The Boy's Voice / A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c.

BY
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music; President of the Tonic Sol-fa College.
London:
J CURWEN & SONS, 8 & 9 WARWICK LANE, E.C. NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER AND SONS.
Price Two Shillings and Sixpence. 1891
LONDON: J. CURWEN AND SONS, MUSIC-PRINTERS, PLAISTOW, E.
The value of this little book, as the reader will soon discover, depends less upon my own work than upon the large number of choirmasters whose experience I have been fortunate enough, directly or indirectly, to lay under contribution. The conditions of the choir-trainer's work vary, in an endless way, according to his surroundings and opportunities. And it is just when work becomes difficult that contrivances and hints are most fruitfully evolved. Hence I have given in great detail the experiences of many correspondents, and some of the most useful suggestions for ordinary church choir work will be found to proceed from writers holding no great appointment, but seeking quietly and unostentatiously to produce good results from poor material.
In view of a second edition, I shall be pleased to receive letters from readers who have further experiences to offer.
J. S. C.
June , 1891.

The boy's voice, though an immature organ of delicate structure, is capable of much work, providing only that its mechanism be rightly used and not forced. Some people are unnecessarily nervous about boys; as a rule, under competent guidance, they will get nothing but good from vocal work. A cathedral organist wrote to me the other day:—