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Sprechstimme
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English
Etymology
From en de - Sprechstimme.
Noun
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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.
Synonyms
en Sprechgesang