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®m                            TRAINING THE SINGING VOICE
io, American Academy of Teachers of Singing, "Caw and Development of the
Human Voice/' Music Education Journal, December, 1938, Vol % p» *6.
A statement of principle! by the commit tee <m adolescent voice, n, »— Singing, the Well-spring of Music, The Academy, New York, tfjff|»
An interesting pamphlet expressing generalized idea* cm tinging in nontechnical language, based on a series of radio talks sponsored by the Academy, i«, Anderson, Marian. "Some Reflections on Singing/' (An Interview*) Etude* Philadelphia, wj$(), Vol. 57, p. Ggi.
The distinguished American contralto discusses range, natural sing­ing, teaching methods and other helpful topics. Reminiscences of early training are added.
13,  Anonymous, '"Academy Offers Sound Advice to Vocal Students." Musician,
New York, February, 1989, Vol 34, p. 35,
A statement issued by the American Academy of Teachers of Singing discusses problems of launching a vocal career and offers seven criteria for choosing a singing teacher.
14,  _, "Best Voices Vibrate 3900 a Second/' Musician, New York, January,
1993, Vol 38, p. 14, A report based on the Peabocly Conservatory research on voice*
15,  — — "Dearth of Superior Singing Voices Now Explained/' Science. Digest,
Chicago, 1940, Vol 7, p, 54.
W. T. Bartholomew of Peabocly Conservatory reports on singers' dif­ficulties.
16,  ,„«»_ "The Joy of Singing/' Etude, Philadelphia, 1 f)59* ^°'* 57* P» 4*7*
The joy of singing supersedes the demands of mm* exhibitionism. With the song truly in his heart, the singer often stumbles upon it natu­ral method of singing by himself.
17,  _ "Opinions of Two Authorities on Voice Production/' Musician, New
York, July, 193a, Vol 37, p. n.
William Shakespeare and Nellie Melba discuss certain principles of breath control Essentially, breath economy h advocated, iS, __ "Singing in a Foreign Language/' Etude, Philadelphia, 1954, Vol 5«, p. 741, '
Italian, French and German are essential languages to the modern singer. The public demands it, and that settles the matter beyond further argument. i9. __» "Variations in Pitch of the Voice/' Science n.s., New York, 1954, Vol 80 supplement, p. 7.
Report given at American Psychology Association meeting, on ex« perimental results in pitch testing of vocal artists, by Harold G* Sea­shore. *o. Armstrong, Felice M. "Breath Control and How to Attain It/' Etude, Phila­delphia, 1936, Vol. 54, p. 448.
Breath control is the first essential in learning to sing. Eleven short exercises are listed which the author extravagently claims "will solve practically any problem of breathing/'