A Treatise on a Practical Method of Training Choristers

By J. Roberts

Originally published in 1898. The author was organist and director of the choir at Magdalen College, Oxford. Contents include: Selection of Choristers - Registers and Production of Voice - Art of Breathing - Rehearsals - Systems for Reading Music - Classification of Voices - Training the Musical Ear - Articulation - Musical Accentuation - Art of Chanting - Expression - Sundry Hints - 52 pages of Musical Exercises. Many of the earliest music books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445503611
• ISBN13: 9781445503615
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Averill Press
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"