Central European List of Names
Every name on this list appears also on The Big List, but possibly with one or more diacritics missing. Essentially, the existence of this page was made necessary by the anglocentrism of the software industry: web technology has not yet progressed to the point where I can reliably display both a tilde and a haček on the same page.
These spellings will not display correctly unless your computer has the required Central European fonts! If you're not sure, have a look at the fonts page.
Index
- Foreign Names: Czech/Slovak Polish
Czech/Slovak
| Antonín Dvořák | dvor-zhahk ![[audio sample]](images/audio.gif) |
| Rudolf Firkušny | feer-koosh-nee |
| Edita Gruberová | eh-dee-tah groo-behr-oh-vah |
| Leoš Janáček | lay-ohsh yahn-ah-chek |
| Ernst Křenek | krzhen-ek (or kzhen-ek) |
| Rafael Kubelik | koo-be-lik |
| Bohuslav Martinů | boh-hoo-slahv mar-ti-noo |
| Ivan Moravec | ee-vahn mor-a-vets |
| Josef Páleníček | yoh-sef pah-leh-ni-chek |
| Ivan Pařík | ee-vahn par-zheek |
| Václav Smetáček | vahts-lahf smeh-ta-chek |
| Bedřich Smetana | bed-rzheekh (or bed-zheekh) smeh-ta-na |
| Karl Stamic (or Stamitz) | stah-mits |
| Josef Suk | yoh-seff sook (rhymes with "book") |
| Václav Talich | vahts-lahf tah-likh |
| Jiří Válek | yeer-zhee vah-lek |
| Jan Křtitel Vanhal | yahn kerzh-tee-tl vahn-hahl |
| Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek | yahn vahts-lahf hoo-goh vor-zhi-shek |
Titles:
| Taras Bulba | tah-rahs bool-bah |
| Jenufa | yeh-noo-fah |
| Vltava | vuhl-tah-vah |
| Mlady | mlah-dih |
Polish
| Henryk Górecki | hen-rik goo-rets-kee |
| Mieczysław Horszowski | myeh-chih-swahff hor-shoff-skee |
| Wanda Landowska | vahn-da lahn-doff-ska |
| Witold Lutosławski | vee-tolt loo-to-swahf-skee |
| Krzysztof Penderecki | kzhish-toff pen-der-ets-kee |
| Artur Rodzinski | ar-toor ro-jin-skee |
| Henryk Szering | hen-rihk shehr-ring |
| Karol Szymanowski | shih-ma-noff-skee |
