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- Yma_Sumac abstract "Yma Sumac (/ˈiːmə ˈsuːmæk/; September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008) was a Peruvian soprano. In the 1950s, she was one of the most famous proponents of exotica music. She became an international success based on her extreme vocal range, which was said to be "well over four octaves" and was sometimes claimed to span even five octaves at her peak. Yma Sumac recorded an extraordinarily wide vocal range of slightly over four octaves from B2 to C♯7 (approximately 123 to 2270 Hz). She was able to sing notes in the low baritone register as well as notes above the range of an ordinary soprano. Both low and high extremes can be heard in the song Chuncho (The Forest Creatures) (1953). She was also apparently able to sing in an eerie "double voice".In 1954 classical composer Virgil Thomson described her voice as "very low and warm, very high and birdlike", noting that her range "is very close to four 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".".
- Yma_Sumac activeYearsEndYear "1997".
- Yma_Sumac activeYearsStartYear "1942".
- Yma_Sumac alias "Yma Sumac "The Peruvian Songbird"".
- Yma_Sumac background "solo_singer".
- Yma_Sumac birthDate "1922-09-13".
- Yma_Sumac birthPlace Cajamarca.
- Yma_Sumac birthPlace Callao.
- Yma_Sumac birthPlace Peru.
- Yma_Sumac birthYear "1922".
- Yma_Sumac deathDate "2008-11-01".
- Yma_Sumac deathPlace Los_Angeles.
- Yma_Sumac deathYear "2008".
- Yma_Sumac genre Exotica.
- Yma_Sumac genre Lounge_music.
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- Yma_Sumac alias "Yma Sumac "The Peruvian Songbird"".
- Yma_Sumac background "solo_singer".
- Yma_Sumac birthDate "1922-09-13".
- Yma_Sumac birthName "Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo".
- Yma_Sumac birthPlace Cajamarca.
- Yma_Sumac birthPlace Peru.
- Yma_Sumac caption "Sumac signs an autograph after a concert in 1953.".
- Yma_Sumac dateOfBirth "1922-09-13".
- Yma_Sumac dateOfDeath "2008-11-01".
- Yma_Sumac deathDate "2008-11-01".
- Yma_Sumac deathPlace "Los Angeles, California, United States".
- Yma_Sumac genre Exotica.
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- Yma_Sumac name "Sumac, Yma".
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- Yma_Sumac occupation "Singer".
- Yma_Sumac placeOfBirth Callao.
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- Yma_Sumac placeOfDeath "Los Angeles, California, United States".
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- Yma_Sumac yearsActive "1942".
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- Yma_Sumac subject Category:Burials_at_Hollywood_Forever_Cemetery.
- Yma_Sumac subject Category:Cancer_deaths_in_California.
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- Yma_Sumac subject Category:Exotica.
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