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Delsarte

American  
[del-sahrt, del-sart] / dɛlˈsɑrt, dɛlˈsart /

noun

  1. François 1811–71, French musician and teacher.


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But the Jones and Delsarte prints have a seemingly painterly softness that’s shared with lovely works by Di Bagley Stovall, Stovall’s wife, and Sam Gilliam, a frequent collaborator.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2022

Seneca was a combination of Delsarte and Emerson.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Elbert Hubbard

You will fall out of love with digamma To fall in again with Delsarte; You will make a new Syriac grammar, And know all the popes off by heart.

From More Songs From Vagabondia by Bliss Carman

A good position can be secured through the old Delsarte exercise which is as follows: I. Stand on the balls of your feet, heels just touching the floor.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by James Francis Cooke

Educated men and women of to-day study social, domestic and political economy, forgetting that vital economy that Delsarte teaches is more essential to our interests and the interests of our descendants.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Maud C. Cooke

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