Author : Kurt Adler
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Phonetics and Diction in Singing: Italian, French, Spanish, German by : Kurt Adler
Download or read book Phonetics and Diction in Singing: Italian, French, Spanish, German written by Kurt Adler and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phonetics and Diction in Singing was first published in 1967. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This book provides rules and illustrative examples for the study of songs and operas in the leading foreign languages of musical literature. The author is conductor and chorus master of the Metropolitan Opera. He has drawn the material from his larger book, The Art of Accompanying and Coaching, to provide a handbook or textbook especially suitable for use by voice teachers, singers, students in high schools, colleges, and schools of music, and members of choruses, church choirs, and opera workshops and their directors. Following a general discussion of phonetics and diction in singing there are separate chapters on Italian, French, Spanish, and German phonetics and diction. The text is illustrated with drawings and diagrams of vocal techniques and musical examples.