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sprechgesang

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sprech⋅ge⋅sang

  [Ger. shprekh-guh-zahng]
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–noun
a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation.
Origin:
< G, equiv. to sprech(en) to speak + Gesang song
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sprech·ge·sang   (shprěKH'gə-zäng')   
n.  Sprechstimme.

[German : sprechen, to speak; see sprechstimme + Gesang, song (from Middle High German gisanc, from Old High German gisang, from singan, to sing; see sengwh- in Indo-European roots).]
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