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Le Chat Noir

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Cabaret “The Black Cat” • Le Chat Noir • Why did a black cat appear on the café sign?

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Henri 2, Paw de Deux

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Henri

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Aristide Bruant - Le chat noir (avec paroles)

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Le Chat Noir was a nineteenth-century entertainment establishment, in the bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. It opened on 18 November 1881 at 84 Boulevard de Rochechouart by the impresario Rodolphe Salis, and closed in 1897 not long after Salis' death.
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