Advice to Singers, Preface and Conclusion, c. 1880 edition
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- Title
- Advice to Singers, Preface and Conclusion, c. 1880 edition
- Author
- Frederick J Crowest This
- Publication year listed
- 1880
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- Public domain eBook
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Advice to Singers, Preface and Conclusion, c. 1880 edition
Author: Frederick J. Crowest
Year: 1880
8 pages, including the Preface and Conclusion from an early edition of the book Advice to Singers by Frederick J. Crowest. This edition appears to be identical to the 1904 edition (http://www.archive.org/details/AdviceToSingers) with the following exceptions: The author is anonymous ("by A Singer") The Preface is different The Conclusion was entirely omitted in the 1904 edition The exercises are in an appendix, rather than a chapter titled "Exercises" The chapter on Physiological Surroundings is not present in this edition The decorative ornaments at the beginning and end of each chapter (Dalziel Brothers ?) were omitted in the 1904 edition This edition does not have an illustration on the cover This is probably the 2nd or 3rd edition because 1. There is a "Preface To This Edition" with reference to enlarging the book and 2. The author began using his real name with the fourth edition. [The Critic, Volume 12, New York, July 6, 1889, Page 240, http://books.google.com/books?id=WyE_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA240&lpg=PA240&dq] Although this edition does not have a copyright date, it is probably 1880. [The English Catalogue of Books for 1880 http://books.google.com/books?id=rYgNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=P