La Serneta

{{Short description|Spanish flamenco singer (1837–1912)}}

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La Serneta (1837 in Jerez de la Frontera – 1910 in Utrera) was a famous Spanish flamenco singer (cantaora). She was seminal in soleares style. Her real name was Mercedes Fernández Vargas and she was a very popular celebrity in flamenco cafés.{{Cite book |last=Chuse |first=Loren |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4dRTAQAAQBAJ&dq=La+Serneta&pg=PT109 |title=Cantaoras: Music, Gender and Identity in Flamenco Song |date=2013-10-11 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-38211-7 |language=en}}

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