Scan 15
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1KEY TO PRONUNCIATION
3ah as a in father.
4ăh " ah " the college cheer 'rah! rah! rah!' Such words as 'blot, plot,' do not represent the pure short sound corresponding to long ah; they have an admixture of ō.
5ă " a " bat.
6ă " a " hare.
7ā " a " fate.
8ěh is the short sound of long ā (closer than e in bet).
9ě as e in pet.
10ē " ee " meet.
11ī " i " sit.
12i " i " side.
13oh " o " old.
14ōh " o " obey.
15ō " aw " law.
16ö " oe " Goethe (or Fr. eu in 'feu'). In closed syllables it represents the open eu, as in 'peur.'
17oi " oi " oil (approximately); the German äu and eu are more closed (ah-ü), while the Engl. oi is open (ō-ě).
19oo as oo in food.
20ōō " oo " foot.
21ow " ow " owl.
22ū " u " but.
23ūi " u " French 'rue' (street).
24ŷ represents the Russian yerui (a sound midway between ě and ū).
25g always as in 'go.'
26h as ch in Ger. 'ach' or Scotch 'loch.'
27n represents the French nasal vowels, ān (main, fin), āhn (enfant), ōhn (mon), ōn (Verdun).
28ñ represents a sound equivalent to the Spanish ñ (n+consonantal y), as in 'cañon.'
29s as in 'sec.'
30sh as in 'shall.'
31th as in 'thin.'
32y as in 'yes.'
33yh as ch in Ger. 'ich.'
34z as in 'gaze.'
35zh as z in 'azure.'
37N. B. Accent-marks over vowels in Bohemian, Polish and Hungarian names never indicate stress of voice, but always a modification of the vowel-sound.
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