Comment: Here Cornelius works with musical interpretation.

Quote: As a reflector of the emotions the expressive capacity of the vocal organs is virtually without limit. And this is how it should be. Art is not primarily concerned with beauty, but with life, and functional freedom is a necessity if the drama of life is to be communicated with all its tension, excitement, and poesy. When the vocal organs are being used properly they are free to express far greater meaning than can be conveyed by the traditional "pear-shaped tone." By itself, beauty of tone is of limited importance. It fails to touch upon the most meaningful aspects of communication. ....Beauty of tone quality, therefore, should never be looked upon as the initial, or even the ultimate goal of vocal instruction. The first aim must be to establish correct functional principles whose application will make the voice, or better, ALLOW IT TO BE, free. The result of this procedure will be reflected in sounds of great tonal beauty - beauty which has not been MADE, hence artificial, but which IS by the very nature of its constitutional make-up. (The Free Voice)