English Diction The Voice In Speech

Author : Clara Kathleen Rogers
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330065617
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (656 download)

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Download or read book English Diction, Vol. 1 written by Clara Kathleen Rogers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-14 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Diction, Vol. 1: The Voice in Speech, a Practical System for the Improvement of Defective Voices, and the Attainment of Perfect Diction in Both Speech and Song My first book on this subject, entitled "English Diction in Song and Speech," published in 1912, was written originally for my classes in the New England Conservatory of Music, and, therefore, the greater proportion of illustrations and exercises contained therein are vocal. Since then I have found it advisable to deal with the two subjects of the speaking voice and the singing voice separately, as, in schools, the study of diction relates to speech only, and usually stops there. For the convenience, therefore, of Primary, Normal, and other Schools, I am offering in the present book a complete course of training for the speaking voice in a compact form, - based on the same principles as given in my first book, but developed more fully. Another reason for making a study of the language itself apart from singing is that the average student knows so little, at the start, of the correct sound of vowels, - of the right actions of the different articulation, - or of the need of flexibility of the speech organs, that only very slow progress in the training of the singing voice is possible in consequence of this lack of a proper foundation to build on. The present book, therefore, is intended also as a basic training for singers, to antedate that of my original textbook, "English Diction in Song and Speech." Let me add, that all that is theory, argument, and exposition of principles in this treatise on the speaking voice is addressed particularly to teachers and advanced students and not to the young people in Primary Schools. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.