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Definition of "sprechgesang" []

  • Sprechstimme. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sprechgesang" in a sentence
  • "From chilling Vincent Price sprechgesang to hideous prosthetics"
  • "For once, adequate nuance is audible in Irons 'rapping - there's a little growl in "interga - lac-tic" - and the same goes for Harris-White's vocal contribution, which ping-pongs between icy sprechgesang and heathery singing."
  • "More light hookage and sprechgesang-style singing a la Tricky would make this act pretty formidable."