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Resources for Singers: Diction

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Diction books are available in MT 883.

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Diction Books

Diction Books

General texts, followed by individual languages listed alphabetically

	A handbook of diction for singers : Italian, German, French / David Adams. New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. Second Edition Reference MT883 .A23 2008
	Diction for singers : a concise reference for English, Italian, Latin, German, French, and Spanish pronunciation / Joan Wall ... [et al.]. Redmond, Wash. : Diction for Singers.com, c2009. Second edition MT883 .D53 2009
	Singing early music : the pronunciation of European languages in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance / edited by Timothy J. McGee with A.G. Rigg and David N. Klausner. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1996. Audio record 7671 CD MT883 .S56 1996
	Singing in Czech : a guide to Czech lyric diction and vocal repertoire Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015] MT883 .C44 2015 e-book
	Singing and communicating in English [electronic resource] : a singer’s guide to English diction / Kathryn LaBouff. New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. e-book
	Singing in French : a manual of French diction and French vocal repertoire / Thomas Grubb ; with a foreword by Pierre Bernac. New York : Schirmer Books, ©1979. MT883 .G88
	Singing in Greek : a guide to Greek lyric diction and vocal repertoire / Lydia Zervanos. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015] MT833 .Z47 2015
	Singers’ Italian : a manual of diction and phonetics / by Evelina Colorni. New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Prentice Hall International, c1996. MT883 .C64 1996
	Singing in Latin, or, Pronunciation explor’d / Harold Copeman ; with a preface by Andrew Parrott. Oxford : H. Copeman, 1990. Reference FOLIO MT883 .C65 1990
	Singing in Russian : a guide to language and performance / Emily Olin. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012. Audio Record MU-61 CD Reference MT883 .O45 2012 e-book
	A singer’s manual of Spanish lyric diction / Nico Castel ; foreword by Plácido Domingo. New York : Excalibur Pub., c1994. MT883 .C27 1994 Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, [2010] FOLIO M1507.S6363 T4 2010a