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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787207003321

Autore

Cheek Timothy <1957->

Titolo

Singing in Czech : a guide to Czech lyric diction and vocal repertoire / / Timothy Cheek ; [with a foreword by Sir Charles Mackerras]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-8108-8878-5

Edizione

[Revised edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (429 p.)

Disciplina

783/.043

Soggetti

Singing - Diction

Czech language - Pronunciation

Vocal music - Czech Republic - Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)

Vocal music - Czech Republic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Singing In Czech; Contents; List of Recording Examples; Foreword to the First Edition; Preface; Part One The Sounds of the Czech Language; Introduction to Part One; 1 The Czech Vowel Sounds; 2 The Czech Consonants; 3 Double Consonants; 4 Assimilation; 5 Stress and Length; 6 Moravian-the Dialect-and Slovak-the Language; Part Two Czech Vocal Repertoire; Introduction to Part Two; 7 Overview; 8 Bedřich Smetana; 9 Antonín Dvořák; 10 Leoš Janáček; 11 Bohuslav Martinů; 12 Pavel Haas; 13 Vítězslava Kaprálová; 14 Sylvie Bodorová; Appendix A Publishers; Appendix B Organizations; Appendix C Czech Poets

Appendix D Pronunciation ChecklistSelected References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>Timothy Cheek's </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire</span><span>, with its accompanying audio, builds on the original pioneering work of 2001 that set "a new and very welcome high standard for teaching lyric diction," according to </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Notes</span><span>:</span><span style=""font-style:italic;""> The Journal of the Music Library



Association</span><span>.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>