Diction for singers a concise reference for English, Italian, Latin, German, French, and Spanish pronunciation / Joan Wall, Robert Caldwell, Tracy Gavilanes, Sheila Allen.
| Other author/creator | Wall, Joan, author. |
| Other author/creator | Caldwell, Robert, author, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Gavilanes, Tracy, author. |
| Other author/creator | Allen, Sheila, author. |
| Partial contents | English -- Italian -- Latin -- German -- French -- Spanish. |
| Contents | Introduction -- About the book -- How to use this book -- Vowels and vowels charts -- Consonants and consonant chart -- English -- Language Diction -- What is Good Diction? -- Typical Diciton Problems -- Muffledness -- Omission of Sounds -- Addition of Sounds -- Substitution of Sounds -- Mis-placed Stress -- Other Special Considerations in English -- The R-colored Vowels -- The R-less Vowels -- Timing Your Articulation in Singing -- Finding Correct Pronounciations -- Sounds in Connected Speech -- Sounds Unique to English -- Italian -- Chart of Italian Sounds -- Special Features of Italian -- Syllabification -- Stressing -- Double Consonants -- Long and Short Vowels -- The consonant l -- The Consonants d, t, and n -- The stop Plosive Consonants -- The Italian Vowel a -- The Italian Vowels e and o -- Flipped and Trilled r -- The Two Italian Glides -- Enya and Elya -- Apocopation -- Elision -- Consecutive Vowels -- Singing Consecutive Vowels -- Connecting Words in Italian -- Italian Vowels in Detail -- Italian Consonants in Detail -- Latin -- Chart of Latin Sounds -- Special Features of Latin -- Syllabification -- Stressing -- Latin Vowels -- Consecutive Vowels -- Latin Vowels in Detail -- Latin Consonants in Detail -- The Ordinary of the Mass -- German -- Chart of German Sounds -- Syllabification -- Prefixes and Suffixes -- Compound Words -- Stressing -- Special Features of German Pronounciation -- The Distinctive Sounds of German -- General Rules for Open and Closed Vowels -- Unstressed e -- The German Diphthongs -- The Mixed Vowels -- The Interpretive Use of Coonsonants -- The Ach-Laut and Ich-Laut -- ch -- Dental Consonants -- Voicing and Unvoicing of Consonants b, d, g -- Double Consonants -- Use of the Glottal Stop -- German Vowels in Detail -- German Consonants in Detail -- French -- Chart of French Sounds -- Special Features of French -- Syllabification -- Stress -- The Mixed Vowels -- Glides -- Nasal Vowels -- Final Mute e -- The Pure Vowels [e] and [o] -- Mute and Aspirate h -- The Enya -- Pronounced and Silent Consonants -- Liason and Elision -- Rules for Liaison and Elision -- French Vowels in Detail -- French Consonants in Detail -- Spanish -- Chart of Spanish Sounds -- Special Features of Spanish Diction -- Alphabet- Sound Correspondences -- Syllabification -- Breath Phrases -- b, v, d, g Variations According to Word Positions -- Assimilation of [s] -- Assimilation of [n] -- Individual Coonsonants Unique to Spanish -- Pure Simple Vowels -- Strong Vowels -- Diphthongs -- On-Glide Diphthongs -- Stress -- Vowel Changes Across Word Boundaries -- Triphthongs -- Dialectical Variations -- Spanish Vowels in Detail -- Spanish Consonants in Detail. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: p. 271-273. |
| LCCN | 90061008 |
| ISBN | 1877761516 : |