20 Classical Music Names You Are Probably Pronouncing Wrong Everybody wants to be a classical music connoisseur. But when it comes down to it, it's not only difficult to grasp the style and sound of the world's most famous musicians and composers, it's nearly impossibly to pronounce their names. Some are visually daunting (Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, for example) while others are short brain busters that have you second guessing the annunciation of a six-letter word (ahem, Frederic Chopin). Who wants to be caught fawning over "Ride of the Valkyries" whilst referring to the musical mastermind behind it as Richard Wagner with a pronounced double u? The answer: no one. So, to help our readers along the daunting path to enlightenment, we've compiled a list of 20 classical music names you are probably pronouncing... wrong. Note: There are, undoubtedly, more ways to pronounce these names. 1. Let's start out with an oldie but a goodie -- the man who brought us "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake." 2. 3. 4. Oh, Mendelssohn. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Easy. 12.
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