MP3:
01 Composers (12:54)
02 Opera Titles (7:04)
03 Ballet Titles (2:47)
04 Tone Poems & Suites (2:20)
05 Conductors (3:29)
06 Cellists (0:21)
07 Guitarists (0:06)
08 Harpists (0:06)
09 Harpsichordists (0:07)
10 Pianists (1:33)
11 Violists (0:05)
12 Violinists (0:33)
13 Vocalists (3:44)
14 Operatic & Orchestral Groups (0:45)
15 Musical Terms (12:00)
I have to admit that I actually found this record to be more useful than odd. Even though I slogged through 5 years as an undergraduate music major, I never learned how to pronounce even a tiny percentage of these names, titles, etc. This record is definitely a relic of a bygone era, the 50s-60s golden age of classical music snobbery and classical music recordings. It seems so pretentious, but this is just the thing for those of us who don't want to be caught dead at, say, a Stravinsky concert not knowing how the hell you're supposed to say "L'Oiseau de Feu!" True, some parts of this record are a bit behind the times, hence the fact that I'm STILL not 100% sure how to say "Steve Reich" or "Gyorgy Ligeti," but hey, it's a start. Ooh, and it's on RED WAX, and includes a booklet with all the names/titles/terms!
- Contributed by: Pea Hix
Images: Front Cover
Media: 12" LP
Album: Say It Right!
Label: Grayhill
Catalog: GH 100
Credits: Prepared and narrated by Edward S. Dumit. Piano illustrations of musical terms performed by Jerome Rappaport.
Date: 1959
Oh yeah, this is great! Thanks for the post.
Posted by: Dan Willems | February 24, 2007 at 09:57 AM
Thank you -- I've been wondering how to pronounce Eugene Ysaye for years now.
Posted by: JanetLand | February 24, 2007 at 03:16 PM
.. but he messed up Евгений Онегин, pronouncing it as if "Евгений" were "Eugen" in German ("OY-ghen").
ignoramus.
Posted by: Henry Lowengard | February 24, 2007 at 08:37 PM
i've heard steve reich on radio programs and such, and he pronounces it with a soft "ch," as if it were "reish."
Posted by: weeble warble | February 25, 2007 at 12:22 AM
http://dadaradio.blogspot.com/2007/02/in-english-so-all-you-suckers.html
Posted by: jb | February 25, 2007 at 12:27 AM
Wow. I've never heard a more honkified pronunciation of Carlos Salzedo's name. Not to mention Joseph de Pasquale's. Hilarious find... I'm really happy this guy isn't my Dad.
Posted by: Clayton | February 25, 2007 at 08:20 AM
A virtual world tour of slaughtering languages, so very painful to hear. What a find!
Posted by: Katya Oddio | March 06, 2007 at 11:39 AM
Clayton wrote "Wow. I've never heard a more honkified pronunciation of Carlos Salzedo's name. Not to mention Joseph de Pasquale's. Hilarious find... I'm really happy this guy isn't my Dad. "
Sadly, this guy IS my dad hehe... He always goes around over-anunciating things around my kids and it annoys the crap outta me. I make a point of slurring words around him for exactly that reason. Sadly, he did that to me when I was a kid and I used to talk weird and get picked on for it.
To clarify, it's not this specific guy who is my dad, it's just that it might as well be.
Posted by: Mike | June 07, 2007 at 02:18 AM
An interesting post indeed. Thanks.
Posted by: Daniel | July 09, 2007 at 03:27 PM