Practical Mastering of the Basics of Spelling in Parsing Vocal Works

Abstract

   The significance of the pronunciation norms of the Russian national language in academic singing, the use of Moscow orthoepic norms in the analysis and interpretation of vocal works are considered. The issues of the current state of Russian pronunciation and literate speech, the differences in pronunciation norms in speech and singing are discussed. The spread of normative pronunciation and its preservation are presented as one of the most important tasks of modern society. Often, dealing with breathing issues, solving technical problems, working on stage expressiveness, vocalists overlook the work on the literary content of a vocal work from the point of view of orthoepic norms. A singer, as a bearer of the traditions of culture and art, is obliged to speak and sing competently, to convey clearly the text of vocal works, to promote the beauty and purity of Russian speech. The article provides specific examples of the analysis of vocal works from the point of view of vocal orthoepy, discusses the concepts of singing reduction, the rules of sounding stressed and unstressed vowels, the pronunciation of consonants and their combinations, the rules of vocal syllable division, the pronouncational norms of the Russian language in singing. A prerequisite for a vocalist to work with a piece of music is to take into account the style and era of the creation of the piece. In this regard, the article analyzes the interpretations of two vocal compositions belonging to different historical periods of the Russian culture in the context of the stylistic approach and the pronouncing norms of the Russian language. The influence of socio-cultural and historical processes on the formation of modern pronunciation norms, on a qualitative change in the sound of national speech is traced. The author claims that knowledge of the pronunciation norms of the Russian language and the laws of vocal orthoepy broadens the horizons of creative knowledge of performers, increases their literacy and general culture, and promotes the great, powerful national language of our country.