Niña de la Puebla

Dolores Jiménez Alcántara (La Puebla de Cazalla, Seville, 28 July 1909 – 14 June 1999), known as "Niña de la Puebla "(in Spanish: "The girl from La Puebla"; La Puebla is her birth place) was one of the greatest flamenco and Andalusian copla singers.

Jimenez was born on 28 July, 1909, the daughter of a barber. An eye infection at a young age resulted in blindness.^[1] At age 8 she moved with her family to Madrid and began music lessons and studied flamenco.

In 1931 Jimenez debuts in Seville. Her style was known as dulce, or sweet.^[1] She married another singer in 1934, Lucas Soto Martin, and had five children, two of whom became flamenco professionals.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Goodman, Al (22 June, 1999). "Dolores Jimenez Alcantara, Spanish Flamenco Singer, 90". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/22/arts/dolores-jimenez-alcantara-spanish-flamenco-singer-90.html. Retrieved 2009-08-19. 

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Name	Ninadelapuebla
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Date of birth	1909
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Date of death	1999
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