The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12
In the Realm of Music.

Jonn Z; Friend. editor CT the Music Trade
1esieW Is aavocatng the enactment of laws
regulating the instruction of vocal music
me profession OF master of singing" he
says, is one of the most, If not the most
lucrative in America, where singing has te-
come come an in Indispensable adjunct to good edu-
eatlon Inls is so true that a professor of
SGne legitimate or fictitious reputation can
ca easily make an income of from $4,000 to s12,-
Voo during the study season without more
trouble than to work six hours per day.
rev among them have realized enviable for
tunes in a few years. This has excited the
cup1dity Of many, and as the teaching of sing
ing is free profession into which any mu-
slclan, or good or bad sing may enter, and
even those who are neither musicians nor
SINCERE, the result is that the teaching of
singing in the hands of absolutely incomne-
tent persons has become scandal and a
disgrace. Some pretend to teach singing with
the mouth closed causing their pupils to pro-
duce sound like the cooling of pigeons. 9th
ers, on the contrary, make them open the
mouth as much as possible force the jaws
apart and lower the tongue by the aid of an
apparatus resembling horses bit, and
Wnlcn. under the name of vocalette, has been
put upon the market. A certain profess or
who poses as scientist, announces the In
v5ntion Of a method of teaching singing by
mall. and the lessons are sod in large or
small packages, according to the price of
fered by the buyer. Another professor. a
lecturer and director of a pretended school of
vocal science, seriously teaches that 'the
beauty of the voice depends upon the control
Of the muscles which singers have back of
the ears, and in one of his weekly lectures
he affirmed that if a certain tenor at the
Metropolitan opera house. cwho only lacks
voice to be singer0 could control the mus
c'es back of his ears he would become a
strong rival OF De Reszke''
Musical America, greatly interested In Ros-
enthaPs rapidity of execution recounts the
following experiment with the planist's time
reaction"
In performing tests Dr. Ferrand struck
his finger from a second key connected with
te'egrapher's key, and Rosenthal was to lift
tie first by an electric current as quickly as
he could after becoming aware that the other
KY had be n struck A very delicate ma
chine registered the result. The average re-
action time was 107-1ooo of a second. 1t was
then found that Rosenthal had not thought
o. his fingers on the key. but listen d for the
sound. and il there is such a thing as
sansory type he may be placed in it, Rosen-
thai has repeatedly declared that the seat of
his technic was tn BRAIN : and that he was
Lot muscular musician. ss The experiments
Confirmed this idea. Joseftg, who was Rosen-
thal's master, has always been classed in the
Sound Travelled from the key under Dr. Fer
Tand,s fingers to I'll the .agaitory area about
through the brain to the motor areas and
Travelled down the player'ssarm to the for
frger of the hand In 1e7-10c0 OF second.
That IS SO fast that one cannot realize it.
il takes the most accurate and delicate of In
struments to measure sueh' things.
Under the caption Some Women Singers
II Opera Harper Weekly says: Madame
Emma Eames has proceeded successfully. and
ever with much dignity of movement. into the
highway of Wapnerian disqualification She
has left behind her many traits which only
three seasons. ago seemed likely to stand
in the way Of more than merely her 'suces
d'estime as E'sa Elizabeth Sieg,inde and
40 on: and she now holds place among t1u,v
dramatic Wagnerian sopran Of the first merit
of any nationality any STAGE
LOCAL NOTES.
The next concert In the Library Schubert
club series will occur Monday Feb. 90 in
the Peoples church. The fact that Sauer is