I don't want to sound like an idiot while talking to people.
Rachmaninoff? Rack-man-e-noff?
Scriabin? I can't even begin to pronounce this one.
Prokofiev? Pro-ko-....
Saint-Saëns? The second part.
Pachelbel?
Cziffra? just ziffra no c ?
You don't have to answer them all I listed quite a few.
2007-10-25 13:33:10 · 11 answers · asked by Bender[OO] 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
Thank you guys. Cziffra was a performer as far as I know. That is why you probably don't know him well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SygS5yz7x5M
Isn't that amazing? So fun!
2007-10-25 14:22:30 · update #1
Rakh-man-e-noff
Scree-a-been
Pro-ko-fee-eff
Sae-saa-(n)s (whereby the ae & aa are nasals)
Pakh-el-bel
Chiff-ra
btw. György Cziffra was a famous hungarian pianist
2007-10-25 14:39:21 · answer #1 · answered by hahu077 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Prokofiev Pronunciation
2016-11-08 01:12:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Pronunciation of these names?
I don't want to sound like an idiot while talking to people.
Rachmaninoff? Rack-man-e-noff?
Scriabin? I can't even begin to pronounce this one.
Prokofiev? Pro-ko-....
Saint-Saëns? The second part.
Pachelbel?
Cziffra? just ziffra no c ?
You don't have to answer...
2015-08-13 09:42:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scriabin is actually one of the easier, unless all of my professors have been pronouncing it wrong. Skree- ah - bin (emphasis on the "ah"). Basically. This is also how all of the orchestral musicians I know say his name.
Prokofiev = Pro-koe-fee-eff (or ev). I've also heard Pro-kah-fee-eff.
Saint-Saens - the second part is tricky. Lots of people make the last "s" silent and it is not (this was drilled into my head several years in symphonic lit when multiple people kept mispronouncing his name). You'd think that the silent s would be correct, given his nationality, but it's basically pronounced "sohns."
People already described Pachelbel and Rachmaninoff, and I honestly don't know how to pronounce Cziffra.
Hope this helps.
2007-10-25 14:10:19 · answer #4 · answered by Cat 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Ok, I'm Russian, so...
Ra(h) - hhhh (like in 'home') - mah-nee-noff (actually we spell it with a V, but it sounds like f a bit)
Skriabin is the most difficult for you - Skr' (a soft rolling r)- ya- bin
Pro-ko-f'yev
Saint-Saens - the 2nd part is something like Sons (with an N like in long)
Pachelbel - with soft l's and ch=h like in 'home'
2007-10-26 00:12:40 · answer #5 · answered by lizok05 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rock- MAHN- ni - nahf (try to fake a Russian accent when you say this)
Skree- AH-bihn
Pro-COUGH-ee-off
The closest to Saint-Saens is Sa (as in "sat" but no "t") -SAUSE (Yes folks, you do pronounce the final "s". It is an old form of French)
PAH-kal-bell
Ziffra -- I honestly have no clue about this one. It's not a name that pops up that often (apparently).
2007-10-25 14:15:52 · answer #6 · answered by gniknus 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rachmaninoff: Rock-MAHN-in-off (mahn rhymes with on)
Scriabin: Scree-AH-bin
Prokofiev: Pro-KO-fee-ev (ev as in every)
Saint-Saens: San-Sohns (this one is always messed up when people try to say it)
Pachelbel: POCK-ull-bell
Cziffra: TCHEE-fra or CHIFF-ruh (most people don't sound like an idiot on this one because they never talk about him =P)
hope I helped! <3allie
2007-10-26 04:27:13 · answer #7 · answered by Allison 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rakh-mahn-inof
Skree-ah-been
Pro-kohf-yef
Sahng-sohnss (ish)
Pakh-el-bel
Tsif-fra
Nice you care enough to ask :-)
2007-10-26 01:46:40 · answer #8 · answered by del_icious_manager 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rahck-man-in-off
skree-a-bin ???
Prokofeev.
Pahckelbell
and Im assuming chiffra, becuase Czerny is Cherny.
2007-10-28 13:02:23 · answer #9 · answered by Magyar Flautist 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pachelbel is packell bell
Rach-man-in-off
2007-10-25 13:42:35 · answer #10 · answered by fefe 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋