Contralto
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A contralto is a classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest of such voice types.
Umm Kulthum, a well known contralto. She had the ability to sing as low as the second octave and as high as the eighth octave at her vocal peak.
Umm Kulthum
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Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi, known by her stage name Umm Kulthum, was an Egyptian singer and film actress. She was given the honorific title Kawkab el-Sharq. Immensely popular throughout the M
Contralto
…heard in much of the German operatic repertoire. Erda in Der Ring des Nibelungen and Gaea in Daphne are both good examples of the dramatic contralto. Umm Kulthum, a well known contralto. She had the ability to sing as low as the second octave and as high as the eighth octave at her vocal peak. True operatic…
Umm Kulthum in 1947
Umm Kulthum as a toddler, with her father Ibrahim
Poster advertising Umm Kulthum’s concert in Jerusalem, 1920s