HELPFUL WEBSITES & RESOURCES

ORIENTATION WORKSHOP – Prof. Smith

IPAsource.com
recmusic.com
toolbar.google.com
Opera scores: http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/scores.html
Art song scores: http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/
imslp.com
Aria Database is great for translations!
http://www.aria-
database.com/search.php?sid=225e5367a67445746deb9b6a668d321f&changeToAria=1
Lieder.net is another great source for German translations
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
Art Song Central has IPA transcriptions available for every German, French, Italian and Latin song in
their index
http://artsongcentral.com/
All about Russian Song IPA & translations
http://www.russianartsong.com/
Online IPA Transcribers:
Italian: http://easypronunciation.com/en/italian-phonetic-transcription-converter
German: http://easypronunciation.com/en/add-stress-marks-to-german-text
French: http://easypronunciation.com/en/french-phonetic-transcription-converter
Spanish: http://easypronunciation.com/en/spanish-phonetic-transcription-converter
English: http://easypronunciation.com/en/english-phonetic-transcription-converter
Russian: http://easypronunciation.com/en/russian-phonetic-transcription-converter

TEMPO MARKINGS
From slow to fast:
Largo Wide, breadth MM 40-54
Larghetto Slightly faster than largo MM 54-66
Adagio Slowly MM 66-76
Andante Going, moderately slow MM 76-108
Andantino Slightly faster than andante
Moderato Moderate MM 108-126
Allegro Lively, cheerful, merry MM 126-168
Presto Quick, swift, nimble MM 168-200
Prestissimo Very fast MM 200-208
Diminutive endings: -etto, -ino
Superlative endings: -issimo, -ississimo
più more
meno less
assai very