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|quote=The combination of fine singing and fine acting is rare. Nowadays people think if they can act, that atones for inartistic singing; then they yield to the temptation to shout, to make harsh tones, simply for effect.
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Source
- Harriet Brower, [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15446 Talks with Master Singers and Teachers], Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1920, p.31.