Scan 22
Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1GUIDE FOR PRONUNCIATION
3Pronunciation of names is indicated in phonetic values of sounds in the English language. Names of European musicians of nations using the Latin alphabet are left without alteration, including diacritical marks over and under vowels and consonants in Czech, Polish, and Croatian. Russian names (originally written in the Cyrillic alphabet) are transliterated according to sound, accepted usage, or both. When a Russian-born musician has spelled his name consistently in a French form (as Oulibisheff, Koussevitzky, Gui), or a German (Rachmaninoff), such forms are given preference. The stress is indicated by an apostrophe placed after the accented syllable: rāh-māh'-nē-nōhf. Pronunciation is not given for names familiar to every cultured person: Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann. However, when mispronunciation frequently occurs (e.g., Paderroosky for Paderefsky in the Polish name of Paderewski), correct sounds are indicated.
5The following table lists phonetic symbols used as a guide for pronunciation and their equivalents in English sounds:
7ah as a in 'father.'
8āh as ah in 'Shah.'
9ā as a in 'bat.'
10ī as a in 'hare.'
11ā as a in 'fate.'
12ē as e in 'pet.'
13ē as ee in 'meet.'
14ī as i in 'sit.'
15Ī as i in 'side.'
16ōh as o in 'old.'
17ō as o in 'obey.'
18ō as aw in 'law.'
19ō as or in 'Goethe' (or eu in French 'feu').
20ol as oi in 'oil.'
21oo as oo in 'food.'
22ōō as oo in 'foot.'
23ow as ow in 'owl.'
24ū as u in 'but.'
25ū as u in French 'rue.'
26ū as u in 'use.'
27ŷ represents the Russian vowel ŭ, which sounds midway between ē and ū.
28g hard, as in 'go.'
29h as ch in the German 'ach' or in Scotch 'loch.'
30n represents the French nasal vowels, ŏn (main, fin), ŏhn (enfant), ŏhn (mon), ŏn (un).
31ñ (with a tilde) represents the Spanish consonant sound as in 'cason' (canyon).
32s as in 'sound.'
33ch as in 'church.'
34sh as in 'shall.'
35th as in 'thin' (z in Castilian Spanish).
36y as in 'yes.'
37z as in 'zero.'
38zh as z in 'azure.'
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