The singer's manual of English diction.
| Author/creator | Marshall, Madeleine |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : G. Schirmer, 1953. |
| Description | 198 pages ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part I. Conference -- Silent letters (spelled but not sounded) -- Division of syllables -- r: The two kinds -- The Three Basic Rules for Omitting and Sounding r -- Which kind of r to sing before a vowel -- y: Sometimes a consonant, sometimes a vowel -- Voiceless and voiced consonant -- t and d -- Lip consonant -- Lip consonants: p and b -- Lip consonants: f and v -- m and n -- When to separate words -- l -- k and "hard" g -- Final b, d, and "hard" g -- th -- Additional instructions about r -- ng -- h -- wh and w -- s and z -- s and z for those who lisp -- sh and [3] -- ch and "soft" g or j -- Summary of connections -- Summary of special directions for incidental words -- Part II. Vowels; phonetic alphabet -- [A] as in father (we call it ah) -- [E] as in wed -- [I] as in it -- [I] as in me -- [ae] as in cat -- [U] as in too -- Daniel Sitteth -- [U] as in full -- [O] as in obey -- [upside down c] as in warm -- [3] as in learn -- [small triangle] as in up -- [upside down e]: The neutral vowel -- Unstressed syllables that do not have the neutral vowel -- [a], [upside down a], [e]: Why we do not sing them -- Diphthongs -- The first five diphthongs as in night, day, boy, now, no as in air, ear, ire, ore, sure, our -- When to sing [ae]; When to sing ah -- To rhyme or not to rhyme -- A last word: patter -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2. |
| Abstract | Guides performers in singing clearly without the use of regional accents and incorrect pronunciations. |
| Local note | Little-97225 - $5.95 |
| Local note | Little-343988--305131050011K |
| LCCN | 54000260 |