sprechstimme
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sprechstimme
< German, equivalent to sprech ( en ) to speak + Stimme voice
Example Sentences
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She’s paired here with Lewis, possessed of a classically handsome profile and equally handsome baritone, which gives a unique texture to the boffo sprechstimme of one of the musical’s signature songs, “Ya Got Trouble.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2019
Like Sch�nberg he used the combination of song and speech which the Germans call sprechstimme.
From Time Magazine Archive
In works such as the 1912 Pierrot lunaire, Arnold Schoenberg invented the device of sprechstimme, or speech-song; in The Cave Reich has perfected the principle and built an entire work upon it.
From Time Magazine Archive
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