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Vocal Wisdom: Maxims of Giovanni Battista Lamperti

4 reviews
Giovanni Battista Lamperti, Lillian Strongin, ...

Taplinger Publishing Company, 1957

Wisdom of singing
This is a great book to have around as a singer. It consists of many brilliant soundbites and thoughts to the art of singing. It is not meant to be read from ront to back at any given time, but rather, it should be opened up randomly to any section, and be read to get an idea to keep in mind while singing.

Vocal wisdom; maxims of Giovanni Battista Lamperti,

1 review
Giovanni Battista Lamperti, William Earl Brown

Crescendo Pub. Co, 1957

A Book of Singing Proverbs
This book is a collection of notes of Giovanni Lamperti, an Italian voice teacher. Although there are some gems in here, I would recommend other books first on singing (Clifton Ware and Richard Miller, to start). First, since the notes were compiled after his death, they can often seem unrelated and ambiguous. Here's one: "Do not 'hold' your tone, spin it. Hold your breath." If notes like ...