Yma Sumac, the Glossary
Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo (born Zoila Emperatriz Chávarri Castillo; September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008), known as Yma Sumac (or Imma Sumack), was a Peruvian-born American-naturalised vocalist, composer, producer, actress and model.[1]
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- 20th-century Peruvian actresses
- 20th-century Peruvian singers
- 20th-century Peruvian women singers
- Mambo musicians
Aladdin
Aladdin (ʻAlāʼu d-Dīn/ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn,, ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale.
Alan Eichler
Alan Eichler (born July 17, 1944) is an American theatrical producer, talent manager and press agent who has represented several stage productions, produced Grammy-winning record albums and managed singers including Anita O'Day, Hadda Brooks, Nellie Lutcher, Ruth Brown, Johnnie Ray and Yma Sumac.
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Alejandro Toledo
Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique (born 28 March 1946) is a Peruvian former politician who served as President of Peru, from 2001 to 2006.
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Andina (news agency)
Andina is a news agency owned by the Peruvian government, covering Latin America and the world at large.
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Aria
In music, an aria (arie,; arias in common usage; diminutive form: arietta,;: ariette; in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger work.
Atahualpa
Atahualpa, also Atawallpa (Quechua), Atabalica, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa (1502July 1533), was the last effective Inca emperor before his capture and execution during the Spanish conquest.
Barbara Cook
Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning a Tony Award for the last.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Jo Carlisle (born August 17, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter.
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Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.
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Billy May
Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. Yma Sumac and Billy May are Capitol Records artists.
Black Eyed Peas
Black Eyed Peas (also known as The Black Eyed Peas) is an American musical group consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo.
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Broadway (Manhattan)
Broadway is a road in the U.S. state of New York.
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Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre,Although theater is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling Theatre as the proper noun in their names.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.
Brussels
Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.
Bucharest
Bucharest (București) is the capital and largest city of Romania.
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.
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Callao
Callao is a Peruvian seaside city and region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area.
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.
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Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
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Catholic school
Catholic schools are parochial pre-primary, primary and secondary educational institutions administered in association with the Catholic Church.
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Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist.
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Cinema of the United States
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known metonymously as Hollywood) along with some independent films, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century.
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Coen brothers
Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957),State of Minnesota.
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Colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine).
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (film)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 American biographical spy film depicting the fictional life of game show host and producer Chuck Barris.
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Contralto
A contralto is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type.
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing.
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer.
David Richards (writer)
David Richards (October 1, 1940 – June 24, 2023) was an American theater critic and novelist.
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Death to Smoochy
Death to Smoochy is a 2002 satirical black comedy crime film directed by Danny DeVito and written by Adam Resnick.
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Department of Ancash
Ancash (Anqash; Áncash) is a department and region in western Peru.
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Department of Cajamarca
Cajamarca (Kashamarka; Qajamarka) is a department and region in Peru.
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Electrecord
Electrecord is a Romanian record label which was founded in 1932.
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.
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Exotica
Exotica is a musical genre, named after the 1957 Martin Denny album of the same name that was popular during the 1950s to mid-1960s with Americans who came of age during World War II.
Flahooley
Flahooley is a musical with a book by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Sammy Fain.
Follies
Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman.
Frédéric Mitterrand
Frédéric Mitterrand (21 August 1947 – 21 March 2024) was a French politician who served as Minister of Culture and Communication of France from 2009 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Google Doodle
A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google's homepages intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements, and historical figures.
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Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Hal Willner
Hal Willner (April 6, 1956 – April 7, 2020) was an American music producer working in recording, films, television, and live events.
Happy, Texas (film)
Happy, Texas is a 1999 American comedy film directed by Mark Illsley, and starring Steve Zahn, Jeremy Northam and William H. Macy.
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Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is an amphitheatre in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Hollywood Forever Cemetery is a full-service cemetery, funeral home, crematory, and cultural events center which regularly hosts community events such as live music and summer movie screenings.
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Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, also known as Hotel Roosevelt, is a historic hotel located at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.
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Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark which consists of 2,783 five-pointed terrazzo-and-brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in the Los Angeles, California district of Hollywood.
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Human voice
The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling.
Inca Empire
The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Tawantinsuyu, "four parts together"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.
Joe le taxi
"Joe le taxi" (English: "Joe the Taxi Driver") is a song written for French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis by Franck Langolff and Étienne Roda-Gil.
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Alfredo Basadre Grohmann (12 February 1903 – 29 June 1980) was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country.
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Jorge Bravo de Rueda
Jorge Bravo de Rueda (September 13, 1895 – November 22, 1940) was a Peruvian pianist and composer.
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José María Arguedas
José María Arguedas Altamirano (18 January 1911 – 2 December 1969) was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist.
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Kahlúa
Kahlúa is a brand of coffee liqueur owned by the Pernod Ricard company and produced in Veracruz, Mexico.
Kitchen (TV series)
Kitchen (Кухня) is a Russian sitcom, broadcast on STS from 2012 to 2016.
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La Prensa (Peru)
La Prensa was a Peruvian newspaper, published in Lima, whose first issue went on sale on September 23, 1903.
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.
Late Night with David Letterman
Late Night with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on NBC, the first iteration of the ''Late Night'' franchise.
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Latin jazz
Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms.
Leonard Feather
Leonard Geoffrey Feather (13 September 1914 – 22 September 1994) was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer, who was best known for his music journalism and other writing.
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Les Baxter
Leslie Thompson Baxter (March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) was an American musician, composer and conductor. Yma Sumac and Les Baxter are Capitol Records artists.
Lewisohn Stadium
Lewisohn Stadium was an amphitheater and athletic facility built on the campus of the City College of New York (CCNY).
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Life (magazine)
Life is an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, a monthly from 1978 until 2000, and an online supplement since 2008.
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Lima
Lima, founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (Spanish for "City of Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
London Recordings
London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent.
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Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Lounge music
Lounge music is a type of easy listening music popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Mambo (music)
Mambo is a genre of Cuban dance music pioneered by the charanga Arcaño y sus Maravillas in the late 1930s and later popularized in the big band style by Pérez Prado.
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Mambo! (album)
Mambo! is the fifth studio album by Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac.
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Música de siempre
Música de siempre is a 1958 film produced by the A.N.D.A. that provided work for hundreds of union members at a time when the Regent of Mexico City Ernesto P. Uruchurtu cracked down on the entertainment business.
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Middle class
The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status.
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Montreal
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.
Montreal International Jazz Festival
The Montreal International Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Music of Peru
Peruvian music is an amalgamation of sounds and styles drawing on Peru's Andean, Spanish, and African roots.
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National University of San Marcos
The National University of San Marcos (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, UNMSM) is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Octave
In music, an octave (octavus: eighth) or perfect octave (sometimes called the '''diapason''') is a series of eight notes occupying the interval between (and including) two notes, one having twice the frequency of vibration of the other.
Odeon Records
Odeon Records is a record label founded in 1903 by Max Straus and Heinrich Zuntz of the International Talking Machine Company in Berlin, Germany.
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Omar Khayyam (1957 film)
Omar Khayyam (also released as The Life, Loves and Adventures of Omar Khayyam and The Loves of Omar Khayyam) is an American historical adventure film directed by William Dieterle that was filmed in 1956 (mostly on the Paramount lot) and released in 1957.
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Order of the Sun of Peru
The Order of the Sun of Peru (Spanish: Orden El Sol del Perú), formerly known as the Order of the Sun, is the highest award bestowed by the nation of Peru to commend notable civil and military merit. Yma Sumac and Order of the Sun of Peru are Recipients of the Order of the Sun of Peru.
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Ordinary Decent Criminal
Ordinary Decent Criminal is a 2000 crime comedy film, directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, written by Gerard Stembridge, and stars Kevin Spacey and Linda Fiorentino.
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Peter Stackpole
Peter Stackpole (1913-1997) was an American photographer.
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Pig Latin
Pig Latin is a language game, argot, or cant in which words in English are altered, usually by adding a fabricated suffix or by moving the onset or initial consonant or consonant cluster of a word to the end of the word and adding a vocalic syllable (usually -ay or /eɪ/) to create such a suffix.
Quechuan languages
Quechua, also called Runasimi ('people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes.
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Quidam
Quidam was the ninth stage show produced by Cirque du Soleil.
Religious festival
A religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Roxy Theatre (New York City)
The Roxy Theatre was a 5,920-seat movie palace at 153 West 50th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, just off Times Square in New York City.
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Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England.
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Royal Festival Hall
The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England.
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Sammy Fain
Sammy Fain (born Samuel E. Feinberg; June 17, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American composer of popular music.
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
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Secret of the Incas
Secret of the Incas is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Charlton Heston as adventurer Harry Steele, on the trail of an ancient Incan artifact.
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Singing
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)
Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution.
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Soprano
A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Spy Games
Spy Games (released in some countries as History Is Made at Night) is a 1999 film directed by Ilkka Järvi-Laturi, and starring Bill Pullman, Irène Jacob, and Bruno Kirby.
Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films
Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films is a 1988 tribute album recorded by various artists performing songs from Disney films.
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Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (March22, 1930November26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist.
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The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski is a 1998 independent crime comedy film written, directed, produced and co-edited by Joel and Ethan Coen.
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Theremin
The theremin (--> originally known as the ætherphone, etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/ thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer (who is known as a thereminist).
Town hall
In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal building (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality.
UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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V (American magazine)
V is an American fashion magazine published since 1999.
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Vanessa Paradis
Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model and actress.
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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Virgil Thomson
Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 – September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic.
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Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.
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Vocal range
Vocal range is the range of pitches that a human voice can phonate.
Voice of the Xtabay
Voice of the Xtabay is the first studio album by Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac.
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VRT (broadcaster)
The VRT is the national public service broadcaster for the Flemish Community of Belgium.
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Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company.
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World music
"World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-Western countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music.
Yip Harburg
Edgar Yipsel Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg; April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers.
YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
1950s
The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959.
See also
20th-century Peruvian actresses
- Analí Cabrera
- Bettina Oneto
- Carmen Olmedo
- Denisse Dibós
- Diana Quijano
- Ebelin Ortiz
- Elvira Travesí
- Gianella Neyra
- Gisela Ponce de León
- Irma Maury
- Jimena Lindo
- Johanna San Miguel
- Mariella Trejos
- Ofelia Montesco
- Pilar Pallete
- Rebeca Escribens
- Rossana Fernández-Maldonado
- Sandra Arana
- Stephanie Cayo
- Vanessa Terkes
- Yma Sumac
20th-century Peruvian singers
- Óscar Avilés
- Aída García Naranjo
- Alicia Maguiña
- Amanda Portales
- Arturo "Zambo" Cavero
- Betty Missiego
- César Ichikawa
- Carmencita Lara
- Cecilia Barraza
- Cecilia Bracamonte
- Chabuca Granda
- Christian Meier
- Delia Vallejos
- Denisse Dibós
- Dina Páucar
- Enrique Delgado Montes
- Eusebio Grados
- Eva Ayllón
- Felipe Pinglo Alva
- Gian Marco
- Hugo Carrillo
- Jaime Guardia
- Jesús Vásquez
- Juan Diego Flórez
- La Tigresa del Oriente
- Lorenzo Palacios Quispe
- Lucha Reyes (Peruvian singer)
- Lucho Barrios
- Lucila Campos
- Luigi Alva
- Luis Abanto Morales
- Manuelcha Prado
- María Pía Copello
- Martina Portocarrero
- Miki González
- Nicomedes Santa Cruz
- Pastorita Huaracina
- Pedro Suárez-Vértiz
- Pelo Madueño
- Susana Baca
- Tania Libertad
- Victoria Santa Cruz
- Yma Sumac
20th-century Peruvian women singers
- Aída García Naranjo
- Alicia Delgado
- Alicia Maguiña
- Almendra Gomelsky
- Amanda Portales
- Betty Missiego
- Carmencita Lara
- Cecilia Barraza
- Cecilia Bracamonte
- Chabuca Granda
- Delia Vallejos
- Denisse Dibós
- Dina Páucar
- Eva Ayllón
- Jesús Vásquez
- La Tigresa del Oriente
- Lucha Reyes (Peruvian singer)
- Lucila Campos
- María Pía Copello
- Martina Portocarrero
- Pastorita Huaracina
- Susana Baca
- Tania Libertad
- Victoria Santa Cruz
- Yma Sumac
- Yola Polastri
Mambo musicians
- Benny Moré
- Cachao
- Carlos Vidal Bolado
- Celia Cruz
- Desi Arnaz
- Eddie Montalvo
- Enrique Jorrín
- Félix Reina
- José Fajardo (musician)
- Lalo Guerrero
- Lou Bega
- Orestes López
- Orlando Marin
- Pérez Prado
- Pedrito Martinez
- Pupi Campo
- Tito Puente
- Yma Sumac
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yma_Sumac
Also known as Amy Camus, Charles Vivanco, Compañía Peruana de Arte, Emperatriz Chávarri, Ima Sumac, Ima Sumaq, Imma Sumac, Inka Taky, Inka Taky Trio, Moisés Vivanco, Ymma Sumac, Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo, Zoila Emperatriz Chávarri Castillo.
, Joe le taxi, Jorge Basadre, Jorge Bravo de Rueda, José María Arguedas, Kahlúa, Kitchen (TV series), La Prensa (Peru), Las Vegas, Late Night with David Letterman, Latin jazz, Leonard Feather, Les Baxter, Lewisohn Stadium, Life (magazine), Lima, London Recordings, Long Beach, California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Lounge music, Mambo (music), Mambo! (album), Música de siempre, Middle class, Montreal, Montreal International Jazz Festival, Music of Peru, National University of San Marcos, New York City, Octave, Odeon Records, Omar Khayyam (1957 film), Order of the Sun of Peru, Ordinary Decent Criminal, Peter Stackpole, Pig Latin, Quechuan languages, Quidam, Religious festival, Rock music, Roxy Theatre (New York City), Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Sammy Fain, San Francisco, Secret of the Incas, Singing, Sleeping Beauty (1959 film), Soprano, Soviet Union, Spy Games, Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films, Stephen Sondheim, The Big Lebowski, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Theremin, Town hall, UK singles chart, V (American magazine), Vanessa Paradis, Variety (magazine), Virgil Thomson, Virgin Books, Vocal range, Voice of the Xtabay, VRT (broadcaster), Walt Disney Pictures, World music, Yip Harburg, YouTube, 1950s.