Gulp, Julia
Gulp, Julia
Gulp, Julia , Dutch contralto; b. Groningen, Oct. 6, 1880; d. Amsterdam, Oct. 13, 1970. She first studied violin as a child; then became a voice pupil of Cornelia van Zanten at the Amsterdam Cons. (1897), and later of Etelka Gerster in Berlin. She made her formal debut in Magdeburg in 1901; her tours of Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, France, Spain, and Russia were highly successful, establishing her as one of the finest singers of German lieder. Her American debut took place in N.Y. on Jan. 10, 1913; for many years, she visited the U.S. every season.
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