The Voice: Its Production, Care and Preservation
Researched Bibliographic Dossier
Verified edition data and a musicological research note prepared specifically for this work.
- Title
- The Voice: Its Production, Care and Preservation
- Author
- Frank E. Miller
- Edition
- Sixth edition
- Publisher
- G. Schirmer; Boston Music Company
- Place
- New York; Boston
- Year
- 1910
- Language
- English
- Type
- Voice science / vocal health / pedagogy
SCOPE & CONTENT
Written by a physician specializing in the throat who also had singing experience, the book links anatomy and physiology with practical guidance for singers. It discusses respiration, laryngeal function, resonance, registers, hygiene and the care of the professional voice, with a prefatory note by Gustav Kobbé.
RESEARCH VALUE
The volume is important evidence for the meeting point of medicine and vocal pedagogy around 1910. Some anatomical interpretations are historically dated, but it documents the emergence of medically informed vocal instruction and remains useful for the history of voice science.
CONTENTS AND DOCUMENTARY VALUE
Written by a physician specializing in the throat who also had singing experience, the book links anatomy and physiology with practical guidance for singers. It discusses respiration, laryngeal function, resonance, registers, hygiene and the care of the professional voice, with a prefatory note by Gustav Kobbé.
HISTORIOGRAPHICAL USE
The volume is important evidence for the meeting point of medicine and vocal pedagogy around 1910. Some anatomical interpretations are historically dated, but it documents the emergence of medically informed vocal instruction and remains useful for the history of voice science.
- Catalogue completeness
- 6 / 10 core bibliographic fields