Dedication
TO MY PUPILS
Prefatory Note
“OF making many books there is no end.” Surely, the weary observation of the sage must have an especial application to the literature of Song.
One could not number the books—anatomical, physiological, philosophical—on the Voice. A spacious library could easily be furnished with “Methods” of Singing.
Works treating of the laws governing the effective interpretation of instrumental music exist. Some of them, by acknowledged and competent authorities, have thrown valuable light on a most important element of musical art. Had I not believed that a similar need existed in connection with singing, this addition to vocal literature would not have been written.
In a succeeding volume on “Lyric Declamation: Recitative, Song and Ballad Singing,” will be discussed the practical application of these basic principles of Style to the vocal music of the German, French, Italian and other national schools.
W.E. HASLAM.
2, rue Maleville,
Parc Monceau, Paris,
July, 1911.