The Speaking Voice: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Speaking Voice, credited to Katherine Jewell Everts, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Speaking Voice: principles of training simplified and condensed, by Katherine Jewell Everts. Read by Ruth Golding. From the Preface of The Speaking Voice: "This book offers a method of voice training which is the result of a deliberate effort to simplify and condense, for general use, the principles which are fundamental to all recognized systems of vocal instruction. It contains practical directions accompanied by simple and fundamental exercises, first for the freeing of the voice and then for developing it when free." Parts I and II of the book comprise advice on vocal production and techniques, while some chapters in Part III provide detailed guidance on the vocal interpretation of various literary genres, including the essay, various types of poetry, short stories, dramatic monologues and plays. Some chapters comprise mainly examples for practice, and include complete poems and stories. The reader has endeavoured to follow the author's instructions, but makes no guarantee as to her success, especially in the poetic realm. As suggested in the comments, the listener will find it most helpful to follow along with the text at http://archive.org/details/speakingvoicepri00everrich. For further information, including details of poems and stories included, links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Speaking Voice
• Author credits: Katherine Jewell Everts
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 5:08:16

Catalogue topics

• voice
• speech
• training
• instruction
• poetry
• short story
• monologue
• lyric poetry

Track guide

1. 00 Preface and Introduction — 6:22
2. 01 Pt. I, Ch. I Learning to Support the Tone — 16:26
3. 02 Pt. I, Ch. II Learning to Free the Tone — 16:34
4. 03 Pt. I, Ch. III Learning to Re-enforce the Tone — 5:34
5. 04 Pt. II, Ch. I The Technique of the Instrument: Discussion — 16:25
6. 05 Pt. II, Ch. II Study in Change of Pitch — 8:30
7. 06 Pt. II, Ch. III Study in Inflection — 16:27
8. 07 Pt. II, Ch. IV Study in Tone-color — 25:01
9. 08 Pt. III, Ch. I The Law of Approach — 10:25
10. 09 Pt. III Ch. II The Essay — 20:06
11. 10 Pt. III Ch. III The Fable — 6:58
12. 11 Pt. III Ch. IV Lyric Poetry — 46:41
13. 12 Pt. III Ch. V Didactic Poetry — 9:30
14. 13 Pt. III Ch. VI The Short Story — 45:42
15. 14 Pt. III Ch. VII Epic Poetry — 35:16
16. 15 Pt. III Ch. VIII The Dramatic Monologue and the Play — 22:24

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