YMA SUMAC AUTOGRAPHED 4 RECORD SET OF 45RPM RECORDS VOICE OF THE XTABAY CAPITOL
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Yma Sumac Autographed 4 Record Box Set
Voice of the Xtabay Autographed in 1996
Capitol Records CDF 244 1- Virgin of the Sun God B/W Lure of the Unknown Love 2- High Andes! B/W Monkeys 3- Chant of the Chosen Maidens B/W Dance of the Winds 4- Earthquake B/W Dance of the Moon Festival Yma Sumac Sumac in 1954 Background information Birth name Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo Born September 10, 1923
Ichocan, Cajamarca, Peru Died November 1, 2008 (85 years)
Los Angeles,
State of California,
United States Genres Exotica, world, mambo, lounge Occupation(s) Singer, artist Instruments Voice, sopranino, soprano, mezzosoprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, bass Years active 1942– 2006
Yma Sumac (/?i?m? ?su?mæk/; September 10, 1923 – November 1, 2008), was a Peruvian–American coloratura soprano. In the 1950's, she was one of the most famous exponents of exotica music.
Sumac became an international success based on her extreme vocal range. She had six and a half octaves according to some reports, but other reports (and recordings) document four and a half at the peak of her singing career. (A typical trained singer has a range of about three octaves.)
In one live recording of "Chuncho", she sings a range of over four and a half octaves, from B2 to F?7. She was able to sing notes in the low baritone register as well as notes above the range of an ordinary soprano and notes in the whistle register. Both low and high extremes can be heard in the song "Chuncho (The Forest Creatures)" (1953). She was also apparently able to sing in a remarkable "double voice."
In 1954, classical composer Virgil Thomson described Sumac's voice as "very low and warm, very high and birdlike," noting that her range "is very close to five octaves, but is in no way inhuman or outlandish in sound." In 2012, audio recording restoration expert John H. Haley favorably compared Sumac's tone to opera singers Isabella Colbran, Maria Malibran, and Pauline Viardot. He described Sumac's voice as not having the "bright penetrating peal of a true coloratura soprano," but having in its place "an alluring sweet darkness ... virtually unique in our time."
Records are All in VG+ Condition Outer Box has Some Wear- Please see Pictures for Condition
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