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A woman whose voice everyone described either as unreal yet somehow existing, or as otherworldly and cosmic. Not of our planet’s world.
If you listen to this video in full, you’ll understand why:
Yma Súmac (performed by Yma Súmac, Imma Sumack), real name — Soila Augusta Imperatris Chavarri del Castillo; September 13, 1922 — November 1, 2008) — Peruvian singer. She possessed a unique range of almost five octaves.
And here is a fragment of her voice in the film Planet of Storms:
A more detailed explanation can be found here:
Yma Súmac spent her childhood in the mountain village of Ichocán, located near Cajamarca, in northern Peru, where her parents had a ranch. She received no musical education and could not read music; she said that she learned to sing by imitating birdsong. Later, her teacher in music was her husband, the composer and musician Moisés Vivanco (1918–1998).
Her voice’s ability to move almost instantaneously from the lowest to the highest tones and produce “completely inhuman sounds” is clearly noticeable in the popular song “Virgin of the Sun God” (“Virgin Of The Sun God” — in the Soviet Union, this song was known as “Hymn to the Sun”), and in the song “Jivaro.” These songs were perceived as a requiem for the lost culture and civilization of the Incas.
And here is the song itself, “Virgin Of The Sun God” — “Virgin of the Sun God”
If you listen to this video in full, you’ll understand why:
Yma Súmac (performed by Yma Súmac, Imma Sumack), real name — Soila Augusta Imperatris Chavarri del Castillo; September 13, 1922 — November 1, 2008) — Peruvian singer. She possessed a unique range of almost five octaves.
And here is a fragment of her voice in the film Planet of Storms:
A more detailed explanation can be found here:
Yma Súmac spent her childhood in the mountain village of Ichocán, located near Cajamarca, in northern Peru, where her parents had a ranch. She received no musical education and could not read music; she said that she learned to sing by imitating birdsong. Later, her teacher in music was her husband, the composer and musician Moisés Vivanco (1918–1998).
Her voice’s ability to move almost instantaneously from the lowest to the highest tones and produce “completely inhuman sounds” is clearly noticeable in the popular song “Virgin of the Sun God” (“Virgin Of The Sun God” — in the Soviet Union, this song was known as “Hymn to the Sun”), and in the song “Jivaro.” These songs were perceived as a requiem for the lost culture and civilization of the Incas.
And here is the song itself, “Virgin Of The Sun God” — “Virgin of the Sun God”