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Lewis W Gordon
Stephen Town(EDITOR)
Thomas Hemsley
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. 205 pp. $65. ISBN: 0-19-879015-5 (Cloth). $21. ISBN: 0-19-879016-3 (Paperback).
THOMAS HEMSLEY'S European singing career of nearly fifty years included appearances with the finest conductors, over 150 operatic roles, and superior Lieder recitals. His rich experience, combined with knowledge of vocal pedagogical history, has eventuated in a book containing abundant wisdom and insights. Although trained initially as a physicist, the author believes vocal study has become preoccupied with mechanics, anatomy, and physiology....