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Informationen zum Autor Timothy Cheek is Professor of Music at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. A leading expert on Czech vocal music, he is the author of Singing in Czech (2001/2014), The Janácek Opera Libretti , volumes I (2003), II (2004) and III (2016), The Bartered Bride/Prodaná nev esta (2010), and Rusalka (2012), published by Scarecrow Press and Rowman & Littlefield. Cheek is also the Series Editor of Rowman & Littlefield’s Lyric Diction series and is the co-author, along with Anna Toccafondi, of Perfect Italian Diction for Singers: An Authoritative Guide (2022), published by Rowman & Littlefield. Klappentext Timothy Cheek’s Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire, with its accompanying audio, builds on the original pioneering work of 2001 that set "a new and very welcome high standard for teaching lyric diction," according to Notes: The Journal of the Music Library Association. Zusammenfassung Timothy Cheek’s Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire, with its accompanying audio, builds on the original pioneering work of 2001 that set “a new and very welcome high standard for teaching lyric diction,” according to Notes: The Journal of the Music Library Association. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Recording Examples Foreword to the First Edition Preface Part One: The Sounds of the Czech Language Introduction to Part One Chapter 1: The Czech Vowel Sounds Chapter 2: The Czech Consonants Chapter 3: Double Consonants Chapter 4: Assimilation Chapter 5: Stress and Length Chapter 6: Moravian, the Dialect-and Slovak, the Language Part Two: Czech Vocal Repertoire Introduction to Part Two Chapter 7: Overview Chapter 8: Bedirch Smetana Chapter 9: Antonín Dvofiák Chapter 10: Leos Janáãek Chapter 11:Bohuslav Martinu Chapter 12: Pavel Haas Chapter 13: Vítûzslava Kaprálová Chapter 14: Sylvie Bodorová Appendix A: Publishers Appendix B: Organizations Appendix C: Czech Poets Appendix D: Pronunciation Checklist Selected References Index About the Author ...
