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This book offers singers the tools to navigate English and German diction, including drills, word lists, examples, and tongue twisters. The third edition extends discussions of diction choices for musical theatre and cognate consonant substitutions for operatic works, and it provides more exercises, as well as a short history of German.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents
Musical Examples
Foreword
Preface
PART I: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Elementary Concepts
PART II: ENGLISH
Chapter 2: Introduction to English Diction for Singers
Chapter 3: English Phonemes
Chapter 4: The Structure of English
Chapter 5: Characteristic English Phonemes
Chapter 6: Vowels 55
Chapter 7: Glides and Approximants
Chapter 8: Consonants
Chapter 9: Advanced Concepts in Diction
Chapter 10: Common Pitfalls
PART III: GERMAN
Chapter 11: Introduction to German Diction for Singers
Chapter 12: German Phonemes
Chapter 13: The Structure of German
Chapter 14: Characteristic German
Chapter 15: Vowels
Chapter 16: Consonants
Chapter 17: Advanced Concepts in Diction
Chapter 18: Common Pitfalls
PART IV: ENGLISH AND GERMAN-COMMON GROUND
Chapter 19: Commonalities between English and German
Chapter 20: Legato Singing
Chapter 21: Close but No Cigar
Chapter 22: Lyric Diction in Opera
Chapter 23: Concise History of the English Language
Chapter 24: Concise History of the German Language
Appendix A: Glossary of Phonetic and Anatomical Terms
Appendix B: Supplements
Appendix C: Suggested Repertoire for Lyric Diction Study
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Amanda Johnston
Zusammenfassung
This book offers singers the tools to navigate English and German diction, including drills, word lists, examples, and tongue twisters. The third edition extends discussions of diction choices for musical theatre and cognate consonant substitutions for operatic works, and it provides more exercises, as well as a short history of German.
