The Well-Tempered Announcer: A Pronunciation Guide to Classical Music [Paperback]

. . . demystifies more than 2000 names of composers, conductors and performers, titles of works and musical terms in some two dozen languages. Publishers Weekly

. . . Fradkin's guide will save people from both error and affectation. Rettig on Reference

What a great idea for a book. Denver Post

Multifaceted and well organized . . . A wide range of useful tips will help attentive readers avoid common pronunciation gaffes and build on the sound advice offered . . . This is a book for the linguistically sensitive and musically inclined to keep handy. Choice

Classical announcers and musicians will welcome this guide. American Reference Books Annual

Is it [rick-kard] or [rih-khard] Wagner?

Radio announcers have very few resources for learning to pronounce foreign words and names associated with classical music. In this innovative guide, Robert Fradkin provides the pronunciation of over 2000 personal names, titles of works, and musical terms.

The Well-Tempered Announceris an ideal text for radio and television classes and the ultimate aid in the broadcasting booth.

An authoritative, easily used guide to the pronunciation of musicians' names, titles of works, and musical terms in two dozen languages.

ROBERT A. FRADKIN, Assistant Professor of Hebrew at the University of Maryland, College Park, has also taught Russian and general linguistics. He is author of Stalking the Wild Verb Phrase as well as scholarly articles in his academic fields.

Prelude
A Tribute to WFOS-FM
Other Acknowledgments
Overture
Why This Guide?
The Old Native vs. Anglicized Controversy
Caveat Dictor
Structure of the Book
Suggestions for Using The Book
Limitations
Movement 1. Transcription and Other Basics
Transcription Conventions
Letter vs. Sound
Options and Alternatives
Which Phonetic Transcription?
Is the Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?
Sound Symbols