William Shakespeare — The Art of Singing
New and Revised Edition, Complete in One Book
THE TEXT HAS BEEN ENTIRELY REWRITTEN
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¶ This work is based upon the principles of the Old Italian Singing-masters, and deals with Breath Control, Production of Voice, and Register. The Management of the Breath, the Vocal Organ, the Jaw, Soft Palate, Lips and Face, Eyes, Attack and Legato Tone, the Three Registers of the Voice, Force, Intensity, and Expression are illustrated by many cuts and exercises.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS
¶ We find a logical, clear, precise, and well ordered system in the work which must commend it to all who study it.—Musical Courier.
¶ This book will be made one of the useful “tools of the trade” by many intelligent and progressive teachers.—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
¶ A careful examination of contents will tend to give any earnest student an even higher estimate of the worth of Shakespeare and his famous method.—Music News.
¶ Mr. Shakespeare has for so long been regarded as one of the most capable singing teachers in England that his latest work is entitled to respect.—New Music Review.
¶ William Shakespeare has long been one of the most distinguished English teachers of singing; and this book in which he has embodied his method of teaching is highly regarded by singers.—New York Times.
¶ It is based on the principles of the old Italian singing-masters and deals with breath control and production of the voice together with exercise. A fine book for vocalists.—The Advance.
¶ In the midst of so much mystic and cryptic writing about the voice it is pleasant to come upon a book like this, which treats the topic from the practical teacher’s standpoint.—Louis C. Elson in the Boston Daily Advertiser.
¶ Text-book on the vocal art by a well-known teacher of the old Italian method. Breath control, voice production, and other technical matters are lucidly set forth. This is the entirely rewritten edition of a popular manual.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
¶ The work in its present form has been entirely rewritten and is a clear and complete statement of the subject, from both the theoretical and the practical standpoint.—New Orleans Daily Picayune.
¶ The author’s aim to make an intelligible and useful record of the old truths and conditions concerning his art has been ably carried out and the book will be of great assistance to singers.—Chicago Daily News.
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