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Topic: How to pronouce the name of this composer in German?  (Read 1981 times)

Offline symphonicdance

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How to pronouce the name of this composer in German?
on: November 21, 2016, 10:29:57 AM
Eugen d'Albert

Shall I pronounce as U-Gene D-Albert as in English?  Or Oil-Gun Del-Bert?

BTW, who is he?  d'Albert was a student of Liszt.  The personal life side of d'Albert may be more interesting.  He married 6 times!  Busoni dedicated his transcription on J.S. Bach's Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2 to d'Albert.  On the other hand, d'Albert dedicated his transcription on J.S. Bach's Passacaglia (written for organ) to Busoni. 
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Offline richard black

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Re: How to pronouce the name of this composer in German?
Reply #1 on: November 21, 2016, 11:52:12 PM
Oyggen (double G denotes hard sound, as in leg) Dalbear (bear like the animal).
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Re: How to pronouce the name of this composer in German?
Reply #2 on: November 22, 2016, 02:42:42 AM
thanks, people.  from his surname had mistakenly considered him a French composer.
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Offline Bob

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Re: How to pronouce the name of this composer in German?
Reply #3 on: November 22, 2016, 04:12:38 AM
Doll Bear?   Haha. 

More seriously, where's the accent?   DALbear or dalBEAR?


Reminds me of "Don la Bear"   (D'Anglebert   for spelling.  "Dee Angle Bert" if you want to sound uneducated.)  First time I ran across it I remember wondering who this "Don la Bear" guy the professor was talking about was.
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Re: How to pronouce the name of this composer in German?
Reply #4 on: November 22, 2016, 04:14:00 AM
Related thread. 
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=54183.0


Searched for Don la Bear... Found my own post on here from 2014.
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Offline symphonicdance

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Re: How to pronouce the name of this composer in German?
Reply #5 on: November 22, 2016, 04:27:58 AM
Got it.  Oyggen Dalbear.  Many thanks!
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