CONTENTS

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 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 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 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 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