A singer's manual of Spanish lyric diction / Nico Castel ; foreword by Plácido Domingo.

Author
Castel, Nico [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Excalibur Pub., c1994.
Description
x, 162 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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    Summary note
    Castel, diction coach and tenor at the Metropolitan Opera, shares his knowledge of languages and experience in coaching and teaching (at Juilliard and elsewhere) to help singers master an often neglected language.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-149) and index.
    Action note
    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Contents
    • An introduction to Spanish vocal music
    • Spanish pronunciation
    • Vowels
    • Monophthongs, diphthongs, triphthongs and quadraphthongs
    • Spanish consonants: definitions
    • Consonants according to articulation points
    • Stress and accent
    • Weakening
    • Assimilation
    • Syllabification
    • Latin American variants
    • Ladino: the ancient language of the Sephardic Jews of Spain.
    ISBN
    0962722693 :
    LCCN
    ^^^94006333^/MN
    OCLC
    29913120
    RCP
    H - S
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