New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-04

tiop delicacy, acutsness. intentty, education and
reGDemen, Of the organs OF hearing.
The grore voice is most generally found IN mar
and the acute tones In children boys ard in women
The grave sonorous voice emanstes. az it were,
from the lower regions Of the chest or aDgs, or IN
o,her words, the fssure forming the strait from the
wiDdpipe into The Larry DIX is large, well defined and
widely OPEN as the air passes through, giving or
causing that deep grave tone known as the lung or
"tbest voice The floor resisting point to this ia
the diaphragm or midrf the radiatipg muscular
flores of which press up and support the lungs as
they gradually empty or expel the air through the
orgsnn Of the voice 1t is the sudden contraction
or spasm Of the midlif that causes the violent
expulsion Of the breath, known as BneeZDg. TIE
acnte toned voice emanates from the sides OF tue
chamber in the laryDz, and, when forced into d91o,
IRON its upper edge the giOttis which Ii the en-.
trance into the lstyngeal chamber from the mouth
The voice also when 30 changed from the grave
tone, is called talset.o, and is produced amply oy
the contraction of the assure in the lower strait oil
The lsrvnx. and "a the voice ID still raised into
ao, for the purpose of reaching the highest nose'
:he chamber or layrDx itself Ia conuAoseo' snus
making the pa OF the assure the floor or the re-
sisting pointer, if you please, the sounding
board to carry forward the sound. From the
smsllpess Of the larynx and It's chamber, may be
accounted the shrin, acute sounds in children boys
girls, women and in aged people. In each, as they
advance from childhood into youth thence into ma
turity-when the timbre or the character of the
voice is established-tl finally Into old age, we
bserve the various notifications in the tones OF
the voice When the tim6re again changes from the
grave or chest voice, it dwindes away
"ADd his big manly voice,
Tuning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whiBl es in bis sound'
The foregoing "birds eye view Of the mechsn.
ism and the imperfect psychology OF the human
voice, are, we trust, sufficiently explicit to the
reader for Illustrating the vocal powers OF Jenny
Lird and the vocal peculiarly of her tones, which
have heretofore seemed to defy the acoustic organs
and penetration Of the numerous musical critics
who all confess themselves at loss to account for
or TO describe The voice Of the grea. cGatrlce is
one of those wonderful natura gifts, which Provi'
dence occasionally voucbsafeS to favored mortal
Jenny Lind possesses what may be termed a double
yoice-the natural voice from grave to the acute
! range over three octayes; and she has the power
and faculty of producing recurrent OF backward
voice into the lungs, upon the upper andloWer
notes in singing which in fact is purely ventrilo
quous Of which faculty, her ' echo song ia per-
feet illustration Thus she is enabled to control her
voice upon the most difficult vibrations OF the vocal
chords to be perfect in her intervals, and, which
renders her &c aurpaasing in the perfection OF her
intonGtons that they ring upon the ear with an
effect and charm 80 indescribable and puGzing to
the hearer. The popularity is this ventriloquous
power, and the wonderful part Of her vocelization
ia that her organization enables her to Use those
recurrent sounds the Same as person whistIiDg
executes sounds by the recurens action or drawing
in the breath while inspiring. This faculty jenny
Lind controls and manages with an ease, grace,
and with such mastery arsiatoa SKILL as almost to
DEFY detection by the most refined and critical ear.
By this recurrent ventrioqual action sha has the
command of the epigosts and its parts, the valve
closing the aryogeal chamber when in the ACT OF
MISUNDERSTANDING plates similar to the
plates forming the bronchial assure of the Iarynx
which have stated ia the natural passage for the
air forming the voice.
In addition tc this command over her vocal Eacul
ties she sings from the larynx, while she throws
the vocal force from the lungs and diaphragm Civ
ne to it the strength, the funess. the roundness'
and the steadinesS and endurance OF the Craze or
ches, voice" By this immensity OF vocal power,
by the contraction and diminution OF the vocal
chamber she 10 enabled to trill and revs high into
a{t0 without any detection from hsrhsarers of any
stop or OF any change in her voice. Thup her into
nations and moduIatons by this peculiar orgeniza
ton, are rendered perfect, and her rpper and low
or notes are given with an nhexibilty and aofsness
OF which her dying away echo tons ia practi-
ca iliuatration-~-
Linked sweeiness long drawn OUT
as are also each cadenza run, shake and
trl made upon her tones with Adhesion, Hexi-
billy, purity and correctness that only surpassed
by the delicate yst magnificent swell and chaste
diminuendo OF her middle and lower tones, which
has established that ind escrbable peculiarly in
her voice and emphssically secured to her the Gu.
phonius title OF " the Nightingale Nor nre theae
all In her trillipg notes, she has the faculty Of
using the aocessory recurreny nosas 1t is our
opinion that the exercising OF shese notes and
shia ventroquous faculty, by over taking her
powers lost to Jenny Lind her voice for pc.
Rod These accessory notes, although disGimsr
are rendered artialically correct and at once
atrike the mind, awaken attention and wonder
ment both as to the cause and their execution. It
ia all sufficient however, that pleading charm Of
an exquinte novelty excteB the admiration aud
calls forth the spontaneous bursts OF enthusiasm
rom her audienosg, who have placed the great
oansatrioe, for these Peculardes, upon the pima
Gle of fame, whore che stand hersef-a
Lind A. c. CASTLE. MD
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