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What Lyric Companion Does

IPA transcriptions, word-by-word translations, dictionary definitions, and score-preparation context across opera, lieder, art song, oratorio, and choral repertoire.

Who It's For

  • Voice students preparing arias, recitatives, and lieder.
  • Vocal coaches and accompanists who need quick language references.
  • Choral directors programming excerpts, recitals, or full works.
  • Anyone studying operatic and art song repertoire.

Data Sources

  • Public-domain libretto collections for opera and song texts.
  • LiederNet Archive and Oxford Song for song text metadata.
  • ipa-dict for offline IPA pronunciation dictionaries.
  • Kaikki and Wiktionary for definitions and morphology.

How It Works

Texts are processed into structured blocks, then enriched with IPA, translation, dictionary, and analysis data from the Python toolkit. The reader keeps the original text, diction, vocabulary, and musical context together so preparation can happen in one place.

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