A re-evaluation of the vocal philosophy of Dr. James Rush as based on a study of his sources

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by  Hale, Lester Leonard

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A KB-EVALUATIOH OF THE VOCAL PHILOSOPHY
OP DR. JAMES RUSS
AS
BASED ON A STUDY OF HIS SOURCES
A Dissertation
Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the
Louisiana State University end
Agricultural and Mechanical College
in partial fulfillm ent of the
requirements for the degree of
Dootor of Philosophy
in
The Department of Speech
By
Lester Leonard Hale
E. A., University of Wisconsin, 1934
M. A., Louisiana State University, 1936
June, 1942
UMI Number: DP69243
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"In the time of the world, a natural day (night
included) is a single cadencei the setting and rising of
the Sun are the thesis and arsis; seasons and years are
rhythmical clauses« the real beginning and the ending
of this melody are out of our sights but to human
apprehension, the apparent are birth and death, and life
is our part in the song*"
Sir Joshua Steele*
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The author is greatly indebted to the Librarian
of the Library Company of Philadelphia* Austin K. Gray*
and the Assistant Librarian* Barney Chesniok* for their
fu ll cooperation in making available the personal library
of Dr. James Ruahj and to Dr. Giles W. Gray for furnishing
many volumes from his own collection of early speech
books.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART Page
I INTRODUCTION...................................................................................... I
Chapter I. General Aims of this Research . . • X
2. Historical and Biographical Background 6
II OF RUSH'S BASIC PHILOSOPHY . . . . . . . . . ................... 21
Chapter 3* Of His Descriptive Analysis . . . . . . 21
4* Of His Prescriptive Application . • • • 41
III OF RUSH'S ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Chapter 5* Of Bis Clarification of Nomenclature • 65
6* Of His Radical and Vanish Concept • • • 89
7. Of the Alphabetic Elements as Explained
by Radical and Vanish . • . • • • * 100
8. Of Syllabication as Explained by
Radical and Vanish. 115
9« Of the Specific Intervals of Inflection 129
IV OF THE REMAINING RUSH CONCEPTS................................................. 146
Chapter 10* Of Accent* Quantity and Rhythm • • • • 146
11* Of Cadence and Pause . . . . . . . . . 166
12* Of Pitch and Inflection • • • * • • » 182
13. Of Quality and Vocal Signs of the
Passions . . . . . . . • • • • « • 208
14* Of Force • • » • • • • .......................... • 235
15* Of Em phasis........................... . . . . . . 242
V SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ........................................................... • 252
BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................ 255
APPENDIX A . ..................... 264
APPENDIX B . . . . . . . ................................. 270
V
LIST OP TABLES
TABLE Page
I The Tonios, according to Rush . • • . . ........................102
1Z The Sub tonic a, according to R u sh ....................................104
III The Atonies# according to flush .................. . . . . . . 106
IV Comparison of Alphabetio Elements as Considered by
Steele and Rush.........................• • 109
7 Scheme of Vowels according to Sheridan . . . . . . . 110
VI Scheme of the Alphabet according to Sheridan • • . • 111
VIZ A Table of the Sixteen Simple and Diphthongal Vowel
Sounds# according to Sm art.................................... . • 112
VIII A Table of Twenty-two Consonant Sounds, According
to Smart ............................. 113
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LIST OF PHOTO SMS
Photostat Pago
1 Richard Cull, Oarriok^ Mode of Heading the
Liturgy of the Church of England « . . . . IS
2 Richard Cull, Garrick's Mode of Reading the
Liturgy of the Church of England • * . . • 14
5 John Walker, Elements of Elocution (1810) • . 22
4 Sir Joshua Steele, An Essay * ............................ 74
5 James Rush, Philosophy of the Human Voice • * 95
6 Sir Joshua Steele, An Essay................................. 140
7 John Walker, Elements of Slocution * . . . • 195
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