Rita Montaner
Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda (20 August 1900 – 17 April 1958), known as Rita Montaner, was a Cuban singer, pianist and actress. In Cuban parlance, she was a vedette (a star), and was well known in Mexico City, Paris, Miami and New York, where she performed, filmed and recorded on numerous occasions. She was one of Cuba's most popular artists between the late 1920s and 1950s, renowned as Rita de Cuba. Though classically trained as a soprano for zarzuelas, her mark was made as a singer of Afro-Cuban salon songs including "The Peanut Vendor" and "Siboney". Throughout her career, Montaner kept a close personal and professional relationship with two famous musicians from her hometown of Guanabacoa: pianist-singer Bola de Nieve and composer Ernesto Lecuona. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 22, 1900 (Guanabacoa), Died April 17, 1958 (Havana)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1942
Roles Represented in DAHR: soprano vocal, composer
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Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Montaner, Rita," accessed May 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105232.
Montaner, Rita. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105232.
"Montaner, Rita." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Montaner, Rita, 1900-1958 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85379261
Wikidata: Rita Montaner - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q448525
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/45766438
MusicBrainz: Rita Montaner - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/708da90d-631e-4fbc-aab0-435faffded80
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