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Book SynopsisAn invaluable resource on the pronunciation of historic European languages for singers, scholars, actors, and readers of early music and literature With CD
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Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
How to Use This Guide
Common Abbreviations
1. Introduction
Phonetics, David N. Klausner
Overview of European Languages, A. G. Rigg
Latin, A. G. Rigg
Britain
2. English, David N. Klausner
Diachronic Sound Chart
Sample Texts
3. Sixteenth-Century Scots, David N. Klausner
Sample Texts
4. Anglo-Latin, A. G. Rigg
Diachronic Sound Chart
Sample Texts
France
5. Old French, Robert Taylor
Diachronic Sound Chart
Picard Sounds (Typical Picard Sounds)
Sample Texts
6. French Latin, Harold Copeman
Diachronic Sound Chart
Sample Texts
7. Occitan, Robert Taylor
Sample Texts
Iberian Peninsula
8. Catalan, Beata FitzPatrick
Diachronic Sound Chart
Sample Texts
9. Spanish (Castilian), James F. Burke
Diachronic Sound Chart
Sample Texts
10. Spanish Latin, Harold Copeman
Sample Texts
11. Galician-Portuguese, Joseph T. Snow and James Burke
Diachronic Sound Chart
Sample Texts
12. Portuguese Latin, Harold Copeman
Sample Texts
Italy
13. Italian, Gianrenzo Clivio
Sample Texts
14. Italian Latin, harold Copeman
Sample Texts
Germany and the Low Countries
15. Middle High German, Peter Frenzel
Sample Texts
16. Late Medieval German and Early New High German, Peter Frenzel
Diachronic Sound Chart
Sample Texts
17. German Latin, Harold Copeman and Vera U. G. Scherr
Sample Texts
18. Flemish (Dutch), William Z. Shetter
Sample Texts
19. Netherlands Latin, harold Copeman
Sample Texts
Glossary
Index to Compact Disk
Contributors
Phonetic Chart, David N. Klausner
