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Acknowledgments; Translator's introduction and commentary; Treatise onVocal Performance and Ornamentation: Preface; Dedication; 1. On the qualitiesof the human voice and its improvement; 2. On good performance and how to usethe voice; 3. On good performance, with regard to text and music; 4. On goodperformance, with regard to ornaments; 5. On good performance, with regard toPassaggi; 6. On good performance, with regard to the various genres of vocalforms and in consideration of performing in various places; 7. On Cadenzas;8. On arbitrary variations of the Aria; Appendix: biographical information onsingers and composers mentioned by Hiller; Bibliography.