French Lyric Diction: A Singer's Guide [Paperback]

French Lyric Diction: A Singer's Guideprovides a thorough account of the language as it is sung in opera andm?lodie, exploring often-overlooked topics including phrasal and emphatic stress, vocalic length, singing the Frenchr, and traditions in the setting of French poetry.Singers, teachers, coaches, and conductors will appreciateFrench Lyric Diction: A Singer's Guidefor its thorough account of the language as it is sung in opera andm?lodie. Often-overlooked topics are explored, including phrasal and emphatic stress, vocalic length, singing the Frenchr, and traditions in the setting of French poetry. Considerable attention is paid to the subject ofliaison, with recommendations on how to make decisions about optionalliaisonsin singing. A comprehensive guide to orthography provides instruction on the pronunciation of all French spellings, including many optional secondary pronunciations, and acceptedfrancis?pronunciation for loanwords. Pronunciation dictionaries give transcriptions for over 10,000 names of composers, poets, artists, roles, performers, characters, and places, as well as everyday musical terms.AcknowledgementsPrefacePART ONE: Singing in FrenchIntroductionChapter 1: The International Phonetic Alphabet in FrenchChapter 2: French Vowel SoundsChapter 3: French Consonant SoundsChapter 4: The 'Consonant-Vowel Flow' of the French PhraseChapter 5: LiaisonChapter 6: Mute e in French Poetry and Vocal MusicChapter 7: Special Pronunciation ConsiderationsPART TWO: French Pronunciation A-ZPreamble to Part TwoA Comprehensive Pronunciation Guide to French OrthographyPART THREE: Pronunciation DictionariesPreamble to Part ThreePronunciation Dictionary of Proper NounsPronunciation Dictionary of Borrowed Italian Musical TermsBibliographyIndexJason Nedeckyis an instructor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, and dictil3