Italian Musical Effects and Authentic Phonetics: Effective lyric diction in Crude furie by Handel
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https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI9.3932Keywords:
Lyric Diction, Italian Diction, Vocal Arts, OperaAbstract
Italian is the most commonly used language in the repertory of Western classical vocal music. Italian vocal music spreads globally and is a compulsory genre of music for classical vocal studies all around the globe including in Malaysia. This study investigates the effective lyric diction of Italian, including surveying the musical effects caused by the language and its authentic phonetics, in an attempt to discover ways for singers to communicate the language effectively in singing. A detailed analysis of the opera aria Crude furie by composer George Fredrich Handel will be carried out to apply those ideas into practice.
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