Ra C Sun Ra C SUNN RAH
Raabe C Peter Raabe C PAY-tur RAHAH-buh
Raaff C Anton Raaff C AHN-tohohn RAHAHF
Raalte C Albert Van Raalte C AHL-bert funn RAHAHL-tuh
Raasted C Niels Otto Raasted C NILLSS AWT-toh WAHAH-stehth
Raats C Jaan Rääts C YAHAHN RAATSS
Rabat tsraruni C Rabat Tsraruni C rah-BAHT ts’rah-ROO-nee C (composition by Oedoen
Partos [Ö-dön PAR-tohsh])
Rabaud C Henri Rabaud C ah6-ree rah-bo C (known also as Henri Benjamin Rabaud [ah6-ree
bah6-zhah-meh6 rah-bo])
Rabbai C Joseph Rabbai C JO-zuff RABB-bahee
Rabe C Folke Rabe C FOHL-kuh RAH-buh C (known also as Folke Alvar Harald Reinhold
Rabe [FOHL-kuh AHL-vahr HAH-rahld RAYN-hold RAH-buh])
Rabello C João Lourenço Rabello C zhôôAH6ôô lo-REH6-sôô ruh-BELL-lôô
Rabello C João Soares Rabello C zhôôAH6ôô SWAHSH ruh-BELL-lôô C (the middle name is
sometimes replaced by Lourenço [lo-REH6-sôô], and the last name is variously spelled Rebello
[ruh-BELL-lôô], Rabelo [ruh-BEH-lôô], and Rebelo [ruh-BEH-lôô])
Rabelo C João Soares Rabelo C zhôôAH6ôô SWAHSH ruh-BEH-lôô C (the middle name is
sometimes replaced by Lourenço [lo-REH6-sôô], and the last name is variously spelled Rebello
[ruh-BELL-lôô], Rabello [ruh-BELL-lôô], and Rebelo [ruh-BEH-lôô])
Rabich C Ernst Rabich C ERNST RAHAH-bihh
Rabin C Michael Rabin C M¦-kull RAY-bunn
Rabinof C Benno Rabinof C BENN-no RA-bih-nawf
Rabinovich C David Rabinovich C dah-VEET rah-bih-NAW-vihch
Rabinowicz C Rachel and Miriam Rabinowicz C RAY-chull (and) MIH-ree-umm rah-bihNO-vihch
Rabinowitsch C Max Rabinowitsch C MAHKSS rah-bih-NAW-vihch
Rabl C Walter Rabl C VAHL-tur RAH-b’l
Rabut C Guy Rabut C G¦ RAY-butt
Racek C Jan Racek C YAHN RAH-tseck
Rachamim C Kyrie, el rachamim C KÜ-reeay, ell RAH-kah-mimm C (section of the
Holocaust Requiem [{REH-kôôee-umm} REH-kôôih-emm] — Kaddish for Terezin [kahdDIHSH (for) TEH-reh-zinn] by Ronald Senator [RAH-nulld SEH-nuh-tur])
Rache aria C RAH-kay AH-ree-ah C (aria from the opera Don Giovanni [dohn jo-VAHNnee]; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and
libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay])
Rachel quand du seigneur C Rachel, quand du Seigneur C rah-shell, kah6 dü seh-n’yör C
(aria from the opera La Juive [lah zhüeev] — The Jewess; music by Jacques Fromental Halévy
[zhack fraw-mah6-tahl ah-lay-vee] and libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])
Rachmaninoff C Serge Rachmaninoff C sehr-GAY rahk-MAH-nyih-nuff C (known also as
Serge Vassilievich [vahss-SEE-liheh-vihch] Rachmaninoff) C (the given name is variously
spelled as Serge, Sergei, and Sergey, and the family name as Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninov,
Rakhmaninoff, and Rakhmaninov)
Rachmaninov C Serge and Sergei Rachmaninov C (see Serge Rachmaninoff)
Rachmilovich C Jacques Rachmilovich C zhack rahk-MEE-luh-vihch
Racine C Jean Racine C zhah6 rah-seen
Raciunas C Antanas Ra…iãnas C ahn-TAH-nahss rah-chihOO-nahss
Rada C RAH-dah C (Advice) C (poem by W»adys»aw Syrokomla [vwah-DISS-wahf sih-rahKOHM-lah] set to music by Stanis»aw Moniuszko [stah-NYEESS-wahf mah-neeÔÔSH-kaw])
Radames C rah-DAH-mayss C (character in the opera Aida [ah-EE-dah]; music by Giuseppe
Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni [ahn-TAW-neeo gheezlahn-TSO-nee] after Auguste Mariette [o-güst mah-reeett] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel
dü law-kl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’])
Radecke C Robert Radecke C ROHOH-bert RAH-duh-kuh
Radecke C Rudolf Radecke C ROO-dawlf RAH-duh-kuh
Radenkovic C Milutin Radenkoviƒ C mee-LOO-tinn rah-DEHNG-kaw-vihch
Radic C Dušan Radíƒ C DOO-shahn RAH-dihch
Radica C Ruben Radica C ROO-benn RAH-dih-tsah
Radicati C Teresa Bertinotti-Radicati C tay-RAY-zah bayr-tee-NOHT-tee-rah-dee-KAH-tee
C (known also as Teresa Bertinotti)
Radiciotti C Giuseppe Radiciotti C joo-ZAYP-pay rah-dee-chee-OHT-tee
Radio sinfonie orchester frankfurt C Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt C RAHAH-deeo-ZINNfo-nee-awr-KEH-stur FRAHNK-fôôrt C (Frankfurt [FRAHNK-fôôrt] Radio Symphony
Orchestra)
Radio sinfonieorchester stuttgart C Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart C RAHAH-diho ZINNfo-nee-awr-KEH-stur SHTÔÔT-gart C (Stuttgart [SHTÔÔT-gart] Radio Symphony
Orchestra)
Radio symphonie orchester berlin C Radio-Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin C RAHAH-diho-ZÜMfo-nee-awr-KEH-stur, behr-LEEN C (Berlin [behr-LEEN] Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Radkevitch C Nikolai Ivanov-Radkevitch C nyee-kah-LAHIH ee-vah-NAWF-raht-KAY-vihch
Radnai C Miklós Radnai C MICK-lohohsh RAHD-nahih
Rado C Aladár Radó C AH-lah-dahahr RAH-dohoh
Radoux C Charles Radoux C sharl rah-dôô
Radoux C Jean-Théodore Radoux C zhah6-tay-aw-dawr rah-dôô
Radoux rogier C Charles Radoux-Rogier C shar-luh rah-dôô-raw-zheeay
Radovanovic C Vladan Radovanoviƒ C VLAH-dahn rah-daw-VAH-naw-vihch
Radziwill C Prince Anton Heinrich Radziwill C (Prince) AHN-tohohn H¦N-rihh RAHT-tsihvill C (Germanized version of the Polish Prince Antoni Henryk Radziwi»» [(Prince) ahn-TAWnee HENN-rick rah-DZEE-veew’])
Raeli C Vito Raeli C VEE-toh rah-AY-lee
Raesel C Andreas Raesel C ahn-DRAY-ahss RAY-zull C (the last name is also spelled
Raselius [rah-ZAY-lihôôss])
Rafael ruiz el macareno C Rafael Ruiz "El Macareno" C rah-fah-ELL roo-EETH "ell mahkah-RAY-no" C (character in the opera El gato montés [ell GAH-toh mawn-TAYSS] — The
Wildcat; music and libretto by Manuel Penella [mah-nooELL pay-NAY-l’yah])
Rafaga C Ráfaga C RAH-fah-gah C (composition by Joaquín Turina [ho-ah-KEEN tooREE-nah])
Raff C Joachim Raff C YOHOH-ah-kimm RAHF C (known also as Joseph [YOHOH-zeff]
Joachim Raff)
Raffalli C Tibère Raffalli C tee-behr rahf-FAHL-lee
Raffanti C Dano Raffanti C DAH-no rahf-FAHN-tee
Ragazze C rah-GAHT-tsay C (girls) C (characters in the opera La bohème [lah baw-emm]
— Bohemian Life; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi
Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri
Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])
Ragin C Derek Lee Ragin C DEH-reck (Lee) RAY-gunn
Rago C Alexis Rago C ah-LAYK-seess RAH-go
Ragon C Gilles Ragon C zheey’ rah-gaw6
Ragonde C Dame Ragonde C dahm rah-gaw6d C (character in the opera Le Comte Ory [luh
kaw6t aw-ree]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Eugène
Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson [sharl-gahss-par d’less-tr’p’war-saw6])
Ragossnig C Konrad Ragossnig C KAWN-raht RAH-gawss-nihh
Ragotski C rah-GAWT-skee C (character in Candide [kahn-DEED], an operetta, with music
by Leonard Bernstein [LEH-nurd BURN-st§n]; libretto by R. Wilbur [R. WILL-bur], J.
Latouche [J. lah-TOOSH], D. Parker [D. PAR-kur], and Leonard Bernstein after L. Hellman
[L. HELL-munn] after Voltaire [vawl-tehr])
Ragweng C RAHG-vehng C (The Crown Prince) C (character in the opera Das Nusch-Nuschi
[dahss NÔÔSH-NÔÔ-shee] — The Nusch-Nuschi; music by Paul Hindemith [PAHÔÔL HINNtuh-mitt] and libretto by Franz Blei [FRAHNTSS BL¦]) C (the Nusch-Nuschi is a mythical
beast, half rat and half alligator) C (the opera is subtitled A Play for Burmese Marionettes)
Rahlwes C Alfred Rahlwes C AHL-frayt RAHL-vuss
Raichev C Alexander Raichev C ah-leck-SAHN-d’r RAHEE-cheff
Raichl C Miroslav Raichl C MIH-raw-slahf RAHIH-k’l
Raida C Karl Alexander Raida C KARL ah-leck-SAHN-ter RAHIH-dah
Raimann C Rudolf Raimann C ROO-dawlf RAHIH-mahn
Raimbaud C reh6-bo C (character in the opera Le Comte Ory [luh kaw6t aw-ree] — Count
Ory; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [özhenn skreeb] and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson [sharl-gahss-par d’less-tr’-pwar-saw6])
Raimondi C Gianni Raimondi C JAHN-nee rahee-MOHN-dee
Raimondi C Ignazio Raimondi C ee-n’YAH-tseeo rahee-MOHN-dee
Raimondi C Pietro Raimondi C peeAY-tro rahee-MOHN-dee
Raimondi C Ruggero Raimondi C rood-JAY-ro rahee-MOHN-dee
Raimondo C rahee-MOHN-doh C (character in the opera Lucia di Lammermoor [loo-CHEEah dee LAHM-mer-môôuhr] — Lucy of Lammermoor [LOO-see of LAMM-mur-môôuhr];
music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Salvadore
Cammarano [sahl-vah-DOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no] based on the novel The Bride of
Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott [WAWL-tur SKAHT])
Raines C Margaret Raines C MAR-guh-rutt RAYNZ
Rainette C La rainette C lah reh-nett C (the frog) C (character in the opera L'enfant et les
sortileges [lah6-fah6 ay leh sawr-tee-lehzh] — The Child and the Fantasies; music by Maurice
Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell]; libretto by Sidonie Gabrielle Gauthiers-Villars [see-daw-nee gahbreeell go-teeay-veel-lar])
Rainey C Ma Rainey C MAH RAY-nee
Rainger C Ralph Rainger C RALF RAYN-jur
Rainier C Priaulx Rainier C pree-o reh-neeay
Raisa C Rosa Raisa C {RO-zuh RAHIH-zuh} RO-sah RAHIH-sah
Raison C André Raison C ah6-dray reh-zaw6
Raitio C Pentti Raitio C PAYNT-tih RAHIH-tihaw
Raitio C Väinö Raitio C VAIH-nö RAHIH-tihaw C (known also as Väinö Eerikki [AYAY-rihkih] Raitio)
Raitt C Bonnie Raitt C BAHN-nee RAYT
Raitt C John Raitt C JAHN RAYT C (known also as John Emmet [EMM-mutt] Raitt)
Rajicic C Stanojlo Raji…iƒ C stah-NOY-lah RAH-yih-chihch
Rajna C András Rajna C AHN-drahahsh R¦-nah
Rajna C Thomas Rajna C TAH-muss R¦-nuh C (probably an Anglicized version of the
Hungarian name Tomas Rajna [TOH-mahsh R¦-nah])
Rajter C Ludovít Rajter C LÔÔ-daw-veeeet R¦-ter
Rakhmaninoff C Sergei Rakhmaninoff C sehr-GAYEE rahk-MAH-nyih-nuff C (the given
name is variously spelled as Serge, Sergei, and Sergey, and the family name as Rachmaninoff,
Rachmaninov, Rakhmaninoff, and Rakhmaninov)
Rakhmaninov C Serge Rakhmaninov C (see Serge Rakhmaninoff)
Rakov C Nikolai Rakov C nyee-kah-LAHIH RAH-kuff
Raksin C David Raksin C DAY-vudd RACK-sunn
Raleigh C Sir Walter Raleigh C (Sir) WAWL-tur RAH-lih
Ralf C Oscar Ralf C AWSS-kar RAHLF C (known also as Oscar Georg [yee-AWRY’] Ralf )
Ralf C Richard Ralf C RIH-hart RAHLF
Ralf C Torsten Ralf C TAWSS-tenn RAHLF C (known also as Torsten Ivar [EE-var] Ralf )
Ramann C Lina Ramann C LEE-nah RAH-mahn
Ramati C Roman Haubenstock-Ramati C RO-mahn HAHÔÔ-benn-shtahk-rah-MAH-tee
Ramb C Matthias Ramb C maht-TEE-ahss RAHMP
Rambaldo C rahm-BAHL-doh C (character in the opera La rondine [lah ROHN-dee-nay] —
The Swallow; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Giuseppe
Adami [joo-ZAYP-pay ah-DAH-mee] after Dr. A. M. Willner [VILL-nur] and Heinz Reichert
[H¦NTSS R¦-hert])
Rambousek C Joseph Ramboušek C JO-seff RAHM-bohohôôôô-sheck
Rameau C Jean-Philippe Rameau C zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo
Ramey C Phillip Ramey C FILL-lupp RAY-mee
Ramey C Samuel Ramey C SAM-yuh-wull RAY-mee C (known also as Samuel Edward
[EDD-wurd] Ramey)
Ramfis C RAHM-feess C (character in the opera Aida [ah-EE-dah]; music by Giuseppe Verdi
[joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni [ahn-TAW-neeo ghee-zlahnTSO-nee] after Auguste Mariette [o-güst mah-reeett] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü lawkl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’])
Ramin C Günther Ramin C GÜN-tur RAH-minn C (known also as Günther Werner Hans
[VEHR-nur HAHNSS] Ramin)
Raminsh C Imant Raminsh C ee-MAHNT RAH-minnsh C (This is an Americanized version
of the name. In Latvia, this Latvian National would be known as Imants Raminš [ee-MAHNTSS
RAH-minnsh].)
Ramirez C Alejandro Ramirez C ah-lay-HAHN-dro rah-mee-REHTH
Ramirez C Ariel Ramírez C ah-reeELL rah-MEE-rehth
Ramirez C Carlos Chávez y Ramírez C KAR-lawss CHAH-vess ee rah-MEE-ress C (known
also as Carlos Chávez, Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez [KAR-lawss ahn-TOH-neeo day PAHthoowah CHAH-vess], and Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez)
Ramirez C Jésus "Chucho" Monge Ramírez C HAY-sooss “CHOO-cho” MAWN-hay rahMEE-ress
Ramirez C Luis Antonio Ramírez C looEESS ahn-TOH-neeo rah-MEE-ress
Ramiro C Don Ramiro C dawn rah-MEE-ro
Ramler C Karl Wilhelm Ramler C KARL VILL-hellm RAHM-lur
Ramm C Andrea von Ramm C AHN-dray-ah fawn RAHM
Ramon C Isabel Aretz de Ramón y Rivera C ee-sah-BELL ah-RETTSS day rah-MAWN ee
ree-VAY-rah C (known also as Isabel Aretz)
Ramon y rivera C Isabel Aretz de Ramón y Rivera C ee-sah-BELL ah-RETTSS day rahMAWN ee ree-VAY-rah C (known also as Isabel Aretz)
Ramon y rivera C Luis Felipe Ramón y Rivera C looEESS fay-LEE-pay rah-MAWN ee reeVAY-rah
Ramos C Antonio Soler Ramos C ahn-TOH-neeo so-LEHR RAH-mawss C (known also as
Antonio Soler and Antonio Francisco Javier José Soler Ramos [ahn-TOH-neeo frahn-SEESS-ko
hah-veeEHR ho-SAY so-LEHR RAH-mawss])
Ramos C Jay Ramos C JAY RAY-mohss
Ramos C Mariano Padilla y Ramos C mah-reeAH-no pah-THEE-l’yah ee RAH-mawss
Ramos de pareia C Bartolomé Ramos de Pareia C bar-toh-lo-MAY RAH-mawss day pahRAY-eeah
Ramous C Gianni Ramous C JAHN-nee rah-MOooss
Ramovs C Primož Ramovš C PREE-mawzh RAH-mawfsh
Rampal C Jean-Pierre Rampal C zhah6-peeehr rah6-pahl C (known also as Jean-Pierre Louis
[lôôee] Rampal)
Rampf C Stefan Rampf C SHTAY-fahn RAHMPF
Ran C Shulamit Ran C SHOO-lah-meet RAHN
Ran la le ra la ran la la largo al factotum C La ran la le ra, la ran la la ... Largo al factotum C lah
RAHN lah lay rah, lah RAHN lah lah ... LAR-go ahl fahk-TOH-toom C (excerpt from the
opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-beeAY-ray dee see-VEE-leeah] — The Barber of Seville
[suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare
Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehro-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-trozayl-LEE-nee])
Ranczak C Hildegard Ranczak C HILL-deh-gart RAHN-chahk
Randall C Teresa Stich-Randall C tuh-REE-suh STIHCH-RANN-d'l
Randegger C Alberto Randegger C ahl-BAYR-toh rahn-DAYD-jayr
Randegger C Giuseppe Aldo Randegger C joo-ZAYP-pay AHL-doh rahn-DAYD-jayr
Randova C Eva Randová C EH-vuh RAHN-daw-vahah
Rangstrom C Ture Rangström C TÜ-ruh RAHNG-ström C (known also as Anders Johan
[AHN-derss YOO-hahn] Ture Rangström)
Ranki C DezsÅ Ránki C DEH-zhöö RAHAHN-kee
Ranki C György Ránki C JÖRJ RAHAHN-kee
Rankl C Karl Rankl C {KARL RANG-k’l} KARL RAHNG-k’l
Ransome C Antony Ransome C ANN-tuh-nee RANN-summ
Ranta C Sulho Ranta C SOOL-haw RAHN-tah
Rao C Doreen Rao C daw-REEN RAH-o
Rao C Elisabetta Oddone Sulli-Rao C ay-lee-zah-BAYT-tah ohd-DOH-nay SOOL-leeRAH-o
Raoux C Marcel-Auguste Raoux C mar-sell-o-güst rah-ôô
Rapchak C Lawrence Rapchak C LAW-runntss RAPP-chack
Rapee C Erno Rapee C {UR-no rah-PAY} EHR-no RAH-peheh
Rapf C Kurt Rapf C KÔÔRT RAHPF
Raphael C Günter Raphael C GÜN-tur RAH-fah-ell C (known also as Günter Albert Rudolf
Raphael [GÜN-tur AHL-pert ROO-dawlf RAH-fah-ell])
Raphael C RAH-fah-ell C (character in the oratorio Die Schöpfung [dee SHÖP-fôông] — The
Creation — by Franz Joseph Haydn [FRAHNTSS YOHOH-zeff H¦-d'n])
Raphael string quartet C Raphael String Quartet C RAH-fah-ell (String Quartet)
Raphanel C Ghislaine Raphanel C gheez-lenn rah-fah-nell
Raphling C Sam Raphling C SAMM RAFF-lihng C (known also as Samuel SA-m’yuh-wull
Raphling
Rappel des oiseaux C Le Rappel des Oiseaux C luh rahp-pell day-zwah-zo C (The Recall of
the Birds) C (excerpt from the Suite en mi mineur [süeet ah6 mee mee-nör] — Suite in e Minor
— by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo])
Rappold C Marie Rappold C mah-REE RAPP-pawld
Rappoldi C Eduard Rappoldi C AY-dôôart rahp-PAWL-tee
Raptim C RAHP-timm C (instrumental composition by Willem Jeths [WILL-lumm
YETTSS])
Raquel C rah-KELL C (excerpt from El huésped del Sevillano [ell OOAYSS-pedd dell sayvee-l’YAH-no] by Jacinto Guerrero [hah-THEEN-toh gayr-RAY-ro])
Rasbach C Oscar Rasbach C AHSS-kur RASS-bahk
Rascel C RAH-shell
Rasch und mit feuer C Rasch und mit Feuer C RAHSH ôônt mitt FOY-ur C (Fast and With
Fire) C (excerpt from Fantasiestücke [FAHN-tah-zee-shtü-kuh] by Robert Schumann
[ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Rascher C Sigurd Rascher C {SIH-gurd RA-shur} ZEE-gôôrt RAH-shur C (known also as
Sigurd Manfred Rascher [ZEE-gôôrt MAHN-frayt RAH-shur])
Raselius C Andreas Raselius C ahn-DRAY-ahss rah-ZAY-lihôôss C (the last name is also
spelled Raesel [RAY-zull])
Raskin C Judith Raskin C JOO-duth RASS-kunn
Rasmussen C Frans Rasmussen C FRAHNSS RAHSS-môôss-sunn
Rasmussen C Karl Aage Rasmussen C KARL OHOH-huh WAHSS-môôss-sunn
Rasse C François Rasse C frah6-swah rahss C (known also as François Adolphe Jean Jules
[ah-dawlf zhah6 zhül] Rasse)
Rast C RAHST C (Rest) C (poem by Wilhelm Müller [VILL-hellm MÜL-lur] set to music by
Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert] in the song cycle Winterreise [VINN-tur-r§-zuh] —
The Winter’s Journey)
Rastlose liebe C Rastlose Liebe C RAHST-lo-zuh LEE-buh C (Restless Love) (poem by
Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg [FREET-rihh LAY-o-pawlt GRAHF tsoo SHTAWLpehrk] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert]) C (poem by Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh] set to music by Franz
Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Rastrelli C Joseph Rastrelli C YOHOH-zeff rah-STRAYL-lee C (the first name is also spelled
Gioseffo [jo-ZAYF-fo] and Giuseppe [joo-ZAYP-pay])
Ratasata C RAH-tah-zah-tah C (character in the opera Das Nusch-Nuschi [dahss NÔÔSHNÔÔ-shee] — The Nusch-Nuschi; music by Paul Hindemith [PAHÔÔL HINN-tuh-mitt] and
libretto by Franz Blei [FRAHNTSS BL¦]) C (the Nusch-Nuschi is a mythical beast, half rat and
half alligator) C (the opera is subtitled A Play for Burmese Marionettes)
Ratez C Émile-Pierre Ratez C ay-meel-peeehr rah-tay
Rath C Felix vom Rath C FAY-leekss fawm RAHT
Rathaus C D. Rathaus C (D.) RAHT-hahôôss
Rathaus C Karol Rathaus C {KA-rull RATT-hawss} KAH-rahl RAHT-hahôôss
Ratiu C Adrian RaÛiu C AH-dreeahn RAH-tseeoo
Ratschky C Joseph Franz von Ratschky C YOHOH-zeff FRAHNTSS fawn RAHTSH-kee
Rattenbach C Augusto Rattenbach C ahoo-GÔÔSS-toh RAHT-tunn-bahk
Ratzenberger C Theodor Ratzenberger C TAY-o-dohohr RAHT-tsenn-pehr-gur
Rauber C Der Räuber C dayr ROY-bur C (The Robber) C (composition by Carl Loewe
[KARL LÖ-vuh])
Rauber C François Rauber C frah6-swah ro-bay
Raucheisen C Michael Raucheisen C MIH-hah-ell RAHÔÔ-k§-zunn
Rauchenecker C Georg Wilhelm Rauchenecker C GAY-awrk VILL-hellm RAHÔÔ-huh-nehkur
Raudenbush C George King Raudenbush C JAW-urj KIHNG RAHÔÔ-d’n-bôôsh
Raugel C Félix Raugel C fay-leekss ro-zhell
Raupach C Hermann Friedrich Raupach C HEHR-mahn FREET-rihh RAHÔÔ-pahk
Rausch C Michael Rausch C MIH-hah-ell RAHÔÔSH
Rauschen die winde C Es rauschen die Winde C ess RAHÔÔ-shunn dee VINN-tuh C (The
Winds Rustle) C (poem by Ludwig Rellstab [LOOT-vihh RELL-shtahp] set to music by Franz
Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
Rauschenberg C Robert Rauschenberg C RAH-burt RAHÔÔ-shunn-burg C (an American
painter whose name was used as the title of an orchestral composition in the Quadri [kôôAHDree] collection by Jack Fortner [JACK FAWRT-nur])
Rauscher C Hans-Peter Rauscher C HAHNSS-PAY-tur RAHÔÔ-shur
Rauschpfeife C RAHÔÔSH-p’f§-fuh
Rautavaara C Einojuhani Rautavaara C EHIH-naw-yôô-hah-nih RAHÔÔ-tah-vahah-rah
Rautavaara C Sini Rautavaara C SIH-nih RAHÔÔ-tah-vahah-rah
Rautio C Matti Rautio C MAHT-tih RAHOO-tihaw
Rauzzini C Venanzio Rauzzini C vay-NAHN-tseeo rahôôt-TSEE-nee
Ravanello C Oreste Ravanello C o-RAY-stay rah-vah-NAYL-lo
Ravasenga C Carlo Ravasenga C KAR-lo rah-vah-SAYN-gah
Ravel C Maurice Ravel C mo-reess rah-vell C (known also as Joseph Maurice Ravel [zho-zeff
mo-reess rah-vell])
Ravenscroft C John Ravenscroft C JAHN RAY-vunnz-krawft C (known also as Giovanni
Ravenscroft [jo-VAHN-nee RAY-vunnz-krawft])
Ravenscroft C Thomas Ravenscroft C TAH-muss RAY-vunnz-krawft
Ravetti C Dario Ravetti C DAH-reeo rah-VAYT-tee
Ravina C Ernesto Guillermo Bitetti Ravina C ehr-NAYSS-toh ghee-l’YEHR-mo bee-TETTtee rah-VEE-nah C (known also as Ernesto Bitetti and Ernesto Bitetti Ravina)
Ravina C Jean-Henri Ravina C zhah6 ah6-ree rah-vee-nah
Rawlence C Christopher Rawlence C KRISS-tuh-fur RAW-lenntss
Raxach C Enrique Raxach C ayn-REE-kay RAHK-sahch
Rayam C Curtis Rayam C KUR-tuss R¦-umm
Razaf C Andy Razaf C ANN-dee RA-zuff
Razumovsky C Count Razumovsky C (Count) rah-zôô-MAWF-skee C (known also as Prince
Andrei [(Prince) ahn-DRAYEE] Razumovsky)
Razzi C Fausto Razzi C FAHOO-stoh RAHT-tsee
Rca italiana opera chorus and orchestra C RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra C RCA
ee-tah-leeAH-nah (Opera Chorus and Orchestra)
Re bemol majeur C ré bémol majeur C ray bay-mawl mah-zhör C (key of D flat major, French
designation)
Re bemol mayor C RAY bay-MAWL mah-YAWR C (key of D flat major, Spanish
designation)
Re bemol menor C RAY bay-MAWL may-NAWR C (key of d flat minor, Spanish
designation)
Re bemol mineur C ré bémol mineur C ray bay-mawl mee-nör C (key of d flat minor, French
designation)
Re bemolle maggiore C re bemolle maggiore C RAY bay-MOHL-lay mahd-JO-ray C (key
of D flat major, Italian designation)
Re bemolle minore C re bemolle minore C RAY bay-MOHL-lay mee-NO-ray C (key of d flat
minor, Italian designation)
Re diese majeur C ré dièse majeur C ray deeezz mah-zhör C (key of D sharp major, French
designation)
Re diese mineur C ré dièse mineur C ray deeezz mee-nör C (key of d sharp minor, French
designation)
Re diesis maggiore C re diesis maggiore C RAY deeAY-zeess mahd-JO-ray C (key of D sharp
major, Italian designation)
Re diesis minore C re diesis minore C RAY deeAY-zeess mee-NO-ray C (key of d sharp
minor, Italian designation)
Re maggiore C re maggiore C RAY mahd-JO-ray C (key of D major, Italian designation)
Re majeur C ré majeur C ray mah-zhör C (key of D major, French designation)
Re mayor C RAY mah-YAWR C (key of D major, Spanish designation)
Re menor C RAY may-NAWR C (key of d minor, Spanish designation)
Re mineur C ré mineur C ray mee-nör C (key of d minor, French designation)
Re minore C re minore C RAY mee-NO-ray C (key of d minor, Italian designation)
Re sostenido mayor C RAY sawss-tay-NEE-tho mah-YAWR C (key of D sharp major,
Spanish designation)
Re sostenido menor C RAY sawss-tay-NEE-tho may-NAWR C (key of d sharp minor,
Spanish designation)
Rea C John Rea C JAHN RAY C (known also as John Rocco [RAWK-ko] Rea)
Reache C Jeanne Gerville-Réache C zhahn zhehr-veel-ray-ahsh
Reagin C Brian Reagin C BR¦-unn RAY-g'n
Reale C Paul Reale C PAWL REEL
Reaney C Gilbert Reaney C GHILL-burt RAY-nee
Reardon C John Reardon C JAHN REER-dunn
Reautschnigg C Johann Reautschnigg C YO-hahn ray-AHÔÔT-shnick
Reaux C Angelina Réaux C ann-juh-LEE-nuh ray-o
Rebec C REH-beck C (a bowed string instrument)
Rebel C Anne-Renée Rebel C ahn-ruh-nay ruh-bell
Rebel C François Rebel C frah6-swah ruh-bell
Rebel C Jean Rebel C zhah6 ruh-bell
Rebel C Jean-Féry Rebel C zhah6-fay-ree ruh-bell
Rebello C Eduardo Abreu Rebello C eh-dooAR-dôô ah-BRAYOO heh-BELL-lôô C (known
also as Eduardo Abreu)
Rebello C Sergio Abreu Rebello C SEHR-zhôô ah-BRAYOO heh-BELL-lôô C (known also
as Sergio Abreu)
Rebelo C João Soares Rebelo C zhôôAH6ôô SWAHSH ruh-BEH-lôô C (the middle name is
sometimes replaced by Lourenço [lo-REH6-sôô], and the last name is variously spelled Rebelo
[ruh-BEH-lôô], Rebello [ruh-BELL-lôô], Rabello [ruh-BELL-lôô], and Rabelo [ruh-BEHlôô])
Reber C Henri Reber C ah6-ree ruh-bay C (known also as Napoléon-Henri Reber [nah-pawlay-aw6 ah6-ree ruh-bay])
Rebicek C Josef Ìebi…ek C YO-seff RSHEH-bih-check
Rebikov C Vladimir Rebikov C vlah-DYEE-mihr RAY-bih-kuff C (known also as Vladimir
Ivanovich [ee-VAH-nuh-vihch] Rebikov)
Rebling C Gustav Rebling C GÔÔ-stahf REBB-lihng
Rebner C Adolf Rebner C AHAH-dawlf REPP-nur
Rebner C Wolfgang Eduard Rebner C VAWLF-gahng AY-dôôart REPP-nur
Reboul C Jean Reboul C zhah6 reh-bôôl
Rebours C J’ay le rebours C zheh luh ruh-bôôr C (song by Pierre Certon [peeehr sehr-taw6])
Recalcao C ray-kahl-KAH-o C (character in the opera El gato montés [ell GAH-toh mawnTAYSS] — The Wildcat; music and libretto by Manuel Penella [mah-nooELL pay-NEH-l’yah])
Recercar bonny sweet robin C Recercar “Bonny Sweet Robin” C REE-cher-kar (“Bonny
Sweet Robin”) C (composition by Thomas Simpson [TAH-muss SIMMP-sunn]) C (the first
word is variously spelled recercar, ricercar, ricercare, recerchar, recerchar, recerchare, and
ricercata)
Rechberger C Herman Rechberger C HEHR-mahn REH-pehr-gur C (known also as
Hermann Rechberger)
Recitar vesti la giubba C Recitar! ... Vesti la giubba C ray-chee-TAR! ... VAY-stee lah
JOOB-bah C (excerpt from the opera Pagliacci [pah-leeAH-chee], music and libretto by
Ruggero Leoncavallo [rood-JAY-ro lay-ohn kah-VAHL-lo])
Recitatif air et cabalette de leonore C Récitatif, air et cabalette de Léonore C ray-see-tah-teef,
ehr ay kah-bah-lett duh lay-aw-nawr C (Leonor’s Recitative [reh-suh-tuh-TEEV], Air and
Cabaletta [kah-bah-LETT-tah]) C excerpt from the opera La favorite [lah fah-vaw-reet] —
The Favored One; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto
by Alphonse Royer [ahl-faw6ss r’wah-yay] and Gustave Vaëz [güss-tahv vah-ezz], with
additions by Eugene Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])
Recitatif et air de mathilde C Récitatif et air de Mathilde C ray-see-tah-teef ay ehr duh mahteeld C (Recitative [reh-suh-tuh-TEEV] and air featuring Mathilde [mah-TILL-duh] in the
opera Guillaume Tell [ghee-yohm tell] — William Tell; music by Gioachino Rossini [johahKEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Étienne de Jouy [ay-teeenn duh zhôôee], Hippolyte-LouisFlorent Bis [eep-paw-leet-lôôee-flaw-rah6 bee], Armand Marrast [ar-mah6 mahr-rah], and
Adolphe Crémieux [ah-dawlf kray-meeö] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn
SHILL-lur])
Recitatif et air deboli C Récitatif et air d'Eboli C ray-see-tah-teef ay ehr deh-baw-lee C
(Recitative [reh-suh-tuh-TEEV] and air featuring Eboli [eh-baw-lee] in the opera Don Carlos
[dohn KAR-lohss]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by François
Méry [frah6-swah may-ree] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü law-kl’} kah-meey’ dü lawkl’] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur])
Recitatif et air delisabeth C Récitatif et air d'Élisabeth C ray-see-tah-teef ay ehr day-lee-zahbett C (Recitative [reh-suh-tuh-TEEV] and air featuring Elisabeth [ih-LIH-zuh-buth] in the
opera Don Carlos [dohn KAR-lohss]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee];
libretto by François Méry [frah6-swah may-ree] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü law-kl’}
kah-meey’ dü law-kl’] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur])
Recitatif et air dhelene C Récitatif et air d'Hélène C ray-see-tah-teef ay ehr day-lenn C
(Recitative [reh-suh-tuh-TEEV and air] featuring Hélène [ay-lenn] in the opera Les vêpres
siciliennes [leh veh-pr’ see-see-leeenn] — The Sicilian Vespers; music by Giuseppe Verdi [jooZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and Charles Duveyrier
[sharl dü-vay-reeay])
Recitatif et cavatine dhelene C Récitatif et cavatine d'Hélène C ray-see-tah-teef ay kah-vahteen day-lenn C (Recitative [reh-suh-tuh-TEEV] and cavatina [ka-vuh-TEE-nuh]) featuring
Hélène [ay-lenn] in the opera Les vêpres siciliennes [leh veh-pr’ see-see-leeenn]— The Sicilian
Vespers; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [özhenn skreeb] and Charles Duveyrier [sharl dü-vay-reeay])
Recitative C reh-suh-tuh-TEEV
Recitativi C ray-chee-tah-TEE-vee
Recitativo C reh-see-tah-TEE-vo (Catalan [KAH-t’-lunn] pronunciation) C ray-chee-tahTEE-vo (Italian pronunciation) C reh-tsih-tah-TEE-vo (Polish pronunciation)
Recitativo C reh-see-tah-TEE-vo C (Recitative [reh-suh-tuh-TEEV] from the Suite
compostelana [süeet kawm-pawss-tay-LAH-nah], pertaining to the people of Santiago de
Compostela [sahn-tee-AH-go day kawm-pawss-TAY-lah], a small administrative district in
northwestern Spain, by Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-POOO])
Recitativo i aria miecznika C reh-tsih-tah-TEE-vo ee AH-reeah meeehch-NYEE-kah C
(Recitative [reh-suh-tuh-TEEV] and aria featuring Miecznik [meeEHCH-nyeek] in the opera
Straszny Dwór [STRAHSH-nih d’VÔÔR] — The Haunted Manor; music by Stanis»aw
Moniuszko [stah-NYEESS-wahf mah-neeÔÔSH-kaw] and libretto by Jan Ch“ci½ski [YAHN
henn-TSEE6-skee])
Recitativo i aria stefana z kurantem C reh-tsih-tah-TEE-vo ee AH-reeah steh-FAH-nah z kôôRAHN-temm C (Recitative [reh-suh-tuh-TEEV] and aria [AH-reeah] featuring Stefana [stehFAH-nah] with chimes in the opera Straszny Dwór [STRAHSH-nih d’VÔÔR] — The Haunted
Manor; music by Stanis»aw Moniuszko [stah-NYEESS-wahf mah-neeÔÔSH-kaw] and libretto
by Jan Ch“ci½ski [YAHN henn-TSEE6-skee])
Recke pasije C Ìecké Pašije C RSHETTSS-keheh PAH-shih-yeh C (The Greek Passion) C
(an opera, with music by Bohuslav Martinç [BO-hôô-slahf MAR-tyih-noooo] and libretto by
Martinç after Nikos Kazantzakis [NEE-kawss kah-zahnt-Z¦-kiss])
Recondita armonia C ray-kohn-DEE-tar-mo-NEE-ah C (excerpt from the opera Tosca [TOHskah]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-
jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger
[ah6-ree mür-zhay])
Reconnaissance C ruh-kawn-ness-sah6ss C (Reconnaissance [rih-KAHN-nuss-sunntss]) C
(excerpt from the suite Carnaval [kar-nah-vahl] — Carnival — by Robert Schuman [ROHOHbert SHOO-mahn])
Recontre C ruh-kaw6-tr’ C (Meeting) C (poem by Charles Grandmougin [sharl grah6-môôzheh6] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Recordare C reh-KOHR-dah-reh C (section of the Latin requiem [{REH-kôôee-umm} REHkôôih-emm] set to music by various composers)
Recuerdos de la alhambra C Recuerdos de la Alhambra C ray-kooEHR-dawss day lah ahlAHM-brah C (Reminiscences of the Alhambra) C (composition by Francisco Tárrega [frahnTHEESS-ko TAR-ray-gah])
Recuerdos de viaje C ray-kooEHR-dawss day vee-AH-hay C (Reminiscences of the Journey)
C (compositions by Isaac Albéniz [ee-SAHK ahl-VAY-neeth])
Redel C Kurt Redel C KÔÔRT RAY-dull
Redemptor deus C Redemptor Deus C reh-DAYMP-tawr DEH-ôôss C (chant from the
Cancionero de Segovia [kahn-theeo-NAY-ro day say-GO-veeah] — Songbook of Segovia —
containing liturgical music from Spain at the time of Christopher Columbus)
Redlich C Hans F. Redlich C {HANNZ F. REDD-lick} HAHNSS (F.) RETT-lihh C (known
also as Hans Ferdinand [FEHR-tee-nahnt] Redlich)
Redolana C ray-tho-LAH-nah C (That Warm Feeling) C (poem by Jaime Davalos [HAHEEmay dah-VAH-lawss] set to music by Eduardo Falú [ay-thooAR-doh fah-LOO])
Redwitz C Oscar von Redwitz C AW-skar fawn RETT-vittss
Ree C Anton Rée C ANN-tohn WEE
Ree C Louis Rée C LOO-uss RAY
Reede C Rien de Reede C REEN duh RAYAY-duh
Reeh C Heinz Reeh C H¦NTSS RAY
Rees C Rosalind Rees C RAH-zuh-lunnd REESS
Reese C Gustave Reese C GUSS-tuvv REESS
Reeser C Eduard Reeser C AY-düart RAYAY-sur C (known also as Hendrick [HENN-drick]
Eduard Reeser)
Refardt C Edgar Refardt C ETT-gar RAY-fart
Refice C Licinio Refice C lee-CHEE-neeo ray-FEE-chay
Reflets dans leau C Reflets dans l’eau C ruh-fleh dah6 lo C (Reflections in the Water) C
(excerpt from the song cycle Mirages [mee-rahzh] by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray]) C
(excerpt from Book 1 of Images [ee-mahzh] by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Regamey C Constantin Regamey C KAWN-stahn-teen RAY-gah-m§
Regan C Anna Schimon-Regan C AHN-nah SHEE-mohn-RAY-gahn
Regarde C ray-KAR-duh C (hymn composed by Ton de Leeuw [TAWN duh LAYAYôô])
Regata veneziana C La regata veneziana C lah ray-GAH-tah vay-nay-tseeAH-nah C (The
Venetian Regatta) C (a group of three songs from Les soirées musicales [leh swah-ray mü-zeekahl] — Musical Evenings; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and
words by Conte Carlo Pepoli [KOHN-tay KAR-lo pay-PO-lee])
Regenlied C RAY-gunn-leet C (Rain Song) C (poem by Klaus Groth [KLAHÔÔSS GROHT]
set to music by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])
Regentropf polka C Die Regentropf-Polka C dee RAY-gunn-trawpf-PAWL-kahah C (The
Raindrop Polka) C (the music is that of the Neue Pizzicato Polka [NOY-uh PITT-tsih-kah-toh
PAWL-kahah] — New Pizzicato Polka — by Johann Strauss II [YO-hahn SHTRAHÔÔSS II];
the lyric to produce the Regentropf-Polka was added by Miriam Frances [MIH-ree-umm
FRANNT-suss])
Regeny C Rudolf Wagner-Régeny C ROO-dawlf VAHG-nur-RAY-gheh-nee
Reger C Max Reger C MAHKSS RAY-gur C (known also as Johann Baptist Joseph
Maximilian Reger [YO-hahn BAHP-tisst YOHOH-zeff mahk-sih-MEE-lihahn RAY-gur])
Regina caeli C Regina cæli C ray-JEE-nuh CHAY-lih C (motet [mo-TETT] by William Byrd
[WILL-lihumm BURD])
Regina caeli laetare C ray-JEE-nuh CHAY-lih lay-TAH-ray C (Gregorian chant)
Regina celi C ray-JEE-nuh CHAY-lih C (sacred chant by Antoine Busnoys [ah6-twahn bün’wah])
Regina coeli C ray-JEE-nuh CHAY-lih C (Queen of Heaven) C (sacred music, title used by
various composers)
Regina coeli ingeggiamo il signor non e morto C Regina coeli ... Ingeggiamo, il Signor non è
morto C ray-JEE-nuh CHAY-lee ...een-jayd-JAH-mo, eel see-NYOR no ay MOHR-toh C
(Easter Chorus from the opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah-vahl-lay-REE-ah roo-stee-KAHnah] — Rustic Chivalry; music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee]; libretto by
Guido Menasci [gooEE-doh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti [jo-VAHN-nee
tar-JO-nee-toht-TSAYT-tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee VAYR-gah])
Regina seculi reparatrix maria C O regina seculi/Reparatrix Maria C o ray-JEE-nuh SEH-kôôlih/reh-puh-RAH-treekss muh-REE-uh C (anonymous composition)
Regis C Johannes Regis C yo-HAHN-nuss RAY-heess
Regli C Francesco Regli C frahn-CHAY-sko RAY-l’yee
Regna terrae C Regna Terrae C RAY-n’yah TAYR-ray C (composition by Jean-Joseph
Cassanéa de Mondonville [zhah6-zho-zeff kahss-sah-nay-ah duh maw6-daw6-veel])
Regnart C Jacob Regnart C YA-kawp REHK-nart
Regretz sans fin C ruh-greh sah6 feh6 C (I must endure endless regrets) C (six-voice song from
Medieval France by Josquin Despréz [zhawss-keh6 day-pray])
Regt C Hendrik de Regt C HENN-drick duh REHKT
Rehberg C Walter Rehberg C VAHL-tur RAY-pehrk
Rehfuss C Heinz Rehfuss C H¦NTSS RAY-fôôss C (known also as Heinz Julius Rehfuss
[H¦NTSS YOO-lihôôss RAY-fôôss])
Rehm C Wolfgang Rehm C VAWLF-gahng RAYM
Reibold C Bruno Reibold C BROO-no R¦-bawlt
Reich C Herr Reich C HEHR R¦H C (character in the opera Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
[dee LÔÔSS-tih-gunn V¦-bur fawn VINNT-zur] — The Merry Wives of Windsor; music by
Otto Nicolai [AWT-toh NEE-ko-lahih], libretto by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal [ZAHAH-lomawn HEHR-mahn MO-zunn-tahl] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYKspihuhr])
Reich C Steve Reich C STEEV R¦K C (known also as Stephen Michael Reich [STEE-vunn
M¦-kull R¦K])
Reich C Willi Reich C VILL-lee R¦H
Reicha C Antoine Reicha C ah6-twahn reh-shah C (French version of the Czech name Antonín
or Anton Rejcha [AHN-taw-nyeeeen (or) AHN-tawn RAY-kuh]) C (known also as AntoineJoseph Reicha [ah6-twahn zhaw-zeff reh-shah])
Reichardt C Johann Friedrich Reichardt C YO-hahn FREET-rihh R¦-hart
Reichardt C Luise Reichardt C loo-EE-zuh R¦-hart
Reichel C Friedrich Reichel C FREET-rihh R¦-hull
Reichenau C Berno von Reichenau C BEHR-no fawn R¦-huh-nahôô
Reichenberg C David Reichenberg C DAY-vudd R¦-k'n-burg
Reicher kindermann C Hedwig Reicher-Kindermann C HETT-vihh R¦-hur-KINN-tur-mahn
Reichert C Arno Julius Reichert C AR-no YOO-lihôôss R¦-hert
Reichert C Johannes Reichert C yo-HAHN-nuss R¦-hert
Reichmann C Theodor Reichmann C TAY-o-dohohr R¦H-mahn
Reichmann C Wolfgang Reichmann C VAWLF-gahng R¦H-mahn
Reichwein C Leopold Reichwein C LAY-o-pawlt R¦H-v§n
Reie C R¦-uh C (Dance) C (excerpt from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [karMEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Karl Orff [KARL AWRF])
Reif C Paul Reif C {PAWL R¦F} PAHÔÔL R¦F
Reigler C Susan Reigler C SOO-zunn R¦-glur
Reil C Friedrich Reil C FREET-rihh R¦L
Reimann C Aribert Reimann C AH-rih-bert R¦-mahn
Reimann C Heinrich Reimann C H¦N-rihh R¦-mahn
Reimann C Ignaz Reimann C IGG-nahtss R¦-mahn
Reimers C Paul Reimers C {PAWL R¦-murz} PAHÔÔL R¦-murss
Rein C Walter Rein C VAHL-tur R¦N
Reina C Domenico Reina C doh-MAY-nee-ko RAYEE-nah
Reinach C Albert Mayer-Reinach C AHL-pert M¦-ur-R¦-nahk
Reinach C Théodore Reinach C tay-aw-dawr reh-nahsh C (known also as Théodore Salomon
Reinach [tay-aw-dawr sah-law-maw6 reh-nahsh])
Reinagle C Alexander Reinagle C a-ligg-ZANN-dur R¦-nay-g’l
Reincken C Jan Adams Reincken C YAHN AHAH-dahms R¦NG-kunn C (the last name is also
spelled Reinken [R¦N-kunn])
Reine de coeur C La reine de coeur C lah renn duh kör C (The Queen of Hearts) C (poem by
Maurice Carême [mo-reess kah-remm] set to music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Reine de saba C La Reine de Saba C lah renn duh sah-bah C (The Queen of Sheba) C
(character in the oratorio Solomon; music by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick
HANN-d’l]; anonymous libretto after II Chronicles, I Kings v, and Josephus [jo-SEE-fuss])
Reinecke C Carl Reinecke C KARL R¦-nuh-kuh C (known also as Carl Heinrich Carsten
Reinecke [KARL H¦N-rihh KAR-stunn R¦-nuh-kuh])
Reinecke C Roald Reinecke C RO-ahlt R¦-nuh-kuh
Reinecke C Ronald Reinecke C RO-nahlt R¦-nuh-kuh
Reiner C Fritz Reiner C FRITTSS R¦-nur
Reiner C Karel Reiner C KAH-rell R¦-ner
Reingestimmt die saiten C Reingestimmt die Saiten! C R¦N-guh-shtimmt dee ZAHIH-tunn!
(Tune Thy Strings!) C (song from Zigeunermelodien [tsee-GOY-nur-may-lo-deeunn] — Gipsy
Melodies — by Antonín DvoÍák [AHN-taw-nyeeeen d’VAW-rshahahk])
Reinhard C Kurt Reinhard C KÔÔRT R¦N-hart
Reinhardt C Delia Reinhardt C DAY-lihah R¦N-hart
Reinhardt C Django Reinhardt C JAHNG-go RAY-nart
Reinhardt C Heinrich Reinhardt C H¦N-rihh R¦N-hart
Reinhart C Gregory Reinhart C GREH-guh-ree R¦N-hart
Reinhold C Hugo Reinhold C HOO-go R¦N-hawlt
Reining C Maria Reining C mah-REE-ah R¦-nihng
Reinken C Jan Adams Reinken C YAHN AHAH-dahms R¦N-kunn C (the last name is also
spelled Reincken [R¦NG-kunn])
Reinmar C Hans Reinmar C HAHNSS R¦N-mar
Reinprecht C Johann Reinprecht C YO-hahn R¦N-preht
Reinthaler C Karl Reinthaler C KARL R¦N-tah-lur C (known also as Karl Martin Reinthaler
[KARL MAR-teen R¦N-tah-lur])
Reisch C W. Reisch C (W.) R¦SH
Reisen C Avrom Reisen C AHV-rohm R¦-zenn
Reisenauer C Alfred Reisenauer C AHL-frayt R¦-zuh-nahôô-ur
Reisenberg C Nadia Reisenberg C NAH-dihuh RAY-sunn-burk
Reiser C Alois Reiser C {ah-LOYSS R¦-zur} AHAH-lo-eess R¦-zur
Reisfeld C Bert Reisfeld C BEHRT R¦SS-fellt
Reisman C Leo Reisman C LEE-o R¦SS-munn
Reiss C Albert Reiss C AHL-pert R¦SS
Reiss C Janine Reiss C zhah-neen ress
Reiss C Józef Reiss C YÔÔ-zeff RAYEESS C (known also as Józef W»adys»aw Reiss [YÔÔzeff vwah-DISS-wahf RAYEESS])
Reiss C Scott Reiss C SKAHT R¦SS
Reisserova C Julie Reisserová C YÔÔ-lihuh R¦SS-seh-raw-vahah
Reissiger C Carl Gottlieb Reissiger C KARL GAWT-leep R¦SS-sih-gur
Reissmann C August Reissmann C AHÔÔ-gôôst R¦SS-mahn C (known also as August
Friedrich Wilhelm [FREET-rihh VILL-hellm] Reissmann)
Reiter C Josef Reiter C YOHOH-zeff R¦-tur
Reiterlied C R¦-tur-leet C (Riders' Song) C (composition by Hermann Löns [HEHR-mahn
LÖNSS])
Reithofer C Wolfgang Reithofer C VAWLF-gahng R¦T-ho-fur
Reizenstein C Franz Reizenstein C {FRANNZ R¦-z’n-st§n} FRAHNTSS R¦-ts’n-sht§n C
(known also as Franz Theodor Reizenstein [FRAHNTSS TAY-o-dohohr R¦-tsunn-sht§n])
Rejcha C Antonín Rejcha C AHN-taw-nyeeeen RAY-kah C (known also as Antoine Reicha
[ah6-twahn reh-shah], Antoine-Joseph [ah6-twahn-zhaw-zeff] Reicha, and Anton [AHN-tawn]
Rejcha)
Rejouissance C La réjouissance C lah ray-zh’weess-sah6ss C (march by Georg Philipp
Telemann [GAY-awrk FEE-lipp TAY-luh-mahn]) C (excerpt from Music for the Royal
Fireworks by George Frideric Handel) C (composition by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn
{suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Rekasius C Antanas Rekašius C ahn-TAH-nahss reh-kah-shihOOSS
Relfe C John Relfe C JAHN RELLF
Rellstab C Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab C YO-hahn KARL FREET-rihh RELL-shtahp
Rellstab C Ludwig Rellstab C LOOT-vihh RELL-shtahp C (known also as Heinrich Friedrich
Ludwig Rellstab [H¦N-rihh FREET-rihh LOOT-vihh RELL-shtahp])
Rellstab lieder C Rellstab-Lieder C RELL-shtahp-LEE-dur C (songs by Ludwig Rellstab
[LOOT-vihh RELL-shtahp])
Remedios C Alberto Remedios C al-BER-toh ruh-MEE-dihohss
Remenkov C Stefan Remenkov C STEH-fahn reh-MENN-kawf
Remenyi C Ede Reményi C EH-deh REH-mayn-yee C (known also as Eduard Hoffmann
[AY-dooart HAWF-mahn])
Reminiscences de don juan C Réminiscences de Don Juan C ray-mee-neess-sah6ss duh daw6
zhü-ah6 C (composition by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
Remire la balle C Je la remire la belle C zhuh lah reh-meer lah bell C (I contemplate her, the
fair one) C (anonymous rondeau [RAHN-doh])
Remoortel C Edouard van Remoortel C EH-dôôar vunn ray-MOHOHR-tull
Remusat C Jean Rémusat C zhah6 ray-mü-sah
Remy C Alfred Remy C {AL-frudd REE-mee} AHL-frayt REH-mee
Remy C Guillaume Rémy C ghee-yohm reh-mee
Renato C ray-NAH-toh C (character in the opera Un ballo in maschera [oon BAHL-lo een
MAH-skay-rah] — A Masked Ball; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee];
libretto by Antonio Somma [ahn-TAW-neeo SOHM-mah] after Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn
skreeb])
Renaud C Maurice Renaud C mo-reess ruh-no C (known also as Maurice Arnold Renaud
[mo-reess ar-nawl ruh-no])
Renault rousseau C Marielle Renault-Rousseau C mah-reeell reh-no-rôôss-so
Rendall C David Rendall C DAY-vudd RENN-d’l
Rendetemi la speme C Ah! rendetemi la speme C AH! rayn-DAY-tay-mee lah SPAY-may C
(Ah, let me hope again) C (aria featuring Elvira [ayl-VEE-rah] in Act II of the opera I puritani
[ee poo-ree-TAH-nee] — The Puritans; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso baylLEE-nee] and libretto by Carlo Pepoli [KAR-lo pay-PO-lee])
Rendetemi la speme C O rendetemi la speme C O rayn-DAY-tay-mee lah SPAY-may C (O
let me hope again) C (aria featuring Elvira [ayl-VEE-rah] in Act II of the opera I puritani [ee
poo-ree-TAH-nee] — The Puritans; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEEnee] and libretto by Carlo Pepoli [KAR-lo pay-PO-lee])
Rendetemi la speme qui la voce sua soave vien diletto C Ah! rendetemi la speme ... Qui la voce
sua soave ... Vien diletto C AH! rayn-DAY-tay-mee lah SPAY-may ... kooee lah VO-chay
SOO-ah so-AH-vay ... veeAYN dee-LAYT-toh C (Ah! Let me hope again ... Here his gentle
voice called me ... Come, beloved) C (passage featuring Elvira [ayl-VEE-rah] in Act II of the
opera I puritani [ee poo-ree-TAH-nee] — The Puritans; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veenCHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Carlo Pepoli [KAR-lo pay-PO-lee])
Rendetemi la speme qui la voce sua suave vien diletto C O rendetemi la speme ... Qui la voce sua
soave ... Vien, diletto C O rayn-DAY-tay-may lah SPAY-may ... kooee lah VO-chay SOO-ah
so-AH-vay ... veeAYN, dee-LAYT-toh C (O let me hope again ... Here his sweet voice called
me ... Come, beloved) C (passage featuring Elvira [ayl-VEE-rah] in Act II of the opera I
puritani [ee poo-ree-TAH-nee] — The Puritans; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso
bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Carlo Pepoli [KAR-lo pay-PO-lee])
Rendetemi la speme vien diletto C Ah! rendetemi la speme ... Vien diletto C AH! rayn-DAYtay-mee lah SPAY-may ... veeAYN dee-LAYT-toh C (Ah! Let me hope again ... Come,
beloved) C (passage featuring Elvira [ayl-VEE-rah] in Act II of the opera I puritani [ee pooree-TAH-nee] — The Puritans; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee]
and libretto by Carlo Pepoli [KAR-lo pay-PO-lee])
Rendetemi la speme vien diletto C O rendetemi la speme ... Vien, diletto C O rayn-DAY-taymee lah SPAY-may ... veeAYN, dee-LAYT-toh C (O let me hope again ... Come, beloved) C
(passage featuring Elvira [ayl-VEE-rah] from Act II of the opera I puritani [ee poo-ree-TAHnee] — The Puritans; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto
by Carlo Pepoli [KAR-lo pay-PO-lee])
Rene C Anna Schoen-René C {ANN-nuh SHOHN-ruh-NAY} AHN-nuh SHÖN-ruh-nay
Rene C Henri René C ah6-ree ruh-nay
Renie C Henriette Renié C ah6-reeett ruh-neeay
Renner C Josef Renner C YOHOH-zeff RENN-nur
Rennert C Günther Rennert C GÜN-tur RENN-nert
Rensis C Raffaello De Rensis C rahf-fah-AYL-lo day RAYN-seess
Rensselaer key C Pierre van Rensselaer Key C peeehr vann RENN-suh-lur KEE
Renz C Frederick Renz C FREH-duh-rick RENNZ
Repentir C ruh-pah6-teer
Reperant C Yvon Repérant C ee-vaw6 ruh-pay-rah6
Replique C Réplique C ray-pleek C (excerpt from the suite Carnaval [kar-nah-vahl —
Carnival — by Robert Schuman [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Reponse dune epouse sage C Réponse d'une épouse sage C ray-paw6ss dün ay-pôôz sahzh C
(song by Albert Roussel [ahl-ber rôôss-sell])
Requiem C REH-kôôee-umm (English pronunciation); ray-küee-emm (French pronunciation);
RAY-kvihemm (German pronunciation); RAY-kooee-aym (Italian pronunciation); REH-kôôihemm (Latin pronunciation); ray-kee-AYM (Spanish pronunciation) C (Mass for the dead, set to
music by various composers)
Requiem aeternam C REH-kôôih-emm ay-TAYR-numm C (section of the Latin requiem
[{REH-kôôee-umm} REH-kôôih-emm] set to music by various composers)
Requiem da camera C Requiem da Camera C RAY-kooee-aym dah KAH-may-rah C
(Requiem [{REH-kôôee-umm} REH-kôôih-emm] composed by Gerald Finzi [JEH-rulld FINNzee] to words by Thomas Hardy [TAH-muss HAR-dih)
Requiem e kyrie C Requiem e Kyrie C RAY-kooee-aym ay KÜ-reeay C (section by Antonio
Buzzolla [ahn-TAW-neeo boot-TSOHL-lah] from the Messa per Rossini [MAYSS-sah payr
rohss-SEE-nee] — Mass for Rossini — by 13 composers)
Requiem et kyrie C Requiem et Kyrie C ray-küee-emm ay kee-reeay C (section of the Requiem
[{REH-kôôee-umm} REH-kôôih-emm] Mass by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz])
Requiem in d minor C Requiem in d Minor C (requiem [{REH-kôôee-umm} REH-kôôih-emm]
set to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]) /
(Americanized version of Requiem in d MOLL [RAY-kvihemm inn DAYAY MAWL])
Requier C Léon Saint-Requier C lay-aw6 seh6-reh-keeay
Requiescat C reh-kooih-AYSS-kutt C Requiescat) (poem by Oscar Wilde [AHSS-kur W¦LD]
set to music by George Butterworth [JAW-urj BUTT-tur-wurth])
Resch C Rudolf Resch C ROO-dawlf REHSH
Rescigno C Nicola Rescigno C nee-KO-lah ray-SHEE-n’yo
Resick C Georgine Resick C gay-AWR-gheen R¦-sick
Resinarius C Balthasar Resinarius C BAHL-tah-zar RAY-zih-nah-rihôôss
Resnick C Regina Resnik C rih-JEE-nuh REZZ-nick
Resonet in laudibus C Resonet in Laudibus C REH-saw-nett inn LAHÔÔ-dih-bôôss C
(composition by Orlande de Lassus [awr-lah6d duh lahss-sü])
Respice in me C RESS-pih-cheh inn MAY C (Gregorian chant)
Respighi C Ottorino Respighi C oht-toh-REE-no ray-SPEE-ghee
Responsoria C ray-spohn-SO-rihah C (collective name for numerous compositions by Carlo
Gesualdo [KAR-lo jay-zooAHL-doh], each of which is called a Responsorium [ray-spohnSAW-rihôôm])
Responsorium et hymnus C Responsorium et Hymnus C ray-spohn-SAW-rihôôm ett HÜMnôôss C (composition by Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn [YAHAH-kawp LOOT-vihh {FEElicks MENN-dull-sunn} FAY-lickss MENN-t’lss-zohohn])
Restori C Antonio Restori C ahn-TAW-neeo ray-STOH-ree
Resurrection C Résurrection C ray-zür-reck-seeaw6 C (composition by Albert Roussel [ahl-ber
rôôss-sell])
Resurrexit C reh-zôôr-RAYK-sitt C (section of the Latin mass set to music by various
composers)
Resveillez vous chacun fidele C reh-veh-yay vôô shah-kü6 fee-dell C (Rejoice in the Lord, Oh
Ye Righteous) C (psalm set to music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck [YAHN PEE-turss-zohohn
SWAYAY-lihngk])
Reszke C Edouard de Reszke C EH-dôôart deh REHSH-keh
Reszke C Jean de Reszke C zhah6 deh REHSH-keh C (known also as Jan Mieczis»aw de
Reszke [YAHN meeeh-CHEESS-wahf deh REHSH-keh])
Reszke C Josephine de Reszke C yôô-seh-FEE-neh deh REHSH-keh
Rethberg C Elisabeth Rethberg C {ih-LIH-zuh-buth REHTH-burg} ay-LEE-zah-bett
RETT-pehrk
Reti C József Réti C YOHOH-zheff RAY-tee
Reti C Rudolph Réti C {ROO-dawlf REH-tee} ROO-dawlf RAY-tee C (the first name is
also spelled Rudolf)
Rettich C Wilhelm Rettich C VILL-hellm RETT-tihh
Reubke C Adolf Reubke C AHAH-dawlf ROYP-kuh
Reuchsel C Amédée Reuchsel C ah-may-day rösh-sull
Reuchsel C Maurice Reuchsel C mo-reess rösh-sull
Reuenthal C Neidhardt von Reuenthal C N¦T-hart fawn ROY-unn-tahl C (Neidhart [N¦Thart] and Nithart [NIH-tart] are alternative spellings of Neidhardt)
Reuling C Wilhelm Reuling C VILL-hellm ROY-lihng C (known also as Ludwig [LOOTvihh] Wilhelm Reuling)
Reusner C Esaias Reusner C ay-ZAHIH-ahss ROYSS-nur C (The last name is also spelled
Reussner)
Reuss C August Reuss C AHÔÔ-gôôst ROYSS
Reuss C Eduard Reuss C AY-dôôart ROYSS
Reuss C Wilhelm Franz Reuss C VILL-hellm FRAHNTSS ROYSS
Reuss belce C Luise Reuss-Belce C loo-EE-zuh ROYSS-BELL-tsuh
Reuter C Florizel von Reuter C FLAW-rih-zell vahn ROY-tur
Reuter C Gerard Reuter C juh-RARD ROY-tur
Reuter C Rolf Reuter C RAWLF ROY-tur
Reuter C Theodor Müller-Reuter C TAY-o-dohohr MÜL-lur-ROY-tur
Reutter C Georg Reutter C GAY-awrk ROYT-tur C (known also as Georg von [fawn]
Reutter)
Reutter C Georg von Reutter C GAY-awrk fawn ROYT-tur C (known also as Johann [YOhahn] Georg von Reutter and Johann Adam Joseph Karl Georg von Reutter [YO-hahn AHAHdahm YOHOH-zeff KARL GAY-awrk fawn ROYT-tur])
Reutter C Hermann Reutter C HEHR-mahn ROYT-tur
Reveil de la mariee C Le Réveil de la mariée C luh ray-vehy’ duh lah mah-reeay C (excerpt
from Cinq mélodies populaires grecques [seh6k may-law-dee paw-pü-lehr greck] — Five
Popular Greek Melodies — by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])
Reveillon C La réveillon C lah ray-veh-yaw6 C (The Dawn) C (text by Oscar Wilde [AHSSkur W¦LD] set to music by Charles Tomlinson Griffes [CHAH-rullz TAHM-l’n-s’n GRIFFfuss])
Revelie C RAY-vuh-lee C (poem from Des Knaben Wunderhorn [dess k’NAHAH-bunn
VÔÔN-tur-hawrn] — The Youth’s Magic Horn — set to music by Gustav Mahler [GÔÔ-stahf
MAHAH-lur])
Revelli C William D. Revelli C WILL-lihumm D. ruh-VELL-lee C (known also as William
Donald [DAH-nulld] Revelli)
Revenge moy pren la querelle C Revenge moy, pren la querelle C ruh-vah6zh m’wah, prah6
lah kuh-rell C (Judge Me, Oh God) C (psalm set to music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
[YAHN PEE-turss-zohohn SWAYAY-lihngk)
Revenge timotheus cries C Revenge, Timotheus Cries C (Revenge), tih-mo-THEE-uss (Cries)
C (excerpt from the oratio-opera Alexander’s Feast; music by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj
FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]; libretto by J. Dryden [J. DR¦-dunn] and N. Hamilton [N. HA-m’ltunn])
Reverie du pauvre C Rêverie du pauvre C reh-v’ree dü po-vr’ C (Reverie of the Poor) C
(composition by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee])
Reverie et caprice C Rêverie et Caprice C reh-v’ree ay kah-preess C (composition for violin
and orchestra by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz])
Revesz C Géza Révész C GAY-zah RAY-vayss
Revolutionary etude C “Revolutionary” Étude C (“Revolutionary”) ay-tüd C (composition by
Frédéric Chopin [fray-day-reek shaw-peh6])
Revueltas C Silvestre Revueltas C seel-VAYSS-tray ray-vooELL-tahss
Revutsky C Lev Revutsky C LYEVV ray-VOOTSS-kee C (known also as Levko Mikolaievich
[lyevv-KAW mee-kah-LAHIH-eh-vihch] Revutsky)
Revzen C Joel Revzen C (Joel) REVV-z'n
Rex tremendae C RAYKSS treh-MAYN-day C (section of the Latin requiem [{REH-kôôeeumm} REH-kôôih-emm] set to music by various composers)
Rey C Cemâl ReÕid Rey C jeh-MAHL RIH-shidd RAY C (the name has been transcribed
also as Cemal Reshid Rey)
Rey C Jean-Baptiste Rey C zhah6-bah-teest ray
Rey C Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey C lôôee-sharl-zho-zeff ray
Reyer C Ernest Reyer C ehr-nesst ray-yay C (known also as Louis-Étienne-Ernest Reyer
[lôôee-ay-teeenn-ehr-nesst ray-yay]
Reyghere C Greta de Reyghere C KRAY-tah duh RAY-keh-ruh
Reyneau C Gacien Reyneau C gah-seeah6 ray-no
Rezac C Ivan Ìezá… C IH-vunn RZHEH-zahahsh
Reznicek C Emil Nikolaus von Rezni…ek C AY-meel NEE-ko-lahôôss fawn RETTSS-nihcheck
Rhapsodie C Rhapsodie C RAHP-zo-dee C (Rhapsody) C (composition from Klavierstücke
[klah-FEER-shtü-kuh] — Piano Pieces — by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ}
BRAHAHMSS])
Rhapsody pathetique for violin and orchestra C Rhapsody Pathétique for Violin and Orchestra
C RAPP-suh-dee pah-tay-teek (for Violin and Orchestra) C (composition by Richard Nanes
[RIH-churd NAYNZ])
Rhau C Georg Rhau C GAY-awrk RAHÔÔ C (the last name is also spelled Rhaw [RAHV])
Rhaw C Georg Rhaw C GAY-awrk RAHV C (the last name is also spelled Rhau [RAHÔÔ])
Rhein im heiligen strome C Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome C imm R¦N, imm H¦-lee-gunn
SHTRO-muh C (In the Rhine, in the Sacred River) C (poem by Heinrich Heine [H¦N-rihh H¦nuh] set to music by Robert Schumann [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Rhein im schonen strome C Im Rhein, im schönen Strome C imm R¦N, imm SHÖ-nunn
SHTRO-muh C (In the Rhine, in That Lovely River) C (poem by Heinrich Heine [H¦N-rihh
H¦-nuh] set to music by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
Rheinberger C Joseph Rheinberger C YOHOH-zeff R¦N-pehr-gur C (known also as Josef
[YOHOH-zeff] Rheinberger and Joseph Gabriel [GAHP-reeayl] Rheinberger)
Rheingold C Das Rheingold C dahss R¦N-gawlt C (an opera, with music and libretto by
Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Rheinische kantorei C Rheinische Kantorei C R¦-nih-shuh KAHN-toh-r§
Rheinlegendchen C Das Rheinlegendchen C dahss R¦N-leh-gunnt-hunn C (The Rhine
Legend) C (poem from Des Knaben Wunderhorn [dess k'NAHAH-bunn VÔÔN-tur-hawrn] —
The Youth's Magic Horn — set to music by Gustav Mahler [GÔÔ-stahf MAHAH-lur])
Rheinlegendchen C R¦N-leh-gunnt-hunn C (Rhine Legend) C (poem from Des Knaben
Wunderhorn [dess k'NAHAH-bunn VÔÔN-tur-hawrn] — The Youth's Magic Horn — set to
music by Gustav Mahler [GÔÔ-stahf MAHAH-lur])
Rheintochter C Rheintöchter C R¦N-töh-tur C (Rhine maidens) C (three maidens in the opera
Das Rheingold [dahss R¦N-gawlt], music and libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHGnur])
Rhene baton C Rhené-Baton C ruh-nay-bah-taw6
Rhys davies C Gareth Rhys-Davies C GHEH-ruhth H’REESS-DAY-viss
Riada C Séan Ó Riada C SHAWN o REE-u-dah
Riadis C Emilios Riadis C eh-MEE-lihuss reeAH-thiss
Rialland C Louis Rialland C lôôee ree-ahl-lah6
Riano C Juan Facundo Riaño C hooAHN fah-KOON-doh reeAH-n’yo
Rias berlin kammerensemble C RIAS Berlin Kammerensemble C RIAS behr-LEEN KAHM-
mer-ah6-sah6-bl’ C (Radio in the American Sector Berlin Chamber Ensemble)
Rias berlin sinfonietta C RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta C RIAS behr-LEEN zinn-fo-nihETT-tah C
(Radio in the American Sector Berlin Sinfonietta [bur-LINN sinn-fuh-nihETT-tuh])
Rias chamber chorus C RIAS Chamber Chorus C (Radio in the American Sector Chamber
Chorus)
Rias kammerchor C RIAS-Kammerchor C RIAS KAHM-mur-kohr C (Radio in the
American Sector Chamber Chorus)
Rias kammerchors C RIAS Kammerchors C RIAS KAHM-mur-kohrss C (Radio in the
American Sector Chamber Chorus)
Rias sinfonietta C RIAS Sinfonietta C RIAS zinn-fo-nihETT-tah C (Radio in the American
Sector Sinfonietta [sinn-fuh-nihETT-tuh])
Rias sinfonietta berlin C RIAS Sinfonietta Berlin C RIAS zinn-fo-nihETT-tah behr-LEEN C
(Radio in the American Sector Sinfonietta Berlin [sinn-fuh-nihETT-tuh bur-LINN])
Ribakov C Sergei Gavrilovich Rïbakov C sehr-GAYEE gah-VREE-luh-vihch rih-bah-KAWF
Ribary C Antal Ribáry C AHN-tahl RIH-bahah-ree
Ribas C Ricardo Lamote de Grignon y Ribas C ree-KAR-doh lah-MO-tay day green’YAWN ee REE-bahss C (the first name has also been spelled Ricard)
Ribera C Antonio Ribera C ahn-TOH-neeo ree-VAY-rah C (known also as Antonio Ribera
Maneja [ahn-TOH-neeo ree-VAY-rah mah-NAY-hah])
Ribera C Julián Ribera C hoo-leeAHN ree-VAY-rah C (known also as Julián Ribera y Tarragó
[ee tar-rah-GO])
Ribetti C Elda Ribetti C AYL-dah ree-BAYT-tee
Riccardo C reek-KAR-doh C (character in the opera I puritani [ee poo-ree-TAH-nee] — The
Puritans; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Carlo
Pepoli [KAR-lo pay-PO-lee])
Riccardo C reek-KAR-doh C (character in the opera Un ballo in maschera [oon BAHL-lo
een MAH-skay-rah] — A Masked Ball; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee];
libretto by Antonio Somma [ahn-TAW-neeo SOHM-mah] after Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn
skreeb])
Ricci C Corrado Ricci C kohr-RAH-doh REE-chee
Ricci C Federico Ricci C fay-day-REE-ko REE-chee
Ricci C Luigi Ricci C looEE-jee REE-chee
Ricci C Ruggiero Ricci C roo-JEH-ro REE-chee
Ricciarelli C Katia Ricciarelli C KAH-teeah ree-chah-RAYL-lee
Riccio C David Riccio C DAY-vudd REE-cho C (character in the opera Mary, Queen of
Scots; music and libretto by Thea Musgrave [THEE-uh MUSS-grayv]; libretto after Amalia
Elguera [ah-MAH-leeah ell-GAY-rah])
Ricciotti C Carlo Ricciotti C KAR-lo ree-CHOHT-tee
Riccitelli C Primo Riccitelli C PREE-mo ree-chee-TAYL-lee
Riccius C August Ferdinand Riccius C AHÔÔ-gôôst FEHR-tee-nahnt RIH-chihôôss
Riccius C Karl August Riccius C KARL AHÔÔ-gôôst RIH-chihôôss
Ricercar a six C Ricercar a 6 C ree-chayr-KAR ah 6 C (Six-Part Fugue) C (composition from
Musikalisches Opfer [moo-zee-KAHAH-lih-shuss AWP-fur] by Johann Sebastian Bach [YOhahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Ricercar a three C Ricercar a 3 C ree-chayr-KAR ah 3 C (three-part fugue) C (composition
from Musikalisches Opfer [moo-zee-KAHAH-lih-shuss AWP-fur] by Johann Sebastian Bach
[YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Ricercar del secondo tuono C ree-chayr-KAR dayl say-KOHN-doh tooO-no C (composition
by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [jo-VAHN-nee peeayr-looEE-jee dah pah-lay-STREE-nah])
Ricercarda quarta C ree-chehr-KAR-dah kooAR-tah C (song by Diego Ortiz [deeAY-go awrTEETH])
Richafort C Jean Richafort C zhah6 ree-shah-fawr
Richards C Goff Richards C GAWF RIH-churdz
Richault C Charles-Simon Richault C sharl-see-maw6 ree-sho
Riche C Antonius le Riche C ahn-TOH-nihüss leh RAY-kuh C (the first name is also
represented as Antoine [ah6-TWAHN] and the last name as Divitis [DEE-vee-teess] and de
Ryche [deh-RIHSH])
Richepin C Jean Richepin C zhah6 reesh-peh6
Richter C Alfred Richter C AHL-frayt RIHH-tur
Richter C Ernst Friedrich Richter C EHRNST FREET-rihh RIHH-tur C (known also as
Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter [EHRNST FREET-rihh AY-dooart RIHH-tur])
Richter C Ferdinand Tobias Richter C FEHR-tee-nahnt toh-BEE-ahss RIHH-tur
Richter C Francis William Richter C FRANNT-suss WILL-lihumm RICK-tur
Richter C Franz Xaver Richter C FRAHNTSS KSAH-fur RIHH-tur
Richter C Hans Richter C HAHNSS RIHH-tur
Richter C Karl Richter C KARL RIHH-tur
Richter C Marga Richter C MAR-gah RICK-tur
Richter C Nico Richter C NEE-ko REEH-ter C (known also as Nico Max [MAHKSS]
Richter)
Richter C Sviatoslav Richter C sveh-tah-SLAHF RIHH-tur C (known also as Sviatoslav
Teofilovich [teh-ah-FEE-luh-vihch] Richter)
Richter haaser C Hans Richter-Haaser C HAHNSS RIHH-tur-HAHAH-zur
Rickards C Steven Rickards C STEE-vunn RIH-kurdz
Rickenbacher C Karl Anton Rickenbacher C KARL AHN-tohohn RIH-kunn-bah-kur
Rico C Ventura Rico C vayn-TOO-rah REE-ko
Riconosci in questo amplesso C ree-ko-NO-shee een kooAY-stoh ahm-PLAYSS-so C
(arrangement for woodwinds and string bass by Johann Nepomuk Wendt [YO-hahn NAY-pomôôk VENNT] of an excerpt from the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEEgah-ro] — The Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ahmah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay]
after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh])
Ricordanza C ree-kohr-DAHN-tsah C composition from Études d’exécution transcendante
[ay-tüd degg-zay-kü-seeaw6 trah6-sah6-dah6t] by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
Ricordi and co C G. Ricordi & Co. C (G.) ree-KOHR-dee (& Co.)
Ridder C Anton de Ridder C ahn-TOHN duh RIDD-dur
Ridderbusch C Karl Ridderbusch C KARL RITT-tur-pôôsh
Ride of the valkyries C Ride of the Valkyries C (Ride of the) val-KIH-reez — anglicized
version of Walküren [vahl-KÜ-runn]) C (excerpt from the opera Die Walküre [dee vahl-KÜruh], music and libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Ridente la calma C ree-DAYN-tay lah KAHL-mah C (Calm Awakes, Smiling) C (anonymous
poem set to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MOtsart])
Rider kelsey C Corinne Rider-Kelsey C kaw-REEN R¦-dur-KELL-see
Ridicules C Les ridicules C leh ree-dee-kül C (the eccentrics) C (characters in the opera
L'amour des trois oranges [lah-môôr day tr’wah aw-rah6zh] — The Love for Three Oranges;
music by Serge Prokofiev [sehr-GAY prah-KAW-fiheff]; libretto by Prokofiev after Carlo Gozzi
[KAR-lo GOHT-tsee])
Ridky C Jaroslav Ìídký C YAH-raw-slahf RZHEEEED-keeee
Ridonami la calma C Ridonami la Calma C ree-doh-NAH-mee lah KAHL-mah C (song by
Francesco Paolo Tosti [frahn-CHAY-sko PAHO-lo TOH-stee])
Ridout C Godfrey Ridout C GAHD-free RIDD-ahôôt
Riechers C August Riechers C AHÔÔ-gôôst REE-hurss
Riedel C Carl Riedel C KARL REE-dull
Riedi al soglio C reeAY-dee ahl SO-leeo C (passage featuring Zelmira [dzayl-MEE-rah] and
chorus in the drama Zelmira [dzayl-MEE-rah]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no
rohss-SEE-nee]; text by Andrea Leone Tottola [ahn-DRAY-ah lay-O-nay toht-TOH-lah] after
Dormant de Belloy [dawr-mah6 duh bell-l’wah])
Riedl C Robert Hauer-Riedl C ROHOH-behrt HAHÔÔ-ur-REE-d'l
Riedo C Paul Riedo C PAWL REE-doh
Riedt C Friedrich Wilhelm Riedt C FREET-rihh VILL-hellm REET
Riegel C Heinrich Joseph Riegel C H¦N-rihh YOHOH-zeff REE-gull C (known also as Henri
Joseph Rigel [ah6-ree zho-zeff ree-zhell])
Riegel C Kenneth Riegel C KENN-nuhth REE-g’l
Rieger C Fritz Rieger C FRITTSS REE-gur
Riegger C Wallingford Riegger C WAHL-lihng-furd REE-gur C (known also as Wallingford
Constantin [KAHN-stunn-teen] Riegger)
Riego C reeAY-go
Riehl C Wilhelm Heinrich von Riehl C VILL-hellm H¦N-rihh fawn REEL
Riem C Friedrich Wilhelm Riem C FREET-rihh VILL-hellm REEM
Riemann C Hugo Riemann C HOO-go REE-mahn C (known also as Karl Wilhelm Julius
Hugo Riemann [KARL VILL-hellm YOO-lihôôss HOO-go REE-mahn])
Riemann C Ludwig Riemann C LOOT-vihh REE-mahn
Riemenschneider C Albert Riemenschneider C AL-burt REE-m’n-sn§-dur C (known also as
Charles [CHAH-rullz] Albert Riemenschneider)
Rienzi C ree-ENN-tsee C (an opera, with music and libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart
VAHG-nur]; libretto after E. Bulwer Lytton [E. BUHL-wur LITT-tunn] and M. R. Mitford
[M. R. MITT-furd])
Riepel C Joseph Riepel C YOHOH-zeff REE-puhl
Ries C Ferdinand Ries C FEHR-tee-nahnt REESS
Ries C Franz Ries C FRAHNTSS REESS C (known also as Franz Anton Ries [FRAHNTSS
AHN-tohohn REESS])
Ries C Hubert Ries C HOO-bert REESS C (known also as Pieter Hubert Ries [PEE-tur
HOO-bert REESS])
Riesemann C Oscar Riesemann C AW-skar REE-zuh-mahn
Riesner C C. Francis Riesner C C. FRANNT-suss REESS-nur
Riestra C José María Valle-Riestra C ho-SAY mah-REE-ah VAH-l’yay-reeAYSS-trah
Rieter biedermann C J. Melchior Rieter-Biedermann C (J.) MELL-hihawr REE-tur-BEE-durmahn
Rieti C Vittorio Rieti C {vitt-TAW-reeo REE-tee} veet-TAW-reeo reeAY-tee
Rietsch C Heinrich Rietsch C H¦N-rihh REETSH C (known also as Heinrich Rietsch Löwy
[LÖ-vee])
Rietschel C Georg Christian Rietschel C GAY-awrk KRIH-stihahn REET-shull
Rietz C Julius Rietz C YOO-lihôôss REETSS C (known also as August Wilhelm [AHÔÔ-gôôst
VILL-hellm] Julius Rietz)
Riezler C Walter Riezler C VAHL-tur REETSS-lur
Rifkin C Joshua Rifkin C JAH-shuh-wuh RIFF-k’n
Rigatti C Giovanni Antonio Rigatti C jo-VAHN-nee ahn-TAW-neeo ree-GAHT-tee
Rigaudon C ree-go-daw6 C (composition from Le tombeau de Couperin [luh taw6-bo duh
kôô-p’reh6] — The Tomb of Couperin — by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])
Rigaudon i et ii C Rigaudon I et II C ree-go-daw6 I ay II C (excerpt from the Suite en mi
mineur [süeet ah6 mee mee-nör] — Suite in e Minor — by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-feeleep rah-mo])
Rigaudons en rondeau C Rigaudons en Rondeau C ree-go-daw6 ah6 raw6-doh C (orchestral
suite excerpt from the opera-ballet [BAL-lay] Les Indes galantes [leh-zeh6d gah-lah6t] — The
Amorous Indies; music by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo] and libretto by Louis
Fuzelier [lôôee fü-z’leeay])
Rigel C Henri Joseph Rigel C ah6-ree zho-zeff ree-zhell C (known also as Heinrich Joseph
Riegel [H¦N-rihh YOHOH-zeff REE-gull])
Rigel C Henri-Jean Rigel C ah6-ree-zhah6 ree-zhell
Righetti giorgi C Geltrude Righetti-Giorgi C gayl-TROO-day ree-GAYT-tee-JOHR-jee
Righini C Vincenzo Righini C veen-CHAYN-tso ree-GHEE-nee
Rignold C Hugo Rignold C h’YOO-go REE-nohld C (known also as Hugo Henry [HENNree] Rignold)
Rigoletto C ree-go-LAYT-toh C (an opera, with music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay
VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay]
after Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go]; also a character in the opera)
Rigori armato il seno C Di rigori armato il seno C dee ree-GO-ree ar-MAH-toh eel SAY-no
C (aria from the opera Der Rosenkavalier [dayr RO-zunn-kah-fah-leer] — The Knight of the
Rose; music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS] and libretto by Hugo von
Hofmannsthal [HOO-go fawn HAWF-mahn-stahl])
Rihm C Wolfgang Rihm C VAWLF-gahng REEM C (known also as Wolfgang Michael Rihm
[VAWLF-gahng MIH-hah-ell REEM])
Riisager C Knudåge Riisager C k’NOOTH-o-huh WEE-sa-guh
Riisalo C Tuula Riisalo C TÔÔÔÔ-lah REEee-sah-law
Rijke C Helenus de Rijke C hay-LAY-nüss duh RAY-kuh
Rilke C Rainer Maria Rilke C RAHIH-nur mah-REE-ah RILL-kuh
Rilling C Helmuth Rilling C HELL-moot RILL-lihng
Rimbaud C Arthur Rimbaud C ar-tür reh6-bo
Rimbault C Edward Rimbault C EDD-wurd RIMM-bohlt C (known also as Edward Francis
[FRANNT-suss] Rimbault)
Rime C Noéme Rime C naw-aym reem
Rimon C Meir Rimon C meh-IHR ree-MAWN
Rimskiej korsakof C Nicolai Rimskiej-Korsakof C nyee-kah-LAHIH REEM-skee-KAWR-suhkuff
Rimsky korsakov C Andrei Rimsky-Korsakov C ahn-DRAYEE REEM-skee-KAWR-suh-kuff
C (known also as Andrei Nikolaievich [nyee-kah-LAHIH-eh-vihch] Rimsky-Korsakov )
Rimsky korsakov C Georgi Rimsky-Korsakov C gay-AWR-ghee REEM-skee-KAWR-suhkuff C (known also as Georgi Mikhailovich Rimsky-Korsakov [gay-AWR-ghee mee-KAHIHluh-vihch REEM-skee-KAWR-suh-kuff])
Rimsky korsakov C Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov C nyee-kah-LAHIH REEM-skee-KAWR-suhkuff C (known also as Nikolai Andreievich [ahn-DRAYEE-eh-vihch] Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolas
[nyee-KAW-luss] Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow [nyee-kah-LAHIH REEM-skeeKAWR-suh-kuff], and Nicolai Rimskiej-Korsakof [nyee-kah-LAHIH REEM-skee-KAWR-suhkuff])
Rimsky korsakov C Sofiya Rimsky-Korsakov C sah-FEE-yuh REEM-skee-KAWR-suh-kuff
Rinaldi C Margherita Rinaldi C mar-gay-REE-tah ree-NAHL-dee
Rinaldo C ree-NAHL-doh C (an opera, with music by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj
FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]; libretto by Gaetano Rossi [gahay-TAH-no ROHSS-see] after
Torquato Tasso [tohr-kooAH-toh TAHSS-so])
Rinaldo di capua C Rinaldo di Capua C ree-NAHL-doh dee KAH-pooah C (known also as
Rinaldo da [dah] Capua)
Rinaudo C Mario Rinaudo C MAH-reeo ree-NAHÔÔ-doh
Rinck C Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck C YO-hahn KRIH-stihahn H¦N-rihh RIHNGK
Ring C Der Ring C dayr RIHNG C (The Ring [not the Nibelung]) C (excerpt from
Mährische Duette [MAY-rih-shuh doo-ETT-tuh] — Moravian Duets — by Antonín DvoÍák
[AHN-taw-nyeeeen d’VAW-rshahahk])
Ring des nibelungen C Der Ring des Nibelungen C dayr rihng dess NEE-buh-lôông-unn C
(The Ring of the Nibelung [NEE-buh-lôông]) C (a series of four operas (Das Reingold [dahss
R¦N-gawlt], Siegfried [ZEEK-freet], Die Walküre [dee vahl-KÜ-ruh], and Götterdämmerung
[GÖT-tur-temm-muh-rôông]) dealing with a golden ring with supernatural powers); music and
libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Ring des polykrates C Der Ring des Polykrates C der RIHNG dess PAWlü-krah-tuss C (an opera, with music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold [{EH-rick WÔÔLF-gang
KAWRN-gohld} AY-rihh VAWLF-gahng KAWRN-gawlt] and libretto after H. Teweles [(H.)
tay-VAY-luss])
Ringbom C Nils-Eric Ringbom C NILSS-AY-rick RIHNG-bawm
Ringer C Alexander L. Ringer C a-ligg-ZANN-dur L. RIHNG-ur C (known also as Alexander
Lothar [LO-thur] Ringer)
Ringholz C Teresa Ringholz C tay-RAY-zah RIHNG-hawltss
Rings die natur nun in schlummer und traumen C Rings die Natur nun in Schlummer und
Träumen C RIHNGSS dee NAH-toor noon inn SHLÔÔM-mur ôônt TROY-munn C (All
around, nature lies in slumber and dreams) C (song from Liebeslieder [LEE-buss-lee-dur] —
Love Songs — by Antonín DvoÍák [AHN-taw-nyeeeen d’VAW-rshahahk])
Rings ist der wald so stumm und still C Rings ist der Wald so stumm und still C RIHNGS isst
dayr VAHLT zo SHTÔÔM ôônt SHTILL C (All round about the woods are still) C (song
from Zigeunermelodien [tsee-GOY-nur-may-lo-dee-unn] — Gipsy Melodies — by Antonín
DvoÍák [AHN-taw-nyeeeen d’VAW-rshahahk])
Rini C Anthony Galla-Rini C ANN-thuh-nee GAL-lah-REE-nee
Rinuccini C Ottavio Rinuccini C oht-TAH-veeo ree-noo-CHEE-nee
Rinuccio C ree-NOO-cho C (character in the opera Gianni Schicchi [JAHN-nee SKEEKkee]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee] and libretto by Giovacchino
Forzano [jo-vahk-KEE-no fohr-TSAH-no])
Rios C José Rios C ho-SAY REE-awss
Rios C Orlando Ríos C awr-LAHN-doh REE-awss
Rios C Waldo de los Rios C WAHL-doh day lawss REE-awss
Riotte C Philipp Jakob Riotte C FEE-lipp YAHAH-kawp reeAWT-tuh
Ripa C Alberto da Ripa C ahl-BAYR-toh dah REE-pah
Riquier C Guiraut Riquier C ghee-ro ree-keeay
Rischbieter C Wilhelm Albert Rischbieter C VILL-hellm AHL-pert RIHSH-pee-tur
Riseley C George Riseley C JAW-urj R¦Z-lih
Risentimento C Il risentimento C eel ree-zayn-tee-MAYN-toh C (Resentment) C (poem by
Pietro Metastasio [peeAY-tro may-tah-STAH-zeeo] set to music by Gioachino Rossini [johahKEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
Risentimento mi lagnero tacendo four C Il risentimento (Mi lagnerò tacendo, 4) C eel ree-zayntee-MAYN-toh (mee lah-n’yay-RO tah-CHAYN-doh, 4) C (song by Gioachino Rossini
[johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
Risler C Édouard Risler C ay-dôôar reess-ler
Risoluto C ree-zo-LOO-toh
Rist C Johann Rist C YO-hahn RISST
Ristenpart C Karl Ristenpart C KARL RIH-stunn-part
Ristic C Milan Ristiƒ C MEE-lahn REE-stihch
Ristori C Giovanni Alberto Ristori C jo-VAHN-nee ahl-BAYR-toh ree-STOH-ree
Risurrezione C ree-zoor-ray-tseeO-nay C (an opera, with music by Franco Alfano [FRAHN-ko
ahl-FAH-no] and libretto by Cesare Hanau [chay-ZAH-ray hah-NAHOO] after Lev
Nikolayevich Tolstoy [LYEFF nyee-kah-LAH-yeh-vihch tahl-STAWEE])
Ritka C RITT-kah C (dance from Tantz [TAHNTSS] — anonymous 17th-century Hungarian
dances)
Ritmico e cavalleresco C REET-mee-ko ay kah-vahl-lay-RAY-sko
Ritorna vincitor C Ritorna vincitor! C ree-TOHR-nah veen-chee-TOHR! C (aria from the
opera Aida [ah-EE-dah]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by
Antonio Ghislanzoni [ahn-TAW-neeo ghee-zlahn-TSO-nee] after Auguste Mariette [o-güst
mah-reeett] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü law-kl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’])
Ritorna vincitor i sacri nomi C Ritorna vincitor! — I sacri nomi C ree-TOHR-nah veen-cheeTOHR! — ee SAH-kree NO-mee C (excerpt from the opera Aida [ah-EE-dah]; music by
Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni [ahn-TAW-neeo
ghee-zlahn-TSO-nee] after Auguste Mariette [o-güst mah-reeett] and Camille Du Locle [{kahmeel dü law-kl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’])
Ritorna vincitor linsana parola i sacri nomi C Ritorna vincitor ... L'insana parola ... I sacri nomi C
ree-TOHR-nah veen-chee-TOHR ... leen-SAH-nah pah-RO-lah ... ee SAH-kree NO-mee C
(excerpt from the opera Aida [ah-EE-dah]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYRdee]; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni [ahn-TAW-neeo ghee-zlahn-TSO-nee] after Auguste
Mariette [o-güst mah-reeett] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü law-kl’} kah-meey’ dü lawkl’])
Ritournelle C ree-tôôr-nell C (orchestral suite excerpt from the opera-ballet [BAL-lay] Les
Indes galantes [leh-zeh6d gah-lah6t] — The Amorous Indies; music by Jean-Philippe Rameau
[zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo] and libretto by Louis Fuzelier [lôôee fü-z’leeay])
Ritsos C Yannis Ritsos C YAHN-niss RITT-suss
Ritter C Alexander Ritter C ah-leck-SAHN-tur RITT-tur
Ritter C August Gottfried Ritter C AHÔÔ-gôôst GAWT-freet RITT-tur
Ritter C Frédéric Louis Ritter C {FREH-duh-rick LOO-uss RITT-tur} fray-day-reek LOOee RITT-tur
Ritter C Hermann Ritter C HEHR-mahn RITT-tur
Ritter C Peter Ritter C PAY-tur RITT-tur
Ritter C Théodore Ritter C tay-aw-dawr RITT-tur
Ritter von adelburg C August, Ritter von Adelburg C AHÔÔ-gôôst, RITT-tur fawn AH-dullpôôrk
Ritter von herbeck C Johann, Ritter von Herbeck C YO-hahn, RITT-tur fawn HEHR-peck C
(known also as Johann Franz [FRAHNTSS], Ritter von Herbeck)
Ritter von kochel C Ludwig, Ritter von Köchel C LOOT-vihh, RITT-tur fawn KÖ-hull C
(known also as Ludwig Alois Ferdinand [AHAH-lo-eess FEHR-tee-nahnt], Ritter von Köchel)
Ritter von neukomm C Sigismund, Ritter von Neukomm C ZEE-ghiss-môônt, RITT-tur
fawn NOY-kawm
Ritter von seyfried C Ignaz, Ritter von Seyfried C IGG-nahtss, RITT-tur fawn Z¦-freet C
(known also as Ignaz Xaver [KSAH-fur], Ritter von Seyfried)
Riva C Pedro Ipuche-Riva C PAY-dro ee-POO-chay-REE-vah
Rivaflecha C Martín de Rivaflecha C mar-TEEN day ree-vah-FLAY-chah
Rive king C Julie Rivé-King C JOO-lee ree-VAY-KIHNG
Rivenq C Nicolas Rivenq C nee-kaw-lah ree-vehnk
Rivera C Chita Rivera C CHEE-tah ree-VAY-rah
Rivera C Isabel Aretz de Ramón y Rivera C ee-sah-BELL ah-RETTSS day rah-MAWN ee
ree-VAY-rah C (known also as Isabel Aretz)
Rivera C Luis Felipe Ramón y Rivera C looEESS fay-LEE-pay rah-MAWN ee ree-VAY-rah
Rivesman C Mordkhe Rivesman C MAWR-duh-h§ RIVVZ-munn
Rivier C Jean Rivier C zhah6 ree-veeay
Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo C ree-VOHL-jay-tay ah LOO-ee lo zgooAR-doh C (aria featuring
Guglielmo [goo-leeAYL-mo] in the opera Così fan tutte [ko-ZEE fahn TOOT-tay] — All
Women Do the Same; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAYôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay])
Rizza C Gilda dalla Rizza C JEEL-dah DAHL-lah REET-tsah
Rizzetti C F. Rizzetti C (F.) reet-TSAYT-tee
Rizzi C Carlo Rizzi C KAR-lo REET-tsee
Roa C Miguel Roa C mee-GHELL RO-ah
Robert C ro-behr C (character in the opera Les vêpres siciliennes [leh veh-pr’ see-see-leeenn]
— The Sicilian Vespers; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by
Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and Charles Duveyrier [sharl dü-vay-reeay])
Robert C Wenzel Robert, Graf von Gallenberg C VENN-tsull ROHOH-behrt, GRAHF fawn
GAHL-lunn-pehrk
Robert le diable C ro-behr luh deeah-bl' C (Robert the Devil) C (an opera, with music by
Giacomo Meyerbeer [JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr] and libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn
skreeb])
Roberto devereux C Roberto Devereux C raw-behr-toh deh-v’rö C (an opera, with music by
Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano
[sahl-vah-DOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no] after François Ancelot [frah6-swah ah6-s’lo])
Roberto il diavolo C ro-BAYR-toh eel dee-AH-vo-lo C (Robert the Devil) C (an opera, with
music by Giacomo Meyerbeer [JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr] and libretto by Eugène Scribe [özhenn skreeb])
Roberts C Gareth Roberts C GA-ruhth RAH-burtss
Robeson C Lila Robeson C L¦-luh ROHB-sunn
Robeson C Paul Robeson C PAWL ROHB-sunn C (known also as Paul Bustill [BUSS-t’l]
Robeson )
Robev C Georgi Robev C gay-AWR-ghee R!W-beff
Robin C Mado Robin C mah-doh raw-beh6
Robinson C Armin Robinson C AR-munn RAH-bunn-sunn
Robiquet C Paul Robiquet C pohl raw-bee-kay
Robison C Paula Robison C PAW-luh RO-buh-sunn C (known also as Paula Judith [JOOduhth] Robison)
Robles C Daniel Alomias Robles C dah-neeELL ah-lo-MEE-ahss RO-vlayss
Robles C Marisa Robles C {muh-RIH-suh RO-b’lz} mah-REE-sah RO-vlayss
Roblou C David Roblou C DAY-vudd RO-bloo
Robson C Anthony Robson C ANNT-thuh-nee RAHB-sunn
Robson C Nigel Robson C N¦-j'l RAHB-sunn
Robyn C Alfred George Robyn C AL-frudd JAW-urj RAH-bunn
Rocca C Lodovico Rocca C lo-doh-VEE-ko ROHK-kah
Rocca C Nick la Rocca C NICK lah ROHK-kuh C (known also as Dominick James [DAHmuh-nick JAYMZ] la Rocca)
Rochberg C George Rochberg C JAW-urj RAWK-burg
Roche C Jerome Roche C juh-ROHM ROHCH C (known also as Jerome Lawrence
Alexander [LAW-runntss a-ligg-ZANN-dur] Roche)
Roche C Sarita Roche C suh-REE-tuh ROHCH
Roche C Terre Roche C TEHR-ree ROHCH
Rochefort C Lord Rochefort C (Lord) rawsh-fawr C (character in the opera Anna Bolena
[AHN-nah bo-LAY-nah] — Anne Bolyn [ANN bo-LINN]; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahayTAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee] and libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee])
Rochlitz C Friedrich Rochlitz C FREET-rihh RAWH-littss C (known also as Johann Friedrich
Rochlitz [YO-hahn FREET-rihh RAWH-littss])
Rococo C ro-KO-ko
Roczek C Paul Roczek C PAHÔÔL RO-check
Roda y lopez C Cecilio de Roda y López C thay-THEE-leeo day RO-thah ee LO-pehth
Rodan C Mendi Rodan C MENN-dee raw-DAHN
Rodd C Alice Rodd C A-luss RAHD
Rode C Pierre Rode C peeehr rawd C (known also as Jacques-Pierre Joseph Rode [zhackpeeehr zho-zeff rawd])
Rode C Wilhelm Rode C VILL-hellm RO-duh
Rodeheaver C Homer A. Rodeheaver C HO-mur A. RO-duh-hee-vur C (known also as
Homer Alvan [AL-vunn] Rodeheaver)
Roder C Carl Gottlieb Röder C KARL GAWT-leep RÖ-dur
Roder C Martin Röder C MAR-teen RÖ-dur
Roderigo C ro-day-REE-go C (character in the opera Otello [o-TAYL-lo]; music by Giuseppe
Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee] and libretto by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh])
Rodescu C Julian Rodescu C zhoo-leeAHN raw-DESS-koo
Rodin C August Rodin C AW-gusst RO-d’n
Rodio C Rocco Rodio C ROHK-ko RAW-deeo
Rodolfo C ro-DOHL-fo C (character in the opera La bohème [lah baw-emm] — Bohemian
Life; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee
eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree
mür-zhay])
Rodolphe C Jean Joseph Rodolphe C zhah6 zho-zeff raw-dawlf C (known also as Johann
Joseph Rudolph [YO-hahn YOHOH-zeff ROO-dawlf])
Rodrigo C Joaquín Rodrigo C ho-ah-KEEN rohd-REE-go
Rodrigo di dhu C Rodrigo di Dhu C rohd-REE-go dee DOO C (character in the opera La
donna del lago [lah DOHN-nah dayl LAH-go] — The Lady of the Lake; music by Gioachino
Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola [ahn-DRAY-ah layO-nay toht-TOH-lah] after Sir Walter Scott [(Sir) WAWL-tur SKAHT])
Rodrigo marchese di posa C Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa C rohd-REE-go, mar-KAY-zay dee
PO-zah C (Rodrigo [rohd-REE-go], Marquis of Posa [PO-zah]) C (character in the opera Don
Carlo [dohn KAR-lo]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by
François Méry [frah6-swah may-ree] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü law-kl’} kah-meey’
dü law-kl’] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur])
Rodrigues de ledesma C Mariano Rodrígues de Ledesma C mah-reeAH-no rohd-REE-gayss
day lay-THAYSS-mah
Rodriguez C Augusto Rodríguez C ahoo-GOOSS-toh rohd-REE-ghess C (known also as
Augusto Alejandro Rodríguez Amador [ahoo-GOOSS-toh ah-lay-HAHN-dro rohd-REE-ghess
ah-mah-DAWR])
Rodriguez C Felipe Rodriguez C fay-LEE-pay ro-dree-GHEHTH
Rodriguez C Robert Xavier Rodriguez C RAH-burt ZAY-veeur rohd-REE-guzz
Rodriguez C Santiago Rodriguez C {sann-tee-AH-go rohd-REE-guzz} sahn-teeAH-go rodree-GHESS
Rodriguez C Vicente Rodríguez C vee-THAYN-tay rohd-REE-ghehth
Rodriguez de hita C Antonio Rodríguez de Hita C ahn-TOH-neeo rohd-REE-ghehth day EEtah
Rodzinski C Artur Rodzinski C AR-tur rohd-ZINN-skee C (this Polish National is known in
Poland as Artur Rodzi½ski [AR-tôôr rohd-ZEE6-skee])
Roeckel C August Roeckel C AHÔÔ-gôôst RÖ-kull
Roesgen champion C Marguerite Roesgen-Champion C mar-gö-reet RÖSS-gunn-shah6peeaw6
Roethke C Theodore Roethke C THEE-uh-dohuhr REHTH-kee
Rofe C Peter Rofe C PEE-tur ROHF
Rogalski C Theodor Rogalski C t’yo-DAWR raw-GAHL-skee
Rogatis C Pascual de Rogatis C pahss-kooAHL day ro-GAH-teess
Roge C Pascal Rogé C pahss-kahl raw-zhay
Rogel C José Rogel C ho-SAY ro-HELL
Roger C Gustave-Hippolyte Roger C güss-tahv-eep-paw-leet raw-zhay
Roger C Victor Roger C veek-tawr raw-zhay
Roger ducasse C Jean Roger-Ducasse C zhah6 raw-zhay-dü-kahss C (known also as JeanJules Aimable Roger-Ducasse [zhah6-zhül eh-mah-bl’ raw-zhay-dü-kahss])
Rogers C Nigel Rogers C N¦-j’l RAH-jurz C (known also as Nigel David [DAY-vudd]
Rogers)
Roget C Henriette Roget C ah6-reeett raw-zhay
Rogez C RAW-gezz C (Angry)
Rogg C Lionel Rogg C LEE-o-null RAWG
Rogier C Charles Radoux-Rogier C shar-luh rah-dôô-raw-zheeay
Rogister C Jean Rogister C zhah6 raw-zheess-tay C (known also as Jean François Toussaint
[frah6-swah tooss-seh6] Rogister)
Rogner C Heinz Rögner C H¦NTSS RÖG-nur
Rogowski C Ludomir Rogowski C lôô-DAW-meer ro-GAWF-skee C (known also as
Ludomir Micha» [MEE-hahw’] Rogowski)
Roguski C Gustav Roguski C GÔÔ-stahf ro-GÔÔ-skee
Rohan C Maria di Rohan C mah-REE-ah dee RO-ahn
Rohde C Wilhelm Rohde C VILL-hellm WO-thuh C (known also as Friedrich [FREED-rihh]
Wilhelm Rohde)
Rohloff C Ernst Rohloff C EHRNST RO-lawf
Rohr C Hugo Röhr C HOO-go RÖR
Rohrig C Emil Röhrig C AY-meel RÖ-rihh
Roi C Gaële le Roi C gah-ell luh r'wah
Roi arthus C Le Roi Arthus C luh r'wah ar-tüss C (King Arthur, a lyric drama, words and
music by Ernest Chausson [ehr-nesst shohss-saw6])
Roi daquitaine C Le Roi d'Aquitaine C luh r'wah dah-kee-tenn C (The King of Aquitaine) C
(song from the opera Marie Galante [mah-ree gah-lah6t], with music by Kurt Weill [KÔÔRT
V¦L]; libretto by Jacques Déval [zhack day-vahl] and Fernay [fehr-nay])
Roi de trefle C Le Roi de Trèfle C luh r’wah duh TREH-fl’ C (The King of Clubs) C
(character in the opera L'amour des trois oranges — The Love for Three Oranges; music by
Serge Prokofiev [sehr-GAY prah-KAW-fiheff]; libretto by Prokofiev after Carlo Gozzi [KAR-lo
GOHT-tsee])
Roi dys C Le Roi d’Ys C luh r’wah deess C (The King of Ys [EESS]) C (an opera, with
music by Édouard Lalo [ay-dôôar lah-lo] and libretto by Édouard Blau [ay-dôôar blo])
Roig C Gonzalo Roig C gawn-SAH-lo ROEEG
Roismann C Josef Roismann C YOHOH-zeff ROIHSS-mahn
Rojo olalla C Casiano Rojo Olalla C kah-seeAH-no RO-ho o-LAH-l’yah
Rokseth C Yvonne Rokseth C ee-vawn rawk-sett
Roland C Claude-Robert Roland C klohd-raw-behr raw-lah6
Roland manuel C Roland-Manuel C raw-lah6-mah-nüell
Rolandi C Gianna Rolandi C JAHN-nah ro-LAHN-dee
Roldan C Amadeo Roldán C ah-mah-DAY-o rawl-DAHN
Rolfe johnson C Anthony Rolfe-Johnson C ANNT-thuh-nee RAWLF-JAHN-sunn
Rolla C Alessandro Rolla C ah-layss-SAHN-dro ROHL-lah
Rolla C Giuseppe Antonio Rolla C joo-ZAYP-pay ahn-TAW-neeo ROHL-lah
Rolla C János Rolla C YAH-nawsh ROHL-lah
Rolland C Romain Rolland C raw-meh6 rawl-lah6
Rolle C Johann Heinrich Rolle C YO-hahn H¦N-rihh RAWL-luh
Rollig C Carl Leopold Röllig C KARL LAY-o-pahlt RÖL-lihh
Rollin C Jean Rollin C zhah6 rawl-leh6
Rolon C José Rolón C ho-SAY ro-LAWN
Roman C Johan Helmich Roman C YOO-hahn HELL-mihsh ROO-mahn
Roman C Stella Roman C STELL-lah raw-MAHN
Romance de bliomberis C Romance de Bliombéris C raw-mah6ss duh bleeaw6-bay-ree C
(Romance of Bliombéris) C (composition by Ferdinando Fortunati [fehr-dee-NAHN-doh fortoo-NAH-tee])
Romance de galatee C Romance de Galatée C raw-mah6ss duh gah-lah-tay C (Romance of
Galatia [guh-LAY-sheeuh]) C (composition by Ferdinando Fortunati [fehr-dee-NAHN-doh
fawr-too-NAH-tee])
Romance de mignon C Romance de Mignon C raw-mah6ss duh mee-n’yaw6 C (poem by
Victor Wilder [veek-tawr veel-day] after Goethe [gö-tuh], set to music by Henri Duparc [ah6ree dü-park])
Romani C Carlo Romani C KAR-lo ro-MAH-nee
Romani C Felice Romani C fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee
Romani C Pietro Romani C peeAY-tro ro-MAH-nee
Romano C Patrick Romano C PATT-rick RO-mah-no
Romantico C Romántico C ro-MAHN-tee-ko C (excerpt from Tres Preludios [TRAYSS
pray-LOO-theeawss] by Celedonio Romero [thay-lay THO-neeo ro-MAY-ro])
Romany life C Romany Life C RO-muh-nee (Life) C (excerpt from the operetta The Fortune
Teller, with music by Victor Herbert [VICK-tur HUR-burt] and lyrics by H. B. Smith)
Romanza C ro-MAHN-tsah C (excerpt from the Serenade in A by Igor Stravinsky [EE-gur
strah-VINN-skee]) C (excerpt from Variations on an Original Theme, “Enigma,” by Sir
Edward Elgar [(Sir) EDD-wurd ELL-gar])
Romanza and humoreske for cello and piano C Romanza and Humoreske for Cello and Piano C
ro-MAHN-tsah (and) hoo-mo-REH-skuh (for Cello and Piano) C (composition by John
Knowles Paine [JAHN NOHLZ PAYN])
Romanza noche madrilena C Romanza — Noche madrileña C ro-MAHN-thah — NO-chay
mah-dree-LAY-n’yah C (duet from the opera La chulapona [lah choo-lah-PO-nah]; music by
Federico Moreno Torroba [fay-thay-REE-ko mo-RAY-no tawr-RO-vah]; libretto by Romero
[ro-MAY-ro] and Fernández Shaw [fehr-NAHN-dehth SHAW])
Romanza spirto gentil ne sogni miei C Romanza: Spirto gentil, ne' sogni miei C ro-MAHNtsah: SPEER-toh jayn-TEEL, nay SO-n’yee meeAYEE C (aria from the opera La favorita [lah
fah-vo-REE-tah] — The Favored One; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-neeTSAYT-tee]; libretto by Alphonse Royer [ahl-faw6ss r’wah-yay] and Gustave Vaëz [güss-tahv
vah-ezz], with additions by Eugene Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])
Romanzas de zarzuelas C Romanzas de Zarzuelas C ro-MAHN-thahss day thar-thooAY-lahss
Romanze C ro-MAHN-tsuh C (excerpt from the operetta Die lustige Witwe [dee LÔÔ-stihguh VITT-vuh] — The Merry Widow; music by Franz Lehár [FRAHNZ leh-HAHAHR]; libretto
by Victor Léon [veek-tawr lay-aw6] and Leo Stein [LAY-o SHT¦N] after Henri Meilhac [ah6ree meh-yack])
Romanze / ro-MAHN-tsuh / (Romance) / (composition from Eine kleine Nachtmusik [¦-nuh
KL¦-nuh NAHKT-moo-zick] – A Little Night Music – by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Romanze C ro-MAHN-tsuh C (Romance) C (composition from Spanische Liebes-Lieder
[SHPAHAH-nih-shuh LEE-buss-LEE-dur] — Spanish Love Songs — by Robert Schumann
[ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn]) C (song by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Romanzo di central park C Romanzo di Central Park C ro-MAHN-tso dee (Central Park) C
(song by Charles Ives [CHAH-rullz ¦VZ])
Romberg C Andreas Jakob Romberg C ahn-DRAY-ahss YAHAH-kawp RAWM-pehrk
Romberg C Bernhard Heinrich Romberg C BEHRN-hart H¦N-rihh RAWM-pehrk
Romberg C Sigmund Romberg C SIGG-munnd RAHM-burg
Romeo et juliette C Roméo et Juliette C raw-may-o ay zhü-lihett C (an opera, with music by
Charles Gounod [sharl gôô-no]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré
[mee-shell kar-ray] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr)
Romeos seance C Romeo’s Seance C RO-may-ohz SAY-ahnss C (song by Elvis Costello
[ELL-vuss kawss-TELL-lo] (pen name for Declan MacManus [duh-CLANN muck-MA-nuss])
Romero C Celedonio Romero C thay-lay-THO-neeo ro-MAY-ro
Romero C Mateo Romero C mah-TAY-o ro-MAY-ro
Romero C Pepe Romero C PAY-pay ro-MAY-ro
Romeu C Luis Romeu C looEESS ro-MAYoo
Romhild C Johann Theodor Römhild C YO-hahn TAY-o-dohohr RÖM-hillt C (the last name
is also spelled Römhildt [RÖM-hillt])
Romhildt C Johann Theodor Römhildt C YO-hahn TAY-o-dohohr RÖM-hillt C (the last
name is also spelled Römhild [RÖM-hillt])
Romo C Gilda Cruz-Romo C HEEL-dah KROOSS-RO-mo
Rompe sprezza C ROHM-pay SPRAYT-tsah C (She breaks, she scorns) C (aria with solo
trumpet from 7 Arie con tromba sola [7 AH-reeay kohn TROHM-bah SO-lah] — Seven Arias
with Solo Trumpet — by Alessandro Scarlatti [ah-layss-SAHN-dro skar-LAHT-tee])
Romulus hunt C Romulus Hunt C RAH-m’yôô-luss HUNT
Roncaglia C Gino Roncaglia C JEE-no rohn-KAH-leeah
Ronconi C Domenico Ronconi C doh-MAY-nee-ko rohn-KO-nee
Ronconi C Felice Ronconi C fay-LEE-chay rohn-KO-nee
Ronconi C Giorgio Ronconi C JOHR-jo rohn-KO-nee
Ronconi C Sebastiano Ronconi C say-bah-steeAH-no rohn-KO-nee
Rondalla lirica de madridC Rondalla Lírica de Madrid C rohn-DAH-l’yah LEE-ree-kah day
mah-DREED C (a rondalla is a band of street musicians)
Ronde C rawn-day C (Roundelay) C (song from Trois chansons [tr’wah shah6-saw6] —
Three Songs — by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])
Ronde des lutins C La ronde des lutins C lah raw6d day lü-teh6 C (composition by Antonio
Bazzini [ahn-TAW-neeo baht-TSEE-nee])
Rondeau C raw6-doh C (excerpt from Suite/Ouverture No. 2 by Johann Sebastian Bach [YOhahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK]; excerpt from the suite Françaix
Divertissement [frah6-seh dee-vehr-teess-s’mah6] by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Rondeau allegro C Rondeau. Allegro C raw6-doh. ahl-LAY-gro
Rondeaux C raw6-doh C (composition from Partita No. 2 by Johann Sebastian Bach [YOhahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK]) C (composition from Sinfonies de
fanfare [seh6-faw-nee duh fah6-far]) by Jean-Joseph Mouret [zhah6-zho-zeff môô-reh])
Rondel C RAHN-d'l
Rondellus C rohn-DAYL-lôôss
Rondine C La rondine C lah ROHN-dee-nay C (The Swallow) C an opera, with music by
Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee] and libretto by Giuseppe Adami [joo-ZAYPpay ah-DAH-mee])
Rondine al nido C Rondine al nido C ROHN-dee-nay ahl NEE-doh C (The Swallow Returns
to Her Nest) C (song by Vincenzo de Crescenzo [veen-CHAYN-tso day kray-SHAYN-tso])
Rondinella C La Rondinella C lah rawn-dee-NAY-l’yah C (a group of musicians performing
ancient music of exiled Jews)
Rondino C rohn-DEE-no C (composition by Ludwig van Beethoven [LOOT-vihh funn
BAYAY-toh-funn], arranged by Fritz Kreisler [FRITTSS KR¦SS-lur])
Rondo C ROHN-doh C (composition by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Rondo alla polacca C Rondo alla Polacca C ROHN-doh AHL-lah po-LAHK-kah C
(composition by Louis Spohr [lôôee spawr] — known also as Ludwig Spohr [LOOT-vihh
SHPOHR])
Rondo alla turca C ROHN-doh AHL-lah TOOR-kah C (composition by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Rondo allungarese C Rondo all’ungarese C ROHN-doh ahl-loon-gah-RAY-zay
Rondo capriccioso C ROHN-doh kah-pree-CHO-zo C (composition by Felix Mendelssohn
[{FEE-lickss MENN-dull-sunn} FAY-lickss MENN-t’lss-zohohn])
Rondo fur violine und orchester C Rondo für Violine und Orchester C ROHN-doh für fee-o-
LEE-nuh ôônt awr-KEH-stur C (Rondo [RAHN-doh] for Violin and Orchestra) C
(composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Rondo poco allegretto e grazioso C Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso C ROHN-doh. PO-ko
ahl-lay-GRAYT-toh ay grah-tseeO-zo C (composition by Ludwig van Beethoven [LOOT-vihh
funn BAYAY-toh-funn])
Rondoletto C rohn-doh-LAYT-toh C (excerpt from the Serenade in A by Igor Stravinsky [EEgur strah-VINN-skee])
Ronga C Luigi Ronga C looEE-jee ROHN-gah
Ronge C Jean-Baptiste Rongé C zhah6-bah-teess-tuh raw6-zhay
Ronnefeld C Peter Ronnefeld C PAY-tur RAWN-nuh-fellt
Ronsard C Pierre de Ronsard C peeehr duh raw6-sar
Ronstadt C Linda Ronstadt C LINN-duh RAHN-statt C (known also as Maria [muh-REEuh] Linda Ronstadt)
Rontgen C Julius Röntgen C YOO-lihôôss RÖNT-gunn
Rooley C Anthony Rooley C ANNT-thuh-nee ROO-lee
Room in bloomsbury C A Room in Bloomsbury C (A Room in) BLOOMZ-b’ree C
(composition by Wilson [WILL-sunn])
Roos C Robert de Roos C ROHOH-bert duh ROHOHSS
Rootering C Jan Hendrick Rootering C YAHN HENN-drick ROHOH-tuh-rihng
Rooy C Anton van Rooy C ahn-TOHN funn ROHOHee C (known also as Antonius Maria
Josephus [ahn-TOH-nihüss mah-REE-ah yo-ZEH-füss] van Rooy)
Ropartz C Joseph Guy Ropartz C zho-zeff ghüee raw-par C (known also as Joseph Guy Marie
[mah-ree] Ropartz)
Roque C Marcel Roque C mar-sell rawk
Rore C Cipriano de Rore C see-preeAH-no deh RAW-ruh
Rorem C Ned Rorem C NEDD RAW-rumm
Rorholm C Marianne Rørholm C mah-rihAHN-nuh RÖR-hahlm
Ros marba C Antoni Ros-Marbá C ahn-TOH-nee RAWSS-mar-BAH
Rosa C Carl Rosa C KARL-RO-zah
Rosa C Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa C yôô-FRAH-s’nee pah-REH-pah-RO-zah
Rosa C Salvator Rosa C SAHL-vah-tohr RO-zah C (the first name is also spelled Salvatore
[sahl-vah-TOH-ray])
Rosa parodi C Armando la Rosa Parodi C ar-MAHN-doh lah RO-zah pah-RO-dee
Rosa y el sauce C La rosa y el sauce C lah RO-sah ee ell SAHOO-say C (The Rose and the
Willow) C (poem by Francisco Silva [frahn-SEESS-ko SEEL-vah] set to music by Carlos
Guastavino [KAR-lawss gooahss-tah-VEE-no])
Rosal hace una rosa C Un rosal hace una rosa C oon ro-SAHL AH-thay OO-nah RO-sah C
(A rosebush has a rose) C (excerpt from Coplas [KAWP-lahss] by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
[{MEH-reeo kass-t’l-nooO-vo-tuh-DESS-ko} MAH-reeo kah-stayl-nooO-vo-tay-DAY-sko])
Rosamunde C ro-zah-MÔÔN-duh C (song by Charles Ives [CHAH-rullz ¦VZ])
Rosand C Aaron Rosand C A-runn RO-zunnd
Rosbaud C Hans Rosbaud C HAHNSS RAWSS-pahôôt
Rosch C Friedrich Rösch C FREET-rihh RÖSH
Roschmann C Dorothea Röschmann C doh-ro-TAY-ah RÖSH-mahn
Rose C Alfred Rose C AHL-frayt RO-zuh C (known also as Alfred Rosè [ro-ZAY])
Rose C Arnold Rosé C AR-nawlt ro-ZAY C (known also as Arnold Josef [YOHOH-zeff]
Rosé)
Rose C Die Rose C dee RO-zuh C (poem by Friedrich von Schlegel [FREET-rihh fawn
SHLAY-gull] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Roseingrave C Thomas Roseingrave C TAH-muss RO-zinn-grayv
Rosel C Artur Rösel C AR-tôôr RÖ-zull
Rosel C Peter Rösel C PAY-tur RÖ-zull
Roselius C Ludwig Roselius C LOOT-vihh ro-ZAY-lihôôss
Rosell C Lars-Erik Rosell C LARSS-AYUH-rick rôô-SELL
Rosellen C Henri Rosellen C ah6-ree raw-s’lah6
Rosen C Myor Rosen C M¦-ur RO-zunn
Rosenband C Das Rosenband C dahss RO-zunn-pahnt C (poem by Friedrich Gottlieb
Klopstock [FREET-rihh GAWT-leep KLAWP-stawk] set to music by Richard Strauss [RIHhart SHTRAHÔÔSS])
Rosenberg C Hilding Rosenberg C HEEL-deeng ROO-senn-bary’ C (known also as Hilding
Constantin [KAHN-stahn-teen] Rosenberg)
Rosenbloom C Sydney Rosenbloom C SIDD-nee RO-z’n-bloom
Rosenblum C Mathew Rosenblum C MATH-yoo RO-z’n-bloom
Rosenboom C David Rosenboom C DAY-vudd RO-z’n-boom / (known also as David Charles
[CHAH-rullz] Rosenboom)
Rosenfeld C Gerhard Rosenfeld C GAYR-hart RO-zunn-fellt
Rosenfeld C Leopold Rosenfeld C LAY-o-pahlt WO-zunn-fellt
Rosenfeld C Paul Rosenfeld C PAWL RO-z’n-felld C (known also as Paul Leopold [LEEuh-pohld] Rosenfeld)
Rosenhain C Jacob Rosenhain C YAHAH-kawp RO-zunn-hahihn C (the first name is also
spelled Jakob [YAHAH-kawp] and Jacques [zhack])
Rosenkavalier C Der Rosenkavalier C dayr RO-zunn-kah-fah-leer C (The Knight of the
Rose) C (an opera, with music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS] and libretto by
Hugo von Hofmannsthal [HOO-go fawn HAWF-mahn-stahl])
Rosenmuller C Johann Rosenmüller C YO-hahn RO-zunn-müll-lur
Rosenshein C Neil Rosenshein C NEEL RO-z’n-sh§n
Rosenstock C Joseph Rosenstock C JO-zuff RO-z’n-stahk C (this Polish-American musician
would be known as Józef Rosenstock [YÔÔ-zeff ro-SENN-stawk] in Poland)
Rosenthal C Harold Rosenthal C HA-rulld RO-z’n-thahl C (known also as Harold David
[DAY-vudd] Rosenthal)
Rosenthal C Hedwig Kanner-Rosenthal C {HEDD-wigg KANN-nur-RO-z’n-thahl} HETT-
vihh KAHN-nur RO-zunn-tahl
Rosenthal C Heribert Rosenthal C HAY-rih-bert RO-zunn-tahl
Rosenthal C Manuel Rosenthal C mah-nüell raw-z’n-tahl
Rosenthal C Moriz Rosenthal C MO-rittss RO-zunn-tahl
Rosenzeit rabenzeit C Rosenzeit, Rabenzeit C RO-zunn-ts§t, RAH-bunn-ts§t C (song from
Leib- und Seelen-Songs für hohe Stimme und Gitarre [L¦P- ôônt ZAY-lunn-(Songs) für HOuh SHTIMM-muh ôônt ghee-TAR-ruh] — Songs of Body and Soul for High Voice and
Guitar) C (compositions by Gottfried von Einem [GAWT-freet fawn ¦-numm])
Roses ardentes C RO-sess ar-DENN-tess C (poem by Charles van Lerberghe [SHAR-luh
vunn LEHR-ber-guh] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Roses dispahan C Les roses d'Ispahan C leh rawz deess-pah-hah6 C (The Roses of Ispahan
[eess-pah-hah6]) C (poem by Leconte de Lisle [luh-kaw6t duh leel] set to music by Gabriel
Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Roses of picardy C Roses of Picardy C (Roses of) pih-kar-dee
Rosetti C Antonio Rosetti C ahn-TAW-neeo ro-ZAYT-tee (Italianized version) and Francesco
[frahn-CHAY-sko] Antonio Rosetti (another Italianized version); Franz Anton Rosetti
[FRAHNTSS AHN-tohohn ro-ZETT-tee] (Germanized version); and František Antonín Rosetti
[FRAHN-tyih-sheck AHN-taw-nyeeeen ro-ZAYT-tee], the Bohemian name (with Italian
surname) from which the others were derived)
Rosier C Carl Rosier C KARL ro-ZEER
Rosina C ro-ZEE-nah C (character in the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-beeAY-ray dee
see-VEE-leeah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEEno rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after PierreAugustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and
Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Rosing C Vladimir Rosing C {VLA-dih-mihr RO-zihng} vlah-DYEE-mihr RO-sihng
Roslavetz C Nikolai Roslavetz C nyee-kah-LAHIH rahss-LAH-vettz C (known also as Nikolai
Andreievich [ahn-DRAYEE-eh-vihch] Roslavetz)
Roslein dreie in der reihe C Röslein dreie in der Reihe C RÖZ-l§n DR¦-uh inn dayr R¦-uh C
(Three Roses Bloom So Red) C (Hungarian poem translated to German by Hugo Conrat [HOOgo KAWN-raht] and set to music by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ}
BRAHAHMSS])
Rosler C Johann Joseph Rösler C YO-hahn YOHOH-zeff RÖSS-lur C (Germanized version of
the original Bohemian name Jan Josef Rösler [YAHN YO-seff RÖSS-ler]) C (the last name is
also spelled Rössler)
Roslin castle C Roslin Castle C RAHZ-linn (Castle) C (composition by Charles Nicholson
[CHAH-rullz NIH-kull-sunn])
Rosner C Arnold Rosner C AR-nulld RAWZ-nur
Rosowskijs C Solomons Rosowskijs C SAW-law-mohnss ro-ZAWF-skeess C (the Latvian
name has been Americanized to Solomon Rosowsky [SAW-law-mohn ro-ZAWF-skee])
Rosowsky C Solomon Rosowsky C SAW-law-mohn ro-ZAWF-skee C (in Latvia, this
Latvian National would be known as Solomons Rosowskijs [SAW-law-mohnss ro-ZAWFskeess])
Ross C Alastair Ross C A-liss-tur RAWSS
Ross C Rowland Ross C RO-lunnd RAWSS
Rosseau C Norbert Rosseau C nawr-behr rawss-so C (known also as Norbert Oscar Claude
[awss-kar klohd] Rosseau)
Rossel majdan C Hilde Rössel-Majdan C HILL-tuh RÖSS-sull-M¦-dunn
Rossellini C Renzo Rossellini C RAYN-tso rohss-sayl-LEE-nee
Rossello C Manuel Blancafort de Rosselló C mah-nooELL blahn-kah-FAWRT day rawsssay-l’YO C (known also as Manuel Blancafort)
Rosseter C Philip Rosseter C FIH-lipp RAHSS-sih-tur
Rossetti C Christina Rossetti C kriss-TEE-nuh russ-ZETT-tih
Rossetti C Christine Rossetti C kriss-TEEN russ-ZETT-tih
Rossetti C D. G. Rossetti C D. G. russ-ZETT-tih
Rossi C Abbate Francesco Rossi C ahb-BAH-tay frahn-CHAY-sko ROHSS-see
Rossi C Franco Rossi C FRAHN-ko ROHSS-see
Rossi C Gaetano Rossi C gahay-TAH-no ROHSS-see
Rossi C Giacomo Rossi C JAH-ko-mo ROHSS-see
Rossi C Giovanni Rossi C jo-VAHN-nee ROHSS-see C (known also as Giovanni Gaetano
[gahay-TAH-no] Rossi)
Rossi C Giulio Rossi C JOO-leeo ROHSS-see
Rossi C John Carmen Rossi C JAHN KAR-m’n RAWSS-see
Rossi C Lauro Rossi C LAHOO-ro ROHSS-see
Rossi C Luigi Rossi C looEE-jee ROHSS-see
Rossi C Mario Rossi C MAH-reeo ROHSS-see
Rossi C Michel Angelo Rossi C mee-KAYL ahn-JAY-lo ROHSS-see
Rossi C Salamone Rossi C sah-lah-MO-nay ROHSS-see C (the first name is also spelled
Salomone [sah-lo-MO-nay], Salamon de’ [SAH-lah-mohn day], and Shlomo [SHLO-mo])
Rossi C Tino Rossi C tee-no rawss-see
Rossi lemeni C Nicola Rossi-Lemeni C nee-KO-lah ROHSS-see-lay-MAY-nee
Rossignol C Au rossignol C o rawss-see-n’yawl C (To the Nightingale) C (song by Charles
Gounod [sharl gôô-no])
Rossignol C Le rossignol C luh rawss-see-n’yawl C (The Nightingale) C (character in the
opera L'enfant et les sortileges [lah6-fah6 ay leh sawr-tee-lehzh] — The Child and the
Fantasies; music by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell] and libretto by Sidonie Gabrielle
Gauthiers-Villars [see-daw-nee gah-breeell go-teeay-veel-lar])
Rossignol des lilas C luh rawss-see-n’yawl day lee-lah C (The Nightingale Among the Lilacs
C (poem by Léopold Dauphin [lay-aw-pawl doh-feh6] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [rayNAHL-doh HAHN])
Rossignol mon mignon C Rossignol, mon mignon C rawss-see-n’yawl, maw6 mee-n’yaw6 C
(poem by Pierre de Ronsard [peeehr duh raw6-sar] set to music by Albert Roussel [ahl-ber
rôôss-sell])
Rossignolet du bois C Rossignolet du Bois C raw-see-n’yaw-leh dü b’wah C (song by
Luciano Berio [loo-CHAH-no BAY-reeo])
Rossignols amoureux C rawss-see-n’yawl ah-môô-rö C (poem by Simon Joseph [see-maw6
zho-zeff] set to music by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo])
Rossini C Gioachino Rossini C johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee C (known also as Gioachino
Antonio [ahn-TAW-neeo] Rossini) C (the first name is also spelled Gioacchino [johahk-KEEno])
Rossinyol C Lo rossinyol C lo rooss-seen-YAHL C (The Nightingale) C (Catalan [KAHt’lunn] folk song arranged by Miguel Llobet [mee-GHELL l’yo-BETT])
Rossl majdan C Hildegard Rössl-Majdan C HILL-tuh-gart RÖSSL-M¦-dunn
Rossler C Ernst Karl Rössler C EHRNST KARL RÖSS-lur
Rossler C Johann Joseph Rössler C YO-hahn YOHOH-zeff RÖSS-lur C (Germanized version
of the original Bohemian name Jan Josef Rössler [YUNN YAW-seff RÖSS-ler] C (the last name
is also spelled Rösler)
Rossum C Frederik van Rossum C FREH-deh-rick vunn RAWSS-summ C (known also as
Frederik Leon Hendrik [LAY-awn HENN-drick] van Rossum)
Rossweisse C rawss-V¦SS-suh C (one of the Walküren [vahl-KÜ-runn] — mythical maidens
of Odin who choose the heroes to be slain in battle and who conduct their souls into the hall of
Odin — a character in the opera Die Walküre [dee vahl-KÜ-ruh], music and libretto by Richard
Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Rostal C Max Rostal C {MACKSS RAWSS-tull} MAHKSS RAWSS-tahl
Rostand C Claude Rostand C klohd rawss-tah6
Rostand C Edmond Rostand C edd-maw6 raw-stah6
Rostropovich C Leopold Rostropovich C lay-ah-PAWLT rahss-trah-PAW-vihch
Rostropovich C Mstislav Rostropovich C m’styih-SLAHF rahss-trah-PAW-vihch C (known
also as Mstislav Leopoldovich [lay-ah-PAWL-duh-vihch] Rostropovich)
Rosvaenge C Helge Rosvaenge C HELL-yuh WOHSS-vehng-uh C (the last name is also
spelled Roswaenge [WOHSS-vehng-uh])
Roswaenge C Helge Roswaenge C HELL-yuh WOHSS-vehng-uh C (the last name is also
spelled Rosvaenge [WOHSS-vehng-uh])
Rota C Nino Rota C NEE-no RO-tah
Rote C Roté C raw-tay C (musical instrument)
Rote abendwolken C Rote Abendwolken C RO-tuh AH-bennt-vawl-kunn C (Evening Clouds
Loom Red) C (song by Johanness Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])
Rotella C Pasquale la Rotella C pah-skooAH-lay lah ro-TAYL-lah
Roters C Ernst Roters C EHRNST RO-turss
Roth C Bertrand Roth C BEHR-trahnt RAWT
Roth C Daniel Roth C dah-neeell rawt
Roth C Feri Roth C {FEH-ree RAWTH} FEH-ree RAWT
Roth C Fred Roth C FRETT RAWT
Roth C Herman Roth C HEHR-mahn RAWT
Rothenberger C Anneliese Rothenberger C ahn-nuh-LEE-zuh RAW-tunn-pehr-gur
Rother C Artur Rother C AR-tôôr RAW-tur C (known also as Artur Martin [MAR-teen]
Rother)
Rothier C Léon Rothier C lay-aw6 raw-teeay
Rothmuller C Marko Rothmüller C MAR-kaw RAWT-müll-ler C (known also as Aron [AHrawn] Marko Rothmüller)
Rott C Hans Rott C HAHNSS RAWT
Rottenberg C Ludwig Rottenberg C LOOT-vihh RAWT-tunn-pehrk
Rottenburgh C G. A. Rottenburgh C (G. A.) RAWT-tunn-pôôrk
Rottenburgh C Godefroid-Adrien-Joseph Rottenburgh C gaw-d’fr'wah-ah-dree-ah6 zho-zeff
RAWT-tunn-pôôrk
Rotter C Fritz Rotter C FRITTSS RAWT-tur
Rotterdam C {RAHT-tur-damm} RAWT-tur-dahm C (Netherlands city)
Rotterdam philharmonic orchestra C Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra C {RAHT-turdamm} RAWT-tur-dahm Philharmonic Orchestra)
Rotterdams philharmonisch orkest C Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest C RAWT-turdahmss fill-har-MO-nissk awr-KESST C Rotterdam [RAHT-tur-damm] Philharmonic
Orchestra)
Rotzsch C Hans-Joachim Rotsch C HAHNSS-YOHOH-ah-kimm RAWTSH
Rouget C Gilbert Rouget C zheel-behr rôô-zheh
Rouget de lisle C Claude-Joseph Rouget de l’Isle C klohd-zho-zeff rôô-zheh duh leel C (l’Isle
is also spelled Lisle [leel])
Rouleau C Joseph Rouleau C zho-zeff rôô-lo C (known also as Joseph Alfred Pierre Rouleau
[zho-zeff ahl-fredd peeehr rôô-lo])
Rounseville C Robert Rounseville C RAH-burt RAHÔÔNZ-vill
Roussakis C Nicolas Roussakis C {NIH-kuh-luss rooss-SAH-kiss} nee-KO-lahss rooss-S¦kiss
Rousseau C Eugene Rousseau C yôô-JEEN rôôss-SO
Rousseau C Jean-Jacques Rousseau C zhah6-zhack rôôss-so
Rousseau C Marcel Rousseau C mar-sell rôôss-so C (known also as Marcel-Auguste-Louis
Rousseau [mar-sell-o-güst-lôôee rôôss-so])
Rousseau C Marielle Renault-Rousseau C mah-reeell reh-no-rôôss-so
Rousseau C Samuel-Alexandre Rousseau C sah-müell-ah-leck-sah6-dr’ rôôss-so
Roussel C Albert Roussel C ahl-ber rôôss-sell C (known also as Albert Charles Paul Marie
Roussel [ahl-ber sharl pohl mah-ree rôôss-sell])
Rousseliere C Charles Rousselière C sharl rôôss-s’leeehr
Rousset C Christophe Rousset C kreess-tawf rôôss-seh
Roussier C Abbé Pierre-Joseph Roussier C ahb-bay peeehr-zho-zeff rôôss-seeay
Rousslan et ludmilla C Rousslan et Ludmilla C rôôss-lah6 ay lüd-mee-lah C (French version of
an opera, with music by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka [mee-kahEEL ee-VAH-nuh-vihch GLYINNkuh]; libretto by Valerian Fyodorovich Shirkov [vah-leh-rihAHN f’YAW-duh-ruh-vihch shihrKAWF], Nestor Vasil’yevich Kukol’nik [NYESS-tur vah-SEEL-yeh-vihch KOO-kull-nyick],
Mikhail Alexandrovich Gedeonov [mee-kahEEL uh-lyick-SAHN-druh-vihch gheh-dee-AWnuff], Nikolay Andreyevich Markevich [nyee-kah-L¦ ahn-DRAY-yeh-vihch mar-KAY-vihch],
and Glinka after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch
POOSH-kinn]) C (Rousslan is also transliterated as Russlan and Ruslan, and Ludmilla as
Lyudmila)
Routch C Robert Routch C RAH-burt RAHÔÔCH
Routh C Francis Routh C FRANNT-suss RAHÔÔTH C (known also as Francis John [JAHN]
Routh)
Rouvier C Jacques Rouvier C zhack rôô-veeay
Roux C François le Roux C frah6-swah luh rôô
Roux C Maurice Le Roux C mo-reess luh rôô
Rovelli C Pietro Rovelli C peeAY-tro ro-VAYL-lee
Rovere C Agostino Rovere C ah-go-STEE-no ro-VAY-ray
Rovetta C Giovanni Rovetta C jo-VAHN-nee ro-VAYT-tah
Rovine son queste suore che riposate C Le rovine son queste ... Suore che riposate C lay roVEE-nay sohn kooAY-stay ... sooO-ray kay ree-po-ZAH-tay C (excerpt from the opera
Roberto il Diavolo [ro-BAYR-toh eel deeAH-vo-lo] — Robert the Devil; music by Giacomo
Meyerbeer [JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr] and libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])
Rowbotham C Rev. John Frederick Rowbotham C REH-vuh-runnd JAHN FREH-duh-rick
R!W-bah-tumm
Rowe C Cheryl Bensman Rowe C CHEH-rull BENNZ-munn RO
Rowe C Paul Rowe C PAWL RO
Rowell C Mary Rowell C MEHUH-ree R!W-ull
Rowen C Ruth Halle Rowen C ROOTH HAHL-luh RO-wunn
Rowicki C Witold Rowicki C VEE-tawlt ro-VEETSS-kee
Rowland C Neil Rowland C NEEL RO-lunnd
Rowley C Alec Rowley C A-lick R!W-lih
Roxburgh C Edwin Roxburgh C EDD-wunn RAHKSS-buh-ruh
Roy C Adrian Le Roy C ah-dree-ah6 luh r’wah
Roy C Klaus George Roy C KLAHÔÔSS JAW-urj ROY
Roy C René Le Roy C ruh-nay luh r’wah
Royal concertgebouw orchestra amsterdam C Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam C
(Royal) kawn-SERT-keh-bahoo (Orchestra of) AHM-ster-dahm
Royer C Alphonse Royer C ahl-faw6ss r’wah-yay
Royer C Étienne Royer C ay-teeenn raw-yay
Royer C Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer C zho-zeff-nee-ko-lah-pah6-krahss raw-yay
Royer et vaez C Alphonse Royer et Gustave Vaëz C ahl-faw6ss r'wah-yay ay güss-tahv vahezz
Rozario C Patricia Rozario C puh-TRIH-shuh ro-ZAH-reeo
Roze C Marie Rôze C mah-ree rohz
Roze C Raymond Rôze C RAY-munnd ROHZ
Rozel C Michel Lassère de Rozel C mee-shell lahss-sehr duh raw-zell
Rozen C Yegor Fyodorovich Rozen C yeh-GAWR f’YAW-duh-ruh-vihch RAW-zunn
Rozenn C raw-zenn C (character in the opera Le Roi D'Ys [luh r'wah deess] — The King of
Ys [EESS]; music by Édouard Lalo [ay-dôôar lah-lo] and libretto by Édouard Blau [ay-dôôar
blo])
Rozgonyi C ROHZ-gohn-yee C (character in the opera Hunyadi László [HÔÔN-yah-dee
LAHAHSS-lohoh]; music by Ferenc Erkel [FEH-renntss EHR-kell]; libretto by Béni Egressy
[BAY-nee EGG-rehsh-shee] after LÅrinc Tóth [LÖÖ-rinntss TOHOHT])
Rozhdestvensky C Gennadi Rozhdestvensky C ghenn-NAH-dyee rahzh-DYESST-venn-skee
C (known also as Gennadi Nikolaievich [nyee-kah-LAHIH-eh-vihch] Rozhdestvensky )
Rozkosny C Josef Richard Rozkošný C YO-seff RIH-hart RAWZ-kawsh-neeee
Rozmowa C rohz-MO-vah C (A Conversation) C (poem by Adam Mickiewicz [AH-dahm
meetss-keeAY-veech] set to music by Stanis»aw Moniuszko [stah-NYEESS-wahf mahneeÔÔSH-kaw])
Rozsa C Miklós Rózsa C {MICK-lohss RO-zah} MICK-lohohsh ROHOH-zhah
Rozsnyai C Zoltán Rosnyai C ZOHL-tahahn RAWSH-n’yahih
Rozycki C Ludomir Róóycki C lôô-DAW-meer rôô-ZHITTSS-kee
Rubato lamentoso C roo-BAH-toh lah-mayn-TOH-zo
Rubbra C Edmund Rubbra C EDD-munnd RUBB-bruh C (known also as Charles [CHAHrullz] Edmund Rubba)
Rube gli stupri glincendi le morti C Le rube, gli stupri, gl’incendi, le morti C lay ROO-bay,
l’yee STOO-pree, l’yeen-CHAYN-dee, lay MAWR-tee C (Plunder, Rape, Arson, Murder) C
(choral excerpt from Act III of the opera I Masnadieri [ee mahss-nah-deeAY-ree] — The
Bandits; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Andrea Maffei [ahnDRAY-ah mahf-FAYEE] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur])
Rubens C Paul Rubens C PAWL ROO-b’nz C (known also as Paul Alfred [AL-frudd]
Rubens)
Rubenson C Albert Rubenson C AHL-bert RÜ-benn-sawn
Rubin C Marcel Rubin C mar-SELL ROO-binn
Rubini C Giovanni Battista Rubini C jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah roo-BEE-nee
Rubinstein C Anton Rubinstein C {ANN-tunn roo-b’n-ST¦N} ahn-TAWN rôô-binnSHTAYN C (known also as Anton Grigorievich [gree-GAW-riheh-vihch] Rubinstein)
Rubinstein C Arthur Rubinstein C AR-thur ROO-b’n-st§n C (this Polish national is known in
Poland as Artur Rubinstein [AR-tôôr ROO-binn-sht§n])
Rubinstein C Beryl Rubinstein C BEH-rull ROO-b’n-st§n
Rubinstein C Joseph Rubinstein C YAW-seff rôô-binn-SHTAYN
Rubinstein C Nikolai Rubinstein C nyee-kah-LAHIH rôô-binn-SHTAYN C (known also as
Nikolai Grigorievich [gree-GAW-riheh-vihch] Rubinstein)
Rubio C David Rubio C DAY-vudd ROO-beeo
Rubio piqueras C Felipe Rubio Piqueras C fay-LEE-pay ROO-beeo pee-KAY-rahss
Rubner C Cornelius Rübner C kawr-NAY-lihôôss WÜB-nur C (known also as Peter Martin
[PEE-tuh MAR-tinn] Cornelius Rübner C (the family is known also as Rybner [WÜB-nur])
Rubria C ROO-breeah C (character in the opera Nerone [nay-RO-nay], music and libretto by
Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh])
Rubsam C Wolfgang Rübsam C VAWLF-gahng RÜB-sahm
Rubsamen C Walter Rubsamen C WAWL-tur ROOB-sah-m’n C (known also as Walter
Howard [H!W-urd] Rubsamen)
Rubstein C Ariel Rubstein C AH-rihell RÔÔB-st§n
Ruccione C roo-CHO-nay
Ruckauf C Anton Rückauf C AHN-tawn RÜ-kahôôf
Ruckblick C Rückblick C RÜK-blick C (Looking Back) C (poem by Wilhelm Müller [VILLhellm MÜL-lur] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert] in the song cycle
Winterreise [VINN-tur-r§-zuh] — The Winter’s Journey)
Ruckers C Andreas Ruckers C ahn-DRAY-ahss RÜ-kurss C (known also as Andries [ahnDREESS] Ruckers)
Ruckers C Hans Ruckers C HAHNSS RÜ-kurss
Ruckers C Johannes Ruckers C yo-HAHN-nuss RÜ-kurss C (known also as Hans [HAHNSS]
and Jan [YAHN] Ruckers)
Ruckert C Friedrich Rückert C FREET-rihh RÜ-kert
Ruddigore C RUD-dih-gawr C (an opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan [AR-thur SULL-lihvunn] and libretto by William S. Gilbert [WILL-lihumm S. GHILL-burt])
Rudel C Hugo Rüdel C HOO-go RÜ-dull
Rudel C Jaufre Rudel C zho-fr’ rü-dell C (known also as Jaufre Rudel de Blaja [zho-fr’ rüdell duh blah-yah]) C (the first name is known also as Jofre [zhaw-fr’], the second as Rudelh
[rü-dell], and the last as Blaye [blahy’])
Rudel C Julius Rudel C {JOO-lihuss roo-DELL} YOO-lihôôss ROO-dull
Rudel de blaja C Jaufre Rudel de Blaja C zho-fr’ rü-dell duh blah-yah C (known also as
Jaufre Rudel) C (the first name is known also as Jofre [zhaw-fr’], the second as Rudelh [rüdell], and the last as Blaye [blahy’])
Ruders C Poul Ruders C PAHÔÔL WOO-dehrss
Rudersdorff C Hermine Rudersdorff C HEHR-mih-nuh ROO-dehrss-dawrf
Rudhyar C Dane Rudhyar C DAYN RUDD-yur
Rudinger C Gottfried Rüdinger C GAWT-freet RÜ-dihng-ur
Rudnick C Wilhelm Rudnick C VILL-hellm RÔÔT-nick
Rudnicki C Marian Rudnicki C MAH-reeahn rôôd-NEETSS-kee C (known also as Marian
Teofil [teh-AW-feel] Rudnicki)
Rudnytsky C Antin Rudnytsky C {ANN-t’n rudd-NITT-skee} AHN-teen rôôd-NITT-skih
Rudolf C Max Rudolf C {MACKSS ROO-dawlf} MAHKSS ROO-dawlf
Rudolf C Richard Rudolf C RIH-hart ROO-dawlf
Rudolph C Johann Joseph Rudolph C YO-hahn YOHOH-zeff ROO-dawlf C (known also as
Jean Joseph Rodolphe [zhah6 zho-zeff raw-dawlf])
Rudolph C Roland Rudolph C RO-lahnt ROO-dawlf
Rudorff C Ernst Rudorff C EHRNST ROO-dawrf C (known also as Ernst Friedrich Karl
[FREET-rihh KARL] Rudorff)
Rudzinski C Witold Rudzi½ski C VEE-tawlt rôôd-ZEE6-skee
Rudzinski C Zbigniew Rudzi½ski C zBEEG-neeeff rôôd-ZEE6-skee
Rue C Jan la Rue C JANN lah ROO C (known also as Adrian Jan Pieters La Rue [AY-dreeunn JANN PEE-turz lah ROO])
Rue C Pierre de la Rue C peeehr deh lah rü
Ruelle C Charles Émile Ruelle C sharl ay-meel rüell
Rufer C Josef Rufer C YOHOH-zeff ROO-fur C (known also as Josef Leopold [LAY-opawlt]) Rufer
Rufer C Philippe Rüfer C fee-leep RÜ-fur C (known also as Philippe-Barthélemy Rüfer [feeleep bar-tay-luh-mee RÜ-fur])
Ruffo C Titta Ruffo C TEET-tah ROOF-fo
Ruffo C Vincenzo Ruffo C veen-CHAYN-tso ROOF-fo
Rugen C Wizlaw von Rügen C VITTSS-lahv fawn RÜ-gunn
Ruggeberg C Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg C VILL-hellm BRÜK-nur-RÜG-guh-behrk
Ruggero C rood-JAY-ro C (character in the opera La rondine [lah ROHN-dee-nay] — The
Swallow; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Giuseppe Adami
[joo-ZAYP-pay ah-DAH-mee] after Dr. A. M. Willner [VILL-nur] and Heinz Reichert
[H¦NTSS R¦-hert])
Ruggero paradetas C Ruggero Paradetas C roog-HAY-ro pah-rah-THAY-tahss C (excerpt
from the suite Danses populaires [dah6ss paw-pü-lehr] by Gaspar Sanz [gahss-PAR
SAHNTH])
Ruggi C Francesco Ruggi C frahn-CHAY-sko ROOD-jee
Ruggieri C Vincenzo Ruggieri C veen-CHAYN-tso rood-JAY-ree
Rugolo C Pete Rugolo C PEET ROO-guh-lo
Ruhe meine seele C Ruhe, meine Seele C ROO-uh, M¦-nuh ZAY-luh C (Rest, My Soul) C
(poem by Karl Henckell [KARL HEHNG-kull] set to music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart
SHTRAHÔÔSS])
Ruhe sussliebchen C Ruhe, Süssliebchen C ROO-uh ZÜSS-leep-hunn C (Sleep, Sweetest
Darling) C (poem by Johann Ludwig Tieck [YO-hahn LOOT-vihh TEEK] set to music by
Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS] in the song cycle Die schöne
Magelone [dee SHÖ-nuh mah-guh-LO-nuh] — The Beautiful Magelone)
Ruhland C Dr. Konrad Ruhland C (Dr.) KAWN-raht ROO-lahnt
Ruhlmann C Frans Rühlmann C FRAHNSS RÜL-mahn
Ruhlmann C Franz Rühlmann C FRAHNTSS RÜL-mahn
Ruhlmann C Julius Rühlmann C YOO-lihôôss RÜL-mahn C (known also as Adolf Julius
Rühlmann [AHAH-dawlf YOO-lihôôss RÜL-mahn])
Ruhm C Wolfgang Ruhm C VAWLF-gahng ROOM
Ruiter C Albert de Ruiter C AL-burt dee RAY-tur
Ruiter C Wim de Ruiter C WIMM duh RAY-tur
Ruiz C Emilio Serrano y Ruiz C ay-MEE-leeo sayr-RAH-no ee rooEETH
Ruiz C Jesús Ruiz C hay-SOOSS rooEETH
Ruiz C Rafael Ruiz "El Macareno" C rah-fah-ELL rooEETH "ell mah-kah-RAY-no" C
(character in the opera El gato montés [ell GAH-toh mawn-TAYSS] — The Wildcat; music and
libretto by Manuel Penella [mah-nooELL pay-NAY-l’yah])
Ruiz C rooEETH C (character in the opera Il trovatore [eel tro-vah-TOH-ray] — The
Troubadour; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Salvadore
Cammarano [sahl-vah-DOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no] and Leone Emanuele Bardare [lay-Onay ay-mah-nooAY-lay bar-DAH-ray] after Antonio García Gutiérrez [ahn-TOH-neeo garTHEE-ah goo-teeAYR-rehth])
Rumbo C Luigi Rumbo C looEE-jee ROOM-bo
Rummel C August Rummel C {AW-gusst RUMM-m’l} AHÔÔ-gôôst RÔÔM-mull
Rummel C Christian Rummel C KRIH-stihahn RÔÔM-mull C (known also as Christian Franz
Ludwig Friedrich Alexander Rummel [KRIH-stihahn FRAHNTSS LOOT-vihh FREET-rihh
ah-leck-SAHN-tur RÔÔM-mull])
Rummel C Franz Rummel C FRAHNTSS RÔÔM-mull
Rummel C Joseph Rummel C {JO-zuff RUMM-m’l} YOHOH-zeff RÔÔM-mull
Rummel C Josephine Rummel C yo-zeh-FEE-nuh RÔÔM-mull
Rummel C Walter Morse Rummel C VAHL-tur MAWR-zuh RÔÔM-mull
Rumores de la caleta C roo-MO-rayss day lah kah-LAY-tah C (excerpt from Recuerdos de
viaje [ray-kooEHR-dawss day vee-AH-hay] by Isaac Albéniz [ee-SAHK ahl-VAY-neeth])
Runciman C John F. Runciman C JAHN F. RUNN-sih-munn
Rundfunk sinfonie orchester berlin C Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin C RÔÔNT-fôôngkzinn-fo-NEE-awr-KEH-stur behr-LEEN C (Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Rundfunk sinfonie orchester leipzig C Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig C RÔÔNT-fôôngk
zinn-fo-NEE awr-KEH-stur L¦P-tsihh C (Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Rundfunkchor C RÔÔNT-fôôngk-kohr C (Radio Chorus)
Rundfunkchor leipzig C Rundfunkchor Leipzig C RÔÔNT-fôôngk-kohr L¦P-tsihh C (Leipzig
Radio Chorus)
Runeberg C Johan Ludvig Runeberg C YOO-hahn LÜD-vigg RÜ-nuh-bary’
Rung C Frederik Rung C FREH-duh-rick WÔÔNG
Rung C Henrik Rung C HENN-rick WÔÔNG
Runge C Paul Runge C PAHÔÔL RÔÔNG-uh
Rungenhagen C Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen C KARL FREET-rihh RÔÔNG-unn-hah-gunn
Rungs C Linda De Rungs C LINN-duh dee RUHNGZ
Runkel C Reinhild Runkel C R¦N-hillt RÔÔNG-kull
Runolfsson C Karl Ottó Rúnólfsson C KARL AWT-toh woo-NAWLF-sunn
Runze C Maximilian Runze C mahk-sih-MEE-lihahn RÔÔN-tsuh
Ruolz montchal C Henri, Comte de Ruolz-Montchal C ah6-ree, kaw6t duh rü-awl-maw6-shahl
C (known also as Henri-Catherine-Camille, Comte de Ruolz-Montchal [{ah6-ree-kah-t’reenkah-meel, kaw6t duh rü-awl-maw6-shahl} ah6-ree-kah-t’reen-kah-mee, kaw6t duh rü-awlmaw6-shahl])
Ruperti C Friedrich Ruperti C FREET-rihh ROO-pehr-tee
Rupnik C Ivan Rupnik C EE-vahn ROOP-nick
Ruralia hungarica C Ruralia Hungarica C roo-RAH-lihuh hôôn-GAH-rih-kuh C
(compositions by Ernö Dohnányi [EHR-nö dohk-NAHAHN-yee])
Rusalka C RÔÔ-sall-kuh C (a lyric fairy tale, with music by Antonín DvoÍák [AHN-tawnyeeeen d’VAW-rshahahk]; libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil [YAH-raw-slahf k’VAH-pill] after
Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué [FREET-rihh duh lah mawt fôô-kay])
Rusalka C rôô-SAHL-kuh C (an opera, with music by Alexander Sergeievich Dargomïzhsky
[uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAYEE-eh-vihch dur-gah-MIHZH-kee] and libretto by
Dargomïzhsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch
POOSH-kinn])
Rusca C Francesco Rusca C frahn-CHAY-sko ROO-skah
Rusconi C Gerardo Rusconi C jay-RAR-doh roo-SKO-nee
Russlan and ludmilla / Russlan and Ludmilla / rôôss-LAHN (and) lyôôd-MEE-lah / (an opera,
with music by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka [mee-kahEEL ee-VAH-nuh-vihch GLYINN-kuh];
libretto by Valerian Fyodorovich Shirkov [vah-leh-rihAHN f’YAW-duh-ruh-vihch shihrKAWF], Nestor Vasil’yevich Kukol’nik [NYESS-tur vah-SEEL-yeh-vihch KOO-kull-nyick],
Mikhail Alexandrovich Gedeonov [mee-kahEEL uh-lyick-SAHN-druh-vihch gheh-dee-AWnuff], Nikolay Andreyevich Markevich [nyee-kah-L¦ ahn-DRAY-yeh-vihch mar-KAY-vihch],
and Glinka after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch
POOSH-kinn]) / (Russlan is also transliterated as Rousslan and Ruslan, and Ludmilla as
Lyudmila)
Ruslan and lyudmila C Ruslan and Lyudmila C rôôss-LAHN (and) l’yôôd-MEE-luh C (an
opera, with music by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka [mee-kahEEL ee-VAH-nuh-vihch GLYINNkuh]; libretto by Valerian Fyodorovich Shirkov [vah-leh-rihAHN f’YAW-duh-ruh-vihch shihrKAWF], Nestor Vasil’yevich Kukol’nik [NYESS-tur vah-SEEL-yeh-vihch KOO-kull-nyick],
Mikhail Alexandrovich Gedeonov [mee-kahEEL uh-lyick-SAHN-druh-vihch gheh-dee-AWnuff], Nikolay Andreyevich Markevich [nyee-kah-L¦ ahn-DRAY-yeh-vihch mar-KAY-vihch],
and Glinka after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch
POOSH-kinn]) C (Ruslan is also transliterated as Rousslan and Lyudmila as Ludmilla)
Ruslan i lyudmila C Ruslan i Lyudmila C ROOSS-lahn ee l’yood-MEE-lah C (Italian version
of an opera, with music by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka [mee-kahEEL ee-VAH-nuh-vihch
GLYINN-kuh]; libretto by Valerian Fyodorovich Shirkov [vah-leh-rihAHN f’YAW-duh-ruhvihch shihr-KAWF], Nestor Vasil’yevich Kukol’nik [NYESS-tur vah-SEEL-yeh-vihch KOOkull-nyick], Mikhail Alexandrovich Gedeonov [mee-kahEEL uh-lyick-SAHN-druh-vihch ghehdee-AW-nuff], Nikolay Andreyevich Markevich [nyee-kah-L¦ ahn-DRAY-yeh-vihch marKAY-vihch], and Glinka after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAYyeh-vihch POOSH-kinn]) C (Ruslan is also transliterated as Rousslan and Russlan, and
Lyudmila as Ludmilla)
Russell C Rosalind Russell C RAH-zuh-lunnd RUSS-s’l
Russlan and ludmilla C Russlan and Ludmilla C rôôss-LAHN (and) lyôôd-MEE-lah C (an
opera, with music by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka [mee-kahEEL ee-VAH-nuh-vihch GLYINNkuh]; libretto by Valerian Fyodorovich Shirkov [vah-leh-rihAHN f’YAW-duh-ruh-vihch shihrKAWF], Nestor Vasil’yevich Kukol’nik [NYESS-tur vah-SEEL-yeh-vihch KOO-kull-nyick],
Mikhail Alexandrovich Gedeonov [mee-kahEEL uh-lyick-SAHN-druh-vihch gheh-dee-AWnuff], Nikolay Andreyevich Markevich [nyee-kah-L¦ ahn-DRAY-yeh-vihch mar-KAY-vihch],
and Glinka after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch
POOSH-kinn]) C (Russlan is also transliterated as Rousslan and Ruslan, and Ludmilla
asLyudmila)
Russlan i ludmilla C Russlan i Ludmilla C ROOSS-lahn ee lood-MEEL-lah C (Italian version
of an opera, with music by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka [mee-kahEEL ee-VAH-nuh-vihch
GLYINN-kuh]; libretto by Valerian Fyodorovich Shirkov [vah-leh-rihAHN f’YAW-duh-ruhvihch shihr-KAWF], Nestor Vasil’yevich Kukol’nik [NYESS-tur vah-SEEL-yeh-vihch KOOkull-nyick], Mikhail Alexandrovich Gedeonov [mee-kahEEL uh-lyick-SAHN-druh-vihch ghehdee-AW-nuff], Nikolay Andreyevich Markevich [nyee-kah-L¦ ahn-DRAY-yeh-vihch marKAY-vihch], and Glinka after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAYyeh-vihch POOSH-kinn]) C (Russlan is also transliterated as Rousslan and Ruslan, and
Ludmilla as Lyudmila)
Russo C William Russo C WILL-lihumm ROOSS-so C (known also as William Joseph [JOzuff] Russo)
Russolo C Luigi Russolo C looEE-jee rooss-SO-lo
Rust C Friedrich Wilhelm Rust C FREET-rihh VILL-hellm RÔÔST
Rust C Wilhelm Karl Rust C VILL-hellm KARL RÔÔST
Rust C Wilhelm Rust C VILL-hellm RÔÔST
Rustiques C rüs-teek C (compositions by Eugène Bozza [ö-zhenn bawz-zah])
Rustomji C Parsi Rustomji C PAR-see rôôss-TÔÔM-jee C (character in the opera Satyagraha
[saht-yeeAH-grah-hah] — To Insist on the Truth; music by Philip Glass [FIH-lupp GLASS] and
libretto by Constance DeJong [KAHNT-stunntss duh-ZHAWNG])
Ruta C RÔÔ-tah C (Regret) C (poem by Jan Prusinowski [YAHN prôô-see-NAWF-skee] set
to music by Stanis»aw Moniuszko [stah-NYEESS-wahf mah-neeÔÔSH-kaw])
Ruthardt C Adolf Ruthardt C AHAH-dawlf RÔÔT-hart
Ruthstrom C Julius Ruthström C YÜ-lihüss RÜT-ström C (known also as Bror Olaf [BROHR
O-lahf] Julius Ruthström)
Ruthven C Earl of Ruthven C (Earl of) RUHTH-vunn C (character in the opera Mary, Queen
of Scots; music and libretto by Thea Musgrave [THEE-uh MUSS-grayv]; libretto after Amalia
Elguera [ah-MAH-leeah ell-GAY-rah])
Rutini C Giovanni Marco Rutini C jo-VAHN-nee MAR-ko roo-TEE-nee
Rutlage C Charlie Rutlage C CHAR-lee RUTT-layj C (cowboy ballad published in 1891, later
arranged by Charles Ives [CHAH-rullz ¦VZ])
Rutter C John Rutter C JAHN RUTT-tur
Rutz C Ottmar Rutz C AWT-mar RÔÔTSS
Ruwet C Nicolas Ruwet C nee-kaw-lah rü-veh
Ruygrok C Leo Ruygrok C LAY-o RÜEE-krawk C (known also as Leo Leonard Petrus [layo-NART PAY-trüss] Ruygrok)
Ruyneman C Daniel Ruyneman C DAH-nihell RAY-nuh-mahn
Ruzicka C Peter Ruzicka C PAY-tur ROO-zih-kah
Ruzicka C Rudolf Rçži…ka C RÔÔ-dawlf ROOOO-zhihch-kah
Ruzickova C Zuzana Rçži…ková C ZÔÔ-zuh-nah ROOOO-zhihch-kaw-vahah
Ryba C Jakub Jan Ryba C YAH-kôôp YAHN RIH-bah C (known also as Jakub Šimon
[SHIH-mawn] Jan Ryba)
Rybner C Cornelius Rybner C kawr-NAY-lihôôss WÜB-nur C (known also as Peter Martin
[PEE-tuh MAR-tinn] Cornelius Rybner) C (the family name is known also as Rübner [WÜBnur])
Ryche C Antonius de Ryche C ahn-TOH-nihüss deh RIHSH C (the first name is also
represented as Antoine [ah6-TWAHN] and the last name as Divitis [DEE-vee-teess] and le Riche
[leh RAY-kuh])
Rychlik C Jan Rychlík C YAHN RIHH-leeeek
Rychlik C Józef Rychlik C YÔÔ-zeff RIHH-leek
Rychnovsky C Ernst Rychnovsky C EHRNST RIHH-nawv-skee
Rydberg C Viktor Rydberg C VICK-tawr RÜD-bary’
Rydell C Roland Rydell C ROUH-lahnd rü-DELL
Rydl C Kurt Rydl C KÔÔRT RIH-d'l
Rydman C Kari Rydman C KAH-rih RÜD-mahn
Ryelandt C Joseph Ryelandt C YOHOH-zeff REE-lahnt
Rysanek C Leonie Rysanek C LAY-o-nee RÜ-sah-neck
Rytel C Piotr Rytel C peeAWT RIH-tell
Ryterband C Roman Ryterband C {RO-munn R¦-t’r-bannd} RAW-mahn RIH-ter-bahnt
Rzewski C Frederic Rzewski C FREH-duh-rick rZOO-skee C (known also as Frederic
Anthony [ANNT-thuh-nee] Rzewski)