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Delsarte System of Oratory

Part 7 — Index.

Abby Langdon Alger translation

A.

Abdominal centre, the, life Accent Accord of nine, the Actors, bad Adjective, the Adverb, the Æsthetic division, chart of Æsthetic fact of first rank Æsthetics course of, applied lay of Alto voice, the Anatomy Angelo, Michael Angels, the Anger Animals do not laugh Ankylosed limbs Apollo, the Appoggiatura Aquinas, St. Thomas Archimedean lever Architecture, application of the law to Aristocrats lie Aristotle Arms, movements of the five million movements of the agents of the division of three centres in the Art the true aim of all, has the same principle definition of how Delsarte considered religious sentiment in the death of elements of the plastic the grand the supreme dramatic, lyric and oratorical best conditions for a work of object of sources of fine not imitation of nature Article, the Articulate language, weakness of origin and organic apparatus of elements of Articulation, in the service of thought Articulations, the Artificial breath Artistic personages, classification of Artist, the proclivities necessary to an Art-writings of the Greeks Attraction Attractive centres Attribute, the Attributes of reason, the Audience, an, different from an individual--the greater the numbers the less the intelligence,

B.

Bacchus, the Balzac Bambini, Father Barbier Barbot, Mme. Bass voice, the Baudelaire, Charles Baxile, M. Beautiful, the Beauty exists only in fragments moral and intellectual Belot, Adolphe Béranger Berlioz Bizet, George Blanchecotte, Mme. Blangini Body, the divisions of the retroactive movement of Boileau Bonnat Breathing Brohan, Madeleine Brucker, Raymond Buccal (cheek) zone, the machinery (articulate speech), the language of the mind,

C.

Calculation and artifice, if detected, quicksands to the orator Canova Captain Renard, fable of Captivating an audience, secret of Caress, the Carvalho, Mme. Charts classifying celestial spirits Charts list of Chastity, concave Chaudesaigues, Mlle. Chest, the the three attitudes of divisions of Chest, a passive agent Chest-voice, the the expression of the sensitive life should be little used the eccentric voice Chevé, M. and Mme. Children, why are they graceful? Chopin Chorography Chorre, Mother Cicero Circle, the, for exalting and caressing Colin Colors, symbolism of the primitive the three that symbolize the life, soul and mind Color charts, the Concentric state, the Conjunction, the the soul of the discourse Consonants, musical are gestures the initial variation in the value of beat time for the pronunciation of every first, is strong two things to be observed in Contemplation and retroaction Corneille Costal breathing Courier, Paul Louis Cousin, Victor Cries Cros, Antoine Czartoriska, Princess

D.

Dailly, Dr. Darcier Davout, Marshal Death, the sign language of De Bammeville, July De Blocqueville, Mme. De Chimay, Princess Degrees, theory of D'Haussonville, Countess Déjazet De Lamartine, Mme. De la Madelène, Jules Delaunay, Charles Delivery, a hasty De Leomenil, Mme. Laure Delsarte, biographical sketch of criterion of method of took much time in educating a pupil was he a philosopher? lectures of teachings of the press on the discoverer of the law can never be reproduced birth, death, name, early history of how he learned music enters the conservatory theatre and school of becomes a teacher of singing and elocution history of the voice of dramatic career of recitations of sings at the Court marriage and family of religion of friends of the "Talma of music" anecdotes of scholars of "Stanzas to Eternity" of "dear and last pupil" of musical compositions of an instance of the singing of shapeless coat of imitating defects singing during lessons inventions of Berlioz's treatment of before the Philotechnic Association and the four professors last years of a concert of character and merit of "Episodes of a Revelator" of America's offer to return to Paris of last letter to the King of Hanover of struggles with his teachers visit to the dissecting room a pensioner of the conservatory mystical or religious musings of the way of making his discovery is grateful because he had not written his book not spontaneous on trueness in singing Delsarte, Mme., maiden name of beauty and talent of Delsarte, Gustave De Meyendorf, Mme. Demosthenes De Musset, Alfred De Riancey, Henry Desbarolles Descartes Deshayes, M. De Staël, Mme. Devotion Diaphragmatic breathing Dictation exercises Discovery, dawn of Delsarte's Dissecting room, Delsarte's visit to the Divine Majesty, reflection of the Divine reason Donoso-Cortes, M. Donot Dramatic singing Dugrand, Delsarte's struggles with papa Dupré Duprez Dynamic apparatus, its composition harmony wealth

E.

Ear, the most delicate sense Eccentric state, the E flat Elbow, the thermometer of the relative life sign of humility, pride, etc. Ellipsis Eloquence holds first rank among the arts to be taught and learned is composed of three languages does not always accompany intellect Emotions, tender, expressed by high notes Emphasis, example of E mute before a consonant before a vowel Epic, the Epicondyle, the eye of the arm Epigastric centre, the, soul Epiglottis, contracting the Epilogue Episodes of a Revelator Episode I Episode II Episode III Episode IV Episode V Episode VI Episode VII Equilibrium, the laws of Error must rest upon some truth Etruscans, the Evolutions, passional Expiration, the sign of Exclamations Expression, very difficult the whole secret of Expressive centres Eye, the tolerance of Eyes, the the nine expressions of parallelism between the voice and the chart of the Eyebrow, the the thermometer of the mind

F.

Fables, recitation of Face, divided into three zones Fact, the value of a Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Fingers, the Florentine Force and interest consist in suspension Form, the vestment of substance definition of Fourier, Charles Free-thinkers, blindness of French prosody French versification Fright Frontal (forehead) zone, the

G.

Galen Garrick Gautier, Théophile Genal (chin) zone, the Géraldon Gesture, in general is for sentiments its services to humanity reveals the inner man the direct agent of the heart the interpreter of speech the interpreter of emotion an elliptical language division of harmony and dissonance of origin and oratorical value of superior to the other languages is magnetic the laws of must always precede speech retroaction joy and fright require backward movement equilibrium the great law of the hirmonic law of parallelism of numbers of lack of intelligence indicated by many duration of the rhythm of importance of the laws of the semeiotic or reason of the types that characterize its modifying apparatus the inflections of delineation of spheroidal form of the sense of the heart the spirit of the inflection of the deaf a series of, for exercises the static the life of the semeiotic the spirit and rationale of the series of, applied to the sentiments oftenest expressed the, of interpellation the, of thanks, affectionate and ceremonious the, of attraction the, of surprise and assurance the, of devotion the, of interrogative surprise the, of reiterated interrogation the, of anger the, of menace the, of an order for leaving the, of reiteration the, of fright three important rules for how produced dilatory difficulty in object of definition of without a motive Giraudet, Alfred report of Delsarte's lecture Gluck God, the spirit of, in all things how He reveals things a pretext for every Utopia the archetype Good, the Gospel, the, directs investigation Gounod Grace Great movements for exaltation of sentiment Greeks, the, had no school of æsthetics Groans Guéroult, Adolphe Guide-accord, the, of Delsarte Gymnastics, the grand law of organic the practice of

H.

Habit Halévy Hand, the, another expression of the face expressions of the its three presentations criterion of the chart of the digital face the back and the palmar face the three rhythmic actions the, in natural surprise the, in death attitudes of the in affirmation the nine physiognomies of Handel Harmony Harmony, born of contrasts is in opposition Head, the, movements of the occipital, parietal and temporal zones the primary agent of movement action of, in surprise which side is for the soul and which for the senses? attitudes of Head voice, the how produced interprets mental phenomena the concentric voice Heart, when to carry the hand to the Hegel Hervet High head, small brain Hippias Hoffman Horace Hugo Humanity is crippled Human reason Human science, the alpha and omega of Human triplicity, the Human word composed of three languages

I.

Ideal, the Imitation, the melody of the eye uselessness of Immanences, the Impressionalism Impressions and sensations Individual type, how formed Infant, the, has neither speech nor gesture Infinitesimal quantities Inflection, a modification of sound their importance illustrations of rules of must not be multiplied special life revealed through four millions of the melody of the ear the gesture of the blind differentiating the high life of speech medallion of Ingres Inspiration, when allowable the sign of Interjection, the Interpellation Interrogative surprise Intonations, caressing Italian, no two equal sounds in

J.

Jacob, Mlle. Jacotot Jesus of Nazareth Joncières Joy, the greatest in sorrow Joys, keen

K.

Kant King of Hanover Delsarte's last letter to the King Louis Philippe Kreutzer

L.

Lablache Laboring men, the ways of Lachrymose tone disgusting Lacordaire La Fontaine La Harpe Lamaitre, Frederick Lamartine Lamentation Language Laocoon, the Larynx, the coloring of lowering the the thermometer of the sensitive life Larynxes, artificial Latin prosody Laugh, signification of the its composition Law, definition of application of the, to various arts Legouvé Legs, the, and their attitudes Leibnitz Leroux, Pierre Liars do not elevate their shoulders Life, the sensitive state principal elements of the phenomena of Light Lind, Jenny Literary remains of Delsarte Literature, the law applied to Littré's Dictionary Logic often in default Longus Louvre, false pictures in the Love gives more than it receives Lovers, the gaze of Loyson, Father Lucht, Auguste Lully Lungs, the Lyric art

M.

Malherbe Malibran Man the three phases of either painter, poet, scientist, or mystic three types in the object of art a triplicity of persons the agent of Æsthetics when a man shrinks unfamiliar to himself Marcello Marie, Franck Mars Martellato Massenet Materialism Measure in oratorical diction Medallion of inflection Mediocrity Medium voice, the expression of moral emotions the normal voice Melody Menace, the head and hand Mengs Mental or reflective state Mercié Mind, the intellectual state Mode simpliste Modest people turn out the elbow Mohere Monsabre, Father Moral or affective state Mother, the voice of the Mother vowel, the Motion, distinction and vulgarity of Mouth, the no contraction of back part openings of, for various vowels a vital thermometer Movements from various centres flexor, rotary, and abductory initial forms of Mucous membrane, transmitter of sound Muscular machinery (gesture), the language of emotion Music, the seven notes of a succession of sounds Musset

N.

Napoleon III Nasal cavities, the Naturalism Ninefold accord, the Normal state, the Nose, a complex and important agent nine divisions of Nose, a moral thermometer Notes, high, for tender emotions Nourrit, Adolph Number

O.

Occipital zone, the life Ontology Opposition of agents Orator, the, should be a man of worth Oratorical sessions Oratory, definition of the science of, not yet taught the essentials the fundamental laws of the criterion of the student of, should not be a servile copyist three important rules for the student of symbolism of colors applied to perseverance and work necessary to the student of Order for leaving, an Organic chart

P.

Painter, how a, examines his work Painting, application of the law to Palate, the Pantomime, secrets of Parietal zone, the soul Particle, the Pasca, Mme. Passion of signs Passive attitude, the type of energetic natures Pasta, Mme. People, vulgar and uncultured Pergolesi Phenomena, natural, contain lessons Phidias Philotechnic Association Physiology Plato Poe, Edgar A. Poets are born, orators are made Poise lack of, in body Powers, the Praxiteles Preacher, a, must not be an actor Preposition, the Pricette, Father Principiants and principiates Processional relations, theory of reversal of Professors, Delsarte and the four Progressions Pronoun, the Pronunciation Proudhon Pythagoras

Q.

Quintilian

R.

R, cure of the faulty Rachel Racine Rainbow, the the colors of Rameau Random notes Raphael's picture of Moses, a fault in Ravignan Reaction Realism Reason a blind faculty an act of faith the attributes of Reber Reboul Recitative Reiterated interrogation Reiteration Respect, a sort of weakness Respiration suppressing the and silence three movements of multiplied to facilitate vocal, logical, passional Respiratory acts, their signification Retroaction Reverence, the sign of Reynaud, Jean Rhythmus Romagnesi Rossini Roulade Routine Royer, Mme., Clémence

S.

St. Augustine St. Saens St.-Simonism St. Thomas Salutation, the sign of Sand, George Schiller Science, bases of the and art Scientists, cause of the failure of Sculptor, aims of the Sculpture, application of the law to Semeiotics of the shoulder Senses, the Sensibility, thermometer of Sensitive nature betrayed by voice Sensitive or vital state Sensualism, convex Sensuality Sentiment Shades and inflections Shakespeare Shoulder, the thermometer of love the sensitive life the sign of passion action of, in surprise thermometer of emotions semeiotics of in the aristocratic world Sigh, the Signs of passion Silence, the father of speech the speech of God the rule of Simplisme Sincerity intolerable Singing Sob, the Societies, meeting of the learned Socrates Sontag, Mme. Soprano voice, the Sorbonne, the Soul, the moral state Souhe, Frederic Sound, the first language of man revelation of the sensitive life is painting should be homogeneous every sound is a song the sense of the life reflection of divine image Souvestre, Emile Speech the omnipotence of inferior to gesture anticipated by gesture the sense of the intelligence the three agents of oratorical value of soul of visible thought Spontini Standard, value of a Subject, the Subjectivity in Æsthetics Substantive, the Sue, Eugene Sully-Prudhomme Surprise and assurance System

T.

Talma Teachers, ignorance of the Tears, accessory matters to be shed only at home Temporal region, the mind Tenderness Tenor voice, the Thanks, affectionate and ceremonious Thermometers, the three the articular arm centres called Thermometric system of the shoulder Theresa Thoracic centre, the mind Threatening with the shoulder Thumb, the thermometer of the will has much expression the sign of life the, in death living mimetics of the thermometer of life and death Thyrcis Tone, position of Tones, the lowest, best understood prologation of Torso, the divisions of chart of "Treatise on Reason" Tremolo, the Trinitarians, the Trinity, the the holy, recovered in sound True, the Trueness in singing Truth, men are divided in regard to Types, the, in man Typical arrangements phrases

U.

Uchard, Mario Ugly, the Uprightness, perpendicular Uvula, raising the

V.

Values, the law of resume of the degrees of Verb, the Verdi Véron, Eugene Vertebrae, three sorts of Vice, hideousness of Vicious arrangements Violent emotion, in, the voice stifled Virtues, the Vision, three sorts of Vital breath Vocal cords, fatiguing the Vocal music Vocal organ, the Vocal shades, law of Vocal tube, the, must not vary for a loud tone Voice, the charms of organic apparatus of a mysterious hand the kinds of the registers of meaning of the high and deep the language of the sensitive life the chest, the medium, the head the white dimensions and intensity of how to obtain a stronger three modes of developing method of diminishing the less the emotion, the stronger the how to gain resonance a tearful, a defect the tremulous, of the aged the rhythm of its tones must not be jerky inflections of great affinity between the arms and the exercises for the mixed tenuity and acuteness of shades of definition of the shading of the pathetic effects in the tearing of the two kinds of loud Voltaire Volubility, too much Vowels correspond to the moral state length of the initial

W.

Wartel Weight "What I Propose" Will, the Winkelmann Wisdom Wolf and the lamb, the fable of the Words, the value of, in phrases dwelling on the final Worlds, three, presented Wrist, the thermometer of the physical life Writing, a dead letter

Z.

Zaccone, Pierre Zeuxis Zola, M.

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