THE ART OF A CAPPELLA SINGING
By
JOHN SMALLMAN
AND
E. H. WILCOX
VALUABLE FEATURES
1. Advice for organizing and conducting groups.
2. Instruction for the singers, to promote an artistic ensemble.
3. Sixteen representative works by Bach, Bortniansky, Byrd, Farmer, Ford, Gascongne, Gibbons, Jannequin, Lassus, Morley, Palestrina, Praetorius, Purcell, and Tchaikovsky.
4. Vocal phonetics of the text printed with the regular text in the music. With the right vocal effect in the mind's eye, good voice production comes naturally, and an artistic choral effect results.
5. No extremes in vocal range are demanded of any voice, careful provision being made for average young voices.
6. A special chapter on each of the choruses for analysis, technique, interpretation, and appreciation.
7. A complete year's course in group-singing, plus a repertoire of outstanding works.
8. For mixed choruses and classroom use in school, college, or university; or mixed vocal ensembles and choral societies, amateur and professional.
Price, in cloth, $2.00
OLIVER DITSON COMPANY, INC.