Bob K:
>I am currently playing with the Santa Fe Community Orchestra (a volunteer
>ameteur orch) here in town. We are playing, among other things, Copland's
>'Rodeo' and the conductor has started an argument. Is it pronounced:
>
>RO-de-o (long e)
>or
>Ro-DE-o (short e, more like an "a" sound)
Copland himself pronounced it "RO-dee-o." I heard it from his very own
lips, more than once.
Steve Schwartz