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February 20th, 1881.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
THE THROAT IN ITS RELATIONS TO SINQING.
A SERIES OF POPULAR PAPERS BY WHITFIELD WARD, A.M.,
TO THE METROPOLITAN THROAT HOSPITAL.
M.D.,
PHYSICIAN
MUSICAL NOTES,
AT HOME.
Mr. Franz Eummel's first series of four piano recitals is announced for
the afternoons of February 17 and 24, March 5 and 10. The programmes
VI.
cover a wide range of piano music.
How WE SING.
Miss Amy Sherwin and Mr. Theodore Toedt, from this city, appeared at
The Action of the Vocal Cords and Larynx.—The human voice is the the concert of the Philharmonic Club in Washington, D. C., on the 8th inst.
most perfect of all musical instruments, and has for centuries served as a
Mr. George Werrenrath announced a series of three afternoon concerts
model for the construction of many contrivances whose sounds have
delighted the ear. The action of the larynx during vocalization is one of at the new hall of the Long Island Historial Society, corner of Clinton and
Pierrepont streets, Brooklyn. The dates were fixed for February 17 and 24
the most beautiful of all sights, and must be seen to be appreciated.
March 3. At the first concert Mr. Werrenrath sang selections from
For the production of the various tones which constitute the voice, six and
Schubert, Gounod, Liszt, Wagner, and Rubinstein, and was assisted by Mr.
elements are necessary:
Thallon.
1. Adduction of the vocal cords.
2. Formation of the glottis.
Mr. Kortheuer, the well-known pianist of Brooklyn, proposes to give a
3. Vibration of the cords.
series of chamber music concerts similar to those of last winter in which he took
4. Uniformity of action in the several sets of vocal muscles.
part. Mr. Kortheuer will have the aid of a string quartette, composed of
5. The action of the air current.
Mr. Carl Feininger, first violin; Roebbelen, second violin; Risch, viola, and
6. The movements of the voice-box.
Miiller, violoncello.
Adduction of the Vocal Cords.—During ordinary acts of breathing,
Mr. John Lavine's sixth annual concert will take place at Steinway Hall
whether air be drawn in or forced out of the lungs, the two vocal cords lie
along the sides of the larynx in a perfectly flaccid and relaxed state, and no on the 28th inst. On this occasion Miss Louise D. Reynolds, soprano, will
sound is heard except the faint whisper of the air passing through the wind- make her debut, having returned to New York after studying with Lamperti.
pipe. When, however, a sound is to be produced, the cords leave the sides
An afternoon reception and musicale was given by Mr. James B. Town-
of the air tube, and approach each other in the middle of this passage. send and Mr. Clark Evans at their studio, No 107 East 23d street, in the
This movement, as I have already stated, is called "adduction," and is afternoon of Feb. 4th. The rooms were decorated with flowers, and on the
brought about by the direct action of the adductor muscles, the aryte- walls were some late works of American artists. The music included a trio
noidens and the lateral-crico-arytenoidei.
for piano, 'cello and violin and solos for sopranos and baritone which were
The ordinary breathing tube is thus transformed into a musical one.
sung by Miss Earle and Mr. Coxe. Among the guests were Mrs. General
The Formation of the Glottis.—When the cords are adducted, a narrow McClellan and Miss McClellan, Mrs. T. B. Musgrave, Miss Potter, the
interval is left between them. This opening extends throughout the whole Misses Marquand, the Misses Smith, Mrs. De Neufville, Mrs. Marie, the
length of the vocal bodies, and is called the glottis. The existence of the Misses Marie, Miss King, Miss Neilson, Miss Duane, Mrs. Dwight Town-
glottis is absolutely necessary to vocalization, for it is through this space send, the Misses Lawrence, the Misses Livingston, the Misses Hewitt, Miss
that the air current, a most important factor in the production of sound, Sharpless, Mrs. Schack, the Misses Schack, the Misses Waldo, Mrs. Jona-
passes.
than Edwards, the -Misses Edwards, Mrs. Joshua Henry, the Misses Henry,
If the cords approximated closely throughout their whole extent, Mr. Paltus, Mr. Jas. D. Livingston, Mr. Minton, Mr. Russel, Mr. Aspin-
entirely abolishing the glottis, then the exit of the air would be prevented, wall, Mr. Merritt, Mr. Satterlee and Mr. Le Roy.
and the production of sound would be an utter impossibility. This very
The composers of the United States who intend to send in works to
thing happens quite frequently from a neglected sore throat brought on by
exposure to cold or sudden atmospheric change. At first the cords swell a compete for the $1,000 prize offered by the Cincinnati Musical Festival Asso-
little from inflammation; if at this stage of the affection the condition is not ciation are notified that all manuscripts must be in the hands of the Com-
recognized and treated properly, the swelling changes to a thickening from mittee on Prize Composition, Musical Festival Association, Cincinnati, on
the formation of new tissue in the cords, and if this condition is not mas- or before Sept. 1, 1881, as such manuscripts have to be forwarded to Saint-
tered, it leads to what is known as chronic catarrh of the windpipe, a very Saens, of Paris, and Reinecke, of Leipsic, for examination of their merits,
persistent and troublesome disease. The simple swelling which I first and return in season for preparation and study by the chorus for the great
alluded to can be speedily cured by the application of remedies directly to festival of May, 1882.
the cords, by means of little brushes, which can only be introduced into the
Mrs. Hannah Ann Galbreath Thursby, the grandmother of Miss Emma
throat by means of the laryngoscopic mirrors. When the swelling has C. Thursby, the vocalist, died at 226 Ainslie street, Brooklyn, on Thursday,
passed on to thickening, a similar but much more prolonged course of treat- Feb. 3d, aged 84. She was born in Brooklyn.
ment'has to be adopted. Before proceeding any further, I wish to utter a
Marie Geistinger has signed an agreement with Manager G. Amberg to
warning against the pernicious habit of singing when the voice is roughened
or hoarse. Hoarseness, when it comes on suddenly, is always a sign that perform next season for forty nights in London, this being the first opera
the cords are more or less inflamed, and that they should be kept .perfectly bouffe troupe and German comedy company that will have appeared in the
British metropolis in the Teutonic language.
still.
There is another condition of the vocal cords which very frequently
Mme. Julia Rive-King came to rehearsal in Cincinnati, in the afternoon
occurs, and that is when they come together the glottis is too wide for the of Feb. 8th, with a painful trouble with a finger threatening to become a
production of a musical tone; this state is known as non-approximation, and felon. In her response to a doubt of her ability to appear at Pike's to-night
may be very slight when the voice is only a little impaired, or very great she tore the covering from the finger and went heroically through her role.
when the voice is entirely lost. In this latter condition, when an attempt at Then she insisted that she would come and play, notwithstanding the pain.
singing is made, the cords do not leave the sides of the windpipe, but It was not until 7 o'clock that severe physical suffering compelled her to
remain perfectly relaxed as in ordinary breathing. The vocal cords are then give notice that she could not appear.
said to be paralyzed. For the cure of paralysis of the cords, a very inge-
The north bound express was wrecked nine miles north of Hempstead,
nious instrument has been devised. When this instrument is introduced
into the windpipe, a spring is touched in its handle which allows a current on the Texas Central Railroad, on the evening of Feb. 5th. The engine fell
of electricity to pass directly into the substance of the cords. The voice has through the Cedar Creek bridge, throwing an express, two baggage, and
been frequently restored by a few applications of electricity in this manner, two passenger cars down a 15-foot embankment, bottom upward, the sleep-
when all ordinary methods have failed. The glottis varies in size according ing car only keeping the track. The Strakosch and Hess English Opera
to the tone produced; when the lowest note of the register is sounded it is Troupe were among the passengers. Eighteen persons were injured, those
widest and open throughout the whole length of the vocal cords; and as most seriously being Conductor Littig, who had his side and hip hurt;
each successive tone in the ascending scale is reached, the diameter of the Rose Marion, a chorus singer, who was thrown through a window and badly
glottis diminishes both as regards length and width, and this diminution cut; a cornet player had his arm broken, and Mr. Levi, of New York, had
increases until the highest notes are reached, when the opening is very small his nose broken. The injured persons were sent to Houston to be cared for.
and narrow, and only confined to the central point of the edges of both vocal
Mr. Charles Harris, the London manager, has arrived here, and assumed
cords.
control of the rehearsals for the new operetta: " Billie Taylor," to be pro-
duced at the Standard Theatre.
Major Charles E. Pearce, a lawyer and well-known military man of St.
Louis, has brought a suit against Charles A. Spaulding, proprietor of the
Olympic Theatre, and J. H. Mapleson, the opera manager, for. refusing to
sell him certain seats in the theatre for the opera season beginning on Mon-
day last. Pearce alleges that he was the first one at the box-office on Mon-
day, Feb. 7, when the tickets were advertised to be sold, and found five rows
of seats stricken off of the box-sheet, and he now proposes to test the ques-
3
tion whether seats in a theatre can be disposed of privately before the pub-
lic sale is made. Mr. Pearce asks $1,000 damages.
Fig. 11.—Image of Larynx, show-
Fig. 10.—Image of Larynx, showing
ing
Cords
brought
together
or
ad-
Vocal Cords widely separated, as in or-
ducted, and the formation of the
The Central Campaign Club Chorus will give a concert at Chickering Hall
dinary breathing. 1. Vocal Cords. '2.
Glottis. 1. Vocal Cords. 2. False
False Vocal Cords. 3. Arytenoids. 4.
on Friday evening, February 25th, under the auspices of the Republican
Vocal Cords. 3. Glottis.
Epiglottis.
Central Club. Miss Ross, Mrs. De Lano, Messrs. Fritsch, Belfort and Pratt
and Signor Liberati will take part in the concert, the proceeds from which
By a careful study of these two drawings, the two elements already will
be devoted to defraying the expenses of the Chorus Club in attending
described, namely, adduction of the vocal cords and the formation of the the Presidential
Inauguration ceremonies at Washington.
glottis, will be readily understood.
It has been asserted in some works on the voice that during the produc-
Seven performances are to be given during the week of the May Music
tion of musical tones, the first act of the vocal cords is to approximate closely, Festival in this city—four in the evening and three in the afternoon. The
thus destroying the opening of the glottis, and that these bodies are forced programme includes choral compositions, purely orchestral works, ensemble
apart by a strong current of air.
pieces and solos. There are announced Handel's Dittingen "Te Deum,"
This statement according to my experimentation is a fallacy; for the Rubinstein's "Tower of Babel," Berlioz's "Grand Requiem," Handel's
only persons in whom I have seen this preliminary obliteration of the glottis, "Messiah," and Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony," for solo, chorus and
were those whose vocal organs were in some way affected by disease. I have orchestra. The committee entered into correspondence with a number of
many times seen this phenomenon in cases where the vocal bodies were singers, and among those already engaged are Signor Italo Companini, Miss
Annie Louise Cary, Miss Emily Winant, Mr. Franz Remmertz and Mr. Myron
relaxed or congested.
Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com -- digitized with support from namm.org
February 20th, 1881.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
THE THROAT IN ITS RELATIONS TO SINQING.
A SERIES OF POPULAR PAPERS BY WHITFIELD WARD, A.M.,
TO THE METROPOLITAN THROAT HOSPITAL.
M.D.,
PHYSICIAN
MUSICAL NOTES,
AT HOME.
Mr. Franz Eummel's first series of four piano recitals is announced for
the afternoons of February 17 and 24, March 5 and 10. The programmes
VI.
cover a wide range of piano music.
How WE SING.
Miss Amy Sherwin and Mr. Theodore Toedt, from this city, appeared at
The Action of the Vocal Cords and Larynx.—The human voice is the the concert of the Philharmonic Club in Washington, D. C., on the 8th inst.
most perfect of all musical instruments, and has for centuries served as a
Mr. George Werrenrath announced a series of three afternoon concerts
model for the construction of many contrivances whose sounds have
delighted the ear. The action of the larynx during vocalization is one of at the new hall of the Long Island Historial Society, corner of Clinton and
Pierrepont streets, Brooklyn. The dates were fixed for February 17 and 24
the most beautiful of all sights, and must be seen to be appreciated.
March 3. At the first concert Mr. Werrenrath sang selections from
For the production of the various tones which constitute the voice, six and
Schubert, Gounod, Liszt, Wagner, and Rubinstein, and was assisted by Mr.
elements are necessary:
Thallon.
1. Adduction of the vocal cords.
2. Formation of the glottis.
Mr. Kortheuer, the well-known pianist of Brooklyn, proposes to give a
3. Vibration of the cords.
series of chamber music concerts similar to those of last winter in which he took
4. Uniformity of action in the several sets of vocal muscles.
part. Mr. Kortheuer will have the aid of a string quartette, composed of
5. The action of the air current.
Mr. Carl Feininger, first violin; Roebbelen, second violin; Risch, viola, and
6. The movements of the voice-box.
Miiller, violoncello.
Adduction of the Vocal Cords.—During ordinary acts of breathing,
Mr. John Lavine's sixth annual concert will take place at Steinway Hall
whether air be drawn in or forced out of the lungs, the two vocal cords lie
along the sides of the larynx in a perfectly flaccid and relaxed state, and no on the 28th inst. On this occasion Miss Louise D. Reynolds, soprano, will
sound is heard except the faint whisper of the air passing through the wind- make her debut, having returned to New York after studying with Lamperti.
pipe. When, however, a sound is to be produced, the cords leave the sides
An afternoon reception and musicale was given by Mr. James B. Town-
of the air tube, and approach each other in the middle of this passage. send and Mr. Clark Evans at their studio, No 107 East 23d street, in the
This movement, as I have already stated, is called "adduction," and is afternoon of Feb. 4th. The rooms were decorated with flowers, and on the
brought about by the direct action of the adductor muscles, the aryte- walls were some late works of American artists. The music included a trio
noidens and the lateral-crico-arytenoidei.
for piano, 'cello and violin and solos for sopranos and baritone which were
The ordinary breathing tube is thus transformed into a musical one.
sung by Miss Earle and Mr. Coxe. Among the guests were Mrs. General
The Formation of the Glottis.—When the cords are adducted, a narrow McClellan and Miss McClellan, Mrs. T. B. Musgrave, Miss Potter, the
interval is left between them. This opening extends throughout the whole Misses Marquand, the Misses Smith, Mrs. De Neufville, Mrs. Marie, the
length of the vocal bodies, and is called the glottis. The existence of the Misses Marie, Miss King, Miss Neilson, Miss Duane, Mrs. Dwight Town-
glottis is absolutely necessary to vocalization, for it is through this space send, the Misses Lawrence, the Misses Livingston, the Misses Hewitt, Miss
that the air current, a most important factor in the production of sound, Sharpless, Mrs. Schack, the Misses Schack, the Misses Waldo, Mrs. Jona-
passes.
than Edwards, the -Misses Edwards, Mrs. Joshua Henry, the Misses Henry,
If the cords approximated closely throughout their whole extent, Mr. Paltus, Mr. Jas. D. Livingston, Mr. Minton, Mr. Russel, Mr. Aspin-
entirely abolishing the glottis, then the exit of the air would be prevented, wall, Mr. Merritt, Mr. Satterlee and Mr. Le Roy.
and the production of sound would be an utter impossibility. This very
The composers of the United States who intend to send in works to
thing happens quite frequently from a neglected sore throat brought on by
exposure to cold or sudden atmospheric change. At first the cords swell a compete for the $1,000 prize offered by the Cincinnati Musical Festival Asso-
little from inflammation; if at this stage of the affection the condition is not ciation are notified that all manuscripts must be in the hands of the Com-
recognized and treated properly, the swelling changes to a thickening from mittee on Prize Composition, Musical Festival Association, Cincinnati, on
the formation of new tissue in the cords, and if this condition is not mas- or before Sept. 1, 1881, as such manuscripts have to be forwarded to Saint-
tered, it leads to what is known as chronic catarrh of the windpipe, a very Saens, of Paris, and Reinecke, of Leipsic, for examination of their merits,
persistent and troublesome disease. The simple swelling which I first and return in season for preparation and study by the chorus for the great
alluded to can be speedily cured by the application of remedies directly to festival of May, 1882.
the cords, by means of little brushes, which can only be introduced into the
Mrs. Hannah Ann Galbreath Thursby, the grandmother of Miss Emma
throat by means of the laryngoscopic mirrors. When the swelling has C. Thursby, the vocalist, died at 226 Ainslie street, Brooklyn, on Thursday,
passed on to thickening, a similar but much more prolonged course of treat- Feb. 3d, aged 84. She was born in Brooklyn.
ment'has to be adopted. Before proceeding any further, I wish to utter a
Marie Geistinger has signed an agreement with Manager G. Amberg to
warning against the pernicious habit of singing when the voice is roughened
or hoarse. Hoarseness, when it comes on suddenly, is always a sign that perform next season for forty nights in London, this being the first opera
the cords are more or less inflamed, and that they should be kept .perfectly bouffe troupe and German comedy company that will have appeared in the
British metropolis in the Teutonic language.
still.
There is another condition of the vocal cords which very frequently
Mme. Julia Rive-King came to rehearsal in Cincinnati, in the afternoon
occurs, and that is when they come together the glottis is too wide for the of Feb. 8th, with a painful trouble with a finger threatening to become a
production of a musical tone; this state is known as non-approximation, and felon. In her response to a doubt of her ability to appear at Pike's to-night
may be very slight when the voice is only a little impaired, or very great she tore the covering from the finger and went heroically through her role.
when the voice is entirely lost. In this latter condition, when an attempt at Then she insisted that she would come and play, notwithstanding the pain.
singing is made, the cords do not leave the sides of the windpipe, but It was not until 7 o'clock that severe physical suffering compelled her to
remain perfectly relaxed as in ordinary breathing. The vocal cords are then give notice that she could not appear.
said to be paralyzed. For the cure of paralysis of the cords, a very inge-
The north bound express was wrecked nine miles north of Hempstead,
nious instrument has been devised. When this instrument is introduced
into the windpipe, a spring is touched in its handle which allows a current on the Texas Central Railroad, on the evening of Feb. 5th. The engine fell
of electricity to pass directly into the substance of the cords. The voice has through the Cedar Creek bridge, throwing an express, two baggage, and
been frequently restored by a few applications of electricity in this manner, two passenger cars down a 15-foot embankment, bottom upward, the sleep-
when all ordinary methods have failed. The glottis varies in size according ing car only keeping the track. The Strakosch and Hess English Opera
to the tone produced; when the lowest note of the register is sounded it is Troupe were among the passengers. Eighteen persons were injured, those
widest and open throughout the whole length of the vocal cords; and as most seriously being Conductor Littig, who had his side and hip hurt;
each successive tone in the ascending scale is reached, the diameter of the Rose Marion, a chorus singer, who was thrown through a window and badly
glottis diminishes both as regards length and width, and this diminution cut; a cornet player had his arm broken, and Mr. Levi, of New York, had
increases until the highest notes are reached, when the opening is very small his nose broken. The injured persons were sent to Houston to be cared for.
and narrow, and only confined to the central point of the edges of both vocal
Mr. Charles Harris, the London manager, has arrived here, and assumed
cords.
control of the rehearsals for the new operetta: " Billie Taylor," to be pro-
duced at the Standard Theatre.
Major Charles E. Pearce, a lawyer and well-known military man of St.
Louis, has brought a suit against Charles A. Spaulding, proprietor of the
Olympic Theatre, and J. H. Mapleson, the opera manager, for. refusing to
sell him certain seats in the theatre for the opera season beginning on Mon-
day last. Pearce alleges that he was the first one at the box-office on Mon-
day, Feb. 7, when the tickets were advertised to be sold, and found five rows
of seats stricken off of the box-sheet, and he now proposes to test the ques-
3
tion whether seats in a theatre can be disposed of privately before the pub-
lic sale is made. Mr. Pearce asks $1,000 damages.
Fig. 11.—Image of Larynx, show-
Fig. 10.—Image of Larynx, showing
ing
Cords
brought
together
or
ad-
Vocal Cords widely separated, as in or-
ducted, and the formation of the
The Central Campaign Club Chorus will give a concert at Chickering Hall
dinary breathing. 1. Vocal Cords. '2.
Glottis. 1. Vocal Cords. 2. False
False Vocal Cords. 3. Arytenoids. 4.
on Friday evening, February 25th, under the auspices of the Republican
Vocal Cords. 3. Glottis.
Epiglottis.
Central Club. Miss Ross, Mrs. De Lano, Messrs. Fritsch, Belfort and Pratt
and Signor Liberati will take part in the concert, the proceeds from which
By a careful study of these two drawings, the two elements already will
be devoted to defraying the expenses of the Chorus Club in attending
described, namely, adduction of the vocal cords and the formation of the the Presidential
Inauguration ceremonies at Washington.
glottis, will be readily understood.
It has been asserted in some works on the voice that during the produc-
Seven performances are to be given during the week of the May Music
tion of musical tones, the first act of the vocal cords is to approximate closely, Festival in this city—four in the evening and three in the afternoon. The
thus destroying the opening of the glottis, and that these bodies are forced programme includes choral compositions, purely orchestral works, ensemble
apart by a strong current of air.
pieces and solos. There are announced Handel's Dittingen "Te Deum,"
This statement according to my experimentation is a fallacy; for the Rubinstein's "Tower of Babel," Berlioz's "Grand Requiem," Handel's
only persons in whom I have seen this preliminary obliteration of the glottis, "Messiah," and Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony," for solo, chorus and
were those whose vocal organs were in some way affected by disease. I have orchestra. The committee entered into correspondence with a number of
many times seen this phenomenon in cases where the vocal bodies were singers, and among those already engaged are Signor Italo Companini, Miss
Annie Louise Cary, Miss Emily Winant, Mr. Franz Remmertz and Mr. Myron
relaxed or congested.
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