Perfect Italian Diction for Singers - An Authoritative Guide

Perfect Italian Diction for Singers is an authoritative resource for the aspiring and professional singer, vocal coach, and conductor. Cheek and Toccafondi build on traditional approaches while introducing successful innovative techniques, providing many musical examples and exercises. Also included are audio and video samples from native speakers.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Recorded Examples and Exercises
Preface
1. The Basis for the Most Beautiful and Correct Lyric Italian Diction
2. The Seven Italian Vowel Sounds
3. The Essentials of Stress and Length
4. The Pronunciation of e and o
5. The Italian Consonants
6. Double Consonants and Phrasal Doublings
7. Legato
8. Mastering Glides, Hiatus, Diphthongs, and Triphthongs
9. Italian Style
10. Working with Text
11. Best Use of Supplemental Resources
12. Recitative
Appendix A. Verb Endings
Appendix B. Essential Grammar
Selected References
Index
About the Authors

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Timothy Cheek, Anna Toccafondi

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Timothy Cheek, Timothy Toccafondi Cheek, Cheek Timothy, Anna Toccafondi
• Mitarbeit: Lawrence Brownlee (Vorwort), Hampson Thomas (Vorwort)
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781538163405
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-6340-5
• Seiten: 250
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Musik > Musiktheorie, Musiklehre; Ratgeber > Hobby, Haus > Singen, Musizieren; Sachbuch > Musik, Film, Theater > Klassik, Oper, Operette, Musical; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Voice, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Techniques, MUSIC / Lyrics, Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music, Techniques Of Music / Music Tutorials, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti, Singing: techniques