How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst]

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My Purpose 1

My Title to write on the Art of Song 5


SECTION I

Preliminary Practice 11


SECTION II

Of the Breath 19


SECTION III

Of the Breath and Whirling Currents 27


SECTION IV

The Singer's Physiological Studies 35


SECTION V

Equalizing the Voice; Breath; Form 45


SECTION VI

The Attack 69


SECTION VII

[Pg vi]Nasal. Nasal Singing 73


SECTION VIII

Singing toward the Nose. Head Voice 78


SECTION IX

The Head Voice 86


SECTION X

Sensation and Position of the Tongue 99


SECTION XI

The Sensations of the Palate 102


SECTION XII

The Sensation of the Resonance of the Head Cavities 108


SECTION XIII

Singing Covered 123


SECTION XIV

On Vocal Registers 133


SECTION XV

Development and Equalization 142


SECTION XVI

White Voices 154


SECTION XVII

[Pg vii]Theodor Wachtel 158


SECTION XVIII

The Highest Head Tones 162


SECTION XIX

Extension of the Compass and Equalization of Registers 169


SECTION XX

The Tremolo 170


>SECTION XXI

The Cure 176


SECTION XXII

The Tongue 181


SECTION XXIII

Preparation for Singing 189


SECTION XXIV

The Position of the Mouth (Contraction of the Muscles of Speech) 192


SECTION XXV

Connection of Vowels 196


SECTION XXVI

[Pg viii]The Lips 212


SECTION XXVII

The Vowel Sound AH 214


SECTION XXVIII

Italian and German 219


SECTION XXIX

Auxiliary Vowels 226


SECTION XXX

Resonant Consonants 229


SECTION XXXI

Practical Exercises 232


SECTION XXXII

The Great Scale 239


SECTION XXXIII

Velocity 245


SECTION XXXIV

Trill 251


SECTION XXXV

How to hold One's Self when Practising 256


SECTION XXXVI

[Pg ix]Concerning Expression 263


SECTION XXXVII

Before the Public 265


SECTION XXXVIII

Interpretation 270


SECTION XXXIX

In Conclusion 279


Note.—A Good Remedy for Catarrh and Hoarseness 281