ROGERS, Clara Kathleen "The Philosophy of Singing" [Harper & Brothers, 1893]

ROGERS, Clara Kathleen. The Philosophy of Singing.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. 7.5" x 5.25", xv + 218pp + 2 ads. Original orange-brown cloth stamped in dark brown with decorative borders and gilt title lettering. Spine face lightly rubbed. Margins of textblock beginning to tone. Bookseller's ticket inside front cover. Binding tight. Very Good.

A foundational work of late-19th-century American vocal pedagogy, combining practical exercises with Rogers’s broader aesthetic arguments about breath, tone, and the emotional life of the singer. Front pastedown with early Philadelphia music-dealer label. Light foxing to preliminaries; otherwise a solid copy of an influential music-education text by one of the era’s best-known voice teachers.