Singing in Greek
Subtitle: a guide to Greek lyric diction and vocal repertoire
By: Lydia Zervanos
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781442229778; 9781442229785
Subjects: Singing; Diction; Greek language; Pronunciation; Vocal music; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The sounds of the Greek language. The Greek vowel sounds ; Digraphsthe ; The Greek consonant sounds ; Assimilation; title: Greek vocal repertoire. Overview ; Ionian School of music : composers. Nikolaos Halikiopoulos-Mantzaros (1795-1872) ; Pavlos Carrer (1829-1896) ; G. & N. Lambelet ; Spyridon-Filiskos Samaras (1861-1917) ; National school of music : composers ; Manolis Kalomiris (1883-1962) ; National school of music : song selection ; Greek operetta ; Modernism in Greek art music ; Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) : five Greek folk songs.