the género chico ("smaller genre") is La Verbena de la Paloma ("The Fair of the Dove")...
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    libretto by José López Silva and Carlos Fernández Shaw, is a one-act género chico zarzuela clearly based on the story, but with names changed and the location...
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    Fairy-tale opera / Märchenoper Fait historique Farsa Festa teatrale Género chico Género grande Grand opera Handlung Intermède Intermezzo Liederspiel Literaturoper...
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    soldier), a popular song in the zarzuela (popular musical genre or 'género chico' in Spain) called La canción del olvido (The forgotten song) due both...
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    composer, notably of zarzuelas. His works were seminal works in the young Género chico form of zarzuela. The success of Los bandos de villafrita (1884) consolidated...
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  • Fairy-tale opera / Märchenoper Fait historique Farsa Festa teatrale Género chico Género grande Grand opera Handlung Intermède Intermezzo Liederspiel Literaturoper...
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    Valverde Durán in 1886. He was one of the most prominent figures of the género chico. Born in Madrid, Chueca entered the conservatory at eight years old,...
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    Zarzuela in Madrid (1856). It was then differentiated into "género grande" and "género chico", the former divided into three acts and the latter composed...
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    born in Alicante. His prolific work, drawing on the traditions of the género chico, the zarzuela and the grotesque, came to dominate the Spanish comic theatre...
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  • as Tomás Bretón and Ruperto Chapí, wrote smaller zarzuelas known as género chico which were farces in one-act. These farcical operas often contained social...
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  • Retrieved 30 August 2017. "Chelo García-Cortés: 'El corazón no es el género chico si se hace con dignidad'" [Chelo García-Cortés: 'Gossip is not the lesser...
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    on Sir Walter Scott. A year later, his first zarzuela, the one-act (género chico) La primera del barrio, was produced at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in...
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  • Costumbrismo had a new beginning, through genres like the zarzuela or género chico, the sainete or "theater by the hour". It was fundamentally a theater...
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    within the limitations of the genre. His greatest fame came from the género chico, especially La verbena de la Paloma (1894), one of the most famous zarzuelas...
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    shapes and sizes, including the three-act zarzuela grande and the one-act género chico forms. His most celebrated work is La revoltosa, written in the latter...
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  • Fairy-tale opera / Märchenoper Fait historique Farsa Festa teatrale Género chico Género grande Grand opera Handlung Intermède Intermezzo Liederspiel Literaturoper...
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  • divos, those who gave it harmonious and theatrical worth. Zarzuela and Género Chico were two of the many inspirations. On the other hand, the Contest in...
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  • Tajaraste Tiento Tonadilla Tono humano Villancico Xiringüelu Zarzuela Género chico Romani Flamenco (palos) Alegrías Alboreá Bambera Bulerías Cante Cante...
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    las tintas", "Tango del picazón". Teatro y Varietés, Vol. 3 Cómicos y género chico. Remastered recordings. Track 18, "La reina de las tintas", "Picazón"...
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    Apolo and the Felipe theatres were the most important venues for the género chico, a phenomenon which debuted in Madrid and featured one-act performances...
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  • Loreto y este humilde servidor (1944), Enrique Chicote. El origen del Género Chico (1949), José Deleito Piñuela. Memorias del teatro (1918) José Fancos...
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    Fons was popular during the first quarter of the 20th century, when the género chico, operetta, cuplé, and zarzuela were favored, cultivating these genres...
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  • Trancoso, in the Brazilian state of Bahia, featured the Brazilian child duo Chico & Roberta. Sung in Portuguese, it is a cover of the 1986 hit "Chorando Se...
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