Author | : Jason Nedecky |
File Size | : 40,6 Mb |
Publisher | : the author |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 01 September 2011 |
ISBN | : 9780987753601 |
Pages | : 152 pages |
French Diction for Singers by Jason Nedecky Book PDF Summary
This detailed handbook provides a thorough account of lyric pronunciation that is recommended in the operatic and concert repertoire. IPA phonetic notation and musical examples are featured prominently, and exceptions to French pronunciation rules are included. The book also contains a comprehensive pronunciation guide to French spelling, (including obscure spellings and borrowed foreign words), as well as a pronunciation dictionary with 7000+ proper nouns found in the repertoire and associated with French art and culture.