There can be no doubt that German for Musicians will prove a real asset to every young singer and instrumentalist who needs to become acquainted with the German language, written or spoken. -Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
German for Musicians is an intensive course for beginners, a refresher for those with some German, and a reader for those who need to practice translating musical texts.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FOREWORD BY DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU
INTRODUCTION
1 GUIDE TO THE PRONUNCIATION OF GERMAN
Spoken German
Diction for Singers
2. FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE
Bergrubungen
Studenten in Koln
Die Stadt
Die Mahlzeiten
Einkaufen
Das Wetter
Unterwegs!
Ferien
ein Ausflug ins Grune
Frohliche Weihnachten und ein gluckliches Neues Jahr!
Uber Wozzeck, Konrad Vogelsang
Die englischen Lautenisten, N. Lloyd
Stille Nacht, Robert Wolf
Brief Mahlers an Anna von Mildenburg
Die Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik, Robert Schumann
Die Zauberflote, Emanuel Schikaneder
Die Matthaus-Passion, Bible text, chorale by Paul Gerhardt
Erinnerungen an Beethoven, Carl Czerny
Brief Mozarts an seinen Vater
Paulus an die Korinther
3. TEXTS
4. REFERENCES
