Chapter I: Front Matter

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

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Obvious punctuation and other printing errors have been corrected.

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THE ART OF MUSIC

The Art of Music

A Comprehensive Library of Information
for Music Lovers and Musicians

Editor-in-Chief

DANIEL GREGORY MASON
Columbia University

Associate Editors

EDWARD B. HILL LELAND HALL
Harvard University Past Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin

Managing Editor

CÉSAR SAERCHINGER
Modern Music Society of New York

In Fourteen Volumes
Profusely Illustrated

NEW YORK
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF MUSIC

_After the painting by Rubens_
(_Kaiser-Friedrich Museum, Berlin_)

THE ART OF MUSIC: VOLUME FIVE

The Voice and Vocal Music

Department Editors:

DAVID C. TAYLOR
Author of ‘The Psychology of Singing,’ etc.

AND

HIRAM KELLY MODERWELL
Musical Correspondent, Boston Evening Transcript, etc.
Author of ‘The Theatre of Today,’ etc.

Introduction by
DAVID BISPHAM, LL.D.

NEW YORK
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF MUSIC

Copyright, 1915, by
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF MUSIC, Inc.
[All Rights Reserved]

THE VOICE AND VOCAL MUSIC