Since 1964, the first edition has served singers, teachers of singing, and students of lyric diction as a guide to the correct pronunciation of songs in foreign languages. Lyrics and phonetic transcriptions are presented together so that a song may be correctly articulated from the first reading. The 413 songs included have been carefully selected from Coffin's The Singer's Repertoire (1960) and are representative of the most frequently performed vocal repertoire, with songs and arias for all voice classifications. This second edition contains revised German transcriptions with diphthongs altered to be of better acoustical and vocal value in singing. Correlated with Coffin's Overtones of Bel Canto (1980).
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The late Berton Coffin's teachings and writings established him as an international authority on vocal pedagogy. Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado, Boulder, he also lived and taught in Europe from 1976 to 1983-in his private studio in Vienna; during summers with the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria; and in twenty-one opera houses in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. He presented master classes in the United States and in Europe and served as a visiting professor of voice at U.S. universities. Dr. Coffin, baritone, held academic and professional music degrees from Columbia University, Eastman School of Music, Chicago Musical College, and Earlham College.
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A Great Tool for Classical Singers
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The information contained in Phoenetic Readings of Songs and Arias is an absolutely necessary tool for every student of classical vocal repertoire. Not only do the authors understand what the novice singer needs, in terms of word order and pronounciation, but the information is also a very handy reference for the advanced singer and teacher. The best thing about this volume is that translations of the original word order of the original language is given, so that the student can see "how the language works" in its own word order. A great book!.
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By Rebecca Ballinger
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This will save you A LOT of money!! Buy this instead of using IPA source every time! There are very few markings that I disagree with and has a wide range of Italian, French and German songs. It has the least amount of songs in the French language, but the Italian and German sections are phenominal. Any serious singer should own it.
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By Ruth Robertson
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I've been teaching out of this book for 25 years or so. My old copy was falling apart and then finally got lost (I want to think one of my students pilfered it because they liked so well. So now I have a LIKE NEW (lightly used one) and can breathe again. This has the international phonetic translation for thousands of Italian, German, and French art songs and operatic arias. I highly recommend it.
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