As a music teacher I have to refer to these two fairly often (the first is a composer and the second is the name of the family that Haydn worked for). I want to be sure I'm pronouncing them right. If you answer, please give me a percentage of how sure you are. Thanks! P.S. There is a little slant above the a in Esterhazy.
2007-02-23 22:42:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Czerny= Chair knee
Esterhazy= Esther haw zee
the slant above the a is an Hungarian spelling device to make sure it's a nice dark aw sound, and not the ah as in father.
The Esterhazy that you refer to was a prince who employed Joseph Haydn at his castle.
I had the pleasure of working with one of his great.great great (great?) grandsons a few years back, who was then stage director and general manager of the City Opera Theater in Aachen, Germany.
On his first day on the job, he gave the whole staff ( over 200 people) a little lecture on pronunciation, so I'm 100% sure.
Eggeshegedre!
2007-02-24 01:22:12 · answer #1 · answered by lynndramsop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Czerny: Its prounouced Chur (as in chur in church) Nee
And esterhazy: Es terh azy
So you say es and terh is sofy and accent on azy....
I'm 100% sure of it..as I have a music dictionary that has prounounciation of musicians...
2007-02-23 22:54:22 · answer #2 · answered by vicizav_v 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen carefully: Czerny and Esterhazy
I hope my southern accent doesn't throw you off.
2007-02-23 22:49:56 · answer #3 · answered by winkcat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chair Nee
2014-10-25 14:24:18 · answer #4 · answered by Dave 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Czerny-pronounced as cherny. i'm 70% sure. dats how I hear people say it.
2007-02-23 22:52:09 · answer #5 · answered by jack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here they have audio samples to listen to correct pronunciation...
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/Esterhazy
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/Czerny
2007-02-23 22:50:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋