The Washington times., 1908-02-26
Pronunciation Of Musical Names.


\. S.-Following are the correct pro-
nunciations OF the names OF which you
inquire:
'-PaglldcCl" first syllable, ''Pagl."
IS pronounced with the go silent, as
poll" the second syllable, '1aC,' is
pronounced with the 'c' silent, as
yah, and the last syllable, 'ci.' IS
pronounced as if II were spelled "Chee,
the whole word being repeated as
''PolI-yah-Chee." with the accent slight
y on the second syllable.
La GiOCOnda first syllable,
la" IS repeated as II IL were spelled
''Lah.' with the broad sound OF the
''a." The first syllable in the name is
pronounced as If IL We're spelled Gee
ah,' with the soft sound OF the g
as in 'gelattne" and the ''ah'' added
quickly the third and fourth syllab4es
are pronounced as Il spelled 'kOn-da,
the entire title being made to sound
like Lab Gee-ah-kOn-da,' with the &C
cent on the next 10 the last syllable.
Mozart Many persons pronounce
the composers name as It IS spelled,
but the correct way Is as II IL were
spelled ''MCat-Zart," with the accent
slightly on the FIRST syllable.
'.Aida'-Ihere are three sylables IN
the title. The first, "a is repeated
with the broad sound as In ''ahi' the
second, 81 % is as II Il were a double
''es' and the third as in the last syl-
liable OF the name Ada" the entire
''Ah-ee-da,' with the accent on the sec
Ond syllable.
eTraumerer'-The first syllable IS
spoken as If it were spelled crow"
with the sound Of the ''O' as in VOW"
the second syllable Is as spelled al q the
third, rel" is pronounced the same as
rye Although the word has three
syllablGs, tho middle is almost lost and
the word IS pronounced as If spelled
''TrOw- (mel-rye,' with equal accents on
the first and last syllables.
''Tanuhauser' Tam is pronounced
as spelled, with the sound of the ga" as
IN can" ''haus' is repeated as il II
We're spelled "hoys;" the name being
pronounced as il spelled ''Tan-hOys-er''
the chief accent being given TO the first
syllable, although the second syllable
IS acceutuated slightly.
'SaInr-SaeuS The composers name
IS one which can hardly be diagramed in
print. The first part of the name is
pronounced, as near as IL can be written,
as If il were spelled Sass" with the
sound Of the "a" as in "as." although
II Is not as sharp as the English ''ss''
would make il. The latter half Of the
name IS pronounced very like ''Sawns."
which seems to be as near as spelling
viii make 1t 10 the correct prOnuncia-
ton.
'VaIkyrie''-'"VaI." as If II were
spelled ''WoH," with the sound OF the
go" as in Toll; ''lty-rie," as if it were
"kee-rie," the whole being as IF spelled
"WoU-kee-rie," the first syllable being
slightly stronger than the second.
'Semlramide''- Semi" as If spelled
"semmy:" IRA" as "rah," with the
broad sound Of the "ai:" mr. as me.
and de" as a separate syllable, the
whole being, with each syllable sounded,
'-Scmmy-Td " with the accent
on the third syllable.
"SJra divarius'' "Strad-i-vnr-i-ous. ."
with the first syllable pronounced as if
u were spelled ''str0d, with the
sound Of the 20" rs in "rod" The
third. fourth, and NTH syliables arc
pronounced as Ia the word various" the
whole name being pronounced with ac-
cent on tie third syllable.
"BerliOz Per is pronounced as
"hraT" and tic syllable. "Oz," as If
spelled coats" the whole icing repeated
as "Bear-li- oats"
'Uaydn''-"Hay'' s pronounced as