Word: encomia
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...piece is nice entertainment, yet all encomia of The Jazz Singer and The Singing Fool must be leavened by one fact, in justice to cinemactors, legitimactors: to play a part is one thing, to play a part which has been written around an actor's career is something else again...
...singer was in unusually good voice, and his rich, resonant tone, his superb artistry, and his general pressence make one realize that America is right in showering with encomia this son of the Volga. Challapin is a master of all phases of the art of singing, and his legate work, his use of the portamento, and his planissimo are unexcelled today. Although he could easily do so, he never commits the sin which the French call "chantant pour la galerie"; when the composer has written a low note Challiapin doesn't take a high one for the sake...