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café-chantant

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originally an outdoor café where small groups of performers performed popular music for the public. The music was generally lighthearted, sometimes risqué, even bawdy but, as opposed to the cabaret tradition, not particularly political or confrontational.

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In spite of its cafés chantants and its omnibuses, Moscow was yet a stagnant bog.

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina.
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Before a curtain, over which the words Cafe Chantant were written in coloured lamps, two men were counting money on a salver.

James Joyce. Dubliners
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