A Voice Teacher's Chrestomathy

A Voice Teacher's Chrestomathy

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The Vowel Controls the Breath

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Justin Jørgen Petersen
May 04, 2026
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One recurrent theme that surfaces again and again in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century writings on singing is the centrality of the vowel, and the role a properly coordinated laryngeal musculature plays in governing breath economy. Alongside this emphasis, one finds a striking paucity of detailed instruction on methods …

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