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"The fusion of text with music is one of the most powerful methods by which a composer can express emotion to an audience, yet, all too often, the diction of choral groups is lacking to such a degree as to make the text unintelligible." So argues Duane R. Karna, who in The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal brings together 30 essays by experts from around the world to describe how the character symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) can be used by singers in the choral rehearsal.
In an effort to conquer one of the greatest challenges facing choral directors and their choirs, contributors explore the use of the IPA system in a vast range of languages. Readers will find essays devoted to the use of IPA on matters of lyric diction for the following tongues: Baltic Languages, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Dutch, Ecclesiastical Latin, English, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Germanic Latin, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish. Holding firmly to the belief that basic instruction in IPA character is part of a choir's training, Karna and his contributors see enormous potential for choirs to expand considerably their foreign-language repertoire and save considerable rehearsal time.
The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal is the ideal primer for choral directors and choirmasters as well as choir members.
Contents
Foreword, Thomas Goleeke
Preface
The IPA Symbols
The Use of the IPA in the Choral Rehearsal, Duane Karna
Vowel and Consonant Modification for Choirs, John Nix
English Diction, Thomas Goleeke
Ecclesiastical Latin, Andrew Crow
Italian, Susan Bender
German Diction, Kathleen Maurer
Germanic Latin in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, Hank Dahlman
French Diction, Kathleen Maurer
Spanish Diction and the IPA, Joshua Habermann
Hebrew, Ethan Nash
Romanian Language and Pronunciation, Bogdan Minut
Japanese Diction for Singers, Minoru Yamada
Chinese Pronunciation Guide for Western Singers, Mei Zhong
Korean Diction, Soojeong Lee
Singing Brazilian Portuguese, Martha Herr and Wladimir Mattos
Swahili for Native English Language Choral Singers, Stephan Wilson and Kathleen Wilson
Basque Diction, Gotzon Ibarretxe and Kepa Larrea
Hawaiian Diction and the IPA, Joshua Habermann
Hungarian, Harald Jers and Ágnes Farkas
Baltic Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian, Heather M. Garbes and Andrew Schmidt
The Dutch Language, Petronella Palm
Georgian Pronunciation, Clayton Parr
Russian Diction, David M. Thomas
Swedish, Christine Ericsdotter and Sten Ternström
Finnish and IPA, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
Greek Diction, Areti Topouzides
Norwegian Diction, Dan Dressen
Polish IPA, Anna Helwing
