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Music 263/264: Lyric Diction
Research Guide for Lyric Diction
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IPA Source
Your go-to resource for diction questions is IPA Source.
- IPA Source This link opens in a new windowInternational Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias, art songs, and Latin sacred texts.
Dictionaries
Prisma's Modern Swedish-English and English-Swedish DictionariesCall Number: PD5640 .P74 1989Available in print.
Finnish-English, English-Finnish DictionaryCall Number: Music Ref: PH279 .W83 1985Available in print.
Resources About Diction
Scandinavian Song: A Guide to Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish Repertoire and DictionCall Number: MT883 .H53 2016)ISBN: 9780810884533Available in print and online.
The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral RehearsalCall Number: MT875 .U74 2012Available online. Includes chapters on a wide variety of global languages.
Sing It in Finnish: A Practical Pronunciation Guide for Singers and Choral ConductorsCall Number: MT883 .M29 1997ISBN: 9789519141077Available in print.
Online Resources
- Cambridge DictionaryOnline bilingual dictionaries between multiple languages and English.
- DinOrdbokOnline Norwegian dictionary.
- Folkets lexiconSwedish-English online dictionary.