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French Lyric Diction: A Singer's Guide provides a thorough account of the language as it is sung in opera and mélodie, exploring often-overlooked topics including phrasal and emphatic stress, vocalic length, singing the French r, and traditions in the setting of French poetry.
Cover -- French Lyric Diction -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- PART ONE Singing in French -- Introduction -- Characteristics of the French Language -- Le style soutenu -- 1. The International Phonetic Alphabet in French -- French Phonemes -- Other Symbols -- 2. French Vowel Sounds -- The Vowel Diagram -- Primary Cardinal Vowels -- Mixed Vowels -- Mute e: The French Schwa -- Vocalic Aperture -- Nasal Vowels -- Vocalic Length -- Semiconsonants -- 3. French Consonant Sounds -- Articulation of French Consonants -- Plosives -- Fricatives -- Nasal Consonants -- Lateral l
The French r -- Mute h and Aspirated h -- Borrowed Affricates in French -- Pronunciation of Consonants: Voiced, Unvoiced, or Silent? -- La détente de la consonne-​Consonant Release -- 4. The 'Consonant-​Vowel Flow' of the French Phrase -- French Syllabification -- Le groupe phonétique-​The Phonetic Group -- L'enchaînement consonantique-​Consonant Linking -- L'élision vocalique-​Vocalic Elision -- Hiatus -- The Phonetic Group in French Recitative -- Methods for Transcription in French -- 5. Liaison -- Liaison from an Historical Perspective -- Liaisons obligatoires-​Required Liaisons
Liaisons facultatives-​Optional Liaisons -- Liaisons interdites-​Forbidden Liaisons -- Spelling and Pronunciation in Liaison -- Making Decisions about Liaison -- Liaison in Exceptional Cases -- The Use of Liaison in Common Vocabulary -- 6. Mute e in French Poetry and Vocal Music -- The Role of Mute e -- Treatment of Mute e in the Score -- 7. Special Pronunciation Considerations -- L'accent d'insistance-​French Emphatic Stress -- L'harmonisation vocalique-​Vocalic Harmonization -- La gémination consonantique-​Consonant Lengthening -- Words with Variable Pronunciations -- Numbers
PART TWO French Pronunciation A-​Z -- Preamble to Part Two -- A Comprehensive Pronunciation Guide to French Orthography -- PART THREE Pronunciation Dictionaries -- Preamble to Part Three -- Pronunciation Dictionary of Proper Nouns -- Pronunciation Dictionary of Borrowed Italian Musical Terms -- Bibliography -- Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2023