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 haèek 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 Dvoøák | dvor-zhahk ![[audio sample]](images/audio.gif) |
| Rudolf Firku¹ny | feer-koosh-nee |
| Edita Gruberová | eh-dee-tah groo-behr-oh-vah |
| Leo¹ Janáèek | lay-ohsh yahn-ah-chek |
| Ernst Køenek | krzhen-ek (or kzhen-ek) |
| Rafael Kubelik | koo-be-lik |
| Bohuslav Martinù | boh-hoo-slahv mar-ti-noo |
| Ivan Moravec | ee-vahn mor-a-vets |
| Josef Páleníèek | yoh-sef pah-leh-ni-chek |
| Ivan Paøík | ee-vahn par-zheek |
| Václav Smetáèek | vahts-lahf smeh-ta-chek |
| Bedøich 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 |
| Jiøí Válek | yeer-zhee vah-lek |
| Jan Køtitel Vanhal | yahn kerzh-tee-tl vahn-hahl |
| Jan Václav Hugo Voøí¹ek | 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 |
| Mieczys³aw Horszowski | myeh-chih-swahff hor-shoff-skee |
| Wanda Landowska | vahn-da lahn-doff-ska |
| Witold Lutos³awski | 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 |
