Tim BraithwaiteFrancesco Lamperti on the Open and Closed Timbres‘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...
Tim BraithwaiteMichael Praetorius on the Requirements of a Singer and Expected Vocal Ranges‘Firstly, a singer must have a voice by nature, in which three requirements and three flaws are to be noted. The requirements are these:...
Tim BraithwaiteLeopold von Sonnleithner Remembering in 1857 Johann Vogl’s Singing and Influence on Franz Schubert‘Without a doubt, [Johann] Michael Vogl stands foremost among those who recognised and promoted Schubert’s genius early on. As far as...
Tim BraithwaiteFranz Haböck's Description of Alessandro Moreschi's Singing (1913)‘If one wants to describe the sensuous impression of a voice, one says, of course, that the organ has a golden or a silvery sound, that...