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Which spelling do you prefer?

Rachmaninoff
7 (58.3%)
Rachmaninov
3 (25%)
Other
2 (16.7%)

Total Members Voted: 12

Topic: Rachmaninov or Rachmaninoff?  (Read 1326 times)

Offline viking

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Rachmaninov or Rachmaninoff?
on: September 30, 2005, 05:08:35 AM
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Re: Rachmaninov or Rachmaninoff?
Reply #1 on: September 30, 2005, 06:22:25 AM
Does it matter how it spells?

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Re: Rachmaninov or Rachmaninoff?
Reply #2 on: September 30, 2005, 06:40:38 AM
Rachmaninoff

And on the same topic, do you people write "Prokofiev" or "Prokofieff"?
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Re: Rachmaninov or Rachmaninoff?
Reply #3 on: September 30, 2005, 02:25:28 PM
Cyrillic spelling: Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов
Scientific spelling: Sergej Vasil'evič Rahmaninov
Romanized spelling he himself used: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei  Rachmaninoff
Serguéi Rachmáninov
Sergej Rachmaninov
Sergueï Rachmaninov
סרגיי רחמנינוב
Sergei Rachmaninow
Siergiej Rachmaninow
Sergei Rahmaninov
Sergej Rahmaninov
セルゲイ・ラフマニノフ
serugei rafumaninofu


Cyrillic spelling: Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев
Scientific spelling: Sergej Sergeevič Prokof'ev

Sergej Prokofjev
Serguéi Prokófiev
סרגיי פרוקופייב
Sergei Prokofjew
Sergiusz Prokofiew
Sergej PROKOFJEV
Sergueï Prokofiev
セルゲイ・プロコフィエフ
serugei purokofuiefu


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