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IPA Resources

These are resources that either discuss the International Phonetic Alphabet or use it as a pronunciation tool.

Articles

Arkebauer, George G. "Phonetics as Applied in Both Singing and Speaking." The Bulletin Vol. 5 (January, 1949), beginning p. 6. Visit Site

Austin, John. "Pronunciation of the Middle High German Sections of Carl Orff's 'Carmina Burana.'" Choral Journal, Sept. 1995. Uses IPA, compares middle German with modern.

Graham, Arthur. "Singing the Neapolitan Song." The NATS Bulletin, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Mar/Apr 1984). Includes rules for pronunciation of Neapolitan dialect and several popular Neapolitan songs transcribed into IPA. Visit Site

Miller, Richard. "Thinking Phonetically." The NATS Journal Vol. 47 (January, 1991), beginning p. 27. Visit Site

Ophaug, Wencke. Vowel migration and equalisation in classical singing. UNIPUBforlag, oslo. Acta Humaniora no.66/ 1999. ISBN 0806-3222. The author asks: "In what ways are classical singing special? In this Ph.D thesis acoustic properties of sung and spoken vowels are compared. It is proposed that singers have to find a balance between musical demands related to voice quality and timbre on the one hand and vowel intelligibility on the other, while in speech only the latter counts. This study extends its scope and looks into contrastive differences between vowels, sung and spoken by Norwegian and German singers. In addition to acoustical studies, listening experiments were performed to get an insight into the criteria that listeners apply to judge sung vowels as native. Several suggestions are given which may help singers to develop strategies for singing foreign languages." The author may be contacted at wencke.ophaug@german.uio.no .

Books

Bacchelli, Gabriella. Harper Collins Italian-English College Dictionary, English-Italian dictionary includes both Italian and English IPA transcriptions. Hardback. Good explanations of usage. Ordering Information

Barber, Josephine. German for Musicians. Indiana University Press,1985. Uses teaching materials from "opera libreti, composers' letters, instructions in scores" and other music-related materials, and includes IPA as a pronunciation tool. Ordering Information

Brandao, Stela. The Brazilian Art Song. A Performance Guide Utilizing Selected Works by Heitor Villa-Lobos. Doctoral Dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York 1999. In this work, 13 songs by Vlla-Lobos were "analysed by its historical, geographical, folkloric, literary, poetic and sociological context, plus its linguistic, musical and interpretive features. The texts were translated literally, idiomatically, as well as transcribed phonetically, using the IPA." Also includes a dicussion of the main differences between Portugese as it is spoken in Brazil and Portugal. A Pronunciation Guide explains each sound in the language as they should be sung in lyric diction, according to The First Congress of the National Sung Language. The author may be reached at stela@abordo.com.br . Dissertation may be available through Visit Site

Burgess, Anthony. A Mouthful of Air. William Morrow & Co., 1993. Craig Tompkins describes this books as "A fascinating read about the evolution of languages, especially English. Burgess uses IPA to illustrate his ideas, and covers subjects from the basics of speech production to similarities in language families to Shakespearean English to accents and dialects. Although not directly related to singing, many of his ideas are easily transferable." Ordering Information

Canepari, Luciano. Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana. Zanichelli, Bologna 1999. ISBN 88-08-09344-1. John Glenn Paton describes this book as "the first Italian pronouncing dictionary (no definitions) that uses IPA throughout. Known by the abbreviation 'il DiPI.' Rich in proper names and special expressions. Scientific in approach. Prof. Canepari (U. of Venice), born in 1947, is a respected phonetician." He adds: "I am delighted to have found this dictionary for proper names and many expressions in modern Italian, such as pronunciations of acronyms. Canepari gives many regional pronunciations, and uses special symbols to indicate pronunciations that are not recommended." This dictionary has been recommended to the Diction Domain by several respected sources. For ordering information, look up Canepari at Visit Site

Canepari, Luciano. Manuale di pronuncia italiana. Zanichelli, Bologna 1999. John Glenn Paton describes this book as "A description of Italian pronunciation, including word connections, intonation, regional accents, and exercise materials. Known by the abbreviation 'il MaPI.' The first edition appeared in 1992; this is the second. Two audiocassettes are available to illustrate the recommended pronunciations." He adds that he finds this to be "a work for the specialist. The matierial covered is complex, and the writing style is academic, that is, difficult, even for Italians." Ordering Information

Castel, Nico. A Singer's Manual of Spanish Lyric Diction. Excalibur Publishing, NY 1994. Includes many dialects and national tendencies. Ordering Information

Castel, Nico. French Opera Libretti, Vol. I. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1999. ISBN 1-878617-27-3. "This first of three projected volumes contains the following French opera libretti: Werther and Ch�rubin (Massenet); Carmen (Bizet); Samson et Dalila (Saint-Sa�ns); Lakm� (Delibes); Pell�as et M�lisande (Debussy); Don Carlos (Verdi)[French version]; Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach). The volume also contains IPA transcriptions and word-for-word English translations of the French texts; commentary by Nico Castel and a Foreword by Beverly Sills." Ordering info available at Visit Site

Castel, Nico. French Opera Libretti, Vol. II. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2000. ISBN 1-878617-36-2. "This is the second of a projected three-volume set of French opera libretti. It contains the following operas: Faust and Rom�o et Juliette (Gounod); La Juive (Hal�vy); Mignon and Hamlet (Thomas); Tha�s and Manon (Massenet); and Les P�cheurs de Perles (Bizet). Also included are the IPA transcriptions and word-for-word English translations of the French texts; commentary by Nico Castel; and a Foreword by Beverly Sills." Ordering info available at Visit Site

Castel, Nico. Italian Belcanto Opera Libretti, Vol. I. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2000. ISBN 1-878617-33-8. "This is the first of three projected volumes of Belcanto opera libretti: Volume I contains the following operas: Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Il Turco in Italia (Rossini); Lucia di Lammermoor, L'Elisir d'Amore and Lucraezia Borgia (Donizetti) and Norma and I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini). The IPA transcriptions and word-for-word English translations are included, as well as commentary by Nico Castel and a Foreword by Dame Joan Sutherland." Ordering info available at Visit Site

Castel, Nico. Italian Belcanto Opera Libretti, Vol. II. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2001. ISBN 1-878617-34-6. "This second of three projected Belcanto libretti consists of the following operas: La Cenerentola and L'Italiana in Algeri (Rossini); La Sonnambula and I Puritani (Bellini); Anna Bolena; Maria Stuarda; Roberto Devereux and Don Pasquale (Donizetti). Also included are the IPA transcriptions and word-for-word English translations of the Italian texts; commentary by Nico Castel; and a Foreword by Dame Joan Sutherland." Visit Site

Castel, Nico. The Complete Puccini Libretti, Vol. I and II. .Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2002. ISBN 1-878617-46-X and 1-878617-09-5. Vol. 1 is a revised, hard-bound version of the earlier 1993 edition. This later edition is edited by Marcie Stapp. It contains the following five opera libretti: La Boheme; Edgar; La Fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; and Manon Lescaut. Volume II of the Puccini Libretti (available in paperback only) contains: La Rondine; Tosca; Il Trittico (Il Tabarro; Suor Angelica; and Gianni Schicchi) and Le Villi. Both volumes feature the International Phonetic Alphabet spelling of the Italian texts; word-for-word English translations; a guide to the IPA, Notes on the Italian transcriptions; and a Foreword by Sherrill Milnes. Received positive reviews from Opera News, NATS Journal of Singing and Choice. Ordering information available from Visit Site

Castel, Nico. The Complete Verdi Libretti, Vol. I. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1994. ISBN 1-878617-10-9. "This first of four volumes of the complete Verdi libretti contains the following seven operas: A�da; Alzira; Aroldo; Attila; Un Ballo in Maschera; La Battaglia di Legnano; and Il Corsaro. Also included are: IPA transcriptions; Word-for-word translations of the Italian texts; commentary by Nico Castel and a Foreword by Sherrill Milnes." Ordering info available at Visit Site

Castel, Nico. The Complete Verdi Libretti, Vol. II. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1995. ISBN 1-878617-11-7. "This second of four volumes of Verdi's complete libretti includes the following operas: Don Carlo; I Due Foscari; Ernani; Falstaff; La Forza del Destino; Giovanna d'Arco; and Un Giorno di Regno. In addition, the libretti contain IPA transcriptions and Word-for-word English translations of the Italian texts; commentary by Nico Castel, and a Foreword by Sherrill Milnes." Ordering info available at Visit Site

Castel, Nico. The Complete Verdi Libretti, Vol. III. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1996. ISBN 1-878617-12-5. "This third of four volumes contains the following seven Verdi opera libretti: I Lombardi; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; I Masnadieri; Nabucco; Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio; and Otello. Also included are the IPA transcriptions and word-for-word Engalish translations of the Italian texts; commentary by Nico Castel; and a Foreword by Sherrill Milnes." Ordering info available at Visit Site

Castel, Nico. The Complete Verdi Libretti, Vol. IV. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1996. ISBN 1-878617-13-3. "This fourth volume of a four-volume set of the complete Verdi opera libretti includes the following operas: Rigoletto; Simon Boccanegra; Stiffelio; La Traviata; Il Trovatore; and I Vespri Siciliani. Also included are: IPA transcriptions and Word-for-word English translations of the Italian texts; commentary by Nico Castel; and a Foreword by Sherrill Milnes. " Ordering info available at Visit Site

Castel, Nico. The Libretti of Mozart's Completed Operas, Vol. I and II. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1997; 1998. ISBN 1-878617-21-4 and 1-878617-22-2. Volume I contains seven of Mozart's completed opera libretti, including: Bastien und Bastienne; La Clemenza di Tito; Cos� fan Tutte; Don Giovanni; Die Entf�hrung aus dem Serail; La Finta Giardiniera; and La Finta Semplice. Volume II contains: Idomeneo; Lucio Silla; Mitridate, Re di Ponto; Le Nozze di Figaro; Il Re Pastore; Der Schauspieldirektor; and Die Zauberfl�te. It also contains two arias from Za�de, which was not completed. These libretti feature the IPA transcriptions and word-for-word translations of the Italian and German texts. Additional notes on using the IPA and other commentary is give by Nico Castel; Foreword by Julius Rudel. Received positive reviews from Opera News, and NATS Journal of Singing. Ordering information available at Visit Site

Castel, Nico. Verismo Opera Libretti, Vol. I. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2000. ISBN 1-878617-37-0. "This volume of Verismo opera libretti contains the following: Andrea Ch�nier and Fedora (Giordano); Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea); La Boh�me and Pagliacci (Leoncavallo); Mefistofele (Boito); Cavalleria Rusticana and L'Amico Fritz (Mascagni); and La Gioconda (Ponchielli). Also included are the IPA transcriptions and word-for-word English translations of the Italian texts; commentary by Nico Castel and a Foreword by Placido Domingo." Ordering info available at Visit Site

Challis, Natalia. The Singer's Rachmaninoff. 1989. Includes original Russian texts with pronunciation in IPA and English translations. Ordering Information

Cheek, Timothy. Singing in Czech. Scarecrow Press, NJ 2001. Includes CD with native singers speaking and singing all the sounds of the Czech language. Includes rules for sounds, exercises and examples, Moravian dialect, singing in Slovak. Also an overview of literature along with texts of songs and arias, word-by-word translations, idiomatic translations, IPA transcriptions, and listings of timings and editions. Whew!! This is the source for Czech diction. Ordering Information

Chiti, Patricia Adkins, Ed. Phonetic transcriptions by John Glenn Paton. Songs and Duets of Garcia, Malibran and Viardot: Rediscovered Songs by Legendary Singers. Alfred Publishing Co., 1997. 14 songs in Spanish, French and Italian, with phonetic transcriptions, a key to the IPA and notes about the transcriptions. Visit Site

Colaianni, Louis. The Joy of Phonetics and Accents. One of our readers writes: "Colaianni has devised wonderfully entertaining phonetic pillow games for student actors which result in an exhuberant liberation of their inherent multiphonological abilities. Far from denying the importance of 'good speech,' the Joy of Phonetics throws open a door marked 'This way to great speaking!' and with sound common sense, shows that versatile speaking and intelligibility onstage are an integral part of the actor's talent." Note: There is now a companion workbook for this text called Bringing Speech to Life. Drama Books 2000., by Louis Colaianni and and Claudia Anderson, described by one of the authors as "a creative tool for theatre students and others studying phonetics." Ordering Information

Collins German English English German Dictionary. Berklee Books, NY, 1985. ISBN 0-425-08296-2. IPA Dictionary. Paperback or hardback, believed to be out-of-print, but a wonderful resource. Newer editions of the Collins or Harper Collins dictionaries are available, but we haven't been able to verify if they use IPA.

Collins Italian English English Italian Dictionary. Berklee Books, NY, 1983. ISBN 0-425-05451-9. Paperback or hardback, believed to be out-of-print, but a wonderful IPA dictionary. Newer editions of the Collins or Harper Collins dictionaries are available, but we haven't been able to verify if they use IPA.

Collins Spanish English English Spanish Dictionary. Berklee Books, NY, 1986. Paperback or hardback, a wonderful IPA dictionary. Ordering Information

Collins, Beverley and Inger M. Mees. The Real Professor Higgins: the Life and Career of Daniel Jones. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin and New York 1999. ISBN 311015124-3. As one of the authors shared with us: This book is a "biography of Daniel Jones (probably the original of Henry Higgins, and NOT Henry Sweet as Shaw misleadingly claimed.)" Ordering Information

Colorni, Evelna. Singer's Italian: A Manual of Diction and Phonetics. Schirmer Books, NY 1970. Ordering Information

Costamagna, Lidia. Pronunciare l'italiano. Edizioni Guerra, Perugia 1996. One of our readers feels that this is "Probably the best of all to help in the classroom. It has great exercises for IPA and listening." For mroe information about this book and accompanying cassette, look under "commerciale" at Visit Site

Davis, Eileen. Sing French ISBN: 0-9710879-2-X, Eclair� Press, 2003.The author shares: "Written by a professional singer and teacher, Sing French approaches the subect from the singer's standpoint, always taking into account the basic singing space. The information is comprehensive and accessible by section listings. Seven songs, by Duparc, Faur� and Debussy, are presented within the book with text analyses and vocal lines, complete with IPA transcriptions and literal translations. Full piano-vocal scores of these songs (each in two keys) comprise appendix 4. On the accompanying compact disk the French examples and vocal lines are demonstrated along with the seven songs in performance and the piano accompaniments in two keys." Visit Site

Draayer, Suzanne Rhodes. A Singer's Guide to the Songs of Joaquin Rodrigo. Scarecrow University Press, 1999. This guide to Joaquin Rodrigo's vocal works includes word-for-word translations, idiomatic translations, background information, biographies, and IPA transcriptions of his eighty-seven songs. Ordering Information

Draayer, Suzanne Rhodes. Canciones de Espa�a�Songs of Nineteenth-Century Spain. These Spanish anthologies are published by Scarecrow Press in high and low voice. Includes 23 songs by 17 composers, pronunciation guide to Castilian Spanish, IPA transcriptions, word-for-word translations, idiomatic translations, and short biographical sketches of each composer. For more info., search www.scarecrowpress.com under Draayer, or see the author's website at www.joaquinrodrigo-songs.com. Ordering Information

Eisenson, Jon. Voice and Diction: A Program for Improvement. 7th ed., Allyn & Bacon, 1996. ISBN 0-205-19869-4, 436pgs. Designed for spoken-diction, uses IPA, and addresses resional American accent traps. Ordering Information

Ellingboe, Bradley. Forty-Five Songs of Edvard Grieg. Leyerle Publicatons, Geneseo, New York 1988. ISBN 0-9602296-8-X. "Contains the melody lines (not the piano accompaniment) with four Danish and forty-one Norwegian song texts, with English singing texts included beneath the melody lines. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions to English and English singing translations, word-for-word translations for Norwegian and Danish texts, short biographies of the various poets, an introduction and brief history of the evolution of the Norwegian language, and suggestions for using the IPA are all found in this volume." A companion volume, A Grieg Song Anthology (ISBN 1-878617-00-1) contains all 45 songs with piano accompaniments. Ordering Information

Finch, Diane F. and Ortiz, Hector. A Course in English Phonetics for Spanish Speakers. Heinemann Educational Books, London 1982. Ordering Information

Fowler's Modern English Usage. R.W. Burchfield, Ed. 3rd ed., Oxford Press, 1996, 896 pp, ISBN 0-19-869126-2. This edition of this dictionary now uses IPA. Ordering Information

Fromkin, Victoria and Robert Rodman. An Introduction to Language. International Thomson Publishing 1998. Marie Ann Nicola shares: "This book covers the basics of IPA, placement in the mouth, phoneme, semantics and more then you would ever want to know about your language in that Henry Higgins kind of way. This book really helped me understand fully what it was that I was learning in Diction." Ordering Information

Gartside, Robert. Interpreting the Songs of Gabriel Faur�. Leyerle Publications, 1996. Contains desccriptions of songs, plus translations and IPA transcriptions. Ordering Information

Gartside, Robert. Interpreting the Songs of Maurice Ravel. Leyerle Publications, 1992. Contains descriptions of songs, plus translations and IPA transcriptions. Ordering Information

Glass, Beaumont. Brahms' Complete Song Texts. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York. 1999. ISBN 1-878617-26-5. Features the complete song texts of Johannes Brahms in one volume, containing texts to solo songs, duets, Liebeslieder Waltzes (both sets), The Alto Rhapsody, and Folk Song Arrangements; with International Phonetic Alphabet Transcriptions, Word-for-word English Translations, and Commentary by Beaumont Glass. Received positive review from Choice and NATS Journal of Singing. Ordering Information

Glass, Beaumont. Hugo Wolf's Complete Song Texts. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2000. ISBN 1-878617-38-9. Features the complete song texts of Hugo Wolf, containing all the completed solo songs, including those not published during the composer's lifetime, with the International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, Word-for-word English translations, and, when needed, literary English translations, with commentary by Beaumont Glass. Received positive reviews from Choice and NATS Journal of Singing. Ordering information available at Visit Site

Glass, Beaumont. Schubert's Complete Song Texts: Vol. 1 and 2 . Leyerle, Geneseo, New York 1996. ISBN 1-878617-19-2 and 1-878617-20-6. This two volume work contains the complete song texts of Franz Schubert, with IPA transcriptions, Word-for-word English translations (and literary English translations when needed) and Commentary by Beaumont Glass. Received positive reviews in Choice and NATS Journal of Singing. Ordering information available at Visit Site

Glass, Beaumont. Schumann's Complete Song Texts. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2002. ISBN 1-8788617-45-1. Features the complete song texts of Robert Schumann, containing all the completed solo songs including those not published during the composer's lifetime; also, duets, trios and quartets, with International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, Word-for-word English translations (and literary English translations when necessary), and commentary by Beaumont Glass.Received positive reviews from Choice and NATS Journal of Singing. Ordering information available at Visit Site

Hines, Robert S. Singers' Manual of Latin Diction and Phonetics. Schirmer Books, NY 1975. Ordering Information

Hippocrene Italian English English Italian Dictionary. Hippocrene Books, NY, 1983. Out of print, but often available used. (An earlier edition ISBN 0992549294, and the 1995 edition ISBN 0781803543 use IPA, so we're assuming this one does also.) Ordering Information

Johansson, Annette . Thirty Songs of Wilhelm Stenhammar. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1999. 1-878617-32-X. "Contains thirty Swedish songs by Wilhelm Stenhammar (Piano/Vocal Score) plus IPA Transcriptions or the Swedish texts and word-for-word English translations. In addition, there are instructions for using the IPA; a brief biography of the composer; a brief listing and biographies of the poets of the song texts; a bibliography; a discography; and information sources." Ordering information available at Visit Site

Kenyon, John Samuel and Thomas Albert Knott. A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English. 2nd ed., Merriam-Webster, Springfield, 1953. Still in print and considered a standard. Uses IPA. Ordering Information

Kim, Michael. Guide pratique de la diction allemande conçu pour les chanteurs francophones du Québec. Guérin Publications. 40 pp. This book (written in French) was designed to help French-speakers in Québec learn pronunciation of literary German, for the purpose of singing classical works. Sounds prevalent in the French of Québec are compared to those of literary German. Includes examples of phonetic and metrical analysis of a variety of well-known texts. The German pronuniciation used is based on Sieb's "Bühnenaussprache" and other German diction manuals. Visit Site

Langenscheidt New Pocket German Dictionary. Langenscheidt Books, Berlin, 1970. ISBN 3-468-96105-7. IPA Dictionary. Softback, may no longer be in-print, but a good resource if you can find it. The following link we believe applies to a newer edition of this book: Ordering Information

Leyerle, Anne, and William D. Leyerle, eds. French Diction Songs: from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1990. "Contains 25 songs in French, with word-for-word English translations in the appendix. Beneath the French texts on the actual music pages are IPA transcriptions. At the bottom of each page of music, there is a literary English translation of the French. In addition, in the appendix, there is a Greek version of Ravel's five Greek songs, with the melody lines and the IPA transcriptions and word-forword translations of the Greek texts." Ordering Information

Leyerle, Anne, and William D. Leyerle, eds. Song Anthology One. 4th Rev. Ed. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York, 1993. "Contains 42 songs in English, French, German and Italian, with word-for-word translations, IPA transcriptions, English singing translations and commentary about the songs and composers." Additional information available at http://www.leyerlepublications.com/. Ordering Information

Leyerle, Anne, and William D. Leyerle, eds. Song Anthology Two. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York, 1984. "Contains 46 songs in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, with word-for-word translations, IPA transcriptions, English singing translations and commentary about the songs and composers." 207 Pages. Additional information at http://www.leyerlepublications.com/. Ordering Information

Magner, Candace A. Phonetic Readings of Brahms Lieder. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, 1987. ISBN:0810820595 "This is the first pronunication guide to the German in every song composed by Johannes Brahms. Each line of German is presented with its pronunciation clearly spelled in IPA directly below. Included are 297 texts of Brahms lieder and folk songs, along with four appendices cross-referencing the poems by opus number, title, first line, and poet." A must-have for the serious lieder singer, coach or teacher of diction. April 2002 update: Now available in paperback! Ordering Information as well as hardcover Ordering Information

Magner, Candace A. Phonetic Readings of Schubert Lieder. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, 1994. ISBN: 0810829215 "This work provides a comprehensive pronunciation guide to all the German songs of Franz Schubert. Each line of German is presented with its pronunciation clearly spelled in IPA directly below. Continuing work begun with 'Phonetic Readings of Brahms Lieder,' the book is designed especially for teachers and students of singing who want perfection in their German diction. Included are nearly 600 texts of Schubert Lieder, along with ...appendices cross-referencing the poems by Deutsch (catalog) numbers, title, first line, and poet." An invaluable reference, and a labor of love from one of our own Diction Divas. Ordering Information

Mansion, J. E. Harrap's Modern College French and English Dictionary. Charles Scribners' Sons, NY 1972. IPA Dictionary. Out of print, but often available used. Ordering Information

Marshall, Madeleine. The Singer's Manual of English Diction . Schirmer Books, NY, 1953. This book has its fans and its critics, primarily because the author has a definite point of view about English pronunciation, and leans toward British pronunciation. Still considered an important work, and well worth reading. Ordering Information

McCallion, Michael. The Voice Book. Theatre Arts Books 1998. Editor's description claims "McCallion covers everything from Body Use and Breathing, to Tuning and Voice Energy. Whether you are a professional or amateur actor, a classical or popular singer, a teacher, or need to present for business, The Voice Book will help you discover how to use your voice freely, powerfully and with pleasure." Uses IPA. Ordering Information

Melzi, Robert C. Bantam New College Italian and English Dictionary (Bantam New College Dictionary Series. Compact, thorough, and uses IPA. Sections on usage, verb charts and more. Paperback. Ordering Information

Montgomery, Cheri. French Lyric Diction Workbook. S.T.M. Publishers, 2004. Described as "A graded method of phonetic transcription which employs frequently used words from French art song literature." Visit Site

Moriarty, John. Diction: Italian Latin French German...the sounds and 81 exercises for singing them. E.C. Schirmer, Boston, Mass., 1975. This book has some errors, notably the confusion between French elision and liaison, but is still a useful resource. Uses IPA. Ordering Information

Nilsen, Don L. F. and Alleen Pace Nilsen. Pronunciation Contrasts in English. Prentice Hall Regents, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 2002. "Teachers of English to speakers of other languages face many challenges, not the least of which is the linguistic diversity of their students. Nilsen and Nilsen have compiled a comprehensive volume on those sound contrasts distinguished in English. They provide extensive lists of both vowel and consonant contrasts, each with phonetic diagrams and descriptions, minimal pairs, and specific languages for which the contrast may be problematic." Ordering Information

Odom, William. German for Singers: A Textbook of Diction and Phonetics. 2nd ed. Schirmer, New York, 1997. Ordering Information

Piatak, Jean & Regina Avrashov. Russian Songs & Arias: Phonetic Readings, Word-by-Word Translations, and a Concise Guide to Russian Diction. Pst. Inc., Dallas 1991. Ordering Information

Prator, Clifford Holmes and Betty Robinett. Manual of American English Pronunciation. 5th ed., Harcourt Brace, 1985. Ordering Information

Pullum, Geoffrey K. and William A. Ladusaw. Phonetic Symbol Guide. Editor's description claims: "a comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedia of phonetic alphabet symbols, providing a complete survey of the hundreds of characters used by linguists and speech scientists to record the sounds of the world's languages. This fully revised second edition incorporates the major revisions to the International Phonetic Alphabet made in 1989 and 1993." Includes both IPA symbols and non-IPA symbols. Ordering Information

Reinhard, Thilo. The Singer's Schumann. Rosen Publishing Group, 1989. Includes background on Schumann's songs, and IPA guide to pronunciation of the lyrics. Ordering Information

Richter, Laurence. Rachmaninov's Complete Song Texts. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York, 2000. 1-878617-30-3. This volume contains the song texts to Rachmaninov's 82 songs. It also contains the IPA transcriptions and word-for-word English translations of these songs, with a guide for using the IPA with the Russian language. Ordering info available at Visit Site

Rohinsky, Marie-Claire. The Singer's Debussy. The complete songs of Debussy rendered into IPA and word-for-word English translations. Pelion Press, NY, 1987. Ordering Information

Ross, Peter. English-Italian Italian-English Hippocrene Practical Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, 1995. An updated addition to the excellent Hippocrene dictionary series, this paperback dictionary offers IPA pronunciations for both the English and Italian entries. Ordering Information

Stapp, Marcie. The Singer's Guide to Languages. Teddys Music Press, Revised edition 1996. One of our readers describes this book as "a wonderful source for singers unfamiliar with the IPA. Contains a comprehensive list of the standard IPA symbols, examples of each symbol in Italian, French, German and English, as well as separate sections devoted to each of these languages with transcribing and translating tips. She also gives a good explanation of verb conjugation for each language, parts of speech, gender, etc." (L.S.) Ordering Information

Steiner, Roger J. The Bantam New College French and English Dictionary. Bantam Books, NY 1993. IPA Dictionary. Ordering Information

The Pocket Macquarie Dictionary. The Jacaranda Press Distributor, 1990. Australian English dictionary uses IPA. Free online single word lookup at Visit Site or order the book at Ordering Information

Uris, Dorothy. To Sing in English: A Guide to Improved Diction. Boosey and Hawkes, NY 1971. Uses IPA, and emphasizes American diction as opposed to British. An excellent book. Ordering Information

Victor, Wilhelm. Shakespeare's Pronunciation : A Shakespeare Reader in the Old Spelling and With a Phonetic Transcription. AMS Press, 2006. Publication will be released in 2006, but is available for pre-order now. Ordering Information

Wall, Joan, Robert Caldwell, Tracy Gavilanes, and Sheila Allen. Diction for Singers: A concise reference for English, Italian, Latin, German, French, and Spanish pronunciation. Pst... Inc., Dallas, 1990. Ordering Information

Wall, Joan. International Phonetic Alphabet for Singers: A manual for English and foreign language diction. Dallas: Pst...Inc., 1990. Ordering Information

Wells, J. C. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Longman, 1990. Uses IPA. Paperback edition is available at Ordering Information Hardback edition includes "both General American pronunciations and Received Pronunciation (British) pronunciations" and may be found at Ordering Information

Wierenga, Leanne. French Diction for the Singer: A Phonetics Workbook. Judith Otto, ed. Kenyon Publications, New York 1977. Ordering Information

Willmann, Helmut. Langenscheidt's Condensed Muret-Sanders German Dictionary. One of our readers describes this dictionary as "a 'reduced' version of the 'real' Muret-Sanders which, like the 'real' Oxford English Dictionary, runs several volumes long. ...For my purposes, this nearly 1,300 page, 140,000 word volume (with IPA!) does the trick 99.9% of the time." Ordering Information

Wilson, Kathleen L. (Spillane). The Art Song in Latin America: Selected Works by Twentieth-Century Composers. Pendragon Press, Stuyvesant 1998. Includes 29-page diction section by Arden Hopkin. Ordering Information

Wise, Claude Merton. Applied Phonetics. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1957. Out of print, but often available at http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/oopbooks/oopResultsTitle.asp?

Zingarelli, Nicola. Il Nuovo Zingarelli: Vocabolario della Lingua Italiana. French & European Pubns, 11th edition, 1988. Italian-Italian dictionary, non-translating, but one of the most respected Italian dictionaries. IPA transcriptions. John Glenn Paton specifically recommends this resource for looking up "obsolete or antiquated words, esp. verb forms...." Ordering Information

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Collins Dictionaries Online � 1995 HarperCollins Publishers Online, hosted by wordreference.com. Wow! Online word-lookup search boxes for the Collins Dictionaries in Spanish, Italian, German, French, and English. The French, Italian, English and German entries include IPA pronunciations! (Also offers WordReference Personal free webpage translation software for Windows only.) Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

IPANow! is a new software program that automatically creates phonetic transcriptions of song texts in Latin, Italian, German, and French. Free trial available; software is Windows-only. Visit Site

Jensen, Karen. A Singer's Guide to the IPA. A CD-ROM developed by Dr.Karen Jensen of Canada, this multimedia course in IPA contains interactive exercises for learning vocal physiology and the sounds and symbols of English, Italian, French and German. For more information, contact Dr. Jensen via e-mail at kjensen@cc.umanitoba.ca .

Just as spoken: The Tool for Phonetic Transcription. (Commercial product, Windows only.) Developer Daniel Berg shares: "This tool for phonetic transcription allows you to easily insert phonetic symbols into your Winword-, Excel- and WordPerfect documents. All phonetic symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (Rev. 1996) are included in the program as TrueType fonts, so you can use them in every Windows application." Visit Site

Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM. The newest edition of this dictionary is now available for purchase on CD-ROM and at some libraries and university servers online. Windows platform only. The comparable hardcopy version (ISBN: 0198611862) is complete with new IPA transcription/pronunciations. One of our readers has reported that the electronic version "has IPA pronounciation guides for some [but not all] words." Ordering Information

Resources for Studying Human Speech. George Dillon's outstanding collection of resources about the study of human speech. From freeware programs to IPA transcription tools, you can find it here. Topics include: Phones and Phonemes of English, Speech Waveform Analysis, Text to Speech (TTS) Synthesizers, Speech Recognition, Archives and Search Index. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

UCLA Phonetics Lab Software. Commercial CD's of linguistics software available for both Windows and Macintosh platforms. Visit Site

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A Linguistic Sketch of Basque. Excellent overview of this language, uses IPA in some of its descriptions. Visit Site

ASCII-equivalents from SAMPA. The SAMPA (Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet) Homepage. SAMPA is a machine-readable phonetic alphabet; developed by phoneticians, it originally covered Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian, and has been expanded to cover Norwegian, Swedish, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, Bulgarian, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian. Contains an overview and links to special sounds of the above languages. Visit Site

Chantez-vous Fran�ais? Remarques curieuses sur le fran�ais chant� du Moyen Age � la p�riode baroque. (Do you sing French? Interesting remarks about French sung in the Middle Ages at the baroque period.) Olivier Bettens' website about Medieval French Song, including pronunciation and other excellent information. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

IPA Bingo. Commercial product from Cascadilla Press "can be used with large or small classes to encourage students to learn the IPA symbols used for transcribing American English or to reinforce their knowledge of articulatory descriptions. IPA Bingo is a fun way for students to practice using the IPA symbols. Package includes rules for IPA Bingo, 100 different game cards for students to use, and 2 sets of caller cards for the instructor to use. The rules include suggestions for variations." Special Note: The materials for IPA Bingo are available online for free download as pdf files for non-commercial use if you would prefer to print them out yourself. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

IPA chart in Acrobat (.pdf) format. One page, consise chart, developed by the International Phonetic Association for linguists. Visit Site

IPASource.com has hundreds of Art Song and opera texts with literal translations and IPA transcriptions in user friendly PDF format - many with MP3 readings. Visit Site

International Phonetic Association . Reproduction of The International Phonetic Alphabet chart, covers Consonants (Pulmonic and Non-Pulmonic), Diacritics, Other Symbols, Suprasegmentals, Tones & Word Accents, and Vowels. Visit Site

Language Games. free IPA card games to spice up your diction classroom activities. Fun classroom activites for learning and using phonetics, developed for undergraduate linguistics courses but easily adaptable for music diction. Offers IPA card decks for sale as well. UPDATE: author lists the IPA cards as out of stock, but will reprint them if there is enough interest. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

Norwegian Pronunciation from Norskklassen, the Norwegian class on the Net. Norwegian pronunciation with IPA symbols. (Alternative (non-IPA) guide available at http://frodo.bruderhof.com/norskklassen/sounds-t.htm.) Page created by Sarah Brodwall. Sounds spoken by Arne Kjell Foldvik, native of Larvik i Vestfold, Norway. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

Online Phonetics Course from the Department of Linguistics, University of Lausanne. Available in English or French. (NB: we suggest you download the latest version of Quicktime to access the online sound files.) An outstanding website, "designed to teach the fundamentals of phonetics and mastery of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)." Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

Phonetics Laboratory at the University of Victoria, B.C., includes an online IPA Lab with sound files. (An online voice quality lab is under construction.) Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

Polish and English vowels. Overview uses a mixture of IPA and non-IPA pronunciation help. Visit Site

SAMPA Pages: German. Consonants, vowels, sample words and their ASCII-equivalent phonetic transcriptions, from SAMPA. Visit Site

Spoken Thai for the Internet "has been adapted from the book of the same name authored by Mary R. Haas and Heng R. Subhanka and first published in 1945 by the Linguistic Society of America." This outstanding resource includes 17 units with exercises, tutorials, drills and soundfiles. The site also has links to an IPA font. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

Stirling University's on-line phonology course. "This course has been designed as a self-access course for all those interested in learning the script and identifying the sounds of the phonology of British Received Pronunciation. " Interesting site includes diagrams and IPA in an easy-to understand format. Sections on consonants and vowels are particularly useful. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

The Diction Domain Introduction to Italian. Includes the sounds of sung Italian, as they are represented in International Phonetic Alphabet and their ASCII Equivalents, along with sample words. Created by the Diction Divas especially for singers! Visit Site A Diction Domain Resource!

The Diction Domain's IPA ASCII Equivalents Page. Brought to you by your very own Diction Divas, this is a chart of some of the most popular IPA phonemes used by singers, and how to write them using standard keyboard characters. A must for anyone who wants to accurately describe phonetic sounds over the Internet, in online newsgroups and webpages, or anywhere a phonetic font or graphics are not readily available. The fun begins at Visit Site A Diction Domain Resource!

The Finnish language by Jukka "Yucca" Korpela. Outstanding page includes Finnish Pronunciation section, plus links to additional Finnish language resources. Note especially Visit Site , a summary of Finnish pronunciation using IPA! Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

The Singer's Dilemma: Tone Versus Diction. Online article by Shirlee Emmons offers tips and techniques for improving diction, especially in English and German. Uses IPA for vowel descriptions. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

UCLA Phonetics Lab Software. Commercial CD's of linguistics software available for both Windows and Macintosh platforms. Visit Site

Yvonne Dechance's Frequently Asked Questions about Studying Voice Diction. Copyright 1994; revised and new text 1997; 2002. Information about studying voice diction and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) written by one of the Diction Divas. Visit Site A Diction Domain Resource!

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ASCII Equivalents to IPA. Website text in French, contains sample .au soundfiles. Visit Site

ASCII IPA: the way to represent speech using a computer keyboard. Contains .wav files of sample sounds. Visit Site

ASCII equivalents for IPA. Evan Kirshenbaum's article describes "a standard scheme for representing IPA transcriptions in ASCII for use in Usenet articlesand email." This is also one of the primary sources for the Diction Domain's ASCII IPA Equivalents for Singers scheme. Visit Site

Computer Phonetic Characters. Hugo Quene's schematic charts for computer-use of IPA phonemes; used for email and web-publishing in IPA without a special font. Visit Site

Dr. Berlin's Foreign Font Archive. A site for many different language fonts to download as freeware or shareware. Primarily Windows formats.
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Fonts in Cyberspace: A guide to finding language fonts on the Internet. Containing more than 411 sources for 126 languages. Brought to you by the Summer Institute of Linguistics, this is the motherlode of all font sources, most of which are downloadable. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

IPA Fonts. The International Phonetic Association's links to commercial and free fonts for Macintosh, Windows and TeX/LaTeX. Visit Site

Linguist's Software: Fonts for the Whole World. Commercial, Downloadable IPA fonts for Macintosh and Windows. Visit Site

Magnetic Phonetics 2 from Cascadilla Press is a purchasable set of 276 magnetic tiles with all of the IPA symbols for English (broad transcription) printed on them. Using these, you or your students can play a phonetic version of Crossword or Scrabble, or practice creating transcriptions on any metal surface. Also fun for your refrigerator or student waiting area. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

MyFonts carries not only IPA fonts for sale but also has search capability on various language fonts, with a lovely explanation of the differences between ASCII and Unicode, as well as how and why PC and Mac font sets might be different. Visit Site

SAMPA Pages: German. Consonants, vowels, sample words and their ASCII-equivalent phonetic transcriptions, from SAMPA. Visit Site

SIL IPA Fonts. The fine folks at The Summer Institute of Linguistics provide downloadable IPA fonts in True Type and PostScript Type 1 formats free of charge. Both Mac and Windows formats are available, and the fonts will work with most keyboards. The SIL-IPA free fonts contain the smaller set of IPA phonemes used by singers for Romance-language transcription, but if you need a larger, more comprehensive set of phonemes, they offer those for a small fee. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite!

World Language Resources. Commercial language and IPA fonts. Visit Site

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This is Wikipedia site on IPA. Hundreds of links throughout. Copyright free resources. Visit Site

The Diction Domain - Voice Diction Resources for Singers
Resources Keyword Search: Advanced Search Tutorials The Sounds of Italian The Sounds of German The Sounds of French The Sounds of Latin Transcription Samples Diction FAQ IPA ASCII Equivalents Site Information Home About the Diction Domain About the Diction Divas Contact Info Submit a Resource Link to Us Credits/Legal	Here's what we found… IPA Resources IPA Resources These are resources that either discuss the International Phonetic Alphabet or use it as a pronunciation tool. Articles \| Books \| Other \| Recordings \| Software \| Website Articles Arkebauer, George G. "Phonetics as Applied in Both Singing and Speaking." The Bulletin Vol. 5 (January, 1949), beginning p. 6. Visit Site Austin, John. "Pronunciation of the Middle High German Sections of Carl Orff's 'Carmina Burana.'" Choral Journal, Sept. 1995. Uses IPA, compares middle German with modern. Graham, Arthur. "Singing the Neapolitan Song." The NATS Bulletin, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Mar/Apr 1984). Includes rules for pronunciation of Neapolitan dialect and several popular Neapolitan songs transcribed into IPA. Visit Site Miller, Richard. "Thinking Phonetically." The NATS Journal Vol. 47 (January, 1991), beginning p. 27. Visit Site Ophaug, Wencke. Vowel migration and equalisation in classical singing. UNIPUBforlag, oslo. Acta Humaniora no.66/ 1999. ISBN 0806-3222. The author asks: "In what ways are classical singing special? In this Ph.D thesis acoustic properties of sung and spoken vowels are compared. It is proposed that singers have to find a balance between musical demands related to voice quality and timbre on the one hand and vowel intelligibility on the other, while in speech only the latter counts. This study extends its scope and looks into contrastive differences between vowels, sung and spoken by Norwegian and German singers. In addition to acoustical studies, listening experiments were performed to get an insight into the criteria that listeners apply to judge sung vowels as native. Several suggestions are given which may help singers to develop strategies for singing foreign languages." The author may be contacted at wencke.ophaug@german.uio.no . Books Bacchelli, Gabriella. Harper Collins Italian-English College Dictionary, English-Italian dictionary includes both Italian and English IPA transcriptions. Hardback. Good explanations of usage. Ordering Information Barber, Josephine. German for Musicians. Indiana University Press,1985. Uses teaching materials from "opera libreti, composers' letters, instructions in scores" and other music-related materials, and includes IPA as a pronunciation tool. Ordering Information Brandao, Stela. The Brazilian Art Song. A Performance Guide Utilizing Selected Works by Heitor Villa-Lobos. Doctoral Dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York 1999. In this work, 13 songs by Vlla-Lobos were "analysed by its historical, geographical, folkloric, literary, poetic and sociological context, plus its linguistic, musical and interpretive features. The texts were translated literally, idiomatically, as well as transcribed phonetically, using the IPA." Also includes a dicussion of the main differences between Portugese as it is spoken in Brazil and Portugal. A Pronunciation Guide explains each sound in the language as they should be sung in lyric diction, according to The First Congress of the National Sung Language. The author may be reached at stela@abordo.com.br . Dissertation may be available through Visit Site Burgess, Anthony. A Mouthful of Air. William Morrow & Co., 1993. Craig Tompkins describes this books as "A fascinating read about the evolution of languages, especially English. Burgess uses IPA to illustrate his ideas, and covers subjects from the basics of speech production to similarities in language families to Shakespearean English to accents and dialects. Although not directly related to singing, many of his ideas are easily transferable." Ordering Information Canepari, Luciano. Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana. Zanichelli, Bologna 1999. ISBN 88-08-09344-1. John Glenn Paton describes this book as "the first Italian pronouncing dictionary (no definitions) that uses IPA throughout. Known by the abbreviation 'il DiPI.' Rich in proper names and special expressions. Scientific in approach. Prof. Canepari (U. of Venice), born in 1947, is a respected phonetician." He adds: "I am delighted to have found this dictionary for proper names and many expressions in modern Italian, such as pronunciations of acronyms. Canepari gives many regional pronunciations, and uses special symbols to indicate pronunciations that are not recommended." This dictionary has been recommended to the Diction Domain by several respected sources. For ordering information, look up Canepari at Visit Site Canepari, Luciano. Manuale di pronuncia italiana. Zanichelli, Bologna 1999. John Glenn Paton describes this book as "A description of Italian pronunciation, including word connections, intonation, regional accents, and exercise materials. Known by the abbreviation 'il MaPI.' The first edition appeared in 1992; this is the second. Two audiocassettes are available to illustrate the recommended pronunciations." He adds that he finds this to be "a work for the specialist. The matierial covered is complex, and the writing style is academic, that is, difficult, even for Italians." Ordering Information Castel, Nico. A Singer's Manual of Spanish Lyric Diction. Excalibur Publishing, NY 1994. Includes many dialects and national tendencies. Ordering Information Castel, Nico. French Opera Libretti, Vol. I. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1999. ISBN 1-878617-27-3. "This first of three projected volumes contains the following French opera libretti: Werther and Ch�rubin (Massenet); Carmen (Bizet); Samson et Dalila (Saint-Sa�ns); Lakm� (Delibes); Pell�as et M�lisande (Debussy); Don Carlos (Verdi)[French version]; Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach). The volume also contains IPA transcriptions and word-for-word English translations of the French texts; commentary by Nico Castel and a Foreword by Beverly Sills." Ordering info available at Visit Site Castel, Nico. French Opera Libretti, Vol. II. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2000. ISBN 1-878617-36-2. "This is the second of a projected three-volume set of French opera libretti. It contains the following operas: Faust and Rom�o et Juliette (Gounod); La Juive (Hal�vy); Mignon and Hamlet (Thomas); Tha�s and Manon (Massenet); and Les P�cheurs de Perles (Bizet). Also included are the IPA transcriptions and word-for-word English translations of the French texts; commentary by Nico Castel; and a Foreword by Beverly Sills." Ordering info available at Visit Site Castel, Nico. Italian Belcanto Opera Libretti, Vol. I. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2000. ISBN 1-878617-33-8. "This is the first of three projected volumes of Belcanto opera libretti: Volume I contains the following operas: Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Il Turco in Italia (Rossini); Lucia di Lammermoor, L'Elisir d'Amore and Lucraezia Borgia (Donizetti) and Norma and I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini). The IPA transcriptions and word-for-word English translations are included, as well as commentary by Nico Castel and a Foreword by Dame Joan Sutherland." Ordering info available at Visit Site Castel, Nico. Italian Belcanto Opera Libretti, Vol. II. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2001. ISBN 1-878617-34-6. "This second of three projected Belcanto libretti consists of the following operas: La Cenerentola and L'Italiana in Algeri (Rossini); La Sonnambula and I Puritani (Bellini); Anna Bolena; Maria Stuarda; Roberto Devereux and Don Pasquale (Donizetti). Also included are the IPA transcriptions and word-for-word English translations of the Italian texts; commentary by Nico Castel; and a Foreword by Dame Joan Sutherland." Visit Site Castel, Nico. The Complete Puccini Libretti, Vol. I and II. .Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2002. ISBN 1-878617-46-X and 1-878617-09-5. Vol. 1 is a revised, hard-bound version of the earlier 1993 edition. This later edition is edited by Marcie Stapp. It contains the following five opera libretti: La Boheme; Edgar; La Fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; and Manon Lescaut. Volume II of the Puccini Libretti (available in paperback only) contains: La Rondine; Tosca; Il Trittico (Il Tabarro; Suor Angelica; and Gianni Schicchi) and Le Villi. Both volumes feature the International Phonetic Alphabet spelling of the Italian texts; word-for-word English translations; a guide to the IPA, Notes on the Italian transcriptions; and a Foreword by Sherrill Milnes. Received positive reviews from Opera News, NATS Journal of Singing and Choice. Ordering information available from Visit Site Castel, Nico. The Complete Verdi Libretti, Vol. I. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1994. ISBN 1-878617-10-9. "This first of four volumes of the complete Verdi libretti contains the following seven operas: A�da; Alzira; Aroldo; Attila; Un Ballo in Maschera; La Battaglia di Legnano; and Il Corsaro. Also included are: IPA transcriptions; Word-for-word translations of the Italian texts; commentary by Nico Castel and a Foreword by Sherrill Milnes." Ordering info available at Visit Site Castel, Nico. The Complete Verdi Libretti, Vol. II. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1995. ISBN 1-878617-11-7. "This second of four volumes of Verdi's complete libretti includes the following operas: Don Carlo; I Due Foscari; Ernani; Falstaff; La Forza del Destino; Giovanna d'Arco; and Un Giorno di Regno. In addition, the libretti contain IPA transcriptions and Word-for-word English translations of the Italian texts; commentary by Nico Castel, and a Foreword by Sherrill Milnes." Ordering info available at Visit Site Castel, Nico. The Complete Verdi Libretti, Vol. III. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1996. ISBN 1-878617-12-5. "This third of four volumes contains the following seven Verdi opera libretti: I Lombardi; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; I Masnadieri; Nabucco; Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio; and Otello. Also included are the IPA transcriptions and word-for-word Engalish translations of the Italian texts; commentary by Nico Castel; and a Foreword by Sherrill Milnes." Ordering info available at Visit Site Castel, Nico. The Complete Verdi Libretti, Vol. IV. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1996. ISBN 1-878617-13-3. "This fourth volume of a four-volume set of the complete Verdi opera libretti includes the following operas: Rigoletto; Simon Boccanegra; Stiffelio; La Traviata; Il Trovatore; and I Vespri Siciliani. Also included are: IPA transcriptions and Word-for-word English translations of the Italian texts; commentary by Nico Castel; and a Foreword by Sherrill Milnes. " Ordering info available at Visit Site Castel, Nico. The Libretti of Mozart's Completed Operas, Vol. I and II. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1997; 1998. ISBN 1-878617-21-4 and 1-878617-22-2. Volume I contains seven of Mozart's completed opera libretti, including: Bastien und Bastienne; La Clemenza di Tito; Cos� fan Tutte; Don Giovanni; Die Entf�hrung aus dem Serail; La Finta Giardiniera; and La Finta Semplice. Volume II contains: Idomeneo; Lucio Silla; Mitridate, Re di Ponto; Le Nozze di Figaro; Il Re Pastore; Der Schauspieldirektor; and Die Zauberfl�te. It also contains two arias from Za�de, which was not completed. These libretti feature the IPA transcriptions and word-for-word translations of the Italian and German texts. Additional notes on using the IPA and other commentary is give by Nico Castel; Foreword by Julius Rudel. Received positive reviews from Opera News, and NATS Journal of Singing. Ordering information available at Visit Site Castel, Nico. Verismo Opera Libretti, Vol. I. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2000. ISBN 1-878617-37-0. "This volume of Verismo opera libretti contains the following: Andrea Ch�nier and Fedora (Giordano); Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea); La Boh�me and Pagliacci (Leoncavallo); Mefistofele (Boito); Cavalleria Rusticana and L'Amico Fritz (Mascagni); and La Gioconda (Ponchielli). Also included are the IPA transcriptions and word-for-word English translations of the Italian texts; commentary by Nico Castel and a Foreword by Placido Domingo." Ordering info available at Visit Site Challis, Natalia. The Singer's Rachmaninoff. 1989. Includes original Russian texts with pronunciation in IPA and English translations. Ordering Information Cheek, Timothy. Singing in Czech. Scarecrow Press, NJ 2001. Includes CD with native singers speaking and singing all the sounds of the Czech language. Includes rules for sounds, exercises and examples, Moravian dialect, singing in Slovak. Also an overview of literature along with texts of songs and arias, word-by-word translations, idiomatic translations, IPA transcriptions, and listings of timings and editions. Whew!! This is the source for Czech diction. Ordering Information Chiti, Patricia Adkins, Ed. Phonetic transcriptions by John Glenn Paton. Songs and Duets of Garcia, Malibran and Viardot: Rediscovered Songs by Legendary Singers. Alfred Publishing Co., 1997. 14 songs in Spanish, French and Italian, with phonetic transcriptions, a key to the IPA and notes about the transcriptions. Visit Site Colaianni, Louis. The Joy of Phonetics and Accents. One of our readers writes: "Colaianni has devised wonderfully entertaining phonetic pillow games for student actors which result in an exhuberant liberation of their inherent multiphonological abilities. Far from denying the importance of 'good speech,' the Joy of Phonetics throws open a door marked 'This way to great speaking!' and with sound common sense, shows that versatile speaking and intelligibility onstage are an integral part of the actor's talent." Note: There is now a companion workbook for this text called Bringing Speech to Life. Drama Books 2000., by Louis Colaianni and and Claudia Anderson, described by one of the authors as "a creative tool for theatre students and others studying phonetics." Ordering Information Collins German English English German Dictionary. Berklee Books, NY, 1985. ISBN 0-425-08296-2. IPA Dictionary. Paperback or hardback, believed to be out-of-print, but a wonderful resource. Newer editions of the Collins or Harper Collins dictionaries are available, but we haven't been able to verify if they use IPA. Collins Italian English English Italian Dictionary. Berklee Books, NY, 1983. ISBN 0-425-05451-9. Paperback or hardback, believed to be out-of-print, but a wonderful IPA dictionary. Newer editions of the Collins or Harper Collins dictionaries are available, but we haven't been able to verify if they use IPA. Collins Spanish English English Spanish Dictionary. Berklee Books, NY, 1986. Paperback or hardback, a wonderful IPA dictionary. Ordering Information Collins, Beverley and Inger M. Mees. The Real Professor Higgins: the Life and Career of Daniel Jones. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin and New York 1999. ISBN 311015124-3. As one of the authors shared with us: This book is a "biography of Daniel Jones (probably the original of Henry Higgins, and NOT Henry Sweet as Shaw misleadingly claimed.)" Ordering Information Colorni, Evelna. Singer's Italian: A Manual of Diction and Phonetics. Schirmer Books, NY 1970. Ordering Information Costamagna, Lidia. Pronunciare l'italiano. Edizioni Guerra, Perugia 1996. One of our readers feels that this is "Probably the best of all to help in the classroom. It has great exercises for IPA and listening." For mroe information about this book and accompanying cassette, look under "commerciale" at Visit Site Davis, Eileen. Sing French ISBN: 0-9710879-2-X, Eclair� Press, 2003.The author shares: "Written by a professional singer and teacher, Sing French approaches the subect from the singer's standpoint, always taking into account the basic singing space. The information is comprehensive and accessible by section listings. Seven songs, by Duparc, Faur� and Debussy, are presented within the book with text analyses and vocal lines, complete with IPA transcriptions and literal translations. Full piano-vocal scores of these songs (each in two keys) comprise appendix 4. On the accompanying compact disk the French examples and vocal lines are demonstrated along with the seven songs in performance and the piano accompaniments in two keys." Visit Site Draayer, Suzanne Rhodes. A Singer's Guide to the Songs of Joaquin Rodrigo. Scarecrow University Press, 1999. This guide to Joaquin Rodrigo's vocal works includes word-for-word translations, idiomatic translations, background information, biographies, and IPA transcriptions of his eighty-seven songs. Ordering Information Draayer, Suzanne Rhodes. Canciones de Espa�a�Songs of Nineteenth-Century Spain. These Spanish anthologies are published by Scarecrow Press in high and low voice. Includes 23 songs by 17 composers, pronunciation guide to Castilian Spanish, IPA transcriptions, word-for-word translations, idiomatic translations, and short biographical sketches of each composer. For more info., search www.scarecrowpress.com under Draayer, or see the author's website at www.joaquinrodrigo-songs.com. Ordering Information Eisenson, Jon. Voice and Diction: A Program for Improvement. 7th ed., Allyn & Bacon, 1996. ISBN 0-205-19869-4, 436pgs. Designed for spoken-diction, uses IPA, and addresses resional American accent traps. Ordering Information Ellingboe, Bradley. Forty-Five Songs of Edvard Grieg. Leyerle Publicatons, Geneseo, New York 1988. ISBN 0-9602296-8-X. "Contains the melody lines (not the piano accompaniment) with four Danish and forty-one Norwegian song texts, with English singing texts included beneath the melody lines. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions to English and English singing translations, word-for-word translations for Norwegian and Danish texts, short biographies of the various poets, an introduction and brief history of the evolution of the Norwegian language, and suggestions for using the IPA are all found in this volume." A companion volume, A Grieg Song Anthology (ISBN 1-878617-00-1) contains all 45 songs with piano accompaniments. Ordering Information Finch, Diane F. and Ortiz, Hector. A Course in English Phonetics for Spanish Speakers. Heinemann Educational Books, London 1982. Ordering Information Fowler's Modern English Usage. R.W. Burchfield, Ed. 3rd ed., Oxford Press, 1996, 896 pp, ISBN 0-19-869126-2. This edition of this dictionary now uses IPA. Ordering Information Fromkin, Victoria and Robert Rodman. An Introduction to Language. International Thomson Publishing 1998. Marie Ann Nicola shares: "This book covers the basics of IPA, placement in the mouth, phoneme, semantics and more then you would ever want to know about your language in that Henry Higgins kind of way. This book really helped me understand fully what it was that I was learning in Diction." Ordering Information Gartside, Robert. Interpreting the Songs of Gabriel Faur�. Leyerle Publications, 1996. Contains desccriptions of songs, plus translations and IPA transcriptions. Ordering Information Gartside, Robert. Interpreting the Songs of Maurice Ravel. Leyerle Publications, 1992. Contains descriptions of songs, plus translations and IPA transcriptions. Ordering Information Glass, Beaumont. Brahms' Complete Song Texts. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York. 1999. ISBN 1-878617-26-5. Features the complete song texts of Johannes Brahms in one volume, containing texts to solo songs, duets, Liebeslieder Waltzes (both sets), The Alto Rhapsody, and Folk Song Arrangements; with International Phonetic Alphabet Transcriptions, Word-for-word English Translations, and Commentary by Beaumont Glass. Received positive review from Choice and NATS Journal of Singing. Ordering Information Glass, Beaumont. Hugo Wolf's Complete Song Texts. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2000. ISBN 1-878617-38-9. Features the complete song texts of Hugo Wolf, containing all the completed solo songs, including those not published during the composer's lifetime, with the International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, Word-for-word English translations, and, when needed, literary English translations, with commentary by Beaumont Glass. Received positive reviews from Choice and NATS Journal of Singing. Ordering information available at Visit Site Glass, Beaumont. Schubert's Complete Song Texts: Vol. 1 and 2 . Leyerle, Geneseo, New York 1996. ISBN 1-878617-19-2 and 1-878617-20-6. This two volume work contains the complete song texts of Franz Schubert, with IPA transcriptions, Word-for-word English translations (and literary English translations when needed) and Commentary by Beaumont Glass. Received positive reviews in Choice and NATS Journal of Singing. Ordering information available at Visit Site Glass, Beaumont. Schumann's Complete Song Texts. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 2002. ISBN 1-8788617-45-1. Features the complete song texts of Robert Schumann, containing all the completed solo songs including those not published during the composer's lifetime; also, duets, trios and quartets, with International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, Word-for-word English translations (and literary English translations when necessary), and commentary by Beaumont Glass.Received positive reviews from Choice and NATS Journal of Singing. Ordering information available at Visit Site Hines, Robert S. Singers' Manual of Latin Diction and Phonetics. Schirmer Books, NY 1975. Ordering Information Hippocrene Italian English English Italian Dictionary. Hippocrene Books, NY, 1983. Out of print, but often available used. (An earlier edition ISBN 0992549294, and the 1995 edition ISBN 0781803543 use IPA, so we're assuming this one does also.) Ordering Information Johansson, Annette . Thirty Songs of Wilhelm Stenhammar. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1999. 1-878617-32-X. "Contains thirty Swedish songs by Wilhelm Stenhammar (Piano/Vocal Score) plus IPA Transcriptions or the Swedish texts and word-for-word English translations. In addition, there are instructions for using the IPA; a brief biography of the composer; a brief listing and biographies of the poets of the song texts; a bibliography; a discography; and information sources." Ordering information available at Visit Site Kenyon, John Samuel and Thomas Albert Knott. A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English. 2nd ed., Merriam-Webster, Springfield, 1953. Still in print and considered a standard. Uses IPA. Ordering Information Kim, Michael. Guide pratique de la diction allemande conçu pour les chanteurs francophones du Québec. Guérin Publications. 40 pp. This book (written in French) was designed to help French-speakers in Québec learn pronunciation of literary German, for the purpose of singing classical works. Sounds prevalent in the French of Québec are compared to those of literary German. Includes examples of phonetic and metrical analysis of a variety of well-known texts. The German pronuniciation used is based on Sieb's "Bühnenaussprache" and other German diction manuals. Visit Site Langenscheidt New Pocket German Dictionary. Langenscheidt Books, Berlin, 1970. ISBN 3-468-96105-7. IPA Dictionary. Softback, may no longer be in-print, but a good resource if you can find it. The following link we believe applies to a newer edition of this book: Ordering Information Leyerle, Anne, and William D. Leyerle, eds. French Diction Songs: from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York 1990. "Contains 25 songs in French, with word-for-word English translations in the appendix. Beneath the French texts on the actual music pages are IPA transcriptions. At the bottom of each page of music, there is a literary English translation of the French. In addition, in the appendix, there is a Greek version of Ravel's five Greek songs, with the melody lines and the IPA transcriptions and word-forword translations of the Greek texts." Ordering Information Leyerle, Anne, and William D. Leyerle, eds. Song Anthology One. 4th Rev. Ed. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York, 1993. "Contains 42 songs in English, French, German and Italian, with word-for-word translations, IPA transcriptions, English singing translations and commentary about the songs and composers." Additional information available at http://www.leyerlepublications.com/. Ordering Information Leyerle, Anne, and William D. Leyerle, eds. Song Anthology Two. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York, 1984. "Contains 46 songs in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, with word-for-word translations, IPA transcriptions, English singing translations and commentary about the songs and composers." 207 Pages. Additional information at http://www.leyerlepublications.com/. Ordering Information Magner, Candace A. Phonetic Readings of Brahms Lieder. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, 1987. ISBN:0810820595 "This is the first pronunication guide to the German in every song composed by Johannes Brahms. Each line of German is presented with its pronunciation clearly spelled in IPA directly below. Included are 297 texts of Brahms lieder and folk songs, along with four appendices cross-referencing the poems by opus number, title, first line, and poet." A must-have for the serious lieder singer, coach or teacher of diction. April 2002 update: Now available in paperback! Ordering Information as well as hardcover Ordering Information Magner, Candace A. Phonetic Readings of Schubert Lieder. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, 1994. ISBN: 0810829215 "This work provides a comprehensive pronunciation guide to all the German songs of Franz Schubert. Each line of German is presented with its pronunciation clearly spelled in IPA directly below. Continuing work begun with 'Phonetic Readings of Brahms Lieder,' the book is designed especially for teachers and students of singing who want perfection in their German diction. Included are nearly 600 texts of Schubert Lieder, along with ...appendices cross-referencing the poems by Deutsch (catalog) numbers, title, first line, and poet." An invaluable reference, and a labor of love from one of our own Diction Divas. Ordering Information Mansion, J. E. Harrap's Modern College French and English Dictionary. Charles Scribners' Sons, NY 1972. IPA Dictionary. Out of print, but often available used. Ordering Information Marshall, Madeleine. The Singer's Manual of English Diction . Schirmer Books, NY, 1953. This book has its fans and its critics, primarily because the author has a definite point of view about English pronunciation, and leans toward British pronunciation. Still considered an important work, and well worth reading. Ordering Information McCallion, Michael. The Voice Book. Theatre Arts Books 1998. Editor's description claims "McCallion covers everything from Body Use and Breathing, to Tuning and Voice Energy. Whether you are a professional or amateur actor, a classical or popular singer, a teacher, or need to present for business, The Voice Book will help you discover how to use your voice freely, powerfully and with pleasure." Uses IPA. Ordering Information Melzi, Robert C. Bantam New College Italian and English Dictionary (Bantam New College Dictionary Series. Compact, thorough, and uses IPA. Sections on usage, verb charts and more. Paperback. Ordering Information Montgomery, Cheri. French Lyric Diction Workbook. S.T.M. Publishers, 2004. Described as "A graded method of phonetic transcription which employs frequently used words from French art song literature." Visit Site Moriarty, John. Diction: Italian Latin French German...the sounds and 81 exercises for singing them. E.C. Schirmer, Boston, Mass., 1975. This book has some errors, notably the confusion between French elision and liaison, but is still a useful resource. Uses IPA. Ordering Information Nilsen, Don L. F. and Alleen Pace Nilsen. Pronunciation Contrasts in English. Prentice Hall Regents, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 2002. "Teachers of English to speakers of other languages face many challenges, not the least of which is the linguistic diversity of their students. Nilsen and Nilsen have compiled a comprehensive volume on those sound contrasts distinguished in English. They provide extensive lists of both vowel and consonant contrasts, each with phonetic diagrams and descriptions, minimal pairs, and specific languages for which the contrast may be problematic." Ordering Information Odom, William. German for Singers: A Textbook of Diction and Phonetics. 2nd ed. Schirmer, New York, 1997. Ordering Information Piatak, Jean & Regina Avrashov. Russian Songs & Arias: Phonetic Readings, Word-by-Word Translations, and a Concise Guide to Russian Diction. Pst. Inc., Dallas 1991. Ordering Information Prator, Clifford Holmes and Betty Robinett. Manual of American English Pronunciation. 5th ed., Harcourt Brace, 1985. Ordering Information Pullum, Geoffrey K. and William A. Ladusaw. Phonetic Symbol Guide. Editor's description claims: "a comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedia of phonetic alphabet symbols, providing a complete survey of the hundreds of characters used by linguists and speech scientists to record the sounds of the world's languages. This fully revised second edition incorporates the major revisions to the International Phonetic Alphabet made in 1989 and 1993." Includes both IPA symbols and non-IPA symbols. Ordering Information Reinhard, Thilo. The Singer's Schumann. Rosen Publishing Group, 1989. Includes background on Schumann's songs, and IPA guide to pronunciation of the lyrics. Ordering Information Richter, Laurence. Rachmaninov's Complete Song Texts. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo, New York, 2000. 1-878617-30-3. This volume contains the song texts to Rachmaninov's 82 songs. It also contains the IPA transcriptions and word-for-word English translations of these songs, with a guide for using the IPA with the Russian language. Ordering info available at Visit Site Rohinsky, Marie-Claire. The Singer's Debussy. The complete songs of Debussy rendered into IPA and word-for-word English translations. Pelion Press, NY, 1987. Ordering Information Ross, Peter. English-Italian Italian-English Hippocrene Practical Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, 1995. An updated addition to the excellent Hippocrene dictionary series, this paperback dictionary offers IPA pronunciations for both the English and Italian entries. Ordering Information Stapp, Marcie. The Singer's Guide to Languages. Teddys Music Press, Revised edition 1996. One of our readers describes this book as "a wonderful source for singers unfamiliar with the IPA. Contains a comprehensive list of the standard IPA symbols, examples of each symbol in Italian, French, German and English, as well as separate sections devoted to each of these languages with transcribing and translating tips. She also gives a good explanation of verb conjugation for each language, parts of speech, gender, etc." (L.S.) Ordering Information Steiner, Roger J. The Bantam New College French and English Dictionary. Bantam Books, NY 1993. IPA Dictionary. Ordering Information The Pocket Macquarie Dictionary. The Jacaranda Press Distributor, 1990. Australian English dictionary uses IPA. Free online single word lookup at Visit Site or order the book at Ordering Information Uris, Dorothy. To Sing in English: A Guide to Improved Diction. Boosey and Hawkes, NY 1971. Uses IPA, and emphasizes American diction as opposed to British. An excellent book. Ordering Information Victor, Wilhelm. Shakespeare's Pronunciation : A Shakespeare Reader in the Old Spelling and With a Phonetic Transcription. AMS Press, 2006. Publication will be released in 2006, but is available for pre-order now. Ordering Information Wall, Joan, Robert Caldwell, Tracy Gavilanes, and Sheila Allen. Diction for Singers: A concise reference for English, Italian, Latin, German, French, and Spanish pronunciation. Pst... Inc., Dallas, 1990. Ordering Information Wall, Joan. International Phonetic Alphabet for Singers: A manual for English and foreign language diction. Dallas: Pst...Inc., 1990. Ordering Information Wells, J. C. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Longman, 1990. Uses IPA. Paperback edition is available at Ordering Information Hardback edition includes "both General American pronunciations and Received Pronunciation (British) pronunciations" and may be found at Ordering Information Wierenga, Leanne. French Diction for the Singer: A Phonetics Workbook. Judith Otto, ed. Kenyon Publications, New York 1977. Ordering Information Willmann, Helmut. Langenscheidt's Condensed Muret-Sanders German Dictionary. One of our readers describes this dictionary as "a 'reduced' version of the 'real' Muret-Sanders which, like the 'real' Oxford English Dictionary, runs several volumes long. ...For my purposes, this nearly 1,300 page, 140,000 word volume (with IPA!) does the trick 99.9% of the time." Ordering Information Wilson, Kathleen L. (Spillane). The Art Song in Latin America: Selected Works by Twentieth-Century Composers. Pendragon Press, Stuyvesant 1998. Includes 29-page diction section by Arden Hopkin. Ordering Information Wise, Claude Merton. Applied Phonetics. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1957. Out of print, but often available at http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/oopbooks/oopResultsTitle.asp? Zingarelli, Nicola. Il Nuovo Zingarelli: Vocabolario della Lingua Italiana. French & European Pubns, 11th edition, 1988. Italian-Italian dictionary, non-translating, but one of the most respected Italian dictionaries. IPA transcriptions. John Glenn Paton specifically recommends this resource for looking up "obsolete or antiquated words, esp. verb forms...." Ordering Information Other Other Davis, Eileen. Sing French ISBN: 0-9710879-2-X, Eclair� Press, 2003.The author shares: "Written by a professional singer and teacher, Sing French approaches the subect from the singer's standpoint, always taking into account the basic singing space. The information is comprehensive and accessible by section listings. Seven songs, by Duparc, Faur� and Debussy, are presented within the book with text analyses and vocal lines, complete with IPA transcriptions and literal translations. Full piano-vocal scores of these songs (each in two keys) comprise appendix 4. On the accompanying compact disk the French examples and vocal lines are demonstrated along with the seven songs in performance and the piano accompaniments in two keys." Visit Site Recordings Canepari, Luciano. Manuale di pronuncia italiana. Zanichelli, Bologna 1999. John Glenn Paton describes this book as "A description of Italian pronunciation, including word connections, intonation, regional accents, and exercise materials. Known by the abbreviation 'il MaPI.' The first edition appeared in 1992; this is the second. Two audiocassettes are available to illustrate the recommended pronunciations." He adds that he finds this to be "a work for the specialist. The matierial covered is complex, and the writing style is academic, that is, difficult, even for Italians." Ordering Information Cheek, Timothy. Singing in Czech. Scarecrow Press, NJ 2001. Includes CD with native singers speaking and singing all the sounds of the Czech language. Includes rules for sounds, exercises and examples, Moravian dialect, singing in Slovak. Also an overview of literature along with texts of songs and arias, word-by-word translations, idiomatic translations, IPA transcriptions, and listings of timings and editions. Whew!! This is the source for Czech diction. Ordering Information Costamagna, Lidia. Pronunciare l'italiano. Edizioni Guerra, Perugia 1996. One of our readers feels that this is "Probably the best of all to help in the classroom. It has great exercises for IPA and listening." For mroe information about this book and accompanying cassette, look under "commerciale" at Visit Site Davis, Eileen. Sing French ISBN: 0-9710879-2-X, Eclair� Press, 2003.The author shares: "Written by a professional singer and teacher, Sing French approaches the subect from the singer's standpoint, always taking into account the basic singing space. The information is comprehensive and accessible by section listings. Seven songs, by Duparc, Faur� and Debussy, are presented within the book with text analyses and vocal lines, complete with IPA transcriptions and literal translations. Full piano-vocal scores of these songs (each in two keys) comprise appendix 4. On the accompanying compact disk the French examples and vocal lines are demonstrated along with the seven songs in performance and the piano accompaniments in two keys." Visit Site Software Collins Dictionaries Online � 1995 HarperCollins Publishers Online, hosted by wordreference.com. Wow! Online word-lookup search boxes for the Collins Dictionaries in Spanish, Italian, German, French, and English. The French, Italian, English and German entries include IPA pronunciations! (Also offers WordReference Personal free webpage translation software for Windows only.) Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! IPANow! is a new software program that automatically creates phonetic transcriptions of song texts in Latin, Italian, German, and French. Free trial available; software is Windows-only. Visit Site Jensen, Karen. A Singer's Guide to the IPA. A CD-ROM developed by Dr.Karen Jensen of Canada, this multimedia course in IPA contains interactive exercises for learning vocal physiology and the sounds and symbols of English, Italian, French and German. For more information, contact Dr. Jensen via e-mail at kjensen@cc.umanitoba.ca . Just as spoken: The Tool for Phonetic Transcription. (Commercial product, Windows only.) Developer Daniel Berg shares: "This tool for phonetic transcription allows you to easily insert phonetic symbols into your Winword-, Excel- and WordPerfect documents. All phonetic symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (Rev. 1996) are included in the program as TrueType fonts, so you can use them in every Windows application." Visit Site Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM. The newest edition of this dictionary is now available for purchase on CD-ROM and at some libraries and university servers online. Windows platform only. The comparable hardcopy version (ISBN: 0198611862) is complete with new IPA transcription/pronunciations. One of our readers has reported that the electronic version "has IPA pronounciation guides for some [but not all] words." Ordering Information Resources for Studying Human Speech. George Dillon's outstanding collection of resources about the study of human speech. From freeware programs to IPA transcription tools, you can find it here. Topics include: Phones and Phonemes of English, Speech Waveform Analysis, Text to Speech (TTS) Synthesizers, Speech Recognition, Archives and Search Index. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! UCLA Phonetics Lab Software. Commercial CD's of linguistics software available for both Windows and Macintosh platforms. Visit Site Website Diction-specific A Linguistic Sketch of Basque. Excellent overview of this language, uses IPA in some of its descriptions. Visit Site ASCII-equivalents from SAMPA. The SAMPA (Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet) Homepage. SAMPA is a machine-readable phonetic alphabet; developed by phoneticians, it originally covered Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian, and has been expanded to cover Norwegian, Swedish, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, Bulgarian, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian. Contains an overview and links to special sounds of the above languages. Visit Site Chantez-vous Fran�ais? Remarques curieuses sur le fran�ais chant� du Moyen Age � la p�riode baroque. (Do you sing French? Interesting remarks about French sung in the Middle Ages at the baroque period.) Olivier Bettens' website about Medieval French Song, including pronunciation and other excellent information. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! Collins Dictionaries Online � 1995 HarperCollins Publishers Online, hosted by wordreference.com. Wow! Online word-lookup search boxes for the Collins Dictionaries in Spanish, Italian, German, French, and English. The French, Italian, English and German entries include IPA pronunciations! (Also offers WordReference Personal free webpage translation software for Windows only.) Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! IPA Bingo. Commercial product from Cascadilla Press "can be used with large or small classes to encourage students to learn the IPA symbols used for transcribing American English or to reinforce their knowledge of articulatory descriptions. IPA Bingo is a fun way for students to practice using the IPA symbols. Package includes rules for IPA Bingo, 100 different game cards for students to use, and 2 sets of caller cards for the instructor to use. The rules include suggestions for variations." Special Note: The materials for IPA Bingo are available online for free download as pdf files for non-commercial use if you would prefer to print them out yourself. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! IPA chart in Acrobat (.pdf) format. One page, consise chart, developed by the International Phonetic Association for linguists. Visit Site IPASource.com has hundreds of Art Song and opera texts with literal translations and IPA transcriptions in user friendly PDF format - many with MP3 readings. Visit Site International Phonetic Association . Reproduction of The International Phonetic Alphabet chart, covers Consonants (Pulmonic and Non-Pulmonic), Diacritics, Other Symbols, Suprasegmentals, Tones & Word Accents, and Vowels. Visit Site Just as spoken: The Tool for Phonetic Transcription. (Commercial product, Windows only.) Developer Daniel Berg shares: "This tool for phonetic transcription allows you to easily insert phonetic symbols into your Winword-, Excel- and WordPerfect documents. All phonetic symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (Rev. 1996) are included in the program as TrueType fonts, so you can use them in every Windows application." Visit Site Language Games. free IPA card games to spice up your diction classroom activities. Fun classroom activites for learning and using phonetics, developed for undergraduate linguistics courses but easily adaptable for music diction. Offers IPA card decks for sale as well. UPDATE: author lists the IPA cards as out of stock, but will reprint them if there is enough interest. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! Norwegian Pronunciation from Norskklassen, the Norwegian class on the Net. Norwegian pronunciation with IPA symbols. (Alternative (non-IPA) guide available at http://frodo.bruderhof.com/norskklassen/sounds-t.htm.) Page created by Sarah Brodwall. Sounds spoken by Arne Kjell Foldvik, native of Larvik i Vestfold, Norway. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! Online Phonetics Course from the Department of Linguistics, University of Lausanne. Available in English or French. (NB: we suggest you download the latest version of Quicktime to access the online sound files.) An outstanding website, "designed to teach the fundamentals of phonetics and mastery of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)." Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! Phonetics Laboratory at the University of Victoria, B.C., includes an online IPA Lab with sound files. (An online voice quality lab is under construction.) Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! Polish and English vowels. Overview uses a mixture of IPA and non-IPA pronunciation help. Visit Site Resources for Studying Human Speech. George Dillon's outstanding collection of resources about the study of human speech. From freeware programs to IPA transcription tools, you can find it here. Topics include: Phones and Phonemes of English, Speech Waveform Analysis, Text to Speech (TTS) Synthesizers, Speech Recognition, Archives and Search Index. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! SAMPA Pages: German. Consonants, vowels, sample words and their ASCII-equivalent phonetic transcriptions, from SAMPA. Visit Site Spoken Thai for the Internet "has been adapted from the book of the same name authored by Mary R. Haas and Heng R. Subhanka and first published in 1945 by the Linguistic Society of America." This outstanding resource includes 17 units with exercises, tutorials, drills and soundfiles. The site also has links to an IPA font. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! Stirling University's on-line phonology course. "This course has been designed as a self-access course for all those interested in learning the script and identifying the sounds of the phonology of British Received Pronunciation. " Interesting site includes diagrams and IPA in an easy-to understand format. Sections on consonants and vowels are particularly useful. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! The Diction Domain Introduction to Italian. Includes the sounds of sung Italian, as they are represented in International Phonetic Alphabet and their ASCII Equivalents, along with sample words. Created by the Diction Divas especially for singers! Visit Site A Diction Domain Resource! The Diction Domain's IPA ASCII Equivalents Page. Brought to you by your very own Diction Divas, this is a chart of some of the most popular IPA phonemes used by singers, and how to write them using standard keyboard characters. A must for anyone who wants to accurately describe phonetic sounds over the Internet, in online newsgroups and webpages, or anywhere a phonetic font or graphics are not readily available. The fun begins at Visit Site A Diction Domain Resource! The Finnish language by Jukka "Yucca" Korpela. Outstanding page includes Finnish Pronunciation section, plus links to additional Finnish language resources. Note especially Visit Site , a summary of Finnish pronunciation using IPA! Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! The Pocket Macquarie Dictionary. The Jacaranda Press Distributor, 1990. Australian English dictionary uses IPA. Free online single word lookup at Visit Site or order the book at Ordering Information The Singer's Dilemma: Tone Versus Diction. Online article by Shirlee Emmons offers tips and techniques for improving diction, especially in English and German. Uses IPA for vowel descriptions. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! UCLA Phonetics Lab Software. Commercial CD's of linguistics software available for both Windows and Macintosh platforms. Visit Site Yvonne Dechance's Frequently Asked Questions about Studying Voice Diction. Copyright 1994; revised and new text 1997; 2002. Information about studying voice diction and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) written by one of the Diction Divas. Visit Site A Diction Domain Resource! Font ASCII Equivalents to IPA. Website text in French, contains sample .au soundfiles. Visit Site ASCII IPA: the way to represent speech using a computer keyboard. Contains .wav files of sample sounds. Visit Site ASCII equivalents for IPA. Evan Kirshenbaum's article describes "a standard scheme for representing IPA transcriptions in ASCII for use in Usenet articlesand email." This is also one of the primary sources for the Diction Domain's ASCII IPA Equivalents for Singers scheme. Visit Site ASCII-equivalents from SAMPA. The SAMPA (Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet) Homepage. SAMPA is a machine-readable phonetic alphabet; developed by phoneticians, it originally covered Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian, and has been expanded to cover Norwegian, Swedish, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, Bulgarian, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian. Contains an overview and links to special sounds of the above languages. Visit Site Computer Phonetic Characters. Hugo Quene's schematic charts for computer-use of IPA phonemes; used for email and web-publishing in IPA without a special font. Visit Site Dr. Berlin's Foreign Font Archive. A site for many different language fonts to download as freeware or shareware. Primarily Windows formats. Visit Site Fonts in Cyberspace: A guide to finding language fonts on the Internet. Containing more than 411 sources for 126 languages. Brought to you by the Summer Institute of Linguistics, this is the motherlode of all font sources, most of which are downloadable. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! IPA Fonts. The International Phonetic Association's links to commercial and free fonts for Macintosh, Windows and TeX/LaTeX. Visit Site Linguist's Software: Fonts for the Whole World. Commercial, Downloadable IPA fonts for Macintosh and Windows. Visit Site Magnetic Phonetics 2 from Cascadilla Press is a purchasable set of 276 magnetic tiles with all of the IPA symbols for English (broad transcription) printed on them. Using these, you or your students can play a phonetic version of Crossword or Scrabble, or practice creating transcriptions on any metal surface. Also fun for your refrigerator or student waiting area. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! MyFonts carries not only IPA fonts for sale but also has search capability on various language fonts, with a lovely explanation of the differences between ASCII and Unicode, as well as how and why PC and Mac font sets might be different. Visit Site SAMPA Pages: German. Consonants, vowels, sample words and their ASCII-equivalent phonetic transcriptions, from SAMPA. Visit Site SIL IPA Fonts. The fine folks at The Summer Institute of Linguistics provide downloadable IPA fonts in True Type and PostScript Type 1 formats free of charge. Both Mac and Windows formats are available, and the fonts will work with most keyboards. The SIL-IPA free fonts contain the smaller set of IPA phonemes used by singers for Romance-language transcription, but if you need a larger, more comprehensive set of phonemes, they offer those for a small fee. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! Spoken Thai for the Internet "has been adapted from the book of the same name authored by Mary R. Haas and Heng R. Subhanka and first published in 1945 by the Linguistic Society of America." This outstanding resource includes 17 units with exercises, tutorials, drills and soundfiles. The site also has links to an IPA font. Visit Site A Diction Domain SuperSite! World Language Resources. Commercial language and IPA fonts. Visit Site General Language This is Wikipedia site on IPA. Hundreds of links throughout. Copyright free resources. Visit Site
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