Brian Griffin

I have learned from personal experience that there are some who look down their noses at those who would mispronounce names of composers and musical terms. But given that the terminology of Western music borrows from practically every European language, I have yet to come across anyone who doesn’t make occasional small pronunciation errors. Luckily, (with the exception of a few English and German terms) the bulk of the jargon of the ultimate art has been preserved in it’s lingua materna for centuries. The opera terms pronunciation guide is a thorough glossary of opera vocabulary with complete definitions and .mov listening examples.

See also:

• Operas and composers pronunciation guide
• music history resources at patriciagray.net