Modern Singing Methods, Their Use and Abuse

Excerpt from Modern Singing Methods, Their Use and Abuse

These simple rules, and others Similar to them, embraced the method of the old Maestro, but his method was not his main reliance. He trusted, above all things, to the power of exercise to develop the voice, just as the gymnast trains himself for feats of strength by attempting first gentle ones and finally those that are more arduous. This exercise was continued for five, six, or seven years, and, at the end of the period of instruction, the pupil was able to execute music, the technical difficulty of which would appal almost all modern singers.

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