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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheek, Timothy, 1957- author.

Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Guides to lyric diction.

Guides to lyric diction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Czech language--Pronunciation.

Czech language.

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

Vocal music.

Vocal music--Czech Republic--Bibliography.

Singing--Diction.

Singing.

Czech Republic.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (429 p.)

Edition:

Revised edition.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2015.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<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>

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-398) and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 19, 2015).

ISBN:

979-82-16-40131-5

0-8108-8878-5

OCLC:

900345731