The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09

instead OF permitting the tone TO now freely
and spontaneously. ohokes it, holds 1t back.
makes II fight for its way into the outer
air This is a pity, for this singer began
her career with every promise OF going 10
The front rank of concert yocalists.
Comment was made in this journal after
the recital Of Tuesday on her want OF tenn
permanent Ii NAV be that she II not 20
deficient in that fundamental requisite OF
musical Interpreter a. she seemed TO he,
Tor "A Corst rained delivery ~ the tone pre-
vents that freedom 81 style which is essen
tial to the revelation 81 temperament.
Miss Anderson's husband, who IL, II any
thing, singer II equilibrium not easily
disturbed, conveys the impression at times
- considerable warmth simply because
lac cmts a free and resonant tone. But
MIR. Baern>tein has not yet mastered the
break III the upper region OF his voice.
He finds himself in rough water when
ever he has To rail among his high tones.
Down in the caverns 81 his low bass he
II very comfortable though there Is
suspicion Of squeezing for volume In his
emission Of the very lowest notes.
What Is the mystery Of this art Of singing
that 80 few master III One great mystery
Is the overwhelming confusion OF ideas
which prevails among its professoB. AZ
to the objects TO be attained all agree.
Az to the means Of attaining them nearly
all disagree. The student goes to one
master and il told that his voice has five
registers and hat he must think" the tones
of each register in different place. He
must think" certain tones in his chest,
others in his throat others In his mouth,
Others in his head
When he finds that ne is not making any
Progress with that master, he goes to an
other, and il told that five registers are out
Of he question He has only three. namely
chest. medium and head. He must learn
To produce tones now In accordance with
new system. Again, he IL shown that
he must sing the low tones open and
when he reaches the break in the voice
after time that the break becomes more
and more noticeable, till il grows to be for
him All impossible pons dsinorum.
lie goes TO another teacher and Is fatly
told that the voice il all one register, that
there l. no such thing a. falSetto, that there
Is no natural break between the chest and
The upper tones and that all he hns to do TO
solve the vocal puzzle is 10 sing all hi-
tones closed and to develop everything
from gentle piano to powerful forte.
Now. II does not matter which OF these
systems is right. Perhaps none OF them
L., though one Of them il that Of no less
a master than Salvatore Marchesi, husband
II the Mathilde, who makes Calves. Melbas
and Fameses. The point Is that the singer
is lost in an ineNtricahle maze. He turns
this way and that and finds no relief. He
il frequently told and with Justice, that
he does not devote years enough TO the
study Of the technic If his art before going
on N" stage; but he very naturally answers
What the use? Who will teach me the
hight way?"
There are just few things which are
certain. II young woman Ike Miss
H"uschel with manifest gifts In music,
with Immature, yet ServtCeable voic" can
not attack an open vowel sound without
making a little Cluck in h"r throat, which
with such Difference 20 Emilio B"lari "a
NAV l." Hue HIM il an audible stroke 81 the
glpt'i- h"r method of attack Is radically
wrong When she opens her mouth TO
omit vowel sound the tone should flow
lik. oil from the neck uf n bottle.
When singer cannot sing from the low
est tone Cf her voiC" to IA" highest without
making any parceptible difference in the
tiinhre. her method of emission Is radically
wrong Listen to Melha. to Edward Lloyd,
and hear how IL can be done.
II a singer cannot ariictilate all the conso-
To- sur them in order to form the tones
and thus make the text uninteiligble. there
- something Fundamentally wrong with
the method. Listen TO Jean de Reszke,
To Plancon, perfect artists OF the French
school; to Tamagno. stalwart exponent
Of the Italian school. and hear how it can
bc done
A beautiful. potent. a benefcent art
is this art Of song. which man invented for
his own DEDICATION. The study of II bas
been going on ever since Pope Sylvester
founded singing schools In Rome in the
fourth century. Some persons say that
IN" old Italian art has been lost. but that
which Il left " quite good enough II only
the teachers would agree on system and
found that system on nature.
W j. HENDERSON.