| LC control no. | no 91012967 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.S9515 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Sumac, Yma |
| Variant(s) | Chavarri, Emparatriz Sumack, Imma Chavarri del Castillo, Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Del Castillo, Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri Castillo, Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Chavarri, Emperatriz |
| Birth date | [1922,1923] |
| Death date | 2008-11-01 |
| Place of birth | Peru |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Profession or occupation | Sopranos (Singers) |
| Found in | Legend of the sun virgin [SR] 1956: labels (Yma Sumac, soprano) Halliwell's filmgoer's comp., 1988 (Sumac, Yma; b. 1928; AKA Emparatriz Chavarri; Peruvian singer) Carnaval indio [SR] 194-?: label (Imma Sumack) Apropos Yma Sumac, c2001: p. 136 (b. Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo, 12 Sept. 1924, Ichocan, Peru; lives in Beverly Hills) Yma Sumac, 11-17-04 biography (b. Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo, 10 Sept. 1922 in Ichocan, Peru) <http://www.yma-sumac.com/> Grove music online WWW site, 11-17-04 (Sumac, Yma (Chavarri, Emperatriz); b. Ichocan, 10 Sept. 1927; Peruvian soprano, active in the USA) washingtonpost.com on www, Nov. 3, 2008 (Yma Sumac; b. Cajamarca, Peru, Sep. 13, 1922; d. Nov. 1, 2008, Los Angeles, age 86; Peruvian-born soprano) Wikipedia, Sept. 15, 2016 (Yma Sumac; born September 13, 1922 or September 10, 1923 in Callao, Perú (other sources cite Ichocan and Cajamarca, Perú); died November 1, 2008 in Los Angeles, California; soprano. In the 1950s, she was one of the most famous proponents of exotica music; she was an international success based on her extreme vocal range, which was said to be over five octaves. She became a U.S. citizen on July 22, 1955) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yma_Sumac> |
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