Sprechstimme
English edit
Etymology edit
From German Sprechstimme.
Noun edit
Sprechstimme (uncountable)
- A dramatic vocal style midway between speaking and singing.
- 1999 March 20, Bradley Bambarger, Billboard, Innocent When You Dream, Orion Books 2006, page 208:
- 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.
- 1999 March 20, Bradley Bambarger, Billboard, Innocent When You Dream, Orion Books 2006, page 208: