If The Student Could Give Up Her

A Student Will Send Me An Urgent Appeal To Hear Her, Saying She Is Poor And Wants My Advice As To Whether It Is Worth While To Continue Her Studies. I Invariably Refuse Such Requests.

The Student Who Deceives Himself Into Thinking That He Is Giving His Life Like An Ascetic In The Spirit Of Sacrifice For Art, Is The Victim Of A Deplorable Species Of Egotism.

French Is, In Many Ways, More Difficult For An English-speaking Person To Sing. It Is So Full Of Complex And Trying Vowels. It Requires The Utmost Subtlety.

Vocal Study Before Age 20 Is Likely To Be Injurious, Though Some Survive It In The Hands Of Very Careful And Understanding Teachers.

In The Piano, One Has The Instrument Complete Before He Begins; But In The Case Of The Voice, The Instrument Has To Be Developed By Study.