A lot of pronunciation questions

[ThEmUsIcMaNBJ]

I always feel stupid saying some music words to people...  My only association with piano is through my teacher, books, and this forum.  And my teachers english is horrible, often I can't even make out what she's saying.  So if anyone could help me out with proper pronunciations for some words it would be appreciated!

- posthumous
- ballade
- scherzo
- PPP (after 2 would it be pianississimo?  etc... etc... that just sounds stupid)
- FFF
- appoggiatura
- pathetique
- Mikrokosmos
- Perahia (as in murray perahia)
- Horowitz (i never questioned this one but I heard someone say his name on the radio and he said it weird...)
- Hemiola

I'm sure theres more but this is all I can think of at the moment.

[eddie92099]

Why don't you tell us what you think they are pronounced like, and we will correct the wrong ones (as well as get a good laugh at your expense only joking!),
Ed

[cziffra]

perahia
per- ah- ee- a
main stress on the ah

apoggiatura
a- podgy- a- t-you-rah
main stress on podge and you

acciacatura
a- chyuck- a- t-you- rah
main stress on chyuck

horowitz
h- an o sound like in pond- row- vits
main stress on h

pathetique
path with an "at" sound- a- teek
man stress on path

posthumous
poss- th as in "thick"- muss as in "mercy"

[allchopin]

For the improper nouns, you can simply look in any dictionary (for example, posthumous [POSS-chuh-muss])
But here are some any-who:

Ballade: buh-LAWD
scherzo: SCARE-tzo
yes, you simply add issississimos until you reach the dynamic level that either makes the audience lean in or that blows off the roof.
Hemiola: hem-ee-OH-luh