CONTENTS LESSONS AND EXERCIS
INTRODUCTION LESSON 1. An Outline LESSON 2. Stage Presence. 4 LESSON 3. Breath-Control (The Diaphragm) 5 LESSON 4. Breath-Control (Attack) 6 LESSON 5. Breath-Control (Deep Breathing) 7 LESSON 6. Freedom from Tension LESSON 7. Vowel Formation. LESSON 8. Vowel color LESSON 9. Double Vowels LESSON 10. Tone Quality LESSON 11. Resonance. 23 LESSON 12. Study of Consonants. LESSON 13. Phonetic Spelling. ES
SONGS AND DUETS
All through the night Angels, ever bright and fair Begone, dull care Cradle song (Duet) Cradle song Faith in Spring Friendship (Duet) Funiculi, funicula (A Merry Heart) How still the night! I attempt from love's sickness to fly In night's still calm In the garden It was a lover and his lass Last night (Duet) Love has eyes My love's an Arbutus Nearest and dearest (Duet) Noon and Night O rest in the Lord Old love song On the banks of Allan Water Out of my soul's great sadness Page, The Passing by Polysyllabic study, A Rose softly blooming Shadow song Spring song(Duet) Sweetheart of mine Swing low, sweet chariot There was a jolly miller Thou art near me, Margarita Venetian boat song Wanderer's night song (Duet) When love passed by When the bluebird sings (Duet)
Page LESSON 14. Study of Consonants, continued26 LESSON 15. The Even Scale. 29 LESSON 16. Voice-Placing. 31 LESSON 17. The Head Voice. 32 LESSON 18. Observations on the Male Voice.34 LESSON 19. Legato and Sostenuto 36 LESSON 20. Staccato 38 LESSON 21. Embellishments 40 LESSON 22. Flexibility. 41 LESSON 23. Interpretation. A8 LESSON 24. Proportion and Unity 49 LESSON 25. The Use of the Imagination . . 49 LESSON 26. How to Study a Song. 51 SONGS AND DUETS Old Welsh Air (Arr. by G. B.) George F. Handel English, XVII Century (Arr. by G. B.) Johannes Brahms (Arr. by L. R. D.) Homer A. Norris Franz Schubert Theodore Marzials Luigi Denza Adolf Jensen Henry Purcell Gustave Luther Robert Schumann Thomas Morley Halfdan Kjerulf (//rr. by H. K.) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop Irish Air (Arr. by C. V. S.) Luigi Caracciolo C. B. Hawley Felix Mendelssohn German, XV Century (Arr. by H. R.) Lady C. S. Robert Franz Anton Rubinstein Edward Purcell D. A. Clippinger Louis Spohr D. A. Clippinger Eduard Lassen French Chanson, XV Century (Arr. by W. A. F.) Negro (Arr. by William Arms Fisher) English, XVII Century (Arr. by G. B.) Eric Meyer-Helmund Jacques Blumenthal Anton Rubinstein William F. McCoy George B. Nevin