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1 online resource |
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880-01 Russian alphabet -- Russian vowels -- Russian consonants -- A little bit of grammar -- Pillars of creative performance -- Difficulties and delights of singing in Russian : essays by non-Russian singers. Russian for American singers : a first-hand experience / by Peter Clark ; Singing in Russian / by Phyllis Farmer ; "I feel personal connection to the Russian repertoire" / by Mary Phillips ; The challenges and joys of singing in Russian / by Patrick Carfizzi ; "Russian music : part of my heart" / by Sasha Lazard -- Russian style in performance : essays by Russian musicians. Russian romance : pronunction, style, and interpretation / by Valery Aliev ; Some advice for singing Russian music / by Ruben P. Lisitsian ; Russian music is still undiscovered / by Vera Tariverdieva -- Russian composers and world music -- Russian opera -- Recommended Russian operatic repertoire: Arias -- Recommended Russian art song repertoire: romances -- Literary inspiration -- Appendices. Working with a dictionary ; Compilation of sung exercises |
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880-01/(N Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Recordings -- Part One FROM START TO STAGE -- 1 Russian Alphabet -- HISTORY OF THE ALPHABET -- THE ALPHABET -- 2 Russian Vowels -- HARD VOWELS-STRESSED -- HARD VOWELS-UNSTRESSED: VOWEL REDUCTION -- SOFT VOWELS-STRESSED -- SOFT VOWELS-UNSTRESSED: VOWEL REDUCTION -- Й (EE-KRATKOYE) -- VOWEL CLUSTERS -- STRESS IN RUSSIAN WORDS -- MUSIC ANALYSIS EXAMPLE -- SUMMARY -- 3 Russian Consonants -- HARD CONSONANTS -- SOFT CONSONANTS -- HISSING CONSONANTS: Ж, Ц, Ч, Ш, AND Щ -- Always Hard: ж, ц, and ш -- Always Soft: ч and щ -- RUSSIAN CONSONANT Р -- HARD AND SOFT SIGNS -- Hard Sign: ъ -- Soft sign: ь -- VOICED AND VOICELESS CONSONANTS -- Paired Consonants -- Devoicing -- CONSONANT CLUSTERS -- TWO-CONSONANT CLUSTERS -- DOUBLE CONSONANTS -- CONSONANTS FROM THE SAME PAIR -- DIFFERENT CONSONANTS -- MULTI-CONSONANT CLUSTERS -- SILENT CONSONANTS -- CONSONANT SOFTENING IN CLUSTERS -- EXCEPTIONS -- Conversion from г to в -- Conversion from г to х -- Conversion from з to ж -- Conversion from ч to ш -- Conversions from жч, зч, and сч to щ -->Conversion from -тся and -ться to -тца -- PRONUNCIATION OF UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES -- MUSIC ANALYSIS EXAMPLE -- SUMMARY -- 4 A Little Bit of Grammar -- PARTS OF A WORD -- Root -- Prefix -- Suffix -- Ending -- Syllables -- BASIC PARTS OF SPEECH -- Noun -- Adjective -- Numeral -- Pronoun -- Pronouns Ты (Thou) and Вы (You) -- Verb -- Adverb -- Preposition -- Conjunction -- Particle -- Interjection -- SHORT WORDS -- INTERROGATIVE WORDS -- WORD ORDER IN RUSSIAN SENTENCES -- RUSSIAN PUNCTUATION -- SUMMARY -- 5 Pillars of Creative Performance -- DEMANDS OF THE GENRE -- ARTICULATION AND PRONUNCIATION -- PHRASE -- PHRASING -- INTERPRETATION -- TEXT -- "INVISIBLE INSPIRATION" -- MUSIC ANALYSIS EXAMPLE -- Background: Traveling Back to the 19th Century |
| Summary |
Founded on the underlying principle that sung language differs dramatically from spoken language, Singing in Russian offers a comprehensive and accessible approach to understanding, mastering, and performing Russian vocal music. After covering the basics of the Cyrillic alphabet and Russian grammar and diction, author Emily Olin encourages readers to take the innovative step of using the music itself to guide the singer's pronunciation and interpretation. English sound comparisons, linguistic and musical examples, and multifaceted exercises complement textual explanations, reinforcing the tech |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index |
| Notes |
Acc. sound disc contains spoken and sung demonstrations and exercises |
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Print version record |
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Singing -- Diction.
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Russian language -- Pronunciation
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
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Russian language -- Pronunciation
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Singing -- Diction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012012279 |
| ISBN |
0810881179 |
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9780810881174 |
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