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  1. October 11, 2023

    Protip: Word Division in Lyrics, Part 2: Spanish and French (with Additional Considerations for Portuguese, Galacian, Catalan, and Occitan)

    By A-R's house editors

    This is the second in a series of UnderScore posts on word division in lyrics within music, covering syllabification guidelines for Spanish and French. Please note that the rules given here may differ in small details from guidelines given in style manuals not primarily concerned with sung texts.

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  2. September 07, 2023

    Protip: Word Division in Lyrics, Part 1: Introduction, Latin, Italian

    By A-R's house editors

    In editing vocal music, one of the most important concerns is, of course, the words being sung. This series of posts aims to clarify A-R’s recommended best practices on word division within music, including rules specific to various languages commonly encountered in the Western art music tradition. This post begins the series with a brief introduction, followed by rules for Latin and Italian.

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