RESONANCE
IN
SINGING AND SPEAKING
BY
THOMAS FILLEBROWN, M.D., D.M.D.
TWENTY-ONE YEARS PROFESSOR OF OPERATIVE DENTISTRY AND ORAL SURGERY IN
HARVARDUNIVERSITY; MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
THE ACADEMY OF DENTAL SCIENCE, THE NEW ENGLAND OTOLOGICAL
AND LARYNGOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, ETC.; LECTURER
ON VOICE DEVELOPMENT.
THIRD EDITION
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OLIVER DITSON COMPANY
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CHICAGO
LYON & HEALY
Copyright, MCMXI
By Oliver Ditson Company
International Copyright secured
To the memory of
WILLIAM HASKELL STOCKBRIDGE
PUPIL OF VANNUCCINI AND MY FIRST INSTRUCTOR IN VOICE CULTURE, THISVOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
PREFACE
Efforts to develop my own voice, and the voices of my patients afteroperations for cleft palate, aided by anatomical study, resulted in aplan for the focusing and development of the human voice quitedifferent from any other yet published, or, so far as I know, yetproposed. This plan has proved so successful in my later life that Ifeel emboldened to offer it for the consideration of speakers andsingers.
While twenty-five years ago few of the principles here described wereacknowledged or even recognized, within the last decade almost allhave been advocated separately by different teachers or writers. Atthe present time, therefore, originality consists only in theclassification of the principles into a systematic, progressive whole,and in arranging a simpler and more practical method of applying them,thus making the desired results much more quickly attainable.
It is attempted in this volume only to describe the value of eachelement in the production of the perfect tone and to demonstrate theprinciples which, if properly and faithfully applied, will develop thebest that is possible in each individual voice and prepare the pupilto enter upon the more advanced arts of speaking and singing.
In 1903 I prepared a series of papers on The Art of Vocalism, whichwere published in The Étude in May, June, and July of that year.These articles are incorporated in this work. In connection withdifferent organs and conditions, important principles are stated andrestated. This repetition is thought desirable in order that thefundamentals may be kept prominently before the mind and impressedupon the attention.
I believe that a careful study of this volume will prove of essentialservice to teachers and advanced pupils of singing[Pg viii] and oratory,especially to young teachers just entering upon their duties. Itsmethod will be found adapted to the instruction of pupils of allgrades, from the kindergarten to the Conservatory of Music and theSchool of Oratory.
I shall be gratified if this outcome of years of experience, constantstudy, and tested methods shall prove helpful to those who seekmastery of the art of beautiful speaking and singing.
