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Re: Gade
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Thanh-Tam Le <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 1 Apr 2006 11:25:26 -0500
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David Carlson inquired:

>Hello, I am just a humble classical music lover.  Could someone please
>tell me how to pronounce "Gade" as in Niels W.  Gade?

Unless I am not reading "GAH-duh" correctly, the correct pronunciation
is, I believe, shorter.  The closest description would be that "Gade"
sounds like "breath", replacing the "br" with a "g" and ending with
a voiced "th" instead of a voiceless one.

Best wishes,

Thanh-Tam Le

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