• Sprechgesang (German: [ˈʃpʁɛçɡəzaŋ] , "spoken singing") and Sprechstimme (German: [ˈʃpʁɛçʃtɪmə], "spoken voice"), more commonly known as speak-singing...
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    B-52's, of which he is a founding member. Schneider is well known for his sprechgesang, which he developed from reciting poetry over guitars. Frederick William...
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    German, often used for vocal performance even closer to speech than Sprechgesang, literally "spoken song" or "spoken singing" Schoenberg 1994, 54. Byron...
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    sometimes use call-and-response-style vocals (Schneider's often humorous Sprechgesang contrasting with Wilson's and Pierson's melodic harmonies), and their...
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  • Pierrot Lunaire which uses sprechgesang for its entire duration) and the Second Viennese School. Schoenberg notated sprechgesang by placing a small cross...
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    are a German band from Chemnitz. Their music combines rock / indie and Sprechgesang with German lyrics and is generally considered to be a mixture of rap...
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    singing Musician Opera Overtone singing Recitative Singer-songwriter Sprechgesang Throat singing Voice pedagogy Voice projection Voice type Yodeling Winsingad...
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    band's only UK number one single. Ryder is known for his distinctive sprechgesang and lyricism. Shaun William George Ryder was born on 23 August 1962 in...
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    rather than an innovator, Humperdinck was the first composer to use Sprechgesang—a vocal technique halfway between singing and speaking—in his melodrama...
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    listless wafts of guitar." Williamson's voice on Sleaford Mods songs is sprechgesang, rapped with his recognisable East Midlands accent. His vocal and lyrical...
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    them about men, rappers, who seduce them with lies, "rapping" Rap squat Sprechgesang Duneier, Kasinitz, Murphy (2014). The Urban Ethnography Reader. Oxford...
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    wave. Critics make mention of post-punk and describe her delivery as sprechgesang. She featured on "Mork n Mindy" by Sleaford Mods in 2021. She released...
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    twelve-tone technique for the accompanying flute, guitar, and cello, but sprechgesang for the vocal part Igor Stravinsky composed his setting in October 1966...
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  • from gothic rock, classical and Slavonic folk music, and fronted by the sprechgesang of Mr. Doctor himself. The band is notable for very lengthy epics, none...
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    The vocal melody merges with the backing track and sometimes becomes Sprechgesang. The lyrics often contain phrases laden with meaning and connotation...
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    new scene of British rock bands rooted in experimental post-punk with sprechgesang – or "talk-singing" – vocals, alongside contemporaries Black Midi, Squid...
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    organisation. Massive Attack used guest vocalists, interspersed with their own sprechgesang stylings, on top of what became regarded as an essentially British creative...
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    as a way of appending a new section. Melodrama or accompanied speech Sprechgesang 'speech-song', with rhythms and approximate pitches musically notated...
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  • Retrieved October 24, 2023. Gölz, Yannik. "Die personifizierte Freude am Sprechgesang". laut.de (in German). Retrieved October 24, 2023. "Tower.com: In A Major...
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    Falsetto Falsettone Head voice Legato Messa di voce Passaggio Portamento Sprechgesang Squillo Tessitura Timbre Vibrato Vocal range Vocal register Vocal resonation...
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  • that was totally at odds with the Italian ideals of bel canto. Called "Sprechgesang" by its proponents (and dubbed the "Bayreuth bark" by some opponents)...
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  • on May 21, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2020. A well-known example of Sprechgesang is that of Rex Harrison ... as Prof. Higgins in My Fair Lady. Jackson...
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  • Man. Music portal List of patter songs Patter Catalogue aria Rapping Sprechgesang "Patter song", Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, accessed...
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  • funk-style electric guitar and bass guitar, Gainsbourg's spoken word and Sprechgesang vocal styles, and lush string and choral arrangements by arranger and...
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    of only five issues. He began to write plays in French, utilizing the sprechgesang form of songwriting, where the lyrics were spoken over the music. This...
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    by a single composition: Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire (1912), where Sprechgesang was used instead of rhythmically spoken words, and which took a freer...
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    new wave, electronic music, avantgarde. His art of singing is often sprechgesang, especially on later albums. Vasily Shumov is the son of Maria Evlakhova...
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    new name Die Fantastischen Vier they made German hip hop, or Deutschen Sprechgesang (German spoken song) as they called it, popular in Germany. Although...
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    straightforward guitar rock setup, as well as frontman Eddie Argos' enthusiastic sprechgesang-style vocal delivery, and his humorous, often self-reflexive lyrics about...
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  • this half-sung, half-spoken performing method that's not quite like Sprechgesang, but what makes it so interesting is that he accompanies it with an instrumental...
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