THE TECHNIC OF THE SPEAKING VOICE

THE SPEAKING VOICE:

ITS DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND

ARTISTIC USE

BASED UPON

RUSH'S PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN VOICE
AND THE TEACHING AND EXAMPLE OF

JAMES E. MURDOCH;

AND INCLUDING
A NEW PRESENTATION OF EXPRESSIVE SPEECH MELODY,
COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED BY EXAMPLES; MANY
STUDIES IN INTERPRETATION; AND A

BRIEF OUTLINE OF GESTURE

By JOHN R. SCOTT, A. M.
EMERITU'S PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Always look for the Reason. A Good Reason
will make even a bad reading respectable.

- Murdoch

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COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR