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Complete Definition of "Sprechstimme"

English
Etymology
From German #German|Sprechstimme.

Noun
en-noun|-

  1. A dramatic vocal style midway between speaking and singing.

#*1999: The woozy �Black Market Baby� and spooky sprechstimme of �What's He Building?� are prime latter-day Waits, as are a host of other numbers that sound like work songs bellowed down a Tin Pan Alley. � Bradley Bambarger, Billboard 20 Mar 1999 (Innocent When You Dream, Orion Books 2006, p. 208)

Synonyms
Sprechgesang

ru:Sprechstimme

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