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Butler University Digital Commons @ Butler University Scholarship and Professional Work University Libraries 1993 ISO Classical Pronunciation Guide 1992 & 1993 Sheridan Stormes Butler University, sstormes@butler.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers  Part of the Library and Information Science Commons, and the Music Commons Recommended Citation Stormes, Sheridan, "ISO Classical Pronunciation Guide 1992 & 1993" (1993). Scholarship and Professional Work. 12. https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/12 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Libraries at Digital Commons @ Butler University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Scholarship and Professional Work by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Butler University. For more information, please contact digitalscholarship@butler.edu.     I.S.O. 1992-93 Classical Series Pronunciation Guide    Please read the KEY before attempting to use this guide!   ISO '92-'93 Classical Pronunciation Guide   Key  Vowels  ã = "a" palatalized or nasal - as if you had a cold - think    Charles Boyer!  æ = "a" as in "cat"  ah = "a" as in "father"  ay = "a" as in "vacation"  eh = "e" as in "set"  ih = "i" as in "sit"  oh = "o" as in "obey"  ooh = "oo" as in "food"  uh = "u" as in "run"  Consonants  gh = "g" as in "God" or "gh" as in "ghetto"  j = "j" as in judge  zh = "s" as in "pleasure" or "vision"  N.B. Do not pronounce the letters you see in parenthses () - e.g. the "m" in  [sa(m)-foh-nee] - but do pronounce the preceding letters as they  would sound if the letter in parentheses was sounded; in this case,  pronounce the name "Sam" without the "m" and add "foh-nee." The syllables in boldface are the stressed or accented syllables. A colon (":") is used between two vowel sounds in the same syllable. Apart from these special designations, pronounce the syllables you see in the  brackets just as you would if they were American words.     Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 1992-93 Classical Series Pronunciation Guide   Composers  Bartók, Béla  [Bahr-talk, Bay-lah] Bax, Arnold [Bæks, Ahr-nuhld] Beethoven, Ludwig van [Bay-toh-fuhn, Loohd-vihck fawn] Berlioz, Hector [Bair-lee-ohz, Ehck-tohr] Bernstein, Leonard [Burn-st+eye+n, Leh-nahrd] Brahms, Johannes [Brahmss, Yoh-hah-nihss] Bruch, Max [Brookh, Mahks] Dvo´râk, Antonin [Dvohr-zhahk, Ahn-toh-neen] Elgar, Edward [Ehl-gahr, Ehd-word] Fauré, Gabriel  [Four-ay, Gah-bree-ehl] Ginastera, Alberto [Hee-nah-stair-ah, Ahl-bair-toh] Grieg, Edvard [Greeg, Ehd-vahrd] Hindemith, Paul [Hihn-duh-myth, Paul] (Americanized) Liszt, Franz [Lihst, Frahnts] Mahler, Gustav [Mah-ler, Gooh-stahf] Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [Moht-tsahrt, Vohlf-gahng Ah-muh-day-oohss] Orff, Carl [Ohrff, Kahrl] Prokofiev, Sergei [Prah-coh-fee-eff, Sair-gay] Respighi, Ottorino [Rehss-pee-ghee, Ought-ohr-ee-noh] Schubert, Franz [Shooh-behrt, Frahnts] Schuman, William [Shooh-mahn, Wihl-yuhm] Schumann, Robert [Shooh-mahn, Roh-behr:t] Shostakovich, Dmitri [Shuhs-tah-koh-vihtch, Dmee-tree] Sibelius, Jean [Zee-bay-lee-uhss, Zhã] Strauss, Richard [Shtrah:ohss, Reek-hahrt] Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich [Chah:ih-cohf-skee, Pyoh-tur Ill-yihch] Villa-Lobos, Heitor [Vee-lah Loh-bohsh, Ate-ohr] Wagner, Richard [Vahg-nair, Reek-hahrt] Walton, William [Wahl-ton, Wihl-yahm]  ISO '92-'93 Classical Pronunciation Guide - p. 2  Selected Compositions  Ariadne auf Naxos [ah-ree-ahd-nuh ah:ohf nahk-sohss] Burleske [boohr-lehs-kuh] (Ger.)  [burr-lehsk] (Eng.) Cappricio italien [kahp-pree-choh ee-tahl-yehn] Carmina Burana [kahr-mee-nah booh-rah-nah] Concerto [kohn-chair-toh] Coriolan [koh-ree-oh-lahn] (from "Coriolanus") Creatures of Prometheus [kree-tyoohrs uhv proh-meeth-ee-uhss] Don Quixote [dohn kee-hoh-tay] Elvira Madigan [ehl-v+eye-rah mæ-dih-guhn] Enigma Variations [ehn-ihg-mah vair-ee-ay-shuhnz] Der Liebe der Danae [dair lee-buh dair dah-nah-ay] Lieutenant Kije Suite [looh-teh-nuhnt kee-zhay sweet] Manfred [mæn-frehd] (Eng.)  Metamorphosen [meht-ah-mohr-foh-zuhn] New England Triptych [nyew ihn-gluhnd trihp-tihk] Peléas et Mélisande [pehl-lay-ahss ay may-lee-zahnd] Salome [zah-loh-may] Sinfonia Concertante [seen-foh-nyah kohn-chair-tahn-tay] Symphonie fantastique [sa(m)-foh-nee fahn-tah-steek] Symphonic metamorphoses [sihm-fahn-ihck meht-ah-mohr-fuh-sis] Tintagel [tihn-tæ-jehl] Variaciones concertantes [bah-ree-ah-see-oh-nayss kohn-sair-tahn-tehss]           ISO '92-'93 Classical Pronunciation Guide - p. 3  Conductors  Fürst, Janos [feerst, yah-nosh] Leppard, Raymond [lehp-pahrd, ray-muhnd] Macal, Zdenek [mah-kahl, zdeh-nehk] Menuhin, Yehudi [mehn-ooh-ihn, yeh-hooh-dee] Michael, Herrmann [meek-eye-ehl, hair-mahn] Savia, Alfred [sah-vee-ah, æl-frehd] Tortelier, Yan Pascal [tohr-tehl-yay, yahn pah-skahl]   Guest Artists  Ax, Emanuel [æks, ihm-mæn-yooh-ehl] Bach, Andreas [bahk, ahn-dray-uhss] Britton, David [brih-ton, day-vihd] Cheek, John [cheek, jahn] Futral, Elizabeth [fyooh-trahl, ee-lihz-ah-behth] Garrison, Jon [g+air-ih-suhn, jahn] Gondek, Juliana [gahn-deck, jooh-lee-æn-nah] Hough, Stephen [hoff, stee-vuhn] Isbin, Sharon [ihz-bihn, shair-uhn] Johnson, Carmelia [jahn-son, kahr-mee-lyah] Kirschbaum, Ralph [keersh-bah:ohm, rælf] Labelle, Dominique [lah-behl, doh-mee-neek] Lin, Cho-Liang [linn, choh-lyahng] or [linn, choh-lee-ong] Orth, Robert [ohrth, rah-burt] Ousset, Cécile [ooh-say, say-seel] Parker, Jon Kimura [pahr-ker, jahn kih-mooh-rah] Pires, Maria João [pee-reesh or pee-raysh, mah-ree-ah zhoh-ou(nce)] Repin, Vadim [reh-pihn, vah-deem] Sitkovetsky, Dmitry [seet-kah-veht-skee, dmee-tree] Suzuki, Hidetaro [sooh-zooh-kee, hee-dih-tah-roh] (in Japanese, all syllable     are equally stressed)            I.S.O. 1993-94 Classical Series Pronunciation Guide  Created by Sheridan Stormes Butler University     Please read the KEY before attempting to use this guide!   ISO '93-'94 Classical Pronunciation Guide   Key  Vowels  ã = "a" palatalized or nasal - as if you had a cold - think    Charles Boyer!  æ = "a" as in "cat"  ah = "a" as in "father"  ay = "a" as in "vacation"  eh = "e" as in "set"  ih = "i" as in "sit"  oh = "o" as in "obey"  ooh = "oo" as in "food"  uh = "u" as in "run"  Consonants  gh = "g" as in "God" or "gh" as in "ghetto"  j = "j" as in judge  zh = "s" as in "pleasure" or "vision"  N.B. Do not pronounce the letters you see in parenthses () - e.g. the "m" in  [sa(m)-foh-nee] - but do pronounce the preceding letters as they  would sound if the letter in parentheses was sounded; in this case,  pronounce the name "Sam" without the "m" and add "foh-nee." The syllables in boldface are the stressed or accented syllables. A colon (":") is used between two vowel sounds in the same syllable. Apart from these special designations, pronounce the syllables you see in the  brackets just as you would if they were American words.     Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 1993-94 Classical Series Pronunciation Guide   Composers  Bartók, Béla  [Bahr-talk, Bay-lah] Beethoven, Ludwig van [Bay-toh-fuhn, Loohd-vihck fawn] Boccherini, Luigi  [Bawk-keh-ree-nee, Looh-ee-jee] Bolcom, William  [Ball-come, Wihl-yuhm] Borodin, Alexander  [Boh-roh-deen, Ah-lehk-sahn-dr] Brahms, Johannes [Brahmss, Yoh-hah-nihss] Britten, Benjamin  [Brih-ten, Behn-jah-mihn] Corigliano, John  [Koh-ree-lyah-noh, Jahn] (It.) or [Koh-rihg-lee-ah-noh]  (Am.) Debussy, Claude  [Deh-bee(round lips for "ooh" and say, "ee")-see, Klohd] DeFalla, Manuel  [Deh-fah-yah, Mahn-well or Mahn-ooh:ehl] Delius, Frederick  [Dee-lee-uhs, Freh-deh-rihk] Dvorák, Antonín [Dvohr-zhæk, Ahn-toh-neen] Handel, George Frideric  [Hæn-duhl, Johrj Frih-deh-rihk] Haydn, Franz Joseph  [High-dn, Frahnts Yoh-sehf] Liszt, Franz [Lihst, Frahnts] Mahler, Gustav [Mah-ler, Gooh-stahf] Martinu, Bohuslav  [Mahr-tih-nooh, Baw-hoo(k)-slahf] Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [Moht-tsahrt, Vohlf-gahng Ah-muh-day-oohss] Ott, David  [Aht, Day-vihd] Prokofiev, Sergei [Prah-coh-fee-eff, Sair-gay] Rachmaninoff, Sergei  [Rahkh-mah-nee-noff, Sair-gay] Ravel, Maurice  [Rah-vehl, Moh-reese] Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai  [Rihm-skee Kohr-sah-koff, Nee-koh-lye] Schubert, Franz [Shooh-behrt, Frahnts] Schumann, Robert [Shooh-mahn, Roh-behr:t] Shostakovich, Dmitri [Shuhs-tah-koh-vihtch, Dmee-tree] Sibelius, Jean [Zee-bay-lee-uhss, Zhã] Smetana, Bedrich  [Smeh-tah-nah, Behd-rzhihkh] Strauss, Richard [Shtrah:ohss, Reek-hahrt]  ISO '93-'94 Classical Pronunciation Guide - p. 2  Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich [Chah:ih-cohf-skee, Pyoh-tur Ill-yihch] Torke, Michael  [Tohr-kee, My-kuhl] Verdi, Giuseppe  [Vair-dee, Jew-zehp-pay] Walton, William [Wahl-ton, Wihl-yahm] Weber, Carl Maria von  [Vay-behr, Kahrl Mah-ree-ah fawn]                              ISO '93-'94 Classical Pronunciation Guide - p. 3  Selected Compositions & Words from Composition Titles  Alexander Nevsky  [Ah-lehk-sahn-dr Nehv-skee] Bourgeois gentilhomme, Le  [Boohr-zhwah zhã-tee-awm, Loo(k)] Brigg Fair  [Brihg Fair] Clemenza di Tito, La  [Kleh-mehn-tsah dee Tee-toh, Lah] Concerto a due cori  [kohn-chair-toh ah dooh-ay koh-ree] Della casa del diavolo  [Deh-lah kah-sah dehl dyah-voh-loh] Egmont  [Ehg-mawnt] Euryanthe  [Oye-ree-ahn-tuh] Fantasia on an Ostinato  [Fæn-tay-zhah] on an [Ah-stih-nah-toh] Forza del destino, La  [Fohr-tsah dell deh-stee-noh, Lah] Freischütz, Der  [Fry-shoots, Dair] Freudvoll und Leidvoll  [Froyt-fawl oohnt Lyet-fawl] Goethe  [G+ (round for "oh" and say, "ay")-tuh] Lied von der Erde, Das  [Leet fawn dair Air-duh, Dahss] Má vlast  [Mæ Vlahst] Mer, La  [Mair, Lah] Miraculous Mandarin  [Mih-ræ-kyooh-luhs Mæn-dah-rihn] Partita  [Pahr-tee-tah] Pastoral (Pastorale)  [Paæ-stoh-ruhl] or [Pæ-stoh-ræl] (Am.)  [Pæ-stoh-rah-leh]  (Ger.) Prelude à l'apres-midi d'un faune [Pray-l(y)ewd ah lah-pray mee-dee   du(nn) fohn]  Rapsodie espagnole  [Rahp-soh-dee eh-spah-nyohl] Rondino  [Rawn-dee-noh] Sárka  [Shair-kah] Scheherazade  [Sheh-heh-rah-zahd] Totentanz  [Toh-tehn-tahnts]      ISO '93-'94 Classical Pronunciation Guide - p. 4  Conductors  Belohlávek, Jirí  [Beh-loh-læ-vehk, Yihr-zhee] Hickox, Richard  [Hih-kocks, Rih-chahrd] Kord, Kazimierz  [Kohrd, Kah-zhee-myehrzh] Leppard, Raymond [Lehp-pahrd, Ray-muhnd] Perick, Christof  [Peh-rihk, Krih-stoff] Savia, Alfred [Sah-vee-ah, Æl-frehd] St. Clair, Carl  [Saynt Klair, Kahrl]   Guest Artists  Barto, Tzimon (piano)  [Bahr-toh, Tsee-mohn] Brey, Carter (violoncello)  [Bray, Kahr-ter] Cheek, John (bass)  [Cheek, Jahn] Demidenko, Nikolai (piano)  [Deh-mee-dehn-koh, Nee-koh-lye] Douglas, Barry (piano)  [Duhg-luhs, Bair-ree] Garrison, Jon (tenor)  [G+air-ih-suhn, Jahn] Gelber, Bruno Leonardo (piano)  [Gehl-burr, Brooh-noh Lay-on-ahr-doh] Kalichstein, Joseph (piano)  [Kah-lihk-styne, Joh-sehf] (Am.) or   [Kah-lihkh-shtyne, Yoh-sehf] (Ger.) Labelle, Dominique (soprano)  [Lah-behl, Doh-mee-neek] Laredo, Jaime (violin)  [Lah-ray-doh, Jay-mee] Lehman, Gary (tenor)  [Lay-mahn, Ghair-ee Mintz, Shlomo (violin)  [Mihnts, Shloh-moh] Oliveira, Elmar (violin)  [Oh-lih-vair-rah, Ehl-mahr] Parsons, Meredith (mezzo-soprano)  [Pahr-sons, Mair-eh-dihth] Plummer, Christopher (actor)  [Pluh-mer, Krih-stuh-fer] Quivar, Florence (mezzo-soprano)  [Kwee-vahr, Floh-rehnts] Robinson, Sharon (flute)  [Rah-bihn-suhn, Shair-uhn] Schub, Andre-Michel (piano)  [Shoop, Ahn-dray Mee-shehl] Stoltzman, Richard (clarinet)  [Stohlts-mahn, Rih-chahrd] Suzuki, Hidetaro [Sooh-zooh-kee, Hee-dih-tah-roh] (in Japanese, all syllable     are equally stressed) Takezawa, Kyoko (violin)  [Tah-keh-zah-wah, Kyoh-koh] Thorburn, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)  [Thohr-burn, Meh-lih-suh] Watts, André (piano)  [Wahts, Ahn-dray] Wolverton, Joseph (tenor)  [Wool-ver-ton, Joh-sehf]   

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