New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-25
IT'S SECOND DAYS SESSION.
MUSIC TEACHERS DISCUSS MANY PHASES
OF VOCAL CULTURE.
Mr.. srUBBs's ILLUSIONS TO FEMALE VESTED
CHoIRs' CREATE LITTLE DIFFERENCE OF
OPINION AMONG THosp PRESENT

Mr. sTUBBS'S ILLUSIONS TO 'FEMAl-h NbolHD
cHo1Rs' CREATE A LITTLE DIFFERENCE OF
OPINION AMONG THosp PRESENT.
Tho second DAYS session OF the Music Teachers
National Association opened at 10 o'clock yeSteT-
day morning in the auditorium of the Waldorf-As-
toria with a symposium on vocal culture r. W.
Wooden OF Boston, spoke on Some Aspects OF oca
TEACHING IN America" He made strong plea lor
broader and more thorough instruction OF the voice
claiming the superiority OF the teachers or the Ola
country and urging the sending OF American stu
dents there for instruction
The American student" he said. with all OF his
brightness does not know how to labor and 10
wait Few OF them know how 10 study many are
not respectful or obed!ent The American teacher
allows too much personal familiarity, and does not
insist upon respect obedience: So sooner or
later the old adage Of TOO much familiarity breeds
contempt shows itself 10 he true
The English know little Of the voice. and the
same may he said OF the Americans Again the
American students do not show wise selection OF
o, Instructor They pay much more attention TO
the teacher having fine studio or peihg Oh d
pleasing personality than TO his ability as an In
s,rlctor and his knowledge and training IN the
art"
Arnold W Meyer Teeg Of Washington, D. c.
considered THE Psychological. Method OF Voice
culture" and Nine Giulia Valca, secretary ana
treasurer Of the Lamperti School Of Music de-
scribed the Lamperti method She said among
other things. that in order TO become sood singer
a person must possess breath and brains. Inc
latter is most necessary, for the m!ho ho'os OF ~
the breath.
The idea of the Lamperti method she declared
"was not so much Francesca Lamperus as 1t was
Gods Bending his the closest 10 nature
mood. 10 the tone bloom from the threats OF the
birds Lamperti learned his secret for succession
song.
DIT F T. Miller o, this city, took as his sub
iect Some Results Along the Line Of Modern Re-
search in the Vocal Field" He said in part:
"Tbe greatest blessings Of the human race are
the talent to speak and the IA -uly % tone-produc-
ton by our organs OF speech. on these are based
the possibility Of communication between each
other AMI the transmission Of our interests Up VII
today the generally accepted way IS that the vocal
bands initiate ami produce the tone in all us per
lection. and al cavities are treated a. secondary
considerations ! show that the adjustment OF the
cavities IS the principal action for tone and tone
quality production. and the vocal bands act the
same as the strings on Amau violin. the oody OF
the violin being the valuable part
The last speaker Of the first part or the sym
postum Was Miss Mary shedd. OF steinway Hail.
Chicago ho. subject being THE Falsetto voice as
Taught bv Z Davidson Palmer Of London Eng
land" Miss Shedd gave as her experience IL years
OF study tina, among men as Pell as among women
and children voices 10 be found which co no'
possess separate registers, but are produced the
same way throughout the whole compass. THESE
voices which have break or change al any
point are in every instance far superior IN beauty
OF tone IN ease of production and In extent OF
COMPASS 10 those which possess separate registers
In mems voices when there are two registers co'l
monty known as chest voice and falsetto' there
IS always more or less painful effort observance
In voices which do not POSSESS two registers the
lower or so-caled chest voice Is not strengthened
by exercise but weakens both Itself and the upper
register fact not generally known The conclu-
s!ons a4duccd from these facts. said MISS Shed1
ARE that when In the making Of voices breahS
and registers exist. the chest voice is wrongly pro-
duced: that the rightly produced voice in man.
woman and child IS a voice produced IN the SANS
way as tbs so-called falsetto." Miss Shedd De
lieves that the falsetto voices are the remains OF
the ones which boys used in singing soprano
The soprano voice Of a boy. rightly produced, II
identical with the soprano voice. rightly produced
Of a woman from which II follows that the
mechanism employed In the so-caed falsetto Is inc
mechanism which ought TO be employed throughout
the whole compass of the voice. whether male or
female
WORK OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
In Introducing the next symposium OF the morn
Ing On Light Singing In and Ont OF the Public
Schools" Professor Frank Damrosch head of the
Musical Department OF New Yorks public schools
said:
The school work being done IN the public
schools IS the most important Of the Work done
daily in America While II lacks IN A measure the
glamour OF that done in the concert hall ana opera
house IL is none the less efficient and none the less
necessary. No country has done so much toward
teaching the masses to sing as has the United
States While many hne suggestion have come
from European methods. u has been our educators
who have utilized their suggestions and put them
into practice Our business is 70 leaven tho mass
OF our people giving them the true culture "hl'h
begins at the roots. Tho quickening process must
70 on IN the schools"
Or. Damrosch then spoke % the danger CONFRONT
Ing the work by reason 81 so many methods
Methods" he said should 30 landmarks ana
music the queen. Whether you can get chhdreh
to hop up and down the scales more quickly man
any else IS Of TO account. but what is OF I'M
portance IS 70 get the music"
W. A. Hodgson. OF 81. Louis. read paper on
Rote Singing and It's Proper Place in the Pubic
schools-Then What
Music" ne declared rs the Alpha ana omega
o. Gil the arts. Melody and rhythm attract tne
child long before forrn color. Rote sing'hs j.
me narrow path leading TO musical culture
Professor Hodgson declared that the village SINK
ins-schoo Of twenty or thirty years ago prouuVeu
more singers than the public-schools OF to-day ."
practice ~
Miss Mary Burt OF New York. spoke next ."