Tuesday, January 19, 2016

((( OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORID SONG )))







"Let him take care

that the higher the notes

the more necessary it is to touch them with softness;

to avoid screaming.


Let him learn the manner

to glide with the vowels

and to drag the voice gently from the high

to the lower notes


Let him take care

that the words are uttered In such a manner

that they are distinctly understood

and no one syllable lost


...Oh how great a master is the heart!"


~ Francesco Tossi  Italy 1723 ~


*From a Clint Eastwood directed and produced

film about Tony Bennett