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 [log in to unmask]