Physician and voice trainer : a reply to Dr. Morell Mackenzie / by Emil Behnke.

  • Behnke, Emil, 1836-1892.
Date:
1886
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Credit: Physician and voice trainer : a reply to Dr. Morell Mackenzie / by Emil Behnke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    actually mentioned ; you have also, in one place, entirely misrepresented my method of teaching. I therefore claim the right to reply to you, and, by way of credentials, draw attention to the following facts. I have occupied the best years of my life with the study of science as applied to the production and cultivation of the Voice. As far back as 30th January, 1873, I lectured to the students of Medicine in Univer- sity College, on ‘The Movements of the Vocal Cords in the Production of Musical Sounds,’ by special invi- tation of the late Professor Sharpey, that gentleman himself presiding. Since then I have lectured on the ‘ Physiology of the Voice,’ twice at the Philosophical Society in Aberdeen, Dr. Struthers, Professor of Anatomy in Aberdeen University, in the chair ; and twice at Anderson’s College in Glasgow, Dr. McKen- drick, Professor of Physiology in Glasgow University, in the chair. Prof. McKendrick also invited me to lecture to his medical students, and he paid me the unique compliment of giving up, for that purpose, the last of his own lectures in the University. I also lectured in Professor Foster’s Theatre, Uni- versity College, to the members of the Musical Pro- fession, Mr. Henry Leslie in the chair ; at the College of Organists ; at the Musical Association ; at Trinity College, and at hundreds of institutions in different parts of the country. With the Tonic Sol-fa College I have been connected since 1868, and I give a series of six lectures at that Institution during each Session. Finally, I gratefully mention that my large teaching connection is chiefly the result of recom-