The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-03


parents of aspiring young ladies that
between the vocalist" and singer"
great gulf spreads out over which
but very few indeed have ever passed.
The throat Is an organ pipe, assisted
in producing musical sounds by a
mechanism SO intricate that nc man
or woman has ever yet become famil
lar with all its parts All the knowl-
edge that mankind has ever obtained
concerning this musical apparatus
may be Notwithstanding breath
control and the development of ev-
cry muscle and delicate nerve con-
neeted with it--and the apparatus it.
sell may be well nigh perfect Then
when the singer has reached that
point she has only begun. That in
the very nature of things requires
years. But she has only begun. She
is at the point where the would-be
pianist sits down before the best in.
strument for the first time. These
musical fakirs that lead the bright
young women of the west to come to
New York and pay So an hour for in
struction under the delusion that in
a few months they will become "sing-
ers" and the most disreputable vii
lains that ever robbed confiding inno-
cence.
When all this preliminary work has
been done, then the singer must learn
how to inspire the emotions and bring
the souls of his hearers into that land
Of pure delight where harmony and
thought alone are known. After all
this, though her musical execution
may be faultless, she will be failure
unless she at the same time also ap-
peals to the thought of hel audience.
She must use not only pure tones, but
reach the heart at the same time with
a clear and perfect rendition of the
words of the song. The tone is but
hall of her power, the thought is the
other half, and the singer that uses
only one-half of her power Will al
ways fail.
The time was in our earlier develop
ment when singer by screaming
high c could command hearing and
forever. The singer of today must be
able to stand before large audience
and reveal the inner ideals OF the hu-
man heart. 1t cannot be done by elo-
cution alone or tone production alone.
however perfect either may be. They
must be combined Think of the long
practice it takes to perfect a single
phrase, every note pure, clear and of
the exact quality and commingling
with them with just as great clearncss
the vowel and consonant sounds going
to form the words that conveys the
thought. Only few, and they the
greatest singers that The world has
ever known, have ever been able to
accomplish such feat.
Just below that sort of perfection is
a very wide field in which some thou
sands may be found. few among
them almost reaching the top. They
are those who have to begin with a
natural endowment and who by some
years OF honest, hard work, under
good teachers. have applied them
selves seriously to their task.
thsy AiesH WIZ udS only u SUPERFICIAL
knowledge OF the subject knows that
IN the pure air and natural surround
mss of the west. the best voices are
70 be found. That being the case,
many OF them have gone to New York |
70 DC ruined by the musical faklrs on |
he east and west sides of broadway |
rom goth street up TO s0th street.
There are good. honest teachers H.
New York. teachers who help their
pupils by giving them valuable in
hut for the most part thcs
IRE not found among those foregm
'ianists who charge ~ an houi for IN
.truetion
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$. w. proyolt. Stroud, okla. says
he populiat committee Of i.lncoln