Julia Culp

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

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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
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 November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107543.

Culp, Julia. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107543.

"Culp, Julia." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.