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21400	Haslam, W. E.	Style in Singing			.txt	text/plain	21707	1108	65	The slight modifications, or _pointages_, asked from Verdi, were not, I was assured by Madame Saxe, of a character to alter either the rôle or the opera, and she remarked (I quote her own words): Why should Verdi have shown himself more unreasonable or less yielding than Meyerbeer or Wagner? Its _length_ was left to the discretion of the artist, who was supposed to be familiar with the accepted style of delivery termed _recitativo parlante_.	cache/21400.txt	txt/21400.txt
