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The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH) Maria Tănase
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BACKGROUND
Information: Maria Tănase, a Romanian singer.
Maria was a Romanian singer and actress. Her music ranged from traditional Romanian music to romance, tango, chanson, and operetta.
Tănase had a similar importance in Romanian as Édith Piaf in France or Amália Rodrigues in Portugal. In her nearly three-decade-long career, she became widely regarded as Romania's national diva, being admired for her originality, voice, physical beauty, and charisma. In Romania, she was regarded as a major cultural icon of the 20th century. In 2006 she was included in the list of the 100 Greatest Romanians of all time by a nationwide poll.
CHRONOLOGY
- Born in 1913, Tănase's career began between the World Wars.
- She is compared to Édith Piaf in voice and persona, singing Western popular songs and Romanian folk songs.
- Recreational international folk dancers in the United States know her for Mihai David's "Ciuleandra."
- Maria died of throat cancer in 1963.
- A favorite of the Romanians, her funeral procession stretched several kilometers with much of Bucharest attending.
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