Re: pronunciations

[Sandra Layman <sandralayman...>]

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I think the name is "Bughici"----in Romanian, an 'h' is added to a 'c' or
'g' before a front vowel (i, e) to make it "hard," so it's 'boo-geetch".
The final 'i' isn't pronounced; it's there to indicate that the 'c' is
pronounced 'ch.'

Paul Gifford
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If the name's spelled as Paul says -- Bughici -- (and that makes a lot more
sense to me, too), then please use his pronunciation (with the hard "g"
instead of the "k" sound that would fit if it was spelled as originally
posted by Robert).

Good point, Paul - thanks.

Sandra

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gifford, Paul" <pgifford (at) umflint(dot)edu>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 12:02 PM
Subject: RE: pronunciations


Robert Cohen [mailto:rlcm17 (at) hotmail(dot)com] wrote:

1) the Israeli composer Oedoen Partos, whose name is sometimes rendered
Oedeon Partos--aside from which is the correct spelling of his first name,
how do you pronounce it?

I'm not familiar with him, but I do know that is a Hungarian name
(equivalent to the German "Otto"), with short umlauts (as opposed to the
long umlauts in Hungarian), so pronounce it as "ödön," as it would be in
German. Incidentally, I have seen "ödön" anglicized to "Edmund."  I would
assume the last name is pronounced "partosh."

2) the Moldavian klezmer Avram Buchici, referred to in the liner notes
(track #18) of the Khevrisa "classical klezmer" CD so justly celebrated on
this list--how do you pronounce his last name?

I think the name is "Bughici"----in Romanian, an 'h' is added to a 'c' or
'g' before a front vowel (i, e) to make it "hard," so it's 'boo-geetch".
The final 'i' isn't pronounced; it's there to indicate that the 'c' is
pronounced 'ch.'

Paul Gifford


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