"Bel canto" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and which aids in the horizontal lifting of the ribs, also induces that gentle sinking in of the lower abdominal wall which is the final detail in the correct method of drawing in the breath and on which the old Italian masters of bel canto insisted as an important factor in ...
— The Voice - Its Production, Care and Preservation • Frank E. Miller
... bel canto no one would have raised the question at all, for then the greatest characters in history moved about the stage in stately robes and sang conventional arias in the conventional manner. The change from old-fashioned ...
— A Second Book of Operas • Henry Edward Krehbiel |
