Joel Figen wrote: I have been asked to assist an American church choir in Russian pronunciation. I haven't seen the scores they will sing, and I don't even know yet whether they'll be mainly folk, popular, or classical.
[Kathryn Thickstun Leff] Dear Joel:
Your first question must be whether they will be singing liturgical music or secular music. If it is liturgical, the lyrics are likely to be in church slavonic rather than in modern Russian. If the lyrics are in church slavonic, the vowels are mostly Italianate. I highly recommend checking with www.musicarussica.com . Vladimir Morosan has developed a very usable transliteration system for Russian and Church Slavonic.
Regards, Kate Leff Director The Choir of St. George Serbian Orthodox Church (And diction coach in Church Slavonic for the San Diego Master Chorale.)
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