Singing in French A Manual of French Diction and French Vocal Repertoire

by Grubb, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780028707907
• ISBN10: 0028707907
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1979-04-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Table of Contents

List of Musical Examples	xi
Foreword	xiii
Pierre Bernac
Preface	xv
An Introduction to Singing in French	1	(20)
Diction, the Missing Link	1	(2)
The French heu and the English um	3	(1)
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)	4	(1)
French: A Legato Language	5	(2)
Consonant-Vowel Flow	7	(2)
Hiatus, Mute and Aspirate h	9	(3)
Syllabic Division	12	(4)
Stress and Word Rhythm	16	(2)
Scores, Editions, Printing Procedures, and Errors	18	(3)
Singing the Sounds of the French Language	21	(60)
The Fifteen Vowel-sounds in French	21	(6)
Ways of Classifying Vowels	22	(2)
Some Guiding Rules for the Formation of Vowels	24	(1)
The Tip of the Tongue	24	(1)
The Sides and the Middle of the Tongue	25	(1)
The Rounding of the Lips	25	(1)
The Jaw	25	(1)
Glottal Attacks	26	(1)
Vowel Modification	26	(1)
Phoneticization, Formation, and Singing of the Vowel-sounds	27	(34)
The Tongue Vowels	27	(1)
[i]	27	(1)
[e]	28	(2)
[&epsis;]	30	(1)
[a]	31	(1)
Exercises	32	(1)
The Lip Vowels	33	(1)
[a]	33	(1)
[c]	34	(1)
[o]	35	(2)
[u]	37	(1)
Exercises	37	(1)
The Mixed Vowels	38	(1)
[y]	39	(1)
[ø]	40	(2)
[œ]	42	(1)
The [œ] and [∂], or Schwa	43	(3)
Pronunciation and Syllabification of Final -e, -es, -ent	46	(2)
Singing Final, Unstressed -e, -es, -ent, [œ] or [&pert;]?	48	(5)
Vocalization of the Hiatus in Final [i œ], [e œ], [y œ]	53	(1)
Eercises	53	(1)
The Nasal Vowels	54	(2)
[a]	56	(2)
[o]	58	(1)
[&epsis;]	58	(1)
[œ]	59	(1)
Exercises	60	(1)
Phoneticization, Formation, and Singing of the Semiconsonants	61	(6)
Semiconsonant [h]	62	(2)
Yod [j]	64	(1)
Semiconsonant [w]	65	(1)
Exercises	66	(1)
Phoneticization, Formation, and Singing of the Consonants	67	(14)
The Explosives [b] [d] [g] [p] [t] [k]	70	(3)
The Fricatives [v] [z] [3] [f] [s] [f]	73	(2)
The Nasals [m] [mm] [n] [nn]	75	(2)
The Lateral [l] [ll]	77	(1)
Flipped [r], Rolled [rr], Uvular [R]	77	(2)
Exercises	79	(2)
Liaison	81	(16)
Forbidden Liaisons	82	(3)
Optional Liaisons	85	(3)
Compulsory Liaisons	88	(2)
Phonetic Changes Due to Liaison	90	(2)
Special Words and Liaison	92	(3)
Exercises	95	(2)
How to Phoneticize and Prepare the Text of a Song or Aria	97	(8)
The Phoneticization and Intoning Procedures	97	(2)
The Interpretation of a French Song or Aria Text	99	(6)
Selection of the Song or Aria	99	(1)
Fluent Recitation of the Translation	100	(1)
Fluent Recitation of the Original Text in French	101	(1)
Research on the Text	101	(1)
Interpretation while Singing	102	(2)
``French Style''	104	(1)
The Application of Diction Techniques to Other Aspects of Singing	105	(36)
Recitative	105	(29)
Diction in Coloratura Passages	134	(3)
Vocal Staccato	137	(1)
Vocalic Harmonization	138	(3)
A Catalogue of French Vocal Repertoire	141	(50)
Abbreviation Key	141	(2)
Songs	143	(21)
Arias	164	(27)
Coloratura Soprano	165	(2)
Lyric Coloratura	167	(2)
Lyric Soprano	169	(3)
Soprano (Dramatic or ``Spinto'')	172	(3)
Lyric Mezzo-soprano	175	(2)
Mezzo-soprano	177	(3)
Light Lyric Tenor	180	(2)
Tenor	182	(3)
Baritone	185	(3)
Bass-baritone, Bass	188	(3)
Appendix	191	(1)
Index of Vowel-letters, Single and in Combination	191	(13)
Index of Consonant-letters, Single and in Combination	204	(10)
Pronunciation of Proper Nouns Occurring in the Repertoire	214	(3)
Bibliography	217	(2)
Answer Key	219	(3)
Recording Illustrations (Flex-Record)	222