Celebrated opera singer and voice teacher Richard Miller pointed out in his 1997 publication, National Schools of Singing: English, French, German, and Italian, that while the German school of voice teachers had largely embraced the idea of a female falsetto into pedagogical practice, there is division within the French and English schools, and a complete rejection of the idea of female falsetto in the Italian school of singing.

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Singing schools are a long-standing cultural institution in the Southern United States.

Singing schools began in the Northeastern United States in the early days of American history.

Singing schools underwent many changes as cities grew and the population moved away from an agrarian lifestyle.

Singing schools began to hold less interest for the general public as time went on and could rarely get attendance from an entire town.

Singing schools are also common in Missionary Baptist churches, as well as rural churches across the South.

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Singing schools in Baltimore were few in number until the 1830s.

The lyrics from " The Star " were first published with the tune in The Singing Master: First Class Tune Book in 1838.

With the success of these first talkies ( The Jazz Singer, Lights of New York, The Singing Fool, and The Terror ), Warner Bros. became one of the top studios in Hollywood and the brothers were now able to move out from the Poverty Row section of Hollywood and acquire a big studio in Burbank, California.

They were called Mandy's, Mandy's Candies and Mandy's Singing Bamboo.

Programmes wholly shot on film were made there also, such as Alice in Wonderland ( 1966 ), The Singing Detective ( 1986 ) and Fortunes of War ( 1987 ).

The album Singing a Song was made up of unreleased songs mixed with new material, but no singles were released from the collection.

Among the earliest musical societies were Halifaxs " New Union Singing Society " of 1809 and Quebec's " Harmonic Society " of 1820.

Singing and stage careers were not well regarded in Quebec society of the 1920s and 1930s, especially for women.

Singing lessons, dance classes, rehearsals and costume fittings were all filmed, as well as the daily life of the contestants from waking up to going to sleep.

Her parents were vaudeville singers who had performed under the name ' The Singing O ' Farrells ' prior to having children.

Glazer, with Dottie Evans, recorded three children's records in 1959 and 1960 that were part of a six-album set known as the Singing Science Records.

According to legend, the peace-loving tribe walked single file into the Singing River ( now known as the Pascagoula River ) because the local Biloxi tribe were planning to attack.

Singing their greatest hits as part of their act, they were also featured performing specialty numbers like the frantic " I Love a Violin ," the a cappella " Danny Boy ," and a segment during which Phyllis retired backstage as Christine and Dorothy shared the spotlight playing a concert arrangement of " The Way We Were " on twin pianos.

In October 2007, Mills and three others were selected to be regular singers on the game show The Singing Bee.

Singing consists mostly of vocables, though recordings and reports from the early 1900s and prior indicate there were a great deal more lyrics or vocal texts.

Some of these were created by Gemmy Industries for example " Travis the Singing Trout " but many were created by other companies.

These were produced in 1889 ( a split-leaf brown book ), 1911 ( unpopular due to musical complexity ), 1920 ( a green book ) and 1929 ( also green, an expanded version of the 1920 one ), 1950 ( a blue book ), and 1973 ( a maroon one ) called The Book of Psalms for Singing.

Singing techniques called gymel were introduced in England in the 13th century, accompanied by instruments such as the guitar, harp, pipes and organ.

Those souls being judged as noble, would be sent to the then merrier and heaven-like parts in the City of Death, such as the Singing City, or Pax Cloister, while for thieves and cowards there were hell-like parts of the City such as Acid Swamps.

Singing girls and musicians were expelled ; justice was done daily in open court ; wine and games were prohibited.

Otto Gray, the first " Singing Cowboy ", and all of the band members were recruited from Oklahoma ranches.

Singing and songwriting duties were shared by all but Conway.

Leonski is known as both the " Brownout Strangler ", given Melbourne's wartime status of keeping low lighting ( not as stringent as a wartime blackout ) and also as the " Singing Strangler " due to his self confessed motive for the killings being a twisted fasination with female voices, especially when they were singing, and his claim that he killed the women to " get at their voices.

Singing is often done in a group of other musicians, such as in a choir of singers with different voice ranges, or in an ensemble with instrumentalists, such as a rock group or baroque ensemble.

The most common reasons for abandoning children in literature are oracles that the child will cause harm ; the mother's desire to conceal her illegitimate child, often after rape by a god ; or spite on the part of people other than the parents, such as sisters and mothers-in-law in such fairy tales as The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird.

Singing telegrams are often given as a gift.

Smax has experience using weaponry, including his Singing Sword, but he most often prefers using his fist, or his Strong Light energy ( which emanates from his solar plexus ).

Singing games are often used as counting out or ' dipping ' games, a means of starting a game by choosing special roles, usually by eliminating all but one player, most famously in rhymes like " Eeny, meeny, miny, moe " and " One potato, two potato ".

Singing is strongly distinguished from speech and many songs contain no words, and those with texts often describe important parts of myths in a succinct manner.

Singing calls are based on a sung delivery of calls, most often to a recognizable melody, and square dance calls are mixed in with the song's original lyrics.

During the fall of the Iron Curtain, Makem often proudly told the story that his song " The Winds Are Singing Freedom " had become a sort of folk anthem among Eastern Europeans seeing a new future opening before them.

Singing voles have short ears, often concealed by their long fur, and a short tail.

Singing in a mezzo-soprano, the foundation of her songs are her acoustic guitar, often accompanied by a variety of instruments and an ambient reverb-laden production.

The album cover for Our Hearts Keep Singing is often credited as one of the worst album covers of all time.

The song is often revived, and on three occasions new recordings of " Singing the Blues " have become U. K. Top 40 hits.