Pedro de Alcantara, an Alexander teacher, supports both Reid as well as Husler / Rodd-Marling, who published " Singing : The Physical Nature of the Vocal Organ " in 1965 : " The free-thinking Reid and the collaborating duo of Frederick Husler and Yvonne Rodd-Marling have put forth watertight arguments for the correct relationship of cause and effect as regards breathing and singing.
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Anyone who has had much to do with such animals will hardly be able to escape the conviction that in many cases they now feel their inability to speak as a defect, although, unfortunately, it is one that can no longer be remedied because their vocal organs are too specialized in a definite direction . He goes on to suggest that parrots can, to a limited extent, comprehend human language a hypothesis that has been substantiated by scientific studies.
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Marianne Ehrenstr�m compared her with Marguerite Georges, and she was famed for " her well-sounding vocal organ as well as for her beautious Grecian-shaped face and her well-shaped figure, by which she, alongside much natural warmth in her play, enruptured her audience without effort " Her way of acting was described as " noble ", with a sense of feeling and soul suitable for " tenderness, nobility and fiert?"; her voice was described as clear and soft . She received much praise for her costume, a recommendation which is seen in contemporary sources; during this period, an actor was expected to design and finance their costumes themselwes.
