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The Mechanism of the Human Voice By: Emil Behnke (1836-1892) |
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(CURWEN'S EDITION, 5263.) BY EMIL BEHNKE, Late Lecturer on Vocal Physiology at the Tonic Sol fa College,
Teacher of Voice Production. EDITED, WITH A NEW CHAPTER ON "VOICE FAILURE," BY MRS. EMIL BEHNKE. FIFTEENTH EDITION. LONDON:
J. CURWEN & SONS LTD., 24 BERNERS STREET, W. Price 1s. 6d.; CLOTH 2s. 6d.
PREFACE TO THE NINTH EDITION. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. CONTENTS. PLATES. INDEX. FOOTNOTES.
TO
MY DEAR WIFE
THIS ESSAY
IS
AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED
PREFACE TO THE NINTH EDITION.
A ninth edition of this book having been called for, I take the
opportunity to return my sincere thanks for the many kind expressions
concerning its usefulness which have reached me since the lamented death
of its author, my dear husband. In carrying on his work, both my daughter and myself have felt the
benefit of the clear and concise instructions the book contains. We have also proved with our pupils the absolute truth and value of the
BEHNKE SYSTEM OF VOICE TRAINING, by means of which we have obtained
results most gratifying to ourselves, and surprising to the pupils,
whether speakers or singers. I hope that the new chapter on "Voice Failure," which I have added by
Mr. Curwen's desire, may be of some use in preventing breakdown of
voice, from which so many students suffer. K. BEHNKE. 18, EARL'S COURT SQUARE, S.W.
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
A THIRD edition of this little book has now become necessary, and I must
again express my gratitude for the continued commendations bestowed upon
my work both in the press and in private letters. In response to many solicitations, I have added to this edition a few
hints on teaching, deduced from physiological facts, which may prove
useful by stimulating the advance of thought in a new direction. These hints are extracts from a series of articles on "Science and
Singing" which I had the pleasure of writing in the Edinburgh St.
Cecilia Magazine ; and I am indebted to the Editor, Mr. A. C. Miller,
for kindly permitting me to reproduce them here.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
The favourable reception and rapid sale of a large first edition has
stimulated me to revise this little book, and without alteration of my
original scheme of practical utility, to somewhat enlarge on one or two
points which appeared to demand further elucidation. In this, as in the former edition, I have received great assistance from
my friend Mr. Lennox Browne, the eminent throat surgeon, who, by ever
patiently discussing with me debatable points, and by giving me access
to cases, interesting from a physiological point of view, both at the
Central Throat and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, and in his extensive
private practice, has afforded me opportunities of increasing my
knowledge and experience which would not have arisen otherwise. I feel
it a pleasure as well as a duty publicly to acknowledge my indebtedness
to him, which I have, many times before, expressed in private. My best thanks are also due to Mr. J. Spencer Curwen, for the help he
has rendered me in many ways. And finally, it would indeed be ungrateful on my part, if I did not
place on record the obligation under which I consider myself to my
reviewers for the uniformly favourable notice they have so kindly taken
of my first effort, and for several useful hints of which I have duly
taken advantage. One objection has been made which strikes at the very root of the plan
upon which I have proceeded in my little volume, and to which,
therefore, I beg leave to say a few words in reply. A learned writer in
the Athenæum finds fault with me for making use of popular instead of
scientific terms, which, he says, may be the cause to the reader of
great confusion if he refers to other works, and he adds that "Back
Ring Pyramid Muscle" is almost as hard a mouthful as "Crico Arytenoideus
posticus." I have asked several non scientific friends of good general
education to read this sentence to me, and they succeeded very well with
"Back Ring Pyramid Muscle," while they utterly collapsed when coming to
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