John Hullah
Published: 2015-06-11
Total Pages: 99
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Excerpt from The Cultivation of the Speaking Voice 'The Cultivation of the Speaking Voice' is the subject of two articles which, under that title, appeared in The Contemporary Review for March and July, 1869. It was suggested to the writer that, with some alterations and additions - especially more precise directions for carrying his theories into practice-they would form a manual likely to be useful to many, and not unfit for admission into the Art Series of The Clarendon Press. By the kind permission of Messrs. Strahan, these articles have became a book, which is now laid before the reader. With this, the following pages might have been left to speak for themselves, had not some of the processes recommended in them been so new - or so old - as to justify the writer in declaring again (he will be found to have done so already more than once) that he has never for a moment lost sight of the object to which he believes they will be found conducive - the 'formation' of the speaking voice; and that his frequent reference to the singing voice has been inseparable from the mode of treatment he has adopted. Any musical knowledge or skill which the student who proposes to give these processes a fair trial may possess will of course increase his chances of turning them to good account. The trained voice and ear will assuredly prove more apt than the untrained, even in an altogether novel application of their powers. At the same time, the musical preparation absolutely needed for this trial is the smallest conceivable - amounting to little more than a knowledge of the names and places, on some musical instrument, of three or four notes, and skill enough to imitate these (in pitch) with his voice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
