Author of "Piano Mastery, First and Second Series,"
"Home-Help in Music Study,"
"Self-Help in Piano Study"
WITH TWENTY PORTRAITS
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS 1917, by OLIVER DITSON COMPANY NEW YORK
1918, 1919, by THE MUSICAL OBSERVER COMPANY
1920, by FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
CONTENTS
| [FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR] | iii | |
| [I. ENRICO CARUSO] | The Value of Work | 1 |
| [II. GERALDINE FARRAR] | The Will to Succeed a Compelling Force | 10 |
| [III. VICTOR MAUREL] | Mind Is Everything | 24 |
| [IV . A VISIT TO MME. LILLI LEHMANN] | 36 | |
| [V. AMELITA GALLI-CURCI] | Self-teaching the Great Essential | 48 |
| [VI. GIUSEPPE DE LUCA] | Ceaseless Effort Necessary for Artistic Perfection | 60 |
| [VII. LUISA TETRAZZINI] | The Coloratura Voice | 70 |
| [VIII. ANTONIO SCOTTI] | Training American Singers for Opera | 80 |
| [IX. ROSA RAISA] | Patience and Perseverance Win Results | 88 |
| [X . LOUISE HOMER] | The Requirements of a Musical Career | 98 |
| [XI. GIOVANNI MARTINELLI] | "Let Us Have Plenty of Opera in America" | 110 |
| [XII. ANNA CASE] | Inspired Interpretation | 118 |
| [XIII. FLORENCE EASTON] | Problems Confronting the Young Singer | 127 |
| [XIV. MARGUERITE D'ALVAREZ] | The Message of the Singer | 139 |
| [XV . MARIA BARRIENTOS] | Be Your Own Critic | 147 |
| [XVI. CLAUDIA MUZIO] | A Child of the Opera | 156 |
| [XVII . EDWARD JOHNSON (EDOUARDO DI GIOVANNI)] | The Evolution of an Opera Star | 165 |
| [XVIII. REINALD WERRENRATH] | Achieving Success on the Concert Stage | 175 |
| [XIX. SOPHIE BRASLAU] | Making a Career in America | 185 |
| [XX. MORGAN KINGSTON] | The Spiritual Side of the Singer's Art | 193 |
| [XXI. FRIEDA HEMPEL] | A Lesson with a Prima Donna | 202 |
WITH THE MASTER TEACHERS | ||
| [XXII . DAVID BISPHAM] | The Making of Artist Singers | 213 |
| [XXIII. OSCAR SAENGER] | Use of Records in Vocal Study | 225 |
| [XXIV. HERBERT WITHERSPOON] | Memory, Imagination, Analysis | 238 |
| [XXV. YEATMAN GRIFFITH] | Causation | 249 |
| [XXVI. J.H. DUVAL] | Some Secrets of Beautiful Singing | 258 |
| [XXVII. THE CODA] | A Resumé | 266 |