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Title: Correct principles of classical singing : containing essays on choosing a teacher ; the art of singing, et cetera; together with an interpretative key to Handel's "Messiah," and Schubert's "Die schöne müllerin,"
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Heinrich, Max, 1853-1916
Subjects: Singing
Publisher: Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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Thepoetical and musical phrases go hand in hand.Measures 15 to 20 demand a slight ritardando. Thranenregen. (Tear Drops) One responsive chord in love! What may it notaccomplish? The poet gives us tacitly to under-stand that our young friend has at last approachedthe maiden — for we see them together under the OF CLASSICAL SINGING i35 trees, on the banks of the brook, their innocent faces reflected in the placid waters of the pool.And yet, in all his happiness, like a premonition,he seems to hear the brooks warning: In vain,in vain, come follow me again! And while a tearwells up in his eyes, a storm cloud darkens the sun,a gust of wind ripples the water, and the maid,more practical than poetic, exclaims: It is goingto rain; farewell, Im going home! The tempo of the song is Ziemlich langsam(Rather slow), ; time. It were better perhaps tosay: Not too slow — not dragging. The musicaland poetic phrase again coincide. A slight accentin measures like these is advisable: Ziemlich langsam
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136 CORRECT PRINCIPLES Mein ! (Mine) And now, as is the case in all long pent-up emo-tions, we behold our miller boy in the full ecstasyof the fervor of his love. She is mine! Now,brooklet, cease thy rushing! Stop turning, oh, yewheels! All ye birds of the woods, stop singing!Or, through wood and oer field sing but one song:The beloved maid is mine! Spring, are these allthe flowers you can offer? Sun, hast thou nobrighter light? Ah, then must I be alone on earthwith all my joy! Here the very words and their import give usthe tempo, which I suggest be a trifle faster thanSchuberts Massig geschwind (Moderately fast). In highest ecstasy would perhaps point to thesafest and best delivery. The poetic and musicalphrase coincide, the introductory prelude of theaccompaniment being mezzo forte — then pianis-simo. The half and quarter notes well sustained. Massig geschwind A A

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