CONTENTS
Emil Sutro
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.—INTRODUCTION
1
Comments of a Distant Reviewer
15
Fragments
22
Basic Law of Vocal Utterance
37
The Voice of the Œsophagus and its Vocal Cords
41
II.—THE HUMAN VOICE
44
Introspection
50
Making Parts Rigid
56
Extirpation
59
Movements of the Tongue
61
Simple Sounds
66
Posterior Surfaces
68
Inspiration—Expiration
77
Diaphragms
80
III.—IMPRESSION—EXPRESSION
83
The Phonograph
88
Stuttering—Stammering
92
Cathode of a Vocal Sound
103
IV.—OUR MOTHER TONGUE
110
National Traits of Character
112
The American Nation
120
Centripetal and Centrifugal
124
Rotation of Centripetal and Centrifugal Action
130
V.—NATIONALITY AND RACE DISTINCTIONS
137
Idiomatic Expression
141
Origin of Anglo-Saxon Race and Idiom.
Origin of German Race and Idiom.
Relationship Supposed to Exist as between the German and English Nations
148
Language and Motion
151
Difference in their Mode of Breathing as between Anglo-Saxons and Germans
159
Rise and Fall, or Rhythm
160
Stress
174
VI.—PHYSIOLOGY OF VOICE IN RELATION TO WORDS
178
Significance of the Term "School" of Singing
187
Breathing
198
Song, Singers, and Physiology
210
INDEX
223
DUALITY OF VOICE
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DUALITY OF VOICE
AN OUTLINE OF ORIGINAL RESEARCH
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