An invaluable resource on the pronunciation of historic European languages for singers, scholars, actors, and readers of early music and literature With CD Singing Early Music studies the principal languages of Europe as they were spoken from the twelfth to the seventeenth century: English, Scots, French, Occitan, Spanish, Galician-Portuguese, Italian, German, and Flemish as well as the Latin "dialect" of each area. Several sample texts in each language are printed in the original language and in transcription in the International Phonetic Alphabet and recorded on the accompanying CD.
Timothy J. McGee is Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of Toronto, and author of Medieval and Renaissance Music: A Performer's Guide and Medieval Instrumental Dances (IUP, 1989).
Preface Acknowledgments How to Use This Guide Common Abbreviations 1. Introduction Phonetics, David N. Klausner Overview of European Languages, A. G. Rigg Latin, A. G. Rigg Britain 2. English, David N. Klausner Diachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts 3. Sixteenth-Century Scots, David N. Klausner Sample Texts 4. Anglo-Latin, A. G. Rigg Diachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts France 5. Old French, Robert Taylor Diachronic Sound Chart Picard Sounds (Typical Picard Sounds) Sample Texts 6. French Latin, Harold Copeman Diachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts 7. Occitan, Robert Taylor Sample Texts Iberian Peninsula 8. Catalan, Beata FitzPatrick Diachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts 9. Spanish (Castilian), James F. Burke Diachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts 10. Spanish Latin, Harold Copeman Sample Texts 11. Galician-Portuguese, Joseph T. Snow and James Burke Diachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts 12. Portuguese Latin, Harold Copeman Sample Texts Italy 13. Italian, Gianrenzo Clivio Sample Texts 14. Italian Latin, harold Copeman Sample Texts Germany and the Low Countries 15. Middle High German, Peter Frenzel Sample Texts 16. Late Medieval German and Early New High German, Peter Frenzel Diachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts 17. German Latin, Harold Copeman and Vera U. G. Scherr Sample Texts 18. Flemish (Dutch), William Z. Shetter Sample Texts 19. Netherlands Latin, harold Copeman Sample Texts Glossary Index to Compact Disk Contributors Phonetic Chart, David N. Klausner
An invaluable resource on the pronunciation of historic European languages for singers, scholars, actors, and readers of early music and literature With CD
"... it certainly belongs in every institutional library and among the holdings of all those interested in any way in early music and literature. Singing Early Music is a pioneering work of surpassing quality that can not be too highly recommended." Journal of Singing "Commendable in its scholarship, this sturdily bound book should prove of interest to linguists, medievalists, and Renaissance academicians, as well as to fastidious performers of early music." Choice "This book ... addresses the needs of the performer directly, giving historical pronunciation for a range of languages, sample texts, and just enough explanation of how we know... " Early Music "... required study for any musician venturing seriously into the performance of early Western European vocal music." Notes "I highly recommend this book for singers and teachers of early music eager to add an extra dimension to their singing." European Journal of Early Music
