Singing in Brazilian Portuguese : a guide to lyric diction and vocal repertoire / Marcía D. Porter.

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Porter, Marcía [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
  • ©2017
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xxix, 322 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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    "While popular forms of Brazilian music include bossa nova and samba, Brazil also has a rich classical music tradition dating back to the 1500s that exhibits a unique and diverse amalgamation of many styles and influences including African, Italian, French, and indigenous. Singing in Brazilian Portuguese: A Guide to Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire makes Brazilian modinhas and canções accessible to singers through an overview of the history of the language and music, brief biographies of major composers, and a sampling of selected texts transliterated into the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Part I introduces the alphabet and pronunciation of sounds through IPA and is enhanced by online audio recordings of native Brazilian classical singers. Marcía D. Porter covers such topics as oral and nasal vowels, diagraphs, onset and final consonants, word stress, and syllabification. It also includes an overview of the newly implemented Acordo Ortográfico. Part II provides IPA transliterations and both word-for-word and poetic translations of representative songs, including Villa-Lobos's Bachianas brasileiras, no. 5. The book also offers a brief overview of the history of Brazilian vocal music and biographical sketches of select major composers from various periods. Singing in Brazilian Portuguese is the first resource of its kind geared toward singers, voice teachers, vocal coaches, collaborative pianists, and others who are interested in exploring, teaching, and performing this beautiful and exciting repertoire"--Publisher's description.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • The sounds of Brazilian Portuguese. Introduction to the sounds
    • Syllabification and word stress
    • As vogais : the vowels
    • As consoantes : the consonants
    • Word linkage
    • Brazilian Vocal Repertoire : Canções e Modinhas. The Italian school : José Maurício Nunes Garcia and Antônio Carlos Gomes
    • Canções in the nineteenth century : the rise of nationalism : Henrique Oswold ; Alexandre Levy ; Albert Nepomuceno ; Glauco Velásquez
    • Heitor Villa-Lobos
    • The second generation of nationalists : Ernani Costa Braga ; Oscar Lorenzo Fernández ; Francisco Mignone
    • Twentieth century nationalists and beyond : Radamés Gnatalli ; Mozart Camargo Guarnieri ; Cláudio Santoro
    • Appendices: Poets ; Collections ; Organizations ; Publishers ; Pronunciation checklist.
    ISBN
    • 9780810889026 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
    • 0810889021 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
    LCCN
    2016054569
    OCLC
    964438038
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