Alma Gluck
Alma Gluck
Alma Gluckwas a Romanian-born American soprano...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth11 May 1884
CountryUnited States of America
goal doe study
One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.
piano voice study
In the piano, one has the instrument complete before he begins; but in the case of the voice, the instrument has to be developed by study.
mere nine sings study ten
One does not study for a goal. One sings because one can't help it! The 'goal' nine times out of ten is a mere accident.
advice want students
A student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is worth while to continue her studies. I invariably refuse such requests.
trying vowels way
French is, in many ways, more difficult for an English-speaking person to sing. It is so full of complex and trying vowels. It requires the utmost subtlety.
giving-up goal advice
If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.
teacher hands understanding
Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers.
soul purses sides
Inspired by the purse rather than the soul, the mercenary side fairly screams in many of the works put out by every day American publishers.
song art break-through
The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime.
song quality singers
We are rich in the quantity of songs rather than in the quality. The singer has to go through hundreds of compositions before he finds one that really says something.
song simple voice
When the student has her voice under complete control, it is safe to take up the lyric repertoire of Mendelssohn, Old English Songs, etc. How simple and charming they are!
butterfly artist bird
Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.
appeal continue hear invariably poor refuse saying send student time urgent wants whether work worthwhile
Time and again, a student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is worthwhile to continue her studies. I invariably refuse such requests, saying that if the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it.
art real sacrifice
The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does “what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing it”