New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-04
JENNY LIND.
The Peculiarly In ahe Mechanism Of her
VOiee.

The Peculiarly In ahe Mechanisn o. her
Votes.
TofAe Editor of The Tribune;
The universal excitement and the general inter
est supernduced by the advent Of the great and the
good Jenny Lind in our midst has introduced
among u.s. in addition to numerous interesting OBJ
jecss, still greater incentive 70 the requirement
and progressive knowledge in the beautiful musical
science--a science which hss made mora wonder
u and gigantic strides in every claSs aud phase OF
society on ,hiu continent than perchance it has
made upon the whole population Of Europe in the
same period. We take the point dappui or start
ing point from the time--twenty yeara since
when Mre. Aubtn and dozen orchestral gentle
men were the prina donna and ms rumental per.
formers and artists Of English opera, and the Mon
,ressor troupe introduced by Z" Old Daponte," re
presenting Italian music, we'll al the wonderful
progreas and perfection ofmRrtiaI music for which
we are indebted to the talents industry and highly
cultivated musical skill OF tits Dodworths We
present to tbs world great practical illustration of
shat active intelligence ard peculiar aptitude Of
iho American inteecc TO srapp,s with and masgar
the highest order OF AIT including the beautiful and
ha,moni2ing the social ard moss refined OF all the
sciences-that Of Music.
Hsving INDUCED in these fex cur,ory remarks
we proceed to synoptic view OF the mechanism Of
the human voice generally and she peculiarly in
the organization Of Jenny Linds voice in partcu.
lsr-tc explain, if possible that peculiarly
which so much puzzles tie ear, and which ia the
main exciting charm az exhibited in the voice
and execution Of vocal sounds by she Swedish
Nightingale"
The voice, SIS is well knovn, is produced by the
agency Of numerous csrtlsginous rings known as
she 'winapipc," with immediate and stsendan,
muscles, nerves and membranes, whiah together
form tube or reed, at the upper extremity o.
which, at the root OF the tongue is the vocal cham.
Der called tbs larynx. II ID composed OF or com.
praes several cartilsges, and il lined with an ex.
qnisissly dslioste and sensible membrane which
constitutes the asat and the organ of the voice and
tie notifications IN several particulars Externally
on .he throat it forms in men that protubersnce
known sc Adams Ap9ls In accordance with
the size, depth, width, and formation or figure Of
the chamber Of the lsrynx, ara the y&5sses OF the
sound and tiSabre OF tho vocs produced. The car.
rent Ct air being pssased from the lnaga through
toe tube or reed tshe windpipe, which ie snatomi-
csiy smaller rs it ssconas) i. is forced through
narrow assure a. It were, or opening ttom the
~in8piPo into the !ayynx, which issars, by is .wo
sider forms ts'o vibrating plates, and the sono
rcus waves and fluctuations Of tones are produced
by The Eecprocasng acsion Of these vibrating places
upon and in action with each other The extent
or Volume, the internally, the expression, avail
and d,mtnaendo OF the voice; the acute and the
grace, and the compound of the grave and the
acute ;ones-,he base, IKE tenor, the barysone the
the con,ral;o, the soprano, &c. &c. present the
various notifications Of tbs voice, dependant upon
TIE delicacy of the organization, age, sex, educa
ton and various accidental contingencies and &C
cesserics. The perfection of their notifications
snd their modulaiiOns depending in an eminent
dss3'ee ltpos entirely Dpop The perfect ofss0iSa