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It's Good to Know: How to Pronounce the Nearly Unpronounceable Names of 6 Famous Composers

Figure out how to work the names of the following composers into the conversation, and you'll impress even the most erudite folks at your next cocktail party:

Heitor Villa-Lobos (AY-tor VEE-la LOW-bush)
Antonin Dvorak (AN-toh-neen DVOR-zhock)
Leos Janacek (LEH-osh YAN-a-check)
Camille Saint-Saens (ka-ME-YA san-sawns)
Georg Solti (GAY-ork SHOLE-tee)
Richard Wagner (RICK-art VOG-ner)
(Source: An Incomplete Education)

let me guess their nationalities based on the way their names are pronounced....

Heitor Villa-Lobos (AY-tor VEE-la LOW-bush) >>>> spanish bcos of VEE-la
Antonin Dvorak (AN-toh-neen DVOR-zhock) >>>> czech republic bcos of zhock
Leos Janacek (LEH-osh YAN-a-check) >>>> czech or polish
Camille Saint-Saens (ka-ME-YA san-sawns) >>>>> give away french bcos of saint
Georg Solti (GAY-ork SHOLE-tee) >>>> ???
Richard Wagner (RICK-art VOG-ner) >>>>> german where W bcomes V


how did i do ?

This is my favourite piano piece from the movie Forrest Gump. Everything in this movie is almost perfect. The movie, actor and music.
From the famous composer:

Forrest Gump Theme - Alan Silvestri

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Michael Bublé - Home

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Korean Pop. 3rd Coast - Can't Stop Loving You.

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林俊杰、金莎 - 期待爱 (qí dai ai)

this is still a beautiful song, listen to the 用伴奏过门 。。。串连接曲首、曲尾和句。

JJ is really very talented, & i met him face2face before when he was drawing comics ...

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Indeed a very nice song. I don't listen much to chinese songs, nor do i listen to radio...so do introduce me more to those songs that you like I love the piano bit around 2:00 to 2:22

San Jie likes Wall's ice cream mah?

A response to your 期待爱

I give you............

发现爱

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Another song from JJ Lin. English and Chinese with the same melody, I let you all pick.

JJ Lin Jun Jie - Down (English Version, With Lyrics)
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林俊傑-熟能生巧
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Changing musical palette to classicals.

thanks to Pappy for introduction ...

Pachelbel's Canon D

Canon in D has a three-part melodic canon (major) that blends harmonically and structurally on a two-bar ground bass (minor).

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