The mechanism of the human voice
by Emil Behnke
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About This Book
Emil Behnke (1836-1892) was a singing teacher, who developed his own system of training. He was a lecturer on vocal physiology at the Tonic Sol-fa College, in London. He was the first to photograph the larynx in action, around 1870. His works include: The Mechanism of the Human Voice (1881), The Child's Voice (with Lennox Browne) (1885), Voice, Song, and Speech (with Lennox Browne) (1887) and Stammering: Its Nature and Treatment (1893).
Chapters (164)
- THE MECHANISM
- HUMAN VOICE.
- EMIL BEHNKE,
- PREFACE TO THE NINTH EDITION.
- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- PLATES.
- INTRODUCTION.
- THE VOCAL ORGAN AS A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
- DIFFERENCES OF THE VOICEBOX, OR LARYNX, IN CHILDREN, WOMEN, AND MEN.
- MOVEMENTS OF THE VOICEBOX, OR LARYNX, WHICH CAN BE SEEN OR FELT.
- THE LARYNGOSCOPE, AND HOW TO USE IT.
- THE TEACHINGS OF THE LARYNGOSCOPE.
- APPENDIX TO THE THIRD EDITION
- APPENDIX TO THE NINTH EDITION
- VOICE FAILURE.
- APPENDIX TO THE TENTH EDITION
- DOES DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING APPLY EQUALLY TO WOMEN AS TO MEN?
- INDEX.
- INDEX TO "VOICE FAILURE."
- Opinions of the Press and the Medical and the Musical Professions on the Author's Book, Lectures, and Teaching.
- Opinions of Mrs. Emil Behnke's Pupils.
- Causes of Voice Failure.
- BEHNKE VOICE-TRAINING METHOD.
- The Musical Herald.
- History, Biography, Church Music, &c.
- STANDARD WORKS ON MUSIC.
- FOOTNOTES:
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