Spontini's Singing Method (original title: A Compendium of Exercises for the Best Way to Learn Singing and Lessons in Portamento, Embellishment and Expression) is contained an oblong shaped manuscript with 40 leaves, kept at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Written in roughly 1798-1800, the manuscript is listed as one of Gaspare Spontini's teaching compositions in major encyclopaedias and biographies. This compendium was written for the public and not his private use, as we can deduc