... The Magic Flute, in which, it is needless to say, she is at this moment unrivalled. Mdlle. Gerster seems to possess naturally notes which in the voices of most singers have been obtained by a process of forcing, and which in these cases are the result ...

... The Magic Flute, in which, it is needless to say, she is at this moment unrivalled. Mdlle. Gerster seems to possess naturally notes which in the voices of most singers have been obtained by a process of forcing, and which in these cases are the result ...

... assist the imposition by a consistency of strangeness. All the strings are strung to the same tense pitch, and there is no natural note to create a discord. The scene, too, of the story harmonizes with the characters. The grey old shadowy mansion, with ...

... fifth to D, and so on. By the modern system of equal tempera- ment the huge keyboard adequate to the production of the natural notes of a succession of scales is got rid of by the division of the octave into twelve equal semitones. Equal temperament was ...