Studied under him with his diction book, one of the best. I wish there were
some way to put it in a software program, with IPA spellings of arias,
actual speaking of the words, examples of the song or aria. Anyway, he was
the best. So much fun to work with.
Buffy Hunt
----- Original Message -----
From: Elizabeth Finkler <mightymezzo@h...>
To: <vocalist-temporary@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [vocalist-temporary] French diction
> >From: "Leslie Jones" <LJones@s...>
> >
> >Chris Thomas wrote,
> >
> > "Grubb's book is out of print, according to Amazon.com and I have to
> >teach French diction in the fall!!! Anyone know anything about WHY it's
> >out
> >of print, if they're reissuing it?"
> >
> > I ran into this when preparing for my everything-in-one-semester
> >diction
> >class this semester, too (I was looking for it as a reference/resource
for
> >myself; I used the Wall book for the class text; good, if a little
flawed).
>
> I bought John Moriarty's "Diction for Singers" on the recommendation of my
> teacher. (She studied with Moriarty at BCM.) Took about six weeks to get
> it from amazon.com.
>
> [Lana, can you do something about that?]
>
> Anyway, Moriarty uses IPA and a fairly comprehensible assortment of rules.
> But I'm still afraid of the French Police.
>
> Elizabeth Finkler
> http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo/
> mightymezzo@h...
>
> I don't think of myself as a canary. I am a big, bad-a** mockingbird.
>
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