ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 213, 9 March 1914, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

SONG RECIPE FROM PAUL DUFAULT. Paul Dufault, the famous tenor who ■bids us a melodeous farewell at the Theatre Royal on Thursday evening, has given a recipe for singing a song. Here is the formula given by the popular tenor:—"Song is but musical recitation. First there is the melody. It is written upon some text that, if the writer knows anything about musical expression he will give color to his music, according to the meaning of the words. That makes the song. Songs 'that are a success to-day are those where the writer has succeeded in putting into his music the sentiment expressed in his words. Take a song like 'lnvicliis.' Does not the music picture to you the marvellous bravery of the words? So much for song-making. Now we come to the real thing," continues Mr. Dufault, "that is the song itself, namely its interpretation. Cot all you can out of the meaning conjured bv the words. Sec what they express and'what range of emotion they cover. What heights, what depths, what lights, what shades of human experience. Then use the requisites you have to express those emotions. You have your diction, your articulation, your facial expression and some range of physical gesture, for, although I do not believe in the employment of much gesture upon the platform, yet I think a little of it is more effective than the statuesque attitude convention seems to demand." The hoy plan for Paul Dufault'a concert opens at Collier's at fl a.m. this morning.