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Meaning of "sprechstimme" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPRECHSTIMME

From German: speaking voice.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPRECHSTIMME

sprechstimme  [German] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPRECHSTIMME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sprechstimme is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPRECHSTIMME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sprechgesang

Sprechgesang and Sprechstimme are expressionist vocal techniques between singing and speaking. Though sometimes used interchangeably, Sprechgesang is directly related to the operatic recitative manner of singing, whereas Sprechstimme is closer to speech itself.

Definition of sprechstimme in the English dictionary

The definition of sprechstimme in the dictionary is a vocal part employing sprechgesang.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPRECHSTIMME


Fraktur
German
Herr
German
zugzwang
German

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPRECHSTIMME

spread eagle
spread one´s wings
spread out
spread sampling
spread your wings
spread-eagle
spreadability
spreadable
spreadeagled
spreader
spreadingly
spreadsheet
spreagh
spreaghery
spreathed
sprechgesang
spreckled
spree
sprekelia
sprent

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPRECHSTIMME

awareness programme
community care programme
Community Programme
damme
exchange programme
exercise programme
femme
fitness programme
gamme
gentilhomme
gimme
gramme
induction programme
kilogramme
lemme
outreach programme
programme
Somme
Sully-Prudhomme
television programme

Synonyms and antonyms of sprechstimme in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sprechstimme» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPRECHSTIMME

Find out the translation of sprechstimme to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sprechstimme from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sprechstimme» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sprechstimme
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Sprechstimme
570 millions of speakers

English

sprechstimme
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sprechstimme
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sprechstimme
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Sprechstimme
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Sprechstimme
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sprechstimme
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sprechstimme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sprechstimme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sprechstimme
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sprechstimme
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sprechstimme
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sprechstimme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sprechstimme
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sprechstimme
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्प्रेचिस्टिम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sprechstimme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sprechstimme
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sprechstimme
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Sprechstimme
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sprechstimme
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Sprechstimme
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sprechstimme
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

sprechstimme
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

sprechstimme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sprechstimme

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPRECHSTIMME»

The term «sprechstimme» is normally little used and occupies the 149.281 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPRECHSTIMME» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sprechstimme» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sprechstimme» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sprechstimme

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPRECHSTIMME»

Discover the use of sprechstimme in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sprechstimme and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inside Pierrot lunaire: Performing the Sprechstimme in ...
The volume also provides a bibliography of sources and an index.
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Paul Mathews, 2008
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Sprechstimme in Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire: a study ...
This study offers a brief history of "Sprechstimme" and "Pierrot lunaire", Schoenberg's recordings of "Pierrot", and the ambiguity inherent in the execution of "Sprechstimme".
Aidan Soder, 2008
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The Application of Vocal Registration to Traditional Singing ...
Sprechstimme Sprechstimme or sprechsgegang is a type of vocal production that lies between speaking and singing; it was proposed by Engelbert Humperdinck and formalized by Schoenberg. In the first publication of the opera Konigskinder ...
Stella Dayrit Roden, 2008
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Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music : A Practical Guide ...
Vocal. Hybrids: Sprechstimme. and. Recitation. •""•everal hybrid and alternative forms of vocal declamation were developed and c_^ exploited during the twentieth century and continue to be used by contemporary composers. None of them ...
Clarksville Sharon Mabry Professor of Music Austin Peay State University, 2002
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Singing in Style: A Guide to Vocal Performance Practices
For a more detailed discussion of Sprechstimme technique, see Sharon Mabry's Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music. Sprechstimme in Other Works Schoenberg used Sprechstimme in other works, including Gurrelieder, A Survivor from ...
Martha Elliott, 2006
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The Pleasure of Modernist Music: Listening, Meaning, ...
The relationship of voices to the score would be suggestive: between Sprechstimme, into which characters lapse so often, and the singing voice. An example of the contrast would be Act 1, Scene 2, where Andres sings, and Wozzeck speaks.
Arved Mark Ashby, 2004
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Schoenberg and Words: The Modernist Years
Its exact rhythms, its sometimes purposefully uncoordinated placement of stress, and its exaggerated contours lend Sprechstimme an unnatural air which is modern in its artificiality, and which recalls the strained poses of the miming Pierrot, ...
Charlotte Marie Cross, Russell A. Berman, 2000
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Political and Religious Ideas in the Works of Arnold Schoenberg
At the end of the oratorio Gabriel reveals that reintegration with God is only attained through faith and prayer.33 Schoenberg defines his characters either as Sprechstimme parts, in which he requires each character to produce a voice halfway ...
Charlotte M. Cross, Russell A. Berman, 2013
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Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music
Arnold Schoenberg adopted this modification of Sprechstimme for the reciting voice in Gurrelieder (1911), a declamation somewhere between spoken and sung that provides greater clarity while remaining heightened and musical. With his ...
Nicole V. Gagné, 2011
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Handbook of Oral History
... and protestations of the gathering crowd.68 The oral narrative has been reconfigured into a spoken score that is neither speech nor music but sprechstimme, a hybrid form calling on musical qualities of vocal production as its dramatic core.
Thomas Lee Charlton, Lois E. Myers, Rebecca Sharpless, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPRECHSTIMME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sprechstimme is used in the context of the following news items.
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The arts diary: Entanglement and That Man Stephen Ward, Parabola …
By contrast, the music gains strength from its restraint, the sparse orchestral texture punctuating a vocal line that is often close to Sprechstimme, the sung speech ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 15»
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Review: Music From Yellow Barn: Music on the Brink of War …
Schoenberg asks for what he called Sprechstimme, literally speaking “voice,” but meaning a combination of speaking and singing. He writes specific pitches for ... «TheaterJones Performing Arts News, May 15»
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In His Final Opera, a Composer Presents a Divided Self-Portrait
While sprechstimme has been used in opera for a century, Ashley's adaption of the ... The strangeness of the sprechstimme technique is especially felt in the ... «Hyperallergic, Apr 15»
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A Vital Pulse: The Philip Glass Ensemble and Steve Reich and …
Beginning from the recorded pulse of a telephone receiver left off the hook (its an F!) it becomes a bracing sprechstimme in which voice recordings taken from ... «Brooklyn Rail, Oct 14»
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The Ways in Which White People Talk Over Music
The proper name for rap-talk-singing is sprechstimme, sometimes used interchangeably with sprechgesang, the latter of which is a little more melodic. «The Awl, Aug 14»
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Moses und Aron (Welsh National Opera)
Two and a quarter hours of serialism and Sprechstimme require a huge amount of concentration on the part of the listener, and whilst this compositional style ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Jul 14»
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Sprechtraining: Wie man seine Stimme trainieren kann
Eine feste, angenehme Stimme und eine klare Artikulation sind im Job oft wichtig. Mit Übungen lässt sich die Sprechstimme trainieren. Wie, das zeigt ein neuer ... «ZEIT ONLINE, Jul 14»
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Videos: DiNapoli mean, Astorino high, Cuomo controlling
DiNapoli, a Democrat, offered an atonal sprechstimme of “Puttin' on the Ritz,” mocking a pilot program for public campaign finance that only applies to his ... «Capital New York, Jun 14»
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Argento Chamber Ensemble at Austrian Cultural Forum
... guttural sounds and breathy noises to swooping lines and a Sprechstimme delivery of certain phrases. All the eclectic utterances in the extremely slow-moving ... «New York Times, May 14»
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Record store day
I don't know why, exactly, except that the song — characterised by the exuberant, sprechstimme vocals of Sue Tompkins — sounds like the headlong optimism, ... «The Monthly, Apr 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sprechstimme [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sprechstimme>. Apr 2024 ».
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