When I first encountered the composer some years ago, his name was spelt
Miaskovsky, and I assumed that it was pronounced MEE-AH-SKOFF-SKEE.  In
recent years, it's changed to Myaskovsky, which some have pronounced as
MY-AH-SKOFF-SKEE.  I wondered whether the more recent spelling is an
attempt to combine M and YAH (as in the German Ja) into one syllable.
Any thoughts?

Richard Pennycuick
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