EUGENIE BUFFET
Eugénie Buffet, born November 26, 1866, in Tlemcen, French Algeria, was a
French singer and one of the earliest figures associated with the chanson
réaliste tradition. Rising to fame in Parisian cafés-concerts in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, she became known for dramatic
performances portraying the lives of ordinary and marginalized people. Her
signature song, "La Sérénade du Pavé" (1895), became closely identified with her
career. Buffet also performed in the streets and poorer districts of Paris to
raise funds for charity, earning recognition with the Lég...
