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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