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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454594203321

Autore

Adler Kurt <1907-1977.>

Titolo

Phonetics and diction in singing: Italian, French, Spanish, German [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1967

ISBN

0-8166-5546-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Disciplina

784.9

784.932

Soggetti

Singing - Diction

Singing - Instruction and study

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book is based on chapters 4-8 of Mr. Adler's The art of accompanying and coaching."

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PHONETICS AND DICTION IN SINGING; ITALIAN PHONETICS AND DICTION; FRENCH PHONETICS AND DICTION; SPANISH PHONETICS AND DICTION; GERMAN PHONETICS AND DICTION; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Though it has often been passionately criticized--as fraudulent, exploitative, even pagan--the American funeral home has become nearly as inevitable as death itself, an institution firmly embedded in our culture. But how did the funeral home come to hold such a position? What is its history? And is it guilty of the charges sometimes leveled against it?. In Rest in Peace, Gary Laderman traces the origins of American funeral rituals, from the evolution of embalming techniques during and after the Civil War and the shift from home funerals to funeral homes at the turn of the century, to the incre