Richard Pennycuick ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>While the thread is discussing pronunciations, there are a few I'd like
>tidied up:
>...
>4. Roberto Gerhard, I believe, eventually pronounced his name as
>JAIR'-UHD. Confirmation?

As if it were the English "Gerard" - I'm sure the BBC always used to
pronounce it that way and if he hadn't approved I'm sure they'd have known.

>5. I've never heard any of his music, but is Ferneyhough one of those
>strange English names which sounds nothing like it looks?  Ferneyhough,
>pronounced Smith, perhaps?

Ferny-huff I believe.  His music is far more impenetrable.

Deryk Barker
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