Musical Instruction & Study, Composition
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The Mechanism of the Human VoiceThe Mechanism of the Human VoiceA ninth edition of this book having been called for, I take the opportunity to return my sincere thanks for the many kind expressions concerning its usefulness which have reached me since the lamented death of its author, my...
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The Voice: Its Production, Care and PreservationThe Voice: Its Production, Care and PreservationDr. Frank E. Miller, the author of this book, is one of the leading New York specialists on throat, nose and ear. He numbers many singers among his patients and is physician to the Manhattan Opera House, Mr....
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Music: An Art and a LanguageMusic: An Art and a LanguageALTHOUGH "of the making of books there is no end," this book, on so human a subject as music, we believe should justify itself. A twenty-years' experience in teaching the Appreciation of Music at Harvard University and Radcliffe College...
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On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient MusicOn the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient MusicUSIC was written in a scrawl impossible to decipher up to the thirteenth century, when Plain Song [1] (Plain Chant) made its appearance in square and diamond-shaped notes. The graduals and introits had not yet...
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Great Pianists on Piano PlayingGreat Pianists on Piano Playing - Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series...
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The Orchestral Conductor: Theory of His ArtThe Orchestral Conductor: Theory of His ArtEvery effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible; changes (corrections of spelling and punctuation) made to the original text are marked like this. The original text appears when hovering the cursor over the...
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Observations on the Florid Song Or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern SingersObservations on the Florid Song; Or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers he Opinions of the ancient Historians, on the Origin of Musick, are various. Pliny believes that Amphion was the Inventor of it; the Grecians maintain, that it was Dionysius; Polybius ascribes...
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The Standard OperaglassThe Standard Operaglass - Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas [Transcriber's note: the punctuation in this file is somewhat inconsistent. There are many commas and other punctuation where none appears to be needed, and vice versa. Syntax and grammar are occasionally...
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The Pianolist: A Guide for Pianola PlayersThe Pianolist: A Guide for Pianola PlayersMy book, "How to Appreciate Music," in the chapter devoted to the pianoforte, contains a paragraph relating to the Pianola and its influence in popularizing music and stimulating musical taste. I confess that before I started that paragraph...
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The Standard Oratorios: Their Stories, Their Music, And Their ComposersThe Standard Oratorios: Their Stories, Their Music, And Their ComposersThe "Standard Oratorios" is intended as a companion to the "Standard Operas;" and with this purpose in view the compiler has followed as closely as possible the same method in the arrangement and presentation of...
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The Child-Voice in SingingThe Child-Voice in Singing - Treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirsIf any of these characters do not display properlyin particular, if the diacritic does not appear directly above the letteror if the quotation marks...
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Essentials in ConductingEssentials in ConductingIn putting out this little book, the author is well aware of the fact that many musicians feel that conductors, like poets and teachers, are "born and not made"; but his experience in training supervisors of music has led him to feel...
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The Psychology of SingingThe Psychology of Singing - A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and ModernA peculiar gap exists between the accepted theoretical basis of instruction in singing and the actual methods of vocal teachers. Judging by the...
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The Eurhythmics of Jaques-DalcrozeThe Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze"Rhythmische Gymnastik" is the name by which the Dalcroze method is known in Germany, but whether or not the German words are adequate, their literal translation into English certainly gives too narrow an idea of the scope of the system to...
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Style in SingingStyle in SingingIN listening to a Patti, a Kubelik, a Paderewski, the reflective hearer is struck by the absolute sureness with which such artists arouse certain sensations in their auditors. Moreover, subsequent hearings will reveal the fact that this sensation is aroused always in...
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Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of SingingCaruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of SingingIn offering this work to the public the publishers wish to lay before those who sing or who are about to study singing, the simple, fundamental rules of the art based on common sense. The two greatest...
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Voice Production in Singing and SpeakingVoice Production in Singing and Speaking - Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)The present work is based on a life study of the voice, and has grown out of the conviction that all teaching and learning in voice-culture, whether for the...
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Music Notation and TerminologyMusic Notation and TerminologyThe study of music notation and terminology by classes in conservatories and in music departments of colleges and normal schools is a comparative innovation, one reason for the non-existence of such courses in the past being the lack of a suitable...
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The Head Voice and Other Problems: Practical Talks on SingingThe Head Voice and Other Problems: Practical Talks on SingingThe following chapters are the outgrowth of an enthusiasm for the work of voice training, together with a deep personal interest in a large number of conscientious young men and women who have gone out...
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Lessons in Music FormLessons in Music Form - A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition [Transcriber's note: This book contains a few page references, e.g., "on page 122". In such cases the target page number has been formatted between...
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