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The Great Scale
Nasal Nasal Singing
The Head Voice
The Vowel-sound _ah_
Practical Exercises
The Cure
Singing Covered
Resonant Consonants
The Lips
Connection Of Vowels
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Velocity
Theodor Wachtel
The Tremolo
Equalizing The Voice; Breath; Form
In Conclusion
The Singer's Physiological Studies
The Tongue
The Position Of The Mouth (contraction Of The Muscles Of Speech)
Concerning Expression
The Sensations Of The Palate
Random Music Lessons
Concerning Expression
The Highest Head Tones
Of The Breath And Whirling Currents
My Purpose
How To Hold One's Self When Practising
The Cure
On Vocal Registers
The Head Voice
Sensation And Position Of The Tongue
The Attack
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Concerning Expression
When we wish to study a role or a song, we have first to master the
intellectual content of the work. Not till we have made ourselves a
clear picture of the whole should we proceed to elaborate the details,
through which, however, the impression of the whole should never be
allowed to suffer. The complete picture should always shine out
through all. If it is too much broken into details, it becomes a thing
of shreds and patches.
So petty accessories must be avoided, that the larger outline of the
whole picture shall not suffer. The complete picture must ever claim
the chief interest; details should not distract attention from it. In
art, subordination of the parts to the whole is an art of itself.
Everything must be fitted to the larger lineaments that should
characterize a masterpiece.
A word is an idea; and not only the idea, but how that idea in color
and connection is related to the whole, must be expressed. Therein is
the fearsome magic that Wagner has exercised upon me and upon all
others, that draws us to him and lets none escape its spell. That is
why the elaboration of Wagner's creations seems so much worth while to
the artist. Every elaboration of a work of art demands the sacrifice
of some part of the artist's ego, for he must mingle the feelings set
before him for portrayal with his own in his interpretation, and thus,
so to speak, lay bare his very self. But since we must impersonate
human beings, we may not spare ourselves, but throw ourselves into our
task with the devotion of all our powers.
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