But disturbances in the voice box, or larynx, cause only a very small percentage of husky, poor, or unmusical voices.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
The howl is a call for help; and if the hurt were due to the bite of a wolf or a bear, or the cut had gone deep enough to open an artery, this dreadfully unmusical noise might be the means of saving your life; while the rocking backward and forward and jerking yourself about would also send a message that you needed help, supposing you were so badly hurt that you couldn't call out, to anyone who happened to be within sight of you.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
Tennyson she loved, and latterly also Browning, with protests against his obscurity and his occasionally most unmusical English.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond