Sil - like window "sill"
ves - like the "ves" in "investment"
tri - as in "tree"

I've never heard his name spoken, only read it. Does anybody know if this is the correct way to pronounce it, or am I off anywhere?

I'm just bored as hell and was wondering. Thanks.

BUT - how about composers like Krzysztof Penderecki, Wojciech Kilar and Bent Fabricius Bjerre? How do you pronounce their names??

"Wo-check Keelahr"

Bent Fabricius Bjerre? who is that?

NP -- Stanley & Iris, John Williams; not sure how you pronounce this guy's name.

Also I was saying Ba'seal' Poledouris, until I heard Austin Powers say 'Bazil'

(if that makes sense.)

WOY-CHECK KY-LAAR

EN-YO MORRE-CONEY

BAZL PAHL-DAARES

(I had Italian in highschool, although I've forgotten most of it).

Rang, there's no great difference between "v" and "w" in German. "v" is sometimes pronounced like "w" and sometimes like "w".

It's
Air-ich ("ch" like in "loch")
Wolf- ("o" like in "horn") gung
Korngold

and

Max ("a" like the "o" in "come")
Sty- ("y" like in "my") ner

I'm not really sure about Waxman; if it's pronounced German, then it's
Wax- ("a" like the "o" in "come" again) man (the same "a" once again)
But normally, you'd spell it "Waxmann".

J. Peter (should I call you "J" or "Peter?), what about:

Wolk La-nyef- (like the "y" in "yes") sky?

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Originally posted by S Smith:
And what about Lalo Schifrin?

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I've been pronouncing his name like this:

"LA-lo SCHIF-rin"

A-kee-ra Ee-foo-koo-bay

Cmiral is pronounced smear-al.

Two Polish friends of mine assure me that it is actually VOHJ-see-iH (the H being that hissing-type consonant common in German words like "buch"). The last name is indeed KEE-lahr.

Zbigniew Preisner:

ts-BIG-nee-ev PRICE-ner

Sorry for the late response, I just got back.

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Originally posted by dantoris:
Sheesh! I took two years of German in high school and [b]still can't come close to pronouncing his first name![/B]

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Hm, this may sound a little strange, but try this:
Say "book", but after the "k", release the tongue just so much that you can "exhale". That should produced the "ch" sound (the phonetic letter for it is "x", according to my dictionary, the "gh" in "ugh" is also pronounced that way - I was always wondering how to pronounce "ugh" ).