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This book offers singers the tools to navigate English and German diction, including drills, word lists, examples, and tongue twisters. The third edition extends discussions of diction choices for musical theatre and cognate consonant substitutions for operatic works, and it provides more exercises, as well as a short history of German.

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9781538193716

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"""English and German Diction for Singers: A Comparative Approach has long been an indispensable guide for both my students and me. The new edition wonderfully expands the toolbox and introduces new concepts which will undoubtedly serve to make this new edition the reference manual for teachers and active performers in both opera and musical theater."""

"""English and German Diction for Singers: A Comparative Approach has long been an indispensable guide for both my students and me. The new edition wonderfully expands the toolbox and introduces new concepts which will undoubtedly serve to make this new edition the reference manual for teachers and active performers in both opera and musical theater."" --Kevin Short, performer and voice teacher; voice faculty, The Juilliard School; associate professor, voice & opera, University of Maryland"

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Canadian collaborative pianist and vocal coach Amanda Johnston is professor of music at the University of Mississippi where she is music director for the opera theatre, teaches advanced diction, and coaches undergraduate and graduate singers. She is also instructor of German at the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA).

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