‘As for singing on the book in many parts made impromptu, my sentiment is that it is almost impossible to do well… I maintain that it is...

‘Now let us proceed to teach a man to Trillo, and what he must do, for to come to do it well. The first Trial is as follows. Let any...

‘As for the disposition of the words under the notes, it is necessary to take great care to set them so well, that not only no barbarism...

‘But the greatest Difficulty is to sound every Note according to its due Measure of Time; and here it is that the Singers in most Country...

'As for singing upon a plainsong, it has been in times past in England, as every man knows, and is at this day in other places, the...

‘Singing on the book. A Plainchant or counterpoint in four parts, which the musicians compose and sing impromptu on a single [part]:...

‘Then out the People yawl an hundred Parts, Some roar, some whine, some creak like the Wheels of Carts; Such Notes the Gam-ut yet did...

Question. How can one remedy the fault that a choir, when it sings a well-known church chorale without sheet music, as must often happen,...

'Among the compositions made above a cantus firmus by the masters of the art, those [made] above introits are unique, and are used...

‘The hundred passaggi above, all having been printed in various works by modern authors, have been assembled with much study and...

‘Now let us take notice, of singing long Notes Gracefully. Note the following Example. The first Note must begin softly, and then...

*Notes* - The system (c.1500-1800) is based on three overlapping ’hexachords’ of six syllables - do re mi fa sol la. - In order to change...

This morning I went with young Oliver to his conservatorio of S. Onofrio, and visited all the rooms, where the boys practice, sleep and...

Davids Psalms sung in our English Meeter differ much from Cathedrall singing, which is so abominable, in which is sung almost every...

Ԥ 5. Every Air has (at least) three Cadences, that are all three final. Generally speaking, the Study of the Singers of the present...

‘When several notes are sung to one syllable, the performance is called melismatic singing. Thus, every long or short extension of a...

I was recently flicking through an instruction book aimed at teaching modern singers how to ornament eighteenth-century repertoire, and I...

‘The loudness or softness, especially on long and serious notes, must be observed even by those who sing the supporting voices [not the...

‘Suitable voices for the middle, or counter part are rather difficult to find; but let no-one, for that reason, attempt it with a feigned...

‘Note on this occasion that temperament is not the same on all instruments, it is inevitable, when many sorts of instruments play a piece...