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FFRANGCON-DAVIES, David Son of David and Gwen Ffrangcon - Davies.
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The Singing of the Future
(PREFACE "The soul which has seen most of truth shall c...)
PREFACE "The soul which has seen most of truth shall come to the birth as a philosopher, or artist, or some musical and loving nature." I do not now follow Socrates into his subsequent divisions; for the moment it is enough that, as one who "has seen most of truth," he has included the Musician: and in this rich-sounding word I include all—composers, executants and critics alike—who labour, not for any selfish ends, but for the good of the art of music. But musicians have not always shown to the world, when their works have come to the birth, that they have seen the most of truth. The art easily lends itself to make passing amusement for the frivolous and the unthinking; in this there is nothing to deplore: we should rather rejoice in knowing that music can be an amusement, for it, in itself, is never ignoble; this it can only be when allied to unworthy words or to degrading spectacle. The many-sidedness of an art is a chief joy to its possessors, but the ineptitudes, and worse, of the creators of the material on which executants and critics live, have too frequently tended to degrade the two last-named in the exercise of their duties in their branches of the complete art. But with composers and critics and instrumental executants we need not now concern ourselves; although it may be profitably read by all musicians, this book is mainly for singers. I will add, for all singers; certainly for all those proposing to sing, and certainly for many who have already embarked upon their professional careers. With the march of time, and with it the improvement of musical education, a new desire has possessed us,—the desire to understand. The desire has brought with it the interpreters we need. True, they are few in number and their array is meagre compared with the ample numbers and amiable affluence of the popular vocalists; but those who have "the most of truth" are with us all the same, working, striving, and above all, singing. Where in former days the vocalist entered upon his task with a lighthearted assurance that all the old "points" would meet with unquestioning acceptance, the singer of the present day has to think as behoves a responsible artist. In circles of lesser value the modern ballad, with its unanalysable inanities, is still accepted as a recognisable form of art, but our better singers, —our real interpreters and our teachers—have long ceased to affront their own intelligence by presenting the rubbish demanded by the uneducated for their pleasant degradation. This book is a serious appeal to the singer, especially to the English-speaking singer, and I welcome it and hope for much real and lasting good from its dissemination. Written with complete knowledge by a singer who is also an artist it forms a worthy portion, or it may be at this date a commencement, of that long desired new edifice of English music which will some day be raised by those, and by those only, who have seen the "most of truth." —Edward Elgar.
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David FFRANGCON-DAVIES
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Education
Private tutors; Friars School. Jesus College, Oxford (Classical Exhibitioner). Master of Arts Oxfordshire.
Career
Educated for and entered the Church. Owing to theological difficulties resigned position, and became vocal student. Has sung in opera at Covent Garden and Drury Lane, and continues to sing in oratorios at all the principal festivals of the world.
Has toured 12 seasons in America. Resided 3 years in Berlin, taking his position in the German art world. His public work is now confined to festivals and great choral societies. Honourable Royal Academy of Music London; Vocal Artist, and Professor at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
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The Singing of the Future
(PREFACE "The soul which has seen most of truth shall c...)
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The Singing of the Future - Primary Source Edition
(This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)
- The singing of the future
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- The singing of the future,: By David Ffrangcon-Davies
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