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Julia Culp

Julia Bertha Culp (6 October 1880 – 13 October 1970), the "Dutch nightingale", was an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano in the years 1901–1919.

"You might describe Julia Culp as a connoisseur’s singer," Michael Oliver wrote in the International Opera Collector in 2000. "Her voice was not large, her compass not wide. She never sang in opera; striking dramatic gesture were not her line. What she excelled in were the singer’s rather than the vocal actress’s virtues: sustained legato line, remarkable breath control, subtle colour, immaculate care for words…. But ‘connoisseur’s singer’ does not mean that only connoisseurs can appreciate her; one becomes a connoisseur by listening to her."

Birth and Death Data: Born October 6, 1880 (Groningen), Died October 13, 1970 (Amsterdam)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1914 - 1924

Roles Represented in DAHR: contralto

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 51-58 of 58 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-19685 10-in. 5/2/1917 By the waters of Minnetonka Julia Culp Contralto vocal solo, with harp and orchestra vocalist, contralto  
Victor B-29696 10-in. 3/26/1924 Come again, sweet love Julia Culp Contralto vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto  
Victor B-29697 10-in. 3/26/1924 My lovely Celia Julia Culp Contralto vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto  
Victor B-29698 10-in. 3/26/1924 Auf Flügeln des Gesanges Julia Culp Contralto vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto  
Victor B-29699 10-in. 3/26/1924 Es muss ein Wunderbares sein Julia Culp Contralto vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto  
Victor B-29847 10-in. 3/27/1924 Songs my mother taught me Julia Culp Contralto vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto  
Victor B-29848 10-in. 3/27/1924 The dustman Julia Culp Contralto vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto  
Victor B-29849 10-in. 3/27/1924 Im Abendroth Julia Culp Contralto vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto  
(Results 51-58 of 58 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Culp, Julia," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107543.

Culp, Julia. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107543.

"Culp, Julia." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107543

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