About the Author

Valborg Werbeck-Svurdstrum was an accomplished and talented opera singer. In 1924 she was encouraged by Rudolf Steiner, with whom she had collaborated for over twelve years, to represent the Schule der Stimmenthullung ("School for Uncovering the Voice"), the first anthroposophical singing school. But rather than following the singing traditions of her time, she sought to work from a new perspective which allowed for a profound spiritual understanding of the human voice. This was a pioneering task, and she carried it out energetically and faithfully until her death in 1972 at the age of 92.