In a message dated 1/23/01 1:17:32 AM Central Standard Time, taylor23f@h... writes: taylor23f@h... writes:
> This is the kind of historical precedence I was implying toward > in my earlier post. Granted, RM's Structure of Singing is a > marvelous addition to our literature. Having worked with him at an > Oberlin seminar, I have great respect and admiration for him, as a > teacher and a singer. However, if a student asks a tough pedagogical > question of me, I want to be 'armed' with more then- "Well, Miller > says on page 136 that....... ;-0 > >
Thank you very much for that statement. While I have great respect for Richard Miller we have to be careful to turn him into something equivalent to a vocal wizard of oz.
Mr. Miller has his agenda and is at times quick to dismiss certain things through assertion without much support. His writing also has a certain pompousness attached to it that many find off putting, although it does not personally bother me.
Randy Buescher
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