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Scandinavian Song

A Guide to Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish Repertoire and Diction
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 2016

Summary

Scandinavian art songs are a unique expression of the cultures of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Although these three countries are distinct from one another, their languages and cultures share many similarities. Common themes found in art and literature include a love of nature, especially of the sea, feelings of longing and melancholy, the contrast between light and dark, the extremes of the northern climate, and lively folk traditions. These shared sensibilities are reflected and expressed in a tangible way through music.

Scandinavian art song has faced several challenges over the years in North America (even in the American Midwest, where descendants of Scandinavian immigrants are concentrated). But matters have changed recently with the recent expansion of diction curricula to cover languages other than English, French, German, and Italian. The primary obstacle remains practical resources for the study of art songs and lyric diction of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. This guide remedies this problem.

Scandinavian Song is a practical guide to the art songs of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Unlike other sources that give at best a cursory overview of lyric diction in the Scandinavian languages, this guide provides practical information, enabling teachers and students to render transcriptions of Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish texts into the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)—an absolute necessity for any study of repertoire. An extensive survey of available music, sample IPA transcriptions and translations, as well as a website link with native speakers reciting selected song texts, make this book an invaluable resource for students and professors in North American college, university, and conservatory voice programs.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright Year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8453-3
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8454-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
383
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. List of Figures No access
    3. List of Tables No access
    4. Foreword No access
    5. Preface No access
    6. Acknowledgments No access
  1. 1 Introduction No access Pages 1 - 7
    1. 2 Introduction to Part I No access
    2. 3 Swedish Diction No access
    3. 4 Norwegian Diction No access
    4. 5 Danish Diction No access
    1. 6 Introduction to Part II No access
    2. 7 Swedish Repertoire No access
    3. 8 Norwegian Repertoire No access
    4. 9 Danish Repertoire No access
    1. 10 Introduction to Part III No access
    2. 11 Swedish Translations and Transcriptions No access
    3. 12 Norwegian Translations and Transcriptions No access
    4. 13 Danish Translations and Transcriptions No access
  2. References No access Pages 361 - 376
  3. Index No access Pages 377 - 382
  4. About the Author No access Pages 383 - 383

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