Article July 28, 1951 Issue

THE SCIENCE OF SINGING

ROBERT LAWRENCE WEER

About thirty-five years ago an article appeared in a London daily newspaper on the subject of voice culture containing these words: "Tone is a mental concept." This expression came as a welcome light to one who was greatly discouraged and seemingly at a standstill in his efforts to master the art of singing. He began to ponder this thought about tone, and guided in his reasoning by his understanding of God and man as revealed in Christian Science, he found himself entering upon an entirely new and joyous experience in his study of voice.

Before this new experience began, he had devoted years of study and practice in an effort to express beautiful singing (bel canto) through a combination of consciously controlled muscular actions of the physical body, but without success. He now turned wholeheartedly to Christian Science and with the aid of the two Concordances to the writings of Mary Baker Eddy found and studied all of her references to concepts, voice, tone, expression, and spiritual qualities.

His study had not progressed very far before he became convinced that he had found the spiritual truths of voice, which would guide him in his further study of the singing art. After months of faithful vocal practice in the light of his new spiritual understanding of the subject, he found himself liberated from all sense of discouragement and confusion and able to use his voice freely.

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