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Which spelling do you prefer?

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

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Topic: Rachmaninov or Rachmaninoff? (Read 1334 times)

viking

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Rachmaninov or Rachmaninoff?

on: September 30, 2005, 05:08:35 AM

It had to be done.
SAM

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messiah

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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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Waldszenen

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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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prometheus

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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

Won't it ever stop?

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