Books on Voice Technique

"Freeing The Natural Voice" Kristen Linklater
"Vocal Resonance, Its Source and Command" M. Barbereux-Parry
"The Singer and the Voice" Arnold Rose
"The Structure Of Singing" Richard Miller
"Build Your Best Voice" Henry N. Jacoby
"Singers' Difficulties, How to Overcome Them" Kate Emil Behnke
"Tradition and Gigli" E. Herbert-Caesari
"The Voice of the Mind" E. Herbert Caesari
"The Science and Sensation of Vocal Tone" E. Herbert Caesari
"You Too Can Sing" J. Albert Fracht and Emmett Robinson
"The Complete Singer-Actor" H. Wesley Balk
"A Soprano on Her Head" Eloise Ristad
"How to Sing" Graham Hewitt
"Voice and the Actor" Cicly Berry
"Speech Training" A. Musgrave Horner
"Singing, the Mechanism and the Technic" William Vennard
"The New Voice" Alan Greene
"Complete Handbook of Voice Trainging" Richard Alderson
"Bel Canto: A Theoretical & Practical Vocal method" Mathilda Marchesi
"Vocal Success" Roland Foster
"Great Singers on Great Singing" Jerome Hines
"Vocal Technic" Peter Tkach
"The Estelle Liebling Vocal Course"

There are of course, many many more from which to choose. I merely list those that are in front of me, in my library, at the moment. This selection bares out my previous statement; that the contradictions are so many ( and so many authors adamantly maintain that theirs contain "the only true scientific facts and methods") that it is perhaps unwise to join in the argument as to which idea is the "Gospel Truth" of vocal theory.

The latest "only truely scientific" fad to enter the fray, in my part of the world, is that of the "Voice-Craft" school. Having studied this method for a couple of years (and observed many classes and the results for many students of the method), I have found it to be no more "scientific" in theory or practice, than many other methods I have previously explored. Nor is it any more helpful or speedy in delivering vocal skill and maturity, than any other methodology.

Although I have included three titles from E. Herbert Caesari, I do not necessarily espouse his interesting theories, although they certainly have been highly successful for many of the world's greatest singers.

Helpful Books for Interpretation

"Respect for Acting" Uta Hagen"
"A Challenge For The Actor" Uta Hagen
"Advice to Players" Robert Lewis
"The Technique of Acting" Stella Adler
"Acting, A Handbook of The Stanislavski Method" Toby Cole
"Stanislavsky on the Art of the Stage" David Magarshack
"An Actor Prepares" Stanislavsky
"Creating A Role" Stanislavski
"Stanislavski's Method ofActing" Michael Chekhov

To interpret a song or speech, one must first find the meaning and the message of the words. Then the performer must find out the "who, where, when and why" of the words, so that the "how" of the words not only make sense, but has the "Ring of Truth", and convince the audience.
All the above are the realm of the actor. A SINGER is merely an ACTOR, singing. Therefore the "actor's" work is vitally important for the "singer".

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