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Yma Sumac (pronounced /ˈiːmə ˈsuːmæk/; September 13, 1922 -- November 1, 2008) was a noted Peruvian soprano. In the 1950s, she was one of the most famous proponents of exotica music and became an international success, based on the merits of 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 more than 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". www
Yma Sumac-( September 13, 1922 November 1, 2008) was a noted Peruvian soprano. In the 1950s, she was one of the most famous proponents of exotica music and became an international success, based on the merits of 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.
Mamallay by Yma Sumac Album: Legend of the Sun Virgin (1952)
Kon Tiki by Yma Sumac Album: Legend of the Sun Virgin (1952)
Yma Sumac (pronounced /ˈiːmə ˈsuːmæk/; September 13, 1922 November 1, 2008) was a noted Peruvian soprano. In the 1950s, she was one of the most famous proponents of exotica music and became an international success, based on the merits of 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.. Here is the purest example of her art Beauty. The song is called Malaya ( Destiny ) taken from the wondrful album Inca Tacqui.
this is a very popular nice song (in our city too)... not so simple to perform :) I like it :))))
Yma Sumac! Peru can be proud of this amazing singer. What a voice! What a woman. - But please don't ask me who the belly dancer is. I like her, too, but I don't know her name.
Track 16 from Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever.
Track 18 from Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica.
Yma Sumac - Lure of the Unknown Love. yma-sumac.com
I always have been fascinated by Yma. She truly had an amazing gift.
JOHN GILKEY DANCING GOPHER MAMBO
One song in two interpretations so dramatically different that one could say it is not the same song !
A great song! Una cancion muy bonita
great song all the range of yma sumac voice INCA PRINCESS
yma sumac - 07 - taki rari
yma sumac - 01 - taita inty
hemain intention of this youtube-account is to feature mixes and tracks somewhere between deep-minimal-dub techno/house and sounds from detroit/chicago. well, it's sometimes hard to categorize and some tracks won't fit into that pattern at all. let's eclecticize a bit. anyway, it's music that i would like to share with others. constructive comments are highly appreciated! - support the music : buy vinyl - track: chuncho artist: yma sumac label: capitol year: ??? taken from the best-of LP "chanto incas". yma sumac died on november 1, 2008. RIP.
1987 Yma Sumac performance and interview with David Letterman.
themain intention of this youtube-account is to feature mixes and tracks somewhere between deep-minimal-dub techno/house and sounds from detroit/chicago. well, it's sometimes hard to categorize and some tracks won't fit into that pattern at all. let's eclecticize a bit. anyway, it's music that i would like to share with others. constructive comments are highly appreciated! - support the music : buy vinyl - track: xtabay artist: yma sumac label: capitol year: ??? taken from the best-of LP "chanto incas". originally from her first capitol album "voice of the xtabay" (1950). yma sumac died on november 1, 2008. RIP.
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Peruvian-born singer Yma Sumac has died in Los Angeles following a bout with colon cancer, her personal assistant said. Sumac was 86.
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themain intention of this youtube-account is to feature mixes and tracks somewhere between deep-minimal-dub techno/house and sounds from detroit/chicago. well, it's sometimes hard to categorize and some tracks won't fit into that pattern at all. let's eclecticize a bit. anyway, it's music that i would like to share with others. constructive comments are highly appreciated! - support the music : buy vinyl - track: jivaro artist: yma sumac label: capitol year: ??? taken from the best-of LP "chanto incas".
Yma Sumac in Holland for the second time of her life giving an interview on Dutch television.
Mike and Christine and my Dyson handheld vacuum cleaner dance to Yma Sumac's Gopher Mambo
themain intention of this youtube-account is to feature mixes and tracks somewhere between deep house- minimal techno-detroit/chicago. well, it's sometimes hard to categorize and some tracks won't fit into that pattern at all. let's eclecticize a bit. anyway, it's music that i would like to share with others. constructive comments are highly appreciated! - support the music : buy vinyl - track: jivaro artist: yma sumac label: capitol year: ??? taken from the best of LP "chanto incas".
With her five octave range listen to how incredibly HIGH the diva Yma Sumac sings this last note INCREDIBLE!!! This is from the all-star production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies in 1990 starring Juliet Prowse, Shani Wallis, Susan Johnson, Karen Morrow, Dorothy Lamour, Yma Sumac, Jackie Joseph, Denise Darcel, and others. This was the West Coast premier of the broadway musical, directed by Fran Soeder.
Yma Sumac's last recording. For what I know, "Mambo Confusion" was released as a single in 1991 in a very limited edition and only in Germany. It is a mix (or remix) version of her Gopher Mambo, Chicken Talk, and a few other of Yma's songs (I would say Chuncho - The Forest Creatures is also present between 3:20 - 3:30). Yma, however, recorded some new vocals especifically for this song.
Yma Sumac is indeed a of her own. There is just no-one like her. Well, the same could be said about Brigitte Bardot but we all know that anyway, whereas Yma remains something of a hidden treasure. If you fancy rafting down the Amazonas while suffering from some kind of exotic desease, but you haven't got the money to do it in real life, just mix yourself a Zombie Royal, put on Yma Sumac, dim the lights and lie down on the floor and you are really their. Yes, only Yma has that magic power cause she is the last princess of the Incas. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053428/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049063/
Este es una versión de la cancion de la pelicula de Disney "Sleeping Beauty" cantada por Yma Sumac El clip fue hecho por Jorge y descargado de la cuenta de johnxxx20000
Cueca Chilena, interpretada en el recital en Moscu en 1961. comenzó como una soprano de coloratura, y luego su voz evolucionó hasta mostrarse extraordinaria. su rango vocal que abarcaba 5 octavas, cuando el promedio de una cantante profesional de ópera es de dos octavas y media. ES UNA DE LAS VOCES MÁS PRODIGIOSAS DE LA HISTORIA.
READ THIS. I hesitated to put this on Youtube. I talked this over with mrs. Sumac's personal assistent. As you can see he commented on one of the clips. In no way i want to make fun of mrs. Sumac. But it is a curiousity and it shows her 20.000 years old temper..... And if she is shown no respect, she is absolutely right.
Yma Sumac German television 1991. A small interview and she sings Montana.
Brenda discovering Yma Sumac, The Inca Princess. Part 2. Montana and Taita Inty.
The amazing YMA SUMAC with the song ATAYPURA (The high Andes) live in 1990. It was posted a long time ago by another youtube user but he deleted it, so I upload it again :)
Continuación del Homenaje a Yma Sumac con imágenes no vistas de su tributo realizado en Perú además de sus ya conocidas películas en las que participó. Edición realizada por Nandito Para la abuelita Teclita. Espero que los admiradores del mundo de la Diva Peruana lo disfruten. Pronto habrán más sorpresas. (English) Continuation of Homage to Yma Sumac with unseen images of her tribute held in Peru in addition to its well-known films in which participated. Edition done by Nandito for Grandma Teclita. I hope that fans of the world of the Peruvian Diva enjoy it. Soon will have more surprises.
You have to watch the 5 videos to notice the different voices she had, from the lower (the first videos) to the higher (the last videos) notes she could perform. "A voice as powerfull as earthquakes and as soft as bird songs" "Una voz tan potente como temblores y tan suave como musica de aves"
You have to watch the 5 videos to notice the different voices she had, from the lower (the first videos) to the higher (the last videos) notes she could perform. "A voice as powerfull as earthquakes and as soft as bird songs" "Una voz tan potente como temblores y tan suave como musica de aves"
The great Yma Sumac "Gopher" "Mambo!" - 33 giri LP - Capitol 1955
Brenda discovering the fantastic World of Yma Sumac, Chuncho, Tumpa
this is my REAL round 3. pce
A madcap classic by the Peruvian diva, with a few pictures I took in Peru. Enjoy!
Live from Bucharest 1961
Esta cancion es increible por que "en mi opinion" es lo mas cercano a la opera que he podido escuchar (lamentablemente) de Yma Sumac, se que Sumac en muchas ocaciones canto arias y canciones de opera, pero no las he podido encontrar desafortunadamente. La segunda parte del video es la version en vivo de Supay Taki del recital que Yma Sumac dio en Moscu en 1961. Le agregue imagenes de Peru, ya que Yma siempre canto por y para su pais. This song is amazing because "in my personal opinion" it`s the closest to the opera that i`ve ever heard from Yma Sumac, although i know Sumac sang in many occasions arias and songs from opera but i couldn`t find any unluckily. The second part of this video is the live version from the concert Ima gave in Moscow in 1961. I added some pictures of Peru because Yma always sang by and for her beloved country.
Yma Sumac, La Castafiore Inca
Le rossignol des Andes
Known for her astonishing 4 1/2 octave vocal range, Yma Sumac (AKA Ima or Imma Sumack) is from Ichocán, Peru, a town high in the Andes. From an early age she performed in radio and movies and made recordings throughout South America. She came to the United States in the 1940s and performed with a small group of musicians and dancers. When she signed with Capitol Records in 1950 her stage name's spelling was changed to the more exotic "Yma Sumac." An urban legend that she is really "Amy Camus," a nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn, originated in 1951 with a joke among musicians repeated in one of Walter Winchell's gossip columns. She has acted in several films and stage shows, and continued to perform into the 1990s. She lives in Los Angeles and has been contemplating new releases of recordings of her most recent concerts.
Sorry for "Chicken talk" title. Known for her astonishing 4 1/2 octave vocal range, Yma Sumac (AKA Ima or Imma Sumack) is from Ichocán, Peru, a town high in the Andes. From an early age she performed in radio and movies and made recordings throughout South America. She came to the United States in the 1940s and performed with a small group of musicians and dancers. When she signed with Capitol Records in 1950 her stage name's spelling was changed to the more exotic "Yma Sumac." An urban legend that she is really "Amy Camus," a nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn, originated in 1951 with a joke among musicians repeated in one of Walter Winchell's gossip columns. She has acted in several films and stage shows, and continued to perform into the 1990s. She lives in Los Angeles and has been contemplating new releases of recordings of her most recent concerts.
"Bo Mambo" has appeared in a commercial for Kahlua liquor, and was sampled for the song "Hands Up" by the Black Eyed Peas. Known for her astonishing 4 1/2 octave vocal range, Yma Sumac (AKA Ima or Imma Sumack) is from Ichocán, Peru, a town high in the Andes. From an early age she performed in radio and movies and made recordings throughout South America. She came to the United States in the 1940s and performed with a small group of musicians and dancers. When she signed with Capitol Records in 1950 her stage name's spelling was changed to the more exotic "Yma Sumac." An urban legend that she is really "Amy Camus," a nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn, originated in 1951 with a joke among musicians repeated in one of Walter Winchell's gossip columns. She has acted in several films and stage shows, and continued to perform into the 1990s. She lives in Los Angeles and has been contemplating new releases of recordings of her most recent concerts.
La nueva Yma Sumac de La Casa Azul en el concierto del 15/12/07 en la Sala Apolo, Barcelona. + vídeos aquí: http://es.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B87610142E5FFA78
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