Linguistics for Singers

Linguistics for Singers: An Introduction is a textbook and manual that provides singers with a foundation in linguistic features of four major singing languages: English, Italian, French, and German, and shows how these features can be used to inform vocal performance and interpretation.

Gregory Camp is Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Acknowledgements Part One: Language One Introduction: Why Languages? Two Translation Part Two: Phonetics Three Vowels Four Consonants Part Three: Grammar Five Nouns Six The Noun Phrase Seven Verbs Eight Other Parts of Speech Nine Syntax Part Four: Poetics Ten English and German Versification Eleven French and Italian Versification Part Five: Examples Twelve English Examples Thirteen Italian Examples Fourteen German Examples Fifteen French Examples Conclusion References Index