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Copyright, 1902,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped November, 1902.
Norwood Press
J.S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith
Norwood Mass. U.S.A.
CONTENTS
[My Purpose] 1
[My Title to write on the Art of Song] 5
[SECTION I]
Preliminary Practice 11
[SECTION II]
Of the Breath 19
[SECTION III]
Of the Breath and Whirling Currents 27
[SECTION IV]
The Singer's Physiological Studies 35
[SECTION V]
Equalizing the Voice; Breath; Form 45
[SECTION VI]
The Attack 69
[SECTION VII]
Nasal. Nasal Singing 73
[SECTION VIII]
Singing toward the Nose. Head Voice 78
[SECTION IX]
The Head Voice 86
[SECTION X]
Sensation and Position of the Tongue 99
[SECTION XI]
The Sensations of the Palate 102
[SECTION XII]
The Sensation of the Resonance of the Head Cavities 108
[SECTION XIII]
Singing Covered 123
[SECTION XIV]
On Vocal Registers 133
[SECTION XV]
Development and Equalization 142
[SECTION XVI]
White Voices 154
[SECTION XVII]
Theodor Wachtel 158
[SECTION XVIII]
The Highest Head Tones 162
[SECTION XIX]
Extension of the Compass and Equalization of Registers 169
[SECTION XX]
The Tremolo 170
[>SECTION XXI]
The Cure 176
[SECTION XXII]
The Tongue 181
[SECTION XXIII]
Preparation for Singing 189
[SECTION XXIV]
The Position of the Mouth (Contraction of the Muscles of Speech) 192
[SECTION XXV]
Connection of Vowels 196
[SECTION XXVI]
The Lips 212
[SECTION XXVII]
The Vowel Sound AH 214
[SECTION XXVIII]
Italian and German 219
[SECTION XXIX]
Auxiliary Vowels 226
[SECTION XXX]
Resonant Consonants 229
[SECTION XXXI]
Practical Exercises 232
[SECTION XXXII]
The Great Scale 239
[SECTION XXXIII]
Velocity 245
[SECTION XXXIV]
Trill 251
[SECTION XXXV]
How to hold One's Self when Practising 256
[SECTION XXXVI]
Concerning Expression 263
[SECTION XXXVII]
Before the Public 265
[SECTION XXXVIII]
Interpretation 270
[SECTION XXXIX]
In Conclusion 279
[Note].—A Good Remedy for Catarrh and Hoarseness 281