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REQUIRED MODIFICATION OF GERMAN LANGUAGE FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR SINGING FOR AMERICAN STUDENTS A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The School of Music by Lavan Ray Robinson M.M., Louisiana State University, 1950 May, 1979 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I. INTRODUCTION .......................................... 1 Statement of the P r o b l e m ............................ 2 Significance of the Report .......................... 2 Delimitations ......................................... 3 Definition of Terms ................................... 3 Method of Investigation.............................. h II. V O W E L S ................................................ 5 Phonetics ............................................. 7 Diacritical Marks .................................... 9 Capital Letters ....................................... 10 V o w e l s ............................................... 11 The International Phonetic Association .............. 12 A Detailed Study of German Vowels .................... 13 The Front V o w e l s ........................ » . ......... 18 The Back V o w e l s ....................................... 25 Front-rounded Vowels ................................ 36 D i p h t h o n g s ........................................... ^5 The Glottal S t o p .................................... 50 III. CONSONANTS ............................................. 52 How Consonant Sounds Are Generated .................. 5^ German Consonants: S t o p s ............................ 58 German Stops Voiceless/voiced Phonemes, /p-b/, /t-d/, /k-g/ . 60 The Nasal Consonants ................................ 68 A f f r i c a t e s ........................................... 71 F r i c a t i v e s ........................................... 72 Sibilants............................................. 77 Orthographic combination of consonants peculiarly related to G e r m a n.................................. 86 IV. APPLICATION OF MATERIAL SELECTED FOR USE WITH MUSIC AND TAPES ............................................. 91 Implementation of Techniques.. ........................ 91 Punctuation Used in Phonetic Transcription ........... 91 Areas of Modification................................ 92 ii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Phoneticized Song T e x t s .............................. 96 W i d m u n g............................................. 96 Per Tod, das ist die Kuhle N a c h t .................. 97 Heidenroslein ....................................... 98 Zueignung........................................... 99 Die M a i n a c h t ......................................... 100 Specific Modifications in the S o n g s .....................101 V. SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS .............. 118 S u m m a r y ................................................. 118 Conclusions............................................. 119 Recommendations......................................... 119 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................... 121 APPENDICES ..................................................... 128 Appendix A . Chapter II German Word List Enunciated on Tape, Side A . 129 Appendix B Chapter III German Word List Enunciated on Tape, Side A . 13U Appendix C Cassette Tape Side A, Chapter II and Chapter III German Word Lists Enunciated Side B, Chapter IV, Five German Lieder Sung Widmung Per Tod, das ist die Ruble Nacht Heidenroslein Zueignung Die Mainacht VITA ........................................................... 139 iii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ILLUSTRATIONS Plate I. 1 A photograph of the author singing the vowel . IT II. 1 A photograph of the author singing the vowel . 20 III. e ; A photograph of the author singing the vowel . 22 IV. £. ' A photograph of the author singing the vowel . 2k V. ■u." A photograph of the author singing the vowel . 26 VI. A photograph of the author singing the vowel . 28 VII. o A photograph of the author singing the vowel . 30 VIII. o ; A photograph of the author singing the vowel . 32 IX. a. \ A photograph of the author singing the vowel . 3U X. y ! A photograph of the author singing the vowel . 37 XI. ¥ \ A photograph of the author singing the vowel . 39 XII. A photograph of the author singing the vowel . h i XIII. \oe[ A photograph of the author singing the vowel . k3 XIV. Widmung 101+ XV. Der Tod., das ist die kuhle Nacht 106 XVI. Heidenroslein . 108 XVII. Zueignung . 110 XVIII. Die Mainacht . llU Figure 1. Phonetic Alphabet, Vowels .................... 5 2. Vowel diagram illustrating the relative tongue