Umm Kulthūm

Umm Kulthūm

Umm Kulthum (31 December 1898 – 3 February 1975) was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title Kawkab al-Sharq ("Star of the East"). She has been named among Rolling Stone's "200 Greatest Singers of All Time", and is a national icon in her native Egypt; she has been dubbed as "The Voice of Egypt", and "Egypt's Fourth Pyramid".

Birth and Death Data: Born December 18, 1904 (El Senbellawein), Died February 3, 1975 (Cairo)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1928

Roles Represented in DAHR: mezzo-soprano

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Gramophone	BF1145	10-in.	July 1927	Albek ghadarbi	Omme Kolsoum	Female vocal solo, with violin and oud	vocalist, mezzo-soprano
Gramophone	BF1146	10-in.	July 1927	Albek ghadarbi	Omme Kolsoum	Female vocal solo, with violin and oud	vocalist, mezzo-soprano
Gramophone	BT3917	10-in.	4/28/1928	Habbet walla banehi, part 1	Umm Kulthūm	Female vocal solo, with qanun, oud, and violin	vocalist, mezzo-soprano
Gramophone	BT3918	10-in.	4/28/1928	Habbet walla banehi, part 2	Umm Kulthūm	Female vocal solo, with qanun, oud, and violin	vocalist, mezzo-soprano
Gramophone	BT3919	10-in.	4/28/1928	Khallil demonec, part 1	Umm Kulthūm	Female vocal solo, with qanun, oud, and violin	vocalist, mezzo-soprano
Gramophone	BT3920	10-in.	4/28/1928	Khallil demonec, part 2	Artists vary	Female vocal solo, with qanun, oud, and violin	vocalist, mezzo-soprano
Gramophone	CT3927	12-in.	4/30/1928	El boode allemni	Umm Kulthūm	Female vocal solo, with "strings"	vocalist, mezzo-soprano
Gramophone	CT3928	12-in.	4/30/1928	El boode allemni	Umm Kulthūm	Female vocal solo, with "strings"	vocalist, mezzo-soprano
Gramophone	Bd4374	10-in.	1926	Enna hali	Omme Kolsoum	Female vocal solo, with violin and kanoun	vocalist, mezzo-soprano
Gramophone	Bd4375	10-in.	1926	Enna hali	Omme Kolsoum	Female vocal solo, with violin and kanoun	vocalist, mezzo-soprano
Gramophone	BD4504	10-in.	1926	Ya aseyal hay	Umm Kulthūm	Female vocal solo, with qānūn and violin	vocalist, mezzo-soprano
Gramophone	BD4505	10-in.	1926	Asker fouadi	Umm Kulthūm	Female vocal solo, with qānūn and violin	vocalist, mezzo-soprano

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Umm Kulthūm," accessed November 17, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104957.

Umm Kulthūm. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 17, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104957.

"Umm Kulthūm." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 17 November 2024.