La Diva de l'Empire (The Diva of the Empire) is a French popular song with music by Erik Satie and lyrics by Dominique Bonnaud and Numa Blès, composed in 1904. Along with Je te veux (1903) it is probably the best-known example of Satie's cabaret or "café-concert" idiom. It was premiered by singer Paulette Darty, dubbed the "Queen of the Slow Waltz", in the musical revue Dévidons la bobine in Paris on July 26, 1904, and published that same year.

Original Name La Diva de l'Empire
Librettist Dominique Bonnaud and Numa Blès
Date of composition 1904
Premiered 1904, July 26th (musical revue Dévidons la bobine) in Paris, France
First published 1904
Type Song(s)
Approx. duration 3 minutes
Spoken language French
Instruments Voice
Piano
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Autotranslations beta Erik Satie: The Diva of the Empire "Cabaret Song"
Erik Satie: The Diva of the Empire "Cabaret Song"
Erik Satie: The Diva of the Empire "Cabaret Song"