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Anders Blehr wrote:
> 
> Robert Stonehouse wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone else find it annoying to have Latin sung as if it were
> > Italian, in cases that obviously demand that it sound like English? I
> > can even think of a case where the name Lucinda was sung Luchinda,
> > though there was no Italian, Latin or any such thing in the song.
> 
> In which cases is there an "obvious" demand that it sound like English
> more than Italian?  Or Latin, for that matter?  Why not /lukinda/, and
> why not the Italian pronunciation?
> 
> - Anders.
> 
> --
> Anders Blehr (ablehr [at] sn.no | http://www.sn.no/~ablehr/)
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The use of so-called "Church Latin" pronunciation for the singing of
Latin arose from the Catholic liturgical tradition and was eventually
standardized by Vatican decree.  It is merely a matter of tradition, as
is the use of "diction lyrique" in French (alveolar r, reduced
nasalisation, and other concessions to the bel canto tradition which
make it sound more like Italian).


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