Mathilde Marchesi (1821ndash;1913) was probably the most renowned singing teacher of the late nineteenth century. Herself the pupil of the great Manuel Garcia the Second and the associate of the unsurpassable divas of the middle nineteenth century; she also linked the traditional bel canto teaching method to the beginning of the twentieth century. Early in her career her work was praised enthusiastically by Rossini; who was for a time officially in charge of voice training in France; and toward the end of her career she prepared such superstars as Melba; Calveacute;; Eames; Aida; and others.This volume embodies Madame Marchesis "vocal alphabet;" or basic instructions and exercises that formed the voices of her great pupils. An introductory text discusses breathing; attack; registers; and similar matters; while the remainder of the book contains many exercises that teach voice management and projections.Marchesis book is today even more important than when it first appeared; for it offers the basis for a construction of the bel canto training system. At the time the book appeared; the bel canto system had gone out of fashion in favor of more modern schools that seemed to offer more rapid maturation; voice volume; and dramatics. Today; a more realistic reevaluation has revealed that the bel canto system gave the singer much longer performing life; a more pleasing voice; and far greater musical ability. As Philip Miller states in his introduction; "a solidity; a sure technical mastery; an even scale with no register break . . . strong; even and secure trills; their coloratura masterly." In addition; the resurgence of interest in early-nineteenth-century opera renders a work like Marchesis indispensable to the modern singer.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Avid reader 1excellent1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A heart-rending and eye-opening account of the lives of the poor in RussiaBy Alan L. ChaseI have been enraptured with the writing and the thinking of Fyodor Dostoevsky since Dr. Beatrice Batson of Wheaton College introduced me to Ivans life-affirming "sticky little leaves" in the "Brothers Karamazov." It is no accident that one of my grandsons has the middle name of Fyodor! Somehow along the way I had missed reading until now the masters short story/novella "Poor Folk." It is a heart-rending and eye-opening account of the desperate lives of the poor in Tsarist St. Petersburg; Russia in mid-nineteenth century.Using the technique of letters shared between two friends; distant relatives and platonic lovers - Makar Alexievitch and Barbara Alexievna -.Dostoevsky shines the light of his observation into the darkest corners of poverty and the troubled human spirit that seeks to hang onto dignity in the midst of deprivation and despair. In much the same way that Dickens called the attention of his readers to the plight of Londond underbelly; so Dostoevsky uses vivid descriptions of persons; places and mindsets to draw us into the dusty corners of hovels where children die and jaded denizens drink themselves into oblivion and threadbare subsistence.Dostoevsky is a genius. CJ Hogarth in his English translation has captured much of the nuance of the world that Dostoevsky described; mirroring what he observed as a young man in Moscow living in poverty in the household of an alcoholic father. Although set in a far away place and long ago time; the spiritual and psychological tolls that poverty takes on the human spirit are the same today as they were for Dostoevskys struggling menagerie of petty civil servants; drunkards and widows.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. how can you leave a bad review on a bookBy CustomerI had to give it five stars; how can you leave a bad review on a book?
