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John Baptist Cuvillie on Using a ‘Tramblan Stop’ to Make the Organ More Like the Human Voice (1699)
‘3dly I removed the Voxhumane which was on the Chairorgan before, Now to the Great Organ, and for to adorne that Stop and to make itt...
Tim Braithwaite


Adriano Banchieri on Singing the Words Under the Notes
How to sing the words under the notes Final lesson Before the beginning singer commences [singing] the words, several conditions must...
Tim Braithwaite


Thomas Elyot on Vociferation Exercises for Good Health (1595)
‘The chief exercise of the chest and vocal organs is “vociferation”, which is singing, reading, or crying [loud shouting], which has the...
Tim Braithwaite


L’Abbé de Condillac on the Melody of Declamation and Recitative (1788)
‘Although our declamation cannot be notated, it seems to me that one might be able to preserve it in some way. It would be sufficient if...
Tim Braithwaite
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