Note Return to text — II PHYSIOLOGICAL VIEW FORMATION OF SOUND BY THE ORGAN OF THE HUMAN VOICE
William Henry Furness translation
In the ignorance existing concerning the natural transitions of the registers, and in the unnatural forcing of the voice, is found a chief cause of the decline of the art of singing. And the present inability to preserve the voice is the consequence of a method of teaching unnatural, and therefore imposing too great a strain upon the voice. 6