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Genre/Form: | Electronic book Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: LaBouff, Kathryn. Singing and communicating in English. New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 (DLC) 2006030318 (OCoLC)71369176 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kathryn LaBouff |
ISBN: | 9780198042532 0198042531 9781435638839 1435638832 9786611163693 6611163697 1281163694 9781281163691 |
OCLC Number: | 219735152 |
Language Note: | English. |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 326 pages) : illustrations |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Introduction to diction -- Communicating the thought -- Introduction to vowels -- The fronting vowels -- The backing vowels -- The mixed vowels -- Diphthongs -- The three semi-vowel glides -- Introduction to consonants -- The plosives -- The fricatives -- The nasal consonants plus the lyrical L -- The owner's manual : connecting the dots -- Singing in the British dialect : "The rain in Spain" -- The mid-Atlantic dialect -- Appendix I. The international phonetic alphabet for English -- Appendix II. Three-dialect overview -- Appendix III. Regional dialects found in vocal repertoire. |
Responsibility: | Kathryn LaBouff. |
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In the rehearsal process Kathryn LaBouff is my secret weapon. She has an uncanny ability to take dramatic ideas and unify them with her own technical and diction work for the performer. The result of her collaboration is that the performer can activate and communicate the text like no one else. The diction techniques that she developed are easily accessible in this book, and will help clean up English text delivery in productions around the world. This is amust-have for all directors, coaches, teachers, performers and anyone who champions opera in English. * Francesca Zambello, Director, Artistic Advisor to San Francisco Opera * Staggeringly high standard of diction. The surest method of converting people to Opera. * Opera Now * Singing in English can be one of the most satisfying experiences for a singer. Whilst singers realize considerable skills in a range of European languages, English remains sidelined, expected to look after itself. This book offers guidance to singers for 'singing and communicating,' which then leads to comprehension - for artist and audience alike. In exploring this rich and varied language, Kathryn LaBouff deals fully with some 7bvious, and other much lessobvious aspects of singing in English. Her book deserves a special place in every singer's library. * Sir Thomas Allen CBE, Kammersanger of the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich * Read more...

