The Art of the Singer Practical Hints About Vocal, Technics and Style (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Art of the Singer Practical Hints About Vocal, Technics and Style<br><br>In the course of a long and earnest study of the art of the singer the author of this volume has read all the authoritative works bearing on the topic; has made a special and searching investigation into the records of the teaching and singing of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries - the formative period; and the eighteenth century - the cumulative period of the art; has made a large number of experiments with voices; has observed the methods of many teachers; has heard and studied the famous singers of the past quarter of a century, and has obtained from some of them valuable instruction.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.