‘To many in the singing profession, in fact, an investigation of past approaches seems irrelevant. Even a casual survey of recent...

'The fragment of recitative [below] has two effects. By the words, “Io credeva che alcuno,” Desdemona expresses the depression that...

Question. How can one remedy the fault that a choir, when it sings a well-known church chorale without sheet music, as must often happen,...

In altering or re-arranging words, or syllables, care should be taken to retain and mark the measure or accent of a melody, and only...

‘It is a sad, but nevertheless undeniable truth, that the art of singing is in a terrible state of decadence; and this fact is all the...

‘...The union of all those talents, which we have mentioned, and their bearing thus upon a single point condensed into a focus, is a...

‘ARTICLE V. OF THE QUALITIES OF THE VOICE. Q. How many different qualities are there in the voice ? A. The principal are two, the open...

‘You may observe, that the different tones of the voice are produced by the different positions which the larynx assumes in its rising...

‘A few trials will suffice to prove that every shade of passion, however slight, will effect in a peculiar way the physical condition,...

‘I know of no musician today who has any idea what it means to sing on the book. It was an improvised and simultaneous melody [chant]...

The summary below is from Jean-Paul Montagnier, “Le Chant Sur Le Livre Au XVIIIe Siècle: Les Traités de Louis-Joseph Marchand et Henry...

‘... France, where musical taste has always been somewhat backwards, has never abandoned the mania for improvising on plainchant. The...

‘Singing exercises that last too long and involve too much effort make the voice screeching, cause the voice to go out of tune, and are...

‘The preceding examples receive their colouring from the discrimination of the singer; but a still nicer task remains for him to execute,...

We understand by [the term] vibrating sounds a certain undulation or trembling of held notes which indicate the emotion of the spirit...

‘Progressive rules for daily practice proportioned to the age and ability of Pupils: The intention of this Exercise is to acquire the art...

‘At the present day the acquirement of flexibility is not in great esteem, and were it not, perhaps, for the venerable Handel,...

‘The Cathedral bell is striking two, and in the passage boys scud to and fro shouting “Practice!" and racing to their places in the...

‘Without a doubt, [Johann] Michael Vogl stands foremost among those who recognised and promoted Schubert’s genius early on. As far as...

‘Many of us can remember (indeed in some few places it still exists) the old village choir, assisted by the double bass, bassoon, wheezy...