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TRAINING THE SINGING VOICE |
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of a skillful technique. Therefore, an artist singer would be one who appKes consummate skill, imagination and taste in the expression of a song. Various minimum requirements for artistic performance are set forth in the $4. statements gathered on this subject. They are summarized as follows:
1. The artist always exceeds the minimum technical requirements of his performance while the student seldom reaches beyond them. [Stanley 577, p. 295]
2. An amateur is often unaware of the effect created; the artist "is deliberately attempting to secure a desired stylistic effect." [Wharton 655, p. 70]
3. Agility and the ability "to play with your voice" at will is the mark of an artist. A flexible voice imparts "ease, grace and fluency of delivery." [Maurice-Jacquet 380; Henderson 243, p. 102; Wilson 674, II, p. 46]
4. The artist interpreter sustains the attention and interest of his listeners throughout his song, without allowing even a momentary lapse of interest from start to finish. [Wagner 627; Woodside 690,
P. i5l 5- Avoid analysis during performance. "See, hear and feel the entire
work as a whole." [Brown 68>J
6. "The song, the singer and the accompaniment must be one"; in perfect harmony and understanding. [Galli-Curd 197]
7. "Think of beauty and you will forget yourself." [Louise Homer
282]
8. The work of the artist must always be distinctive and outstanding, never ordinary. [Galli-Curci op. cit.]
9. Artistic performance, especially in opera, requires superior breath
control, "to encompass long phrases" with ease. [Zinka Milanov 397]
10. The mark of an artist is the singing of a good adagio. [Scott
501, p. 88]
11. An artist must have a superb legato in uniform quality over
more than two octaves of range. [Waters 642; Giddings 202]
12. Sing to yourself, not to your audience. "If you thrill yourself, you will thrill your audience." [Clark and Leland 101, p. 14]
13. "Perfect intonation, absolute steadiness of sound and beauty of timbre . . . are the tripod of [artistic] voice production." [Blather-wick 51; also Wodell 681] |
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