Phonetics and Diction in Singing: Italian, French, Spanish, German
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Phonetics and Diction in Singing: Italian, French, Spanish, German
By (Author) Kurt Adler
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
25th September 1967
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Musical instruments
784.9
Physical Properties
Paperback
171
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 30mm
Description
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.
Author Bio
Kurt Adler was conductor and chorus master of the Metropolitan Opera.
