HOW TO SING A SONG

THE ART OF DRAMATIC AND LYRIC INTERPRETATION.

By Yvette Guilbert With An Introduction By Clayton Hamilton.

About This Book
In the present book, Madame Yvette Guilbert expounds the basic principles of the art of dramatic and lyric interpretation, — an art of which she is an absolute and perfect master. This treatise is intended primarily as a manual of craftsmanship, for the benefit of beginners who aspire to follow in her footsteps. But, to me at least, the volume has a deeper meaning and teaches a more important lesson; for it demonstrates conclusively that technical accomplishment is made, not born, — that it can and must be learned, and can be taught. This is a lesson that is sorely needed at the present time, when an anarchic group of so-called "critics" is springing up to celebrate an anarchic group of so-called "artists" who noisily pretend that technique is of no account, because they are too lazy to acquire it. The heresy that anybody can express himself spontaneously without having mastered, by previous practice, an articulate medium of expression cannot be too utterly condemned. It is scarcely necessary, in this place, to state that Madame Yvette Guilbert is the finest artist, living in the world to-day, who does anything of any kind upon the stage. This superlative opinion has been expressed, at one time or another in the last ten years, by nearly all the leading critics of the leading nations. But the very perfectness of her art might allure the public to fall into the heresy of thinking that effects produced with such apparent ease have been arrived at without antecedent effort. This little book will demonstrate, however, that nothing is easy in art, and that the appearance of spontaneity can be acquired only by long years of earnest study and indefatigable practice.
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Title Page Dedication Photo of author Photos illustrating principles described in the book. Photo - 0005.htm Photo - 0006.htm Photo - 0007.htm Photo - 0008.htm Photo - 0009.htm Photo - 0010.htm Photo - 0011.htm Photo - 0012.htm Photo - 0013.htm Photo - 0014.htm Photo - 0015.htm Photo - 0016.htm Photo - 0017.htm Preface Page - 0019.htm Page - 0020.htm Page - 0021.htm Page - 0022.htm Contents Introduction Page - 0025.htm Page - 0026.htm Page - 0027.htm Page - 0028.htm The Special Vocal Technique Necessary to a Singer op Songs, as Compared to that of an Operatic Singer - 0101.htm Page - 0102.htm Page - 0103.htm Page - 0104.htm Page - 0105.htm Page - 0106.htm Page - 0107.htm Page - 0108.htm Page - 0109.htm Page - 0110.htm Page - 0111.htm Page - 0112.htm Page - 0113.htm Page - 0114.htm Page - 0115.htm Page - 0116.htm Page - 0117.htm Page - 0118.htm Page - 0119.htm Page - 0120.htm Page - 0121.htm How to Penetrate and Amplify the Text - 0122.htm Page - 0123.htm Page - 0124.htm Page - 0125.htm Page - 0126.htm Page - 0127.htm Page - 0128.htm Page - 0129.htm Page - 0130.htm Page - 0131.htm Page - 0132.htm Page - 0133.htm Page - 0134.htm Page - 0135.htm How to Create Atmosphere - 0136.htm Page - 0137.htm Page - 0138.htm Page - 0139.htm Page - 0140.htm Page - 0141.htm Page - 0142.htm Page - 0143.htm Page - 0144.htm Page - 0145.htm Page - 0146.htm Page - 0147.htm Page - 0148.htm Page - 0149.htm The Expression of the Different Forms of Tragedy - 0150.htm Page - 0151.htm Page - 0152.htm Page - 0153.htm Page - 0154.htm

Page - 0155.htm Page - 0156.htm Page - 0157.htm Page - 0158.htm The Comic Spirit. The Expression of Joy as Characterized in Colors - Gray, Purple, and Red- 0159.htm Page - 0160.htm Page - 0161.htm Page - 0162.htm Page - 0163.htm Page - 0164.htm Page - 0165.htm Page - 0166.htm Page - 0167.htm Page - 0168.htm Page - 0169.htm Page - 0170.htm Page - 0171.htm Page - 0172.htm The Plastic Art - 0173.htm Page - 0174.htm Page - 0175.htm Page - 0176.htm Page - 0177.htm Page - 0178.htm Page - 0179.htm Page - 0180.htm Page - 0181.htm Page - 0182.htm Page - 0183.htm Page - 0184.htm Page - 0185.htm Page - 0186.htm Page - 0187.htm Page - 0188.htm Page - 0189.htm Page - 0190.htm Page - 0191.htm Page - 0192.htm Page - 0193.htm Page - 0194.htm Page - 0195.htm Page - 0196.htm Page - 0197.htm The Development of the Faculty of Observation - 0198.htm Page - 0199.htm Page - 0200.htm Page - 0201.htm Page - 0202.htm Page - 0203.htm Musical Rhythm - 0204.htm Page - 0205.htm Page - 0206.htm Page - 0207.htm Page - 0208.htm Page - 0209.htm The Eurhythmic Expression of the Body - 0210.htm Page - 0211.htm Page - 0212.htm Page - 0213.htm Page - 0214.htm Page - 0215.htm Page - 0216.htm Page - 0217.htm The Science of Tempo in Declamation - 0218.htm Page - 0219.htm Page - 0220.htm Page - 0221.htm Page - 0222.htm Page - 0223.htm Page - 0224.htm Page - 0225.htm Page - 0226.htm How to Acquire Facial Mimicry- 0227.htm Page - 0228.htm Page - 0229.htm About Magnetism and Charm. The Soul that Must Animate the True Artist - 0230.htm Page - 0231.htm Page - 0232.htm Page - 0233.htm Page - 0234.htm Page - 0235.htm Page - 0236.htm Page - 0237.htm