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"" . . . demystifies more than 2000 names of composers, conductors and performers, titles of works and musical terms in some two dozen languages."" —Publishers Weekly "" . . . Fradkin's guide will save people from both error and affectation."" —Rettig on Reference ""What a great idea for a book."" —Denver Post ""Multifaceted and well organized . . . A wide range of useful tips will help attentive readers avoid common pronunciation gaffes and build on the sound advice offered . . . This is a book for the linguistically sensitive and musically inclined to keep handy."" —Choice ""Classical announcers and musicians will welcome this guide."" —American Reference Books Annual Is it [rick-kard] or [rih-khard] Wagner? Radio announcers have very few resources for learning to pronounce foreign words and names associated with classical music. In this innovative guide, Robert Fradkin provides the pronunciation of over 2000 personal names, titles of works, and musical terms. The Well-Tempered Announcer is an ideal text for radio and television classes and the ultimate aid in the broadcasting booth.

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Author:   Robert Fradkin
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Edition:   Annotated
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.708kg
ISBN:  

9780253210647

ISBN 10:   025321064
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   22 June 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Prelude A Tribute to WFOS-FM Other Acknowledgments Overture Why This Guide? The Old Native vs. Anglicized Controversy Caveat Dictor Structure of the Book Suggestions for Using The Book Limitations Movement 1. Transcription and Other Basics Transcription Conventions Letter vs. Sound Options and Alternatives Which Phonetic Transcription? Is the Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty? Sound Symbols Vowels Consonants How to Read the Lists On Alphabetical Order What's in a Name? People and Places Of Firsts and Lasts Language, Ethnicity, Religion, and Politics More on Slash Designations Movement 2. Alphabetical List Movement 3. List By Language Armenian Bulgarian Chinese Czech and the Hacek Languages (Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenia, Lithuanian, Latvian) Note on Last Names Dutch and Flemish English Finnish and Estonian French German Greek Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Latin Polish Note on Polish Last Names Portuguese Romanian Russian and Ukrainian Scandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) Spanish Five Interludes For Tongue and Larynx Interlude 1. The Voicing Principle Two Kinds of Consonants Interlude 2. Consonants on Paper and in the Mouth Some Terminology for Types of Sounds So-called Hard and Soft Consonants Flap, Catch, Shift Doubles and Dub Bulls Consonant Cluster Reprise Interlude 3. Vowels in General European vs. English Vowels in the Mouth Other Vowel Sounds Of Diphthongs and Digraphs Long and Short Broad and Flat Shwa Interlude 4. Stress Management Interlude 5. Hints on Reading Key Signatures Movement 4. Letter and Sound in the Languages of Europe and East Asia General Remark on Accent Marks and Diacritics Romance Languages Latin Italian Romanian French Portuguese Spanish Germanic Languages English German Two Notes on Visual Impressions Note on Names, Letters, and Immigration Voicing Reprise Dutch and Flemish Scandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) Slavic and Baltic Languages On Language, Religion, and Alphabet Polish The Hacek Languages (Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian; Lithuanian, Latvian) Russian-Ukrainian-Bulgarian A Guide to Russian Last and Middle Names Finno-Ugric and Other European Languages Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian From the Ends of Europe Albanian, Greek Turkish, Welsh, Irish East Asian Languages Japanese and Korean Japanese Stress and Vowel Skipping Chinese CODA Diacritic Review Letter-to-Sound Review South-to-Letter Review The Palatal Challenge Finale. Annotated Bibliography I. Names but no phonetics II. Names and phonetics III. General Transcription, Phonetics for Singers, etc. Indexes

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ROBERT A. FRADKIN, Assistant Professor of Hebrew at the University of Maryland, College Park, has also taught Russian and general linguistics. He is author of Stalking the Wild Verb Phrase as well as scholarly articles in his academic fields.

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