A handbook of diction for singers : Italian, German, French / David Adams. [print]

Italian diction -- Introduction -- International Phonetic Alphabet for Italian -- Italian vowels -- Specific vowel sounds in Italian -- Glides in Italian : / j and w / -- Italian diacritical marks -- Italian syllabification -- Italian word stress -- Apocopation -- Italian diphthongs -- Italian triphthongs -- Phrasal diphthongs and triphthongs -- Vowel length in Italian -- Italian consonants -- Consonant combinations and their sounds -- Single and double consonants in Italian -- Characteristics of double consonants -- More about vowels -- Ambiguous spellings : is it a vowel or a glide? -- Phrasal doubling in Italian -- Articulating Italian double consonants in singing -- Singing consonant clusters -- Musical settings of Italian diphthongs -- Italian diphthongs : vowel distribution in singing -- Musical settings of Italian triphthongs -- Singing phrasal diphthongs and triphthongs -- Vowel distribution in singing phrasal diphthongs -- Patterns of phrasal triphthongs in Italian -- Italian word underlay in scores -- Other possible assimilations of n -- Italian dictionaries -- Sample texts -- Appendix : Guidelines for determining open and closed e and o in the stressed syllable.

German diction -- Introduction -- International Phonetic Alphabet for German -- The umlaut -- Word origin : Germanic and non-Germanic -- German vowels and vowel length -- Word stem, word stress, vowel length -- Specific vowel sounds in German -- Diphthongs and adjacent vowels -- The glide j / -- German consonants -- More about syllabic stress and vowel length -- More about German word structure -- Certain consonant clusters and vowel quality -- German monosyllabic (some polysyllabic) word patters for vowel quality and length -- Words of non-Germanic origin -- Glottal separation in German -- Glottal separation versus legato connection in singing German -- Phrasal consonant clusters in German -- Possible assimilation of consonant sounds in German -- German dictionaries and pronunciation reference books -- Sample texts.

French diction -- Introduction -- International Phonetic Alphabet symbols for French -- French diacritical marks -- Definition of terms relating to French diction -- French syllabification -- Word stress in French -- Vowel length in French -- French vowel sounds and how they are spelled -- Mixed vowels -- Nasal vowels -- Glides in French -- French consonants -- Liaison -- Musical settings of mute e -- Musical settings of glides -- French dictionaries -- Sample texts.

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