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Start of eBook	1
A VISIT TO MME. LILLI LEHMANN	1
WITH THE MASTER TEACHERS	1
ILLUSTRATIONS	1
VOCAL MASTERY	1
I	1
THE VALUE OF WORK	1
IN EARLY DAYS	2
RIGID DISCIPLINE	3
THE FIRST REAL CHANCE	3
A REVELATION	3
RESULTS OF THE REVELATION	3
THE VALUE OF WORK TO THE SINGER	4
CEASELESS STUDY	4
A LAST WORD	4
II	5
THE WILL TO SUCCEED A COMPELLING FORCE	5
THE QUESTION OF HEALTH	6
TECHNICAL STUDY	7
WITH LEHMANN	7
MEMORIZING	8
CONTRASTING COLORATURA AND DRAMATIC SINGING	8
TO THE YOUNG SINGER	9
MODERN MUSIC	9
VOICE LIMITATIONS	9
VOCAL MASTERY	10
III	10
MIND IS EVERYTHING	10
IV	15
EXAMINING A PUPIL	16
THE MOZART FESTIVAL	17
LEHMANN THE TEACHER	18
BREATHING	18
REGISTERS	18
PHYSIOLOGY	19
THE NASAL QUALITY	19
USE OF THE LIPS	19
POWER AND VELOCITY	19
V	19
SELF-TEACHING THE GREAT ESSENTIAL	19
SELF-STUDY	21
NEVER STRAIN THE VOICE	21
USE OF THE VOWELS	22
MEMORIZING	22
THE NECESSITY FOR LANGUAGES	23
COLORATURA AND DRAMATIC	23
BREATH CONTROL	23
THE MATTER IN A NUTSHELL	23
VI	24
CEASELESS EFFORT NECESSARY FOR ARTISTIC PERFECTION	24
THE MUSICAL GIFT	25
A REMARKABLE TEACHER	25
THE ARTIST LIFE	25
CONSTANTLY ON THE WATCH	26
LEARNING A NEW ROLE	26
ALWAYS BEING SURE OF THE WORDS	26
NATURAL ANXIETY	26
GROWTH OF MUSICAL APPRECIATION IN AMERICA	27
VII	27
THE COLORATURA VOICE	27
FOR THE DEBUTANTE	28
THE COLORATURA VOICE	29
VIII	31
TRAINING AMERICAN SINGERS FOR OPERA	31
CHARACTERIZATION	31
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE AMERICAN SINGER	31
ITALIAN OPERA IN AMERICA	32
AMERICAN COMPOSERS	32
OPERATIC TRAINING	33
IX	34
PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE WIN RESULTS	34
A PRIMA DONNA AT HOME	34
THE SINGER’S LIFE	35
VOCAL TRAINING	35
COLORATURA AND DRAMATIC	36
DO NOT YIELD TO DISCOURAGEMENT	36
MUSICIANSHIP	36
HAVE PATIENCE	37
VOCAL MASTERY	37
X	38
THE REQUIREMENTS OF A MUSICAL CAREER	38
FOR THE GIRL WHO WANTS TO MAKE A CAREER	38
HOW AN ARTIST WORKS	39
THE START IN OPERA	39
WHAT ARE THE ASSETS FOR A CAREER?	40
COLORATURA AND DRAMATIC	41
MEMORIZING	41
VOCAL MASTERY	42
XI	42
DAILY STUDY	43
TREATMENT OF THE VOICE	43
A NEW ROLE	44
OPERA IN EVERY CITY	44
XII	45
INSPIRED INTERPRETATION	45
TONE PLACEMENT	46
WHEN TO PRACTICE	47
USING FULL VOICE	47
THE SUBJECT OF INTERPRETATION	47
THE WORDS OF A SONG PARAMOUNT	47
GROWTH OF APPRECIATION	48
XIII	49
PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE YOUNG SINGER	49
THE YOUNG SINGER	49
THE STUDIO VERSUS THE CONCERT ROOM	49
VALUE OF HONEST CRITICISM	50
BREATHING EXERCISES	50
FULL OR HALF VOICE	51
IN REGARD TO MEMORIZING	51
FEELING DEEPLY DURING PERFORMANCE	51
LANGUAGE	51
THE IDEAL WAY	52
AMOUNT OF DAILY PRACTICE	52
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUNG SINGER IN AMERICA	52
XIV	53
THE MESSAGE OF THE SINGER	53
SENTIMENT VERSUS TEMPERAMENT	54
MASSAGE THE VOICE	55
XV	56
BE YOUR OWN CRITIC	56
BEGINNING VOCAL STUDY WITH OPERA	58
MEMORIZING	58
SPANISH OPERA	58
XVI	59
A CHILD OF THE OPERA	59
TECHNICAL PRACTICE	61
BREATH CONTROL	62
MEMORIZING	62
KEEPING UP REPERTOIRE	62
XVII	63
THE EVOLUTON OF AN OPERA STAR	63
A MUSICAL CAREER	64
NOT MANY RULES	64
THE EAR	65
BEL CANTO	65
LEARNING A ROLE	65
INTERPRETATION	65
LEARNING BY DOING	66
XVIII	66
ACHIEVING SUCCESS ON THE CONCERT STAGE	66
VOCAL CONTROL	67
EARLY EXPERIENCES	67
DAILY PRACTICE	68
WITH MAUREL	68
THE SINGER BEFORE AN AUDIENCE	69
THE SINGER IN HIS STUDIO	69
VOCAL MASTERY	70
XIX	70
MAKING A CAREER IN AMERICA	70
XX	73
THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THE SINGER’S ART	73
RULES OF TECHNIC	73
EARLY STRUGGLES	74
WHAT THE TEACHER SHOULD DO FOR THE STUDENT	74
THE TECHNICAL SIDE	75
THE MORAL SIDE	75
XXI	76
A LESSON WITH A PRIMA DONNA	76
BREATHING	77
VOCAL TECHNIC	77
VOCAL PRACTICE	77
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SINGER	78
AMERICAN VOICES	78
THE YOUNG SINGER BEFORE AN AUDIENCE	79
OPERA OR CONCERT	79
COLORATURA OR DRAMATIC	79
WITH THE MASTER TEACHERS	80
XXII	80
THE MAKING OF ARTIST SINGERS	80
THE PROBLEM OF BREATH CONTROL	80
TECHNICAL MATERIAL	81
THE STUDY OF REPERTOIRE	81
CHARACTERIZATION	82
KNOWLEDGE OF ANATOMY	83
IN THE STUDIO	83
VOCALIZES	84
XXIII	84
USE OF RECORDS IN VOCAL STUDY	84
TEACHER, ARTIST AND ACCOMPANIST IN ONE	85
SIMPLICITY	85
IMITATION A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE	86
FOR BEGINNERS	86
THE ACCOMPANIST	86
THE SPEAKING VOICE	86
BREATHING EXERCISES	86
PHRASING	87
TONE PRODUCTION	87
SUSTAINED TONES	88
UNITING SEVERAL TONES	88
ARPEGGIOS	88
THE TRILL	88
VOCALIZES	89
XXIV	89
MEMORY, IMAGINATION, ANALYSIS	89
BEL CANTO	90
MEMORY	91
IMAGINATION	91
ANALYSIS	91
CONSCIOUS OR UNCONSCIOUS CONTROL	92
DOES THE SINGER HEAR HIMSELF?	93
XXV	93
CAUSATION	93
TONE PLACEMENT	94
IN THE BEGINNING	94
BREATH CONTROL	94
CAUSATION	95
REGISTERS	95
VOCAL MASTERY	96
XXVI	96
SOME SECRETS OF BEAUTIFUL SINGING	96
WORDS IN THE VOICE	98
VOCAL MASTERY	99
XXVII	99
A RESUME	99
AMERICAN VOICES	101
AMERICAN VOICE TEACHERS	101
ARE AMERICAN VOCAL STUDENTS SUPERFICIAL?	101
THE VOCAL STUDENT MUST NOT BE AFRAID TO WORK	102
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A VOCAL CAREER	102
WHAT BRANCHES OF STUDY MUST BE TAKEN UP?	103
BREATH CONTROL	104
SPECIFIC EXERCISES	105
LENGTH OF TIME FOR DAILY PRACTICE	106
WHAT VOWELS TO USE	107
HALF OR FULL VOICE?	107
HEARING YOURSELF	108
VOCAL MASTERY, FROM THE ARTISTS’ VIEWPOINT	108
THE END	109

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