Emma Liébel (born Aimée Medebielle; 13 September 1873 – January 1928) was a French chanteuse.
[2] She made her debut as a singer in the southwest of France, under the German-sounding stage name of Emma Liebel, a partial anagram of her real name.
[1] After the start of World War I (1914-1918) she made the stage name more French by adding an acute accent to the first e, making it "Liébel" rather than "Liebel".
[1] She was one of the pioneers of the chanson réaliste style in her popular shows, along with Félicia Mallet, Yvette Guilbert and Eugénie Buffet.
Her 1911 song Bonsoir m'amour (Good evening, my love) was adapted into the anti-war La Chanson de Craonne by troops during World War I, and was banned by the General Staff.