C C (composition from Deux poemes de Louis Aragon [dö paw-emm duh lôô-ee ah-rah-gaw6]
— Two Poems by Louis Aragon — set to music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
C dur C C Dur C TSAY DOOR C (key of C major, German designation)
C moll C c Moll C TSAY MAWL C (key of c minor, German designation)
Ca the yowes C Ca’ the Yowes C KAH (the) YOHZ C (poem by Robert Burns [RAH-burt
BURNZ] set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams [RALF VAWN WILL-lihummz]) C (In
Britain, Ralph may be pronounced RAYF)
Caamano C Roberto Caamaño C ro-VEHR-toh kah-MAH-n’yo
Caba C Eduardo Caba C ay-dooAR-doh KAH-vah
Cabaletta C {kah-bah-LETT-tah} kah-bah-LAYT-tah
Caballe C Montserrat Caballé C mawnt-sehr-RAHT kah-vah-l’YAY
Caballero C Manuel Fernández Caballero C mah-nooELL fehr-NAHN-dehth kah-vah-l’YAYro
Cabanilles C Juan Bautista José Cabanilles C hooAHN bahoo-TEESS-tah ho-SAY kah-vahNEE-l’yayss
Cabecon C Antonio de Cabeçon C ahn-TOH-neeo day kah-vay-SAWN C known also as
Antonio de Cabezon [kah-vay-THAWN])
Cabello mas sutil C Del cabello más sutil C dell kah-VELL-l’yo MAHSS soo-TEEL C (Of
That Softest Hair) C (song by Fernando J. Obradors [fehr-NAHN-doh (J.) o-VRAH-thawrss])
Cabezon C Antonio de Cabezón C ahn-TOH-neeo day kah-vay-THAWN C (known also as
Antonio de Cabeçon [ahn-TOH-neeo day kah-vay-SAWN])
Cabrito C Un cabrito C oon kah-VREE-toh C (a medieval song of the Passover sung by the
Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Morocco)
Caccia C La caccia C lah KAH-chah C (The Hunt) C (allegro [ahl-LAY-gro] number in
L’autunno [lahoo-TOON-no] — Autumn) C (from Le quattro stagioni [lay kooAHT-tro stahJO-nee] — The Four Seasons — by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Caccini C Francesca Caccini C frahn-CHAY-skah kah-CHEE-nee
Caccini C Giulio Caccini C JOO-leeo kah-CHEE-nee C (known also as Romano Caccini [roMAH-no kah-CHEE-nee])
Cachemaille C Gilles Cachemaille C zheel kahsh-mahy’
Cacilie C Cäcilie C tseh-TSEE-lihuh C (Cecilia) C (poem by Heinrich Hart [H¦N-rihh HART]
set to music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS])
Cacioppo C George Cacioppo C JAW-urj kah-CHOHP-po C (known also as George
Emanuel [ih-MANN-yuh-wull] Cacioppo)
Cadeac C Pierre Cadéac C peeehr kah-day-ahk
Cadena C Candelario Huízar García de la Cadena C kahn-day-LAH-reeo OOEE-sar gar-SEEah day lah kah-THAY-nah C (known also as Candelario Huízar)
Cadenza C kah-DAYN-zuh C (excerpt from Cello Concerto No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich
[d’MEE-tree shuss-tah-KAW-vihch])
Cadenza finale C Cadenza Finale C kah-DAYN-tsah fee-NAH-lay C (excerpt from the
Serenade in A by Igor Stravinsky [EE-gur strah-VINN-skee])
Cadenza on the night plain C Cadenza on the Night Plain C kuh-DENN-zuh (on the Night
Plain) C (composition by Terry Riley [TEHR-ree R¦-lee])
Cadicamo C E. Cadícamo C (E.) kah-THEE-kah-mo
Cadiz C Cádiz C KAH-dihth C (composition from Suite Española [süeet ayss-pah-n’YOlah] — Spanish Suite — by Isaac Albéniz [ee-SAHK ahl-VAY-neeth])
Cadoni C Fernanda Cadoni C fayr-NAHN-dah kah-DOH-nee
Caduca fiamma C kah-DOO-kah feeAHM-mah C (song by Giulio Caccini [JOO-leeo kahCHEE-nee])
Caduff C Sylvia Caduff C SÜL-fihah KAH-dôôf
Caecilia virgo et martyr C Caecilia, virgo et martyr C chay-CHIH-lihuh, VEER-go ett MARtür C (Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr) C (an oratorio by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6twahn shar-pah6-teeay]; also a character in the oratorio)
Caesar C Irving Caesar C UR-vihng SEE-zur
Cafaro C Pasquale Cafaro C pah-skooAH-lay kah-FAH-ro C (known also as Pasquale Caffaro
[kahf-FAH-ro])
Caffarelli C kahf-fah-RAYL-lee C (known also as Gaetano Majorano [gahay-TAH-no mahjo-RAH-no])
Caffaro C Pasquale Caffaro C pah-skooAH-lay kahf-FAH-ro C (known also as Pasquale
Cafaro [kah-FAH-ro])
Caffi C Francesco Caffi C frahn-CHAY-sko KAHF-fee
Caffrey C Greg Caffrey C GREGG KAFF-ree
Cage aux folles C La cage aux folles C lah kahzh o fawl C (Broadway show, with music by
Jerry Herman [JEHR-ree HUR-munn])
Cagnoni C Antonio Cagnoni C ahn-TAW-neeo kah-n’YO-nee
Cahier C Mme. Charles Cahier C mah-dahm sharl kah-yay
Cahn C Sammy Cahn C SAMM-mee KAHN
Cahn speyer C Rudolf Cahn-Speyer C ROO-dawlf KAHAHN-SP¦-ur
Cailliet C Lucien Cailliet C {LOO-sh’n KAHEE-leeett} lü-seeah6 keh-yeh
Caine C Hugh Le Caine C h’YOO luh KAYN
Caiphas C KAHih-fuss C (character in the cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] Forsaken of Man by Leo
Sowerby [LEE-o S!W-ur-bee]) C (character in the Brockes [BRAW-kuss] Passion by George
Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l])
Caireles C kahee-RAY-layss C (character in the opera El gato montés [ell GAH-toh mawnTAYSS] — The Wildcat; words and music by Manuel Penella [mah-nooELL pay-NAY-l’yah])
Cairns C David Cairns C DAY-vudd KEHRNZ C (known also as David Adam [A-dumm]
Cairns)
Caissons go rolling along C The Caissons Go Rolling Along C (The) KAYSS-sahnz (Go
Rolling Along) C (march by Gruber [GROO-bur])
Caius C Dr. Caius C (Dr.) KAHEE-ooss C (character in the opera Falstaff [FAHL-stahf];
music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go boEE-toh] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Caix dhervelois C Louis de Caix d’Hervelois C lôô-ee duh keh dehr-vuh-l’wah
Cajus C Dr. Cajus C (Dr.) KAH-yooss C (character in the opera Die lustigen Weiber von
Windsor [dee LÔÔ-stih-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-lo-mawn HEHR-mahn MO-zunn-tahl] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm
SHAYK-spihuhr])
Calabrese C Franco Calabrese C FRAHN-ko kah-lah-BRAY-zay
Calabro C Louis Calabro C LOO-uss kah-LAH-bro
Calaf C KAH-lahf C (character in the opera Turandot [TOO-rahn-doht]; music by Giacomo
Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Giuseppe Adami [joo-ZAYP-pay ah-DAHmee] and Renato Simoni [ray-NAH-toh see-MO-nee] after Carlo Gozzi [KAR-lo GOHT-tsee])
Calamnius C Ilmari Calamnius C ILL-mah-rih KAH-lahm-nihooss
Caland C Elisabeth Caland C ay-LEE-zah-bett KAH-lahnt
Calatrava C Il Marchese di Calatrava C eel mar-KAY-zay dee kah-lah-TRAH-vah C (The
Marquis of Calatrava) C (character in the opera La Forza del Destino [lah FOHR-tsah dayl
day-STEE-no] — The Force of Destiny; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYRdee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after
Angel P. De Saavedra [ahn-HELL (P.) day sah-VAY-drah])
Calbo C KAHL-bo C (character in the opera Maometto secondo [mah-o-MAYT-toh sayKOHN-doh] — Mahomet [mah-HO-mett] II; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no
rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Cesare della Valle [chay-ZAH-ray dayl-lah VAHL-lay])
Calcabigi C Ranieri di Calcabigi C rah-neeAY-ree dee kahl-kah-BEE-jee C (known also as
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-neeAY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee], Raniero de’ Calzabigi [rahneeAY-ro day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee] , and Ranieri Simone Francesco Maria di Calzabigi [rahneeAY-ree see-MO-nay frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah dee kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])
Calcano C José Antonio Calcaño C ho-SAY ahn-TOH-neeo kahl-KAH-n’yo
Calchas C kahl-shahss C (character in the opera La belle Hélène [lah bell ay-lenn] — The
Fair Helen; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac
[ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Caldara C Antonio Caldara C ahn-TAW-neeo kahl-DAH-rah
Caldicott C Alfred James Caldicott C AL-frudd JAYMZ KAHL-dih-kaht
Calegari C Antonio Calegari C ahn-TAW-neeo kah-lay-GAH-ree
Caletti C Pier Francesco Cavalli Caletti C peeAYR frahn-CHAY-sko kah-VAHL-lee kahLAYT-tee C (known also as Pier Francesco Cavalli)
Calhe C Lo calhé C lo kah-yay C (The Quail) C (excerpt from Chants d'Auvergne [shah6
doh-vehrny’] — Songs of the Auvergne [o-vehrny’], French folk songs collected by Joseph
Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb])
Calistratus C kah-lYih-STRAH-tôôss C (song by Modest Moussorgsky [mah-DYESST
MOOSS-surk-skee])
Calkin C John Baptiste Calkin C JAHN BAPP-tusst KAHL-k’n
Callaerts C Joseph Callaerts C YO-zeff KAHL-lartss
Callas C Maria Callas C mah-REE-ah KAHL-lahss
Callcott C John Callcott C JAHN KAHL-kaht
Calle C Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle C ah-LEE-theeah day lar-RO-chah ee day lah KAHl’yay C (known also as Alicia de Larrocha)
Calleja C Gómez Rafael Calleja C GO-mehth rah-fah-ELL kah-l’YAY-hah
Calligaris C Sergio Calligaris C SAYR-jo kahl-lee-GAH-reess
Callinet C François Callinet C frah6-swah kahl-lee-neh
Callinet C Louis Callinet C lôô-ee kahl-lee-neh
Callinicos C Constantine Callinicos C kohn-stahn-DEEN kahl-LEE-nee-kawss C (in Greece,
the first name of this Greek national is known as Constantinos [kohn-stahn-DEE-nawss])
Calm C Birgit Calm C BIHR-ghitt KAHLM
Calma C La calma C lah KAHL-mah C (Calm) C (excerpt from Colectici intim [ko-leckTEE-see EEN-teem] — Personal Collection — by Vicente Ascencio [vee-SENN-teh ahssSENN-seeo])
Calmatevi idol mio non mi dir C Calmatevi, idol mio — Non mi dir C kahl-mah-TAY-vee,
EE-dohl MEE-o — NOHN mee DEER C (recitative [reh-suh-tuh-TEEV] and aria from the
opera Don Giovanni [dohn jo-VAHN-nee]; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah
POHN-tay])
Calme des nuits C kahlm day nüee C (Nocturnal Calm) C (composition by Camille Saint-Saëns
[{kah-meel seh6-sah6ss} kah-meey’ seh-sah6ss])
Calo C José López-Calo C ho-SAY LO-pehth-KAH-lo
Calunnia C La calunnia C lah kah-LOON-neeah C (aria 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 [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6
duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Calunnia e un venticello C La calunnia è un venticello C lah kah-LOON-neeah ay oon vayntee-CHAYL-lo C (aria from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-beeAY-ray dee see-VEEleeah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohssSEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin
Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe
Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Calve C Emma Calvé C emm-mah kahl-vay C (known also as Rosa-Noémie [raw-zah-naway-mee] Emma Calvé)
Calvisius C Sethus Calvisius C SEH-tôôss kahl-VIH-sihôôss
Calvocoressi C Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi C mee-SHELL thee-MEE-tree kahl-vo-koRESSss C (the first name of this Greek National is known in Greece as Michalis [mee-KAH-liss]
or Michail [mee-kah-EEL])
Calzabigi C Ranieri de’ Calzabigi C rah-neeAY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee C (known also as
Ranieri di Calcabigi [rah-neeAY-ree dee kahl-kah-BEE-jee], Raniero de’ Calzabigi [rah-neeAYro day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee], and Ranieri Simone Francesco Maria di Calzabigi [rah-neeAY-ree
see-MO-nay frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah dee kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])
Camarata C Salvador Camarata C SAL-vah-dohr ka-muh-RAH-tuh
Camargo guarnieri C Mozart Camargo Guarnieri C maw-ZAR-chee kah-MAH-gôô gooahnihEH-ree
Cambert C Robert Cambert C ro-behr kah6-behr
Cambini C Giuseppe Maria Cambini C joo-ZAYP-pay mah-REE-ah kahm-BEE-nee C
(known also as Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino [johahk-KEE-no] Cambini)
Cambreling C Sylvain Cambreling C seel-veh6 kah6-br'-leeng
Cambridge singers C Cambridge Singers C KAYM-bridj (Singers)
Cameran singers C Cameran Singers C kah-meh-RAHN (Singers)
Camerata C kah-may-RAH-tah
Camerata academica C Camerata Academica C kah-may-RAH-tah ah-kah-DAY-mee-kah
Camerata academica des mozarteums salzburg C Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg
C kah-may-RAH-tah ah-kah-DAY-mee-kah dess mo-TSAR-tay-ôômss ZAHLTSS-poork
Camerata bern C Camerata Bern C kah-may-RAH-tah BEHRN
Camerata cassovia C Camerata Cassovia C kah-may-RAH-tah kahss-SO-veeah C (Košice
[KAW-shih-tseh] Teachers' Choir)
Cameron C Basil Cameron C BA-zull KA-muh-runn C (known also as George [JAW-urj]
Basil Cameron])
Cametti C Alberto Cametti C ahl-BAYR-toh kah-MAYT-tee
Camidge C Matthew Camidge C MATH-yoo KA-midj
Camille C {kah-meel} kah-meey’ C (character in the operetta Die lustige Witwe [dee LÔÔstih-guh 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
[ah6-ree meh-yack])
Camilo C Michel Camilo C mih-SHELL kah-MEE-lo
Caminito C kah-mee-NEE-toh C (composition by J. de D. Filiberto [(J.) day (D.) fee-leeVEHR-toh] and G. C. Peñaloza [(G. C.) pay-n’yah-LO-thah]
Cammarano C Salvadore Cammarano C sahl-vah-DOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no C (known
also as Salvatore [sahl-vah-TOH-ray] Cammarano)
Campagnoli C Bartolommeo Campagnoli C bar-toh-lohm-MAY-o kahm-pah-n’YO-lee
Campana C Fabio Campana C FAH-beeo kahm-PAH-nah
Campanari C Giuseppe Campanari C joo-ZAYP-pay kahm-pah-NAH-ree
Campanari C Leandro Campanari C lay-AHN-dro kahm-pah-NAH-ree
Campanella C Bruno Campanella C BROO-no kahm-pah-NAYL-lah
Campanella C Michele Campanella C mee-KAY-lay kahm-pah-NAYL-lah
Campanello del sagrestano C kahm-pah-NAYL-lo dayl sah-gray-STAH-no C (Sacristy
[SAY-kriss-tee] Bell) C (composition after Giovanni Gabrieli [jo-VAHN-nee gahb-reeAY-lee])
Campanini C Cleofonte Campanini C klay-o-FOHN-tay kahm-pah-NEE-nee
Campanini C Italo Campanini C ee-TAH-lo kahm-pah-NEE-nee
Campbell C Enrique Bátiz Campbell C ayn-REE-kay BAH-teess KAMM-buhl C (known
also as Enrique Bátiz)
Campbell C William Campbell C WILL-lihumm KAMM-buhl
Campenhout C François van Campenhout C frah6-SWAH vunn KAHM-penn-hoht
Campi C Enrico Campi C ayn-REE-ko KAHM-pee
Campi C Flos Campi C FLOHSS KAHM-pee
Campina C Eduardo Granados y Campiña C ay-thooAR-doh grah-NAH-thawss ee kahmPEE-n’yah C (known also as Eduardo Granados)
Campina C Enrique Granados y Campiña C ayn-REE-kay grah-NAH-thawss ee kahm-PEEn’yah C (known also as Enrique Granados)
Campion C François Campion C frah6-swah kah6-peeaw6
Campion C Thomas Campion C TAH-muss KAMM-pihunn C (known also as Thomas
Campian [KAMM-pihunn])
Campioni C Carlo Antonio Campioni C KAR-lo ahn-TAW-neeo kahm-peeO-nee
Campo C Conrado del Campo C kawn-RAH-tho dell KAHM-po C (known also as Conrado
del Campo y Zabaleta [kawn-RAH-tho dell KAHM-po ee thah-vah-LAY-tah])
Campo C Frank Campo C FRANGK KAMM-po
Campo tasso C Le Baron de Campo Tasso C luh bah-raw6 duh KAHM-po TAHSS-so C
(character in the opera Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] — The Brigands [BRIH-gunndz]; music by
Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack]
and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Campoamor C R. de Campoamor C (R.) duh kah6-p’wah-mawr
Campora C Giuseppe Campora C joo-ZAYP-pay kahm-PO-rah
Campos parsi C Héctor Campos Parsi C ECK-tawr KAHM-pawss PAR-see C (known also
as Héctor Campos-Parsi)
Campra C André Campra C ah6-dray kah6-prah
Camps C Pompeyo Camps C pawm-PAY-yo KAHMPSS
Camussi C Ezio Camussi C AY-tseeo kah-MOOSS-see
Canal C Marguerite Canal C mar-gö-reet kah-nahl
Canali C Anna-Maria Canali C AHN-nah-mah-REE-ah kah-NAH-lee
Canareis C kah-NAH-r§ss C (anonymous early Scottish tune)
Canario C kah-NAH-reeo C (excerpt from Fantasia para un gentilhombre [fahn-tah-SEE-ah
PAH-rah oon hayn-tee-LAWM-bray] by Joaquín Rodrigo [ho-ah-KEEN rohd-REE-go];
composition by Francisco Guerau [frahn-THEESS-ko GAY-rahoo])
Canarios C kah-NAH-reeawss C (composition by Gaspar Sanz [gahss-PAR SAHNTH])
Cancao do poeta do seculo C Canção do poeta do sêculo C kah6-SAH6ôô dôô po-EH-tuh
dôô SEH-koo-lôô C (Song of the Poet of the Century) C (composition by Heitor Villa-Lobos
[ay-TAWR VEEL-luh-LO-bôôsh])
Cancion C Canción C kahn-thee-AWN C (Song) C (folk song set to music by Manuel de Falla
[mah-nooELL day {FAH-yah} FAH-l’yah]) C (excerpt from the Suite compostelana [süeet
kawm-pawss-tay-LAH-nah], pertaining to the people of Santiago de Compostela [sahn-teeAHgo day kawm-pawss-TAY-lah], a small administrative district in northwestern Spain, by
Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-POOO])
Cancion al arbol del olvido C Canción al árbol del olvido C kahn-s’YAWN ahl ar-VAWL
dell awl-VEE-tho C (Song to the Tree of Oblivion) C (poem by Fernán Silva y Valdés [fehrNAHN SEEL-vah ee vahl-DAYSS] set to music by Alberto Ginastera [ahl-VEHR-toh heenahss-TAY-rah])
Cancion de jinete C kahn-theeAWN day hee-NAY-tay C (Song of the Rider) C (excerpt from
Madrigals [MADD-rih-gullz] by George Crumb [JAW-urj KRUMM])
Cancion de la paloma C Canción de la paloma C kahn-theeAWN day lah pah-LO-mah C
(Song of the Dove) C (excerpt from the zarzuela [thar-thooAY-lah] El barberillo de Lavapiés
[ell bar-bay-REE-l’yo day lah-vah-peeAYSS]; music by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri [frahnTHEESS-ko ah-SAYN-ho bar-veeAY-ree] and libretto by Larra [LAR-rah])
Cancion del beso robado C Canción del beso robado C kahn-seeAWN dell BAY-so ro-VAHthoh C (The Stolen Kiss) C (song attributed to Alberto Ginastera [ahl-VEHR-toh hee-nahssTAY-rah])
Cancion del carretero C Canción del carretero C kahn-seeAWN dell kah-ray-TAY-ro C (The
Wagoner’s Song) C (poem by Gustavo Caraballo [gooss-TAH-vo kah-rah-VAHL-lo] set to
music by Carlos López Buchardo [KAR-lawss LO-pess boo-CHAR-doh])
Cancion del emperador C La canción del emperador C lah kahn-theeAWN dell aym-pay-rahTHAWR C (The Song of the Emperor) C (composition by Luis de Narváez [looEESS day narVAH-ehth])
Cancion del naranjo seco C Canción del naranjo seco C kahn-theeAWN dell nah-RAHN-ho
say-ko C (Song of the Withered Orange) C (excerpt from Madrigals [MADD-rih-gullz] by
George Crumb [JAW-urj KRUMM])
Cancion del sembrador C Canción del sembrador C kahn theeAWN dell saym-vrah-THAWR
C (The Sower's Song) C (excerpt from La rosa del azafrán [lah RO-sah dell ah-thahFRAHN] by Jacinto Guerrero [hah-THEEN-toh gayr-RAY-ro])
Cancion hungara C Canción húngara C kahn-theeAWN OON-gah-rah C Hungarian Song
from the zarzuela [thar-thooAY-lah] Alma de Dios [AHL-mah day DEE-awss]; music by José
Serrano [ho-SAY sehr-RAH-no]; libretto by Carlos Arniches [KAR-lawss ar-NEE-chayss] and
Enrique García Alvarez [ayn-REE-kay gar-THEE-ah ahl-vah-REHTH])
Cancion ranchera C Canción ranchera C kahn-seeAWN rahn-CHAY-rah C (Ranch Song) C
(generic description of a group of Mexican songs)
Cancion vals C Canción vals C kahn-seeAWN VAHLSS C (Waltz Song) C (a Mexican song)
Cancionero de segovia C Cancionero de Segovia C kahn-theeo-NAY-ro day say-GO-veeah C
(Songbook of Segovia [suh-GO-veeah])
Canciones C kahn-theeO-nayss C (excerpt from the suite Marizápalos [mah-ree-THAH-pahlawss] by Gaspar Sanz [gahss-PAR SAHNTH])
Canciones espanolas C Canciones españolas C kahn-theeO-nayss ayss-pah-n’YO-lahss C
(Spanish Songs) C (compositions by Manuel de Falla [mah-nooELL day {FAH-yah} FAHl’yah])
Canco de lladre C KAHN-ko day l’YAH-dray C (Catalan [KAH-t’-lunn] folk song arranged
by Miguel Llobet [mee-GHELL l’yo-BETT])
Candia C Giovanni Matteo Mario, Cavaliere de Candia C jo-VAHN-nee maht-TAY-o MAHreeo, kah-vah-leeAY-ray day KAHN-deeah
Candide C kahn-DEED C (an operetta, with music by Leonard Bernstein [LEH-nurd BURNst§n] and 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]; also a character in the operetta)
Caniglia C Maria Caniglia C mah-REE-ah kah-NEE-leeah
Canino C Bruno Canino C BROO-no kah-NEE-no
Canio pagliaccio C Canio (Pagliaccio) C KAH-neeo (pah-leeAH-cho) C (character in the opera
Pagliacci [pah-leeAH-chee]; libretto and music by Ruggero Leoncavallo [rood-JAY-ro lay-ohnkah-VAHL-lo])
Cannabich C Christian Cannabich C KRIH-stihahn KAHN-nah-bihh C (known also as
Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich [YO-hahn KRIH-stihahn INN-no-tsenntss
bo-nah-fenn-TOO-rah KAHN-nah-bihh])
Cannaregio C Andrea di Cannaregio C ahn-DRAY-ah dee kahn-nah-RAY-jo C (known also
as Andrea Gabrieli [ahn-DRAY-ah gahb-reeAY-lee])
Cannio o surdato nnammurato C Cannio - O Surdato ’nnammurato C KAHN-neeo - o soorDAH-toh ’n-nahm-moo-RAH-toh C (aria from the opera La Gioconda [lah jo-KOHN-dah]
— The Smiling One; music by Amilcare Ponchielli [ah-meel-KAH-ray pohn-keeAYL-lee];
libretto by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] under the pseudonym of Tobia Gorrio [TAWbeeah GAWR-reeo])
Cannone del porto C Il cannone del porto C eel kahn-NO-nay dayl POHR-toh C (flower duet
from the opera Madama [mah-DAH-mah] Butterfly — Madam [MA-dumm] Butterfly; music
by Giacomo Puccini [jah-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEEkah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after David Belasco [DAY-vudd
buh-LASS-ko] and John Luther Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG])
Canon CKUH-nohn C (composition by Johann Pachelbel [YO-hahn pah-KELL-b’l] — the
pronunciation of the title of this well-known composition is Americanized to KA-nunn) C
(composition by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAHstihahn BAHK]) C (composition from Notturni per due flauti e due corni [no-TOOR-nee payr
DOO-ay flahoo-tee ay DOO-ay KOHR-nee] — (Nocturnes for Two Flutes and Two Horns) —
by Franz Joseph Haydn [FRAHNTSS YOHOH-zeff H¦-d’n])
Canon a four quaerendo invenientis C Canon a 4 quaerendo invenientis C KUH-nohn ah 4
kooay-RENN-doh een-veh-nihAYN-tiss C (Four-Part Canon) C (excerpt from Musikalisches
Opfer [moo-zee-KAHAH-lih-shuss AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by Johann Sebastian Bach
[YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Canon a two cancrizans C Canon a 2 cancrizans C KUH-nohn ah 2 KAHN-krih-dzahnss C
(Two-Part “Crab” Canon) C (composition from Musikalisches Opfer [moo-zee-KAHAH-lihshuss AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASStihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Canon a two per augmentationem contrario motu C Canon a 2 per augmentationem, contrario
motu C KUH-nohn ah 2 pehr ahoog-mayn-TAH-tiho-nemm, kohn-TRAH-riho MO-too C
(Two-Part Canon in Augmentation, Contrary Motion) C (composition from Musikalisches Opfer
[moo-zee-KAHAH-lih-shuss AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by Johann Sebastian Bach [YOhahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Canon a two per motum contrarium C Canon a 2 per motum contrarium C KUH-nohn ah 2
pehr MO-tôôm kohn-TRAH-rihôôm C (Two-Part Canon in Contrary Motion) C (composition
from Musikalisches Opfer [moo-zee-KAHAH-lih-shuss AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by
Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Canon a two per tonos C Canon a 2 per tonos C KUH-nohn ah 2 pehr TAW-nohss C (TwoPart Modulating Canon) 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])
Canon a two quaerendo invenientis C Canon a 2 quaerendo invenientis C KUH-nohn ah 2
kooayee-RENN-doh een-vee-nihAYN-tiss C (Two-Part Canon) C (composition from
Musikalisches Opfer [moo-zee-KAHAH-lih-shuss AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by Johann
Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Canon a two violini in unisono C Canon a 2 violini in unisono C KUH-nohn ah 2 vee-o-LEEnee een oo-nih-ZAW-no C (Canon for 2 violins in unison C (composition from Musikalisches
Opfer [moo-zee-KAHAH-lih-shuss AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by Johann Sebastian Bach
[YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Canon perpetuus C KUH-nohn payr-PEH-tôô-ôôss C (composition from Musikalisches Opfer
[moo-zee-KAHAH-lih-shuss AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by Johann Sebastian Bach [YOhahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Canon perpetuus super thema regium C KUH-nohn payr-PEH-tôô-ôôss SÔÔ-pehr TEHmuh RAY-jôôm C (composition from Musikalisches Opfer [moo-zee-KAHAH-lih-shuss AWPfur] — Musical Offering — by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK}
zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Canon und gigue C KUH-nohn ôônt ZHEEG C (Canon and Gigue) C (compositions by
Johann Pachelbel [YO-hahn pah-KELL-b’l])
Cant dels ocells C El cant dels ocells C ell KAHNT dellss o-SELLSS C (The Song of the
Birds, an anonymous Catalonian carol)
Cantabile C kahn-TAH-bee-lay
Cantabile ed espressivo C kahn-TAH-bee-lay ayd ay-sprayss-SEE-vo
Cantabile senza accompagnamento C kahn-TAH-bee-lay SAYN-tsahk-kohm-pah-n’yahMAYN-toh C (excerpt from the Konzert für 2 Cembali und Orchester Es-dur [KAWN-tsehrt
für 2 TSEMM-bah-lee ôônt awr-KEH-stur Es-DOOR] — Concerto for 2 Harpsichords and
Orchestra in E Flat Major — by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach [KARL FEE-lipp ay-MAHAHnooayl BAHK])
Cantai hor piango C kahn-TAHih hawr pihAHN-go C (I Sung Sometime the Freedom of My
Fancy) C (composition by Orlando de Lassus) [awr-lah6-doh duh lahss-sü])
Cantares C kahn-TAH-rayss C (song by Joaquín Turina [ho-ah-KEEN too-REE-nah])
Cantata C {kunn-TAH-tuh} kahn-TAH-tah
Cantata a voce sopra la ciaccona C Cantata a voce sopra la ciaccona C kahn-TAH-tah ah
VO-chay SO-prah lah chahk-KO-nah C (song by Giovanni Felice Sances [jo-VAHN-nee fayLEE-chay SAHN-chayss])
Cantata a voce sopra la passacaglia C kahn-TAH-tah ah VO-chay SO-prah lah pahss-sahKAH-l’yah C (song by Giovanni Felice Sances [jo-VAHN-nee fay-LEE-chay SAHN-chayss])
Cantata criolla C La cantata criolla C lah kahn-TAH-tah kreeO-l’yah C (music by Antonio
Estévez [ahn-TOH-neeo ayss-TAY-vehth] and libretto by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba [ahlVEHR-toh ar-VAY-lo tohr-ray-AHL-vah])
Cantata criolla florentino el que canto con el diablo C La cantata criolla, “Florentino, el que cantó
con el diablo” C lah kahn-TAH-tah kreeO-l’yah, “flo-rayn-TEE-no, ell kay kahn-TOH kohn
ell dee-AHV-lo” C (a cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh], with music by Antonio Estévez [ahn-TOHneeo ayss-TAY-vehth] and libretto by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba [ahl-VEHR-toh ar-VAY-lo
tohr-ray-AHL-vah])
Cantate C kahn-TAH-tuh C (Latin spelling and pronunciation)
Cantate C kah6-taht C (cantata) C (French spelling and pronunciation)
Cantate con me C kahn-TAH-tay kohn MAY C (song by Cherubini [kay-roo-BEE-nee] and
Bixio [BEEK-seeo])
Cantate domino C Cantate Domino C kahn-TAH-tuh DOH-mih-no C (Sing to the Lord) C
(title used by various composers)
Cantate profane C kah6-taht praw-fahn C (secular cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh])
Cantelli C Guido Cantelli C gooEE-doh kahn-TAYL-lee
Cantelo C April Cantelo C AY-prull kahn-TEH-lo C (known also as April Rosemary
[ROHZ-meh-ree] Cantelo)
Canteloube C Joseph Canteloube C zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb C (known also as Joseph Canteloube
de Malaret [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb duh mah-lah-reh], Marie-Joseph Canteloube [mah-ree-zhozeff kah6-t’lôôb], and Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret [mah-ree-zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb duh
mah-lah-reh])
Canterbury C KANN-tur-buh-rih
Canterbury clerkes C Canterbury Clerkes C KANN-tur-buh-rih KLARKS C (musical group)
Canti del sole C Canti del Sole C KAHN-tee dayl SO-lay C (song cycle by Bernard Rands
[BUR-nurd RANNDZ)
Canti lunatici C KAHN-tee loo-nah-TEE-chee C (song cycle by Bernard Rands [BUR-nurd
RANNDZ])
Cantiam la bella clori C Cantiam la bella Clori C KAHN-teeahm lah BAYL-lah KLO-ree C
(composition by Luca Marenzio [LOO-kah mah-RAYN-tseeo])
Cantico di san francesco C Cantico di San Francesco C kahn-TEE-ko dee SAHN frahnCHAY-sko C (composition by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
Cantiga de santa maria C Cantiga de Santa Maria C kahn-TEE-gah day SAHN-tah mahREE-ah C (sacred music from 13th-century Spain)
Cantiga no forty eight C Cantiga No. 48 C kahn-TEE-gah (No. 48) C (song from the Court of
Alfonso [ahl-FAWN-so] the 10th)
Cantiones profanae C kahn-tihAW-ness praw-FAH-nay C (poems from the 13th-century
manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl Orff [KARL
AWRF])
Cantique C kah6-teek C (Religious Chant) C (poem by Jean Racine [zhah6 rah-seen] set to
music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Cantique de jean racine C Cantique de Jean Racine C kah6-teek duh zhah6 rah-seen C
(requiem [REH-kôôee-umm] composed by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Cantique de noel C Cantique de Noël C kah6-teek duh naw-ell C (composition by Adolphe
Adam [ah-dawlf ah-dah6])
Cantique sur le bonheur des justes et sur le malheur des reprouves C Cantique sur le bonheur des
justes et sur le malheur des réprouvés C kah6-teek sür luh baw6-nör day zhüst ay sür luh
mah-lör day ray-prôô-vay C (Canticle on the Happiness of the Righteous and the Unhappiness
of the Sinners) C (poem by Jean Racine [zhah6 rah-seen] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [rayNAHL-doh HAHN])
Canto a murcia C Canto a Murcia C KAHN-toh ah MOOR-theeah C (Song of Murcia) C
(excerpt from La parranda [lah pah-RAHN-dah] — The Party — by Francisco Alonso [frahnTHEESS-ko ah-LAWN-so])
Canto de entrada C KAHN-toh day ayn-TRAH-thah C (Entrance song from the Misa
flamenca [MEE-sah flah-MAYN-kah] — Flamenco [flah-MENN-ko] Mass — by Paco Peña
[PAH-ko PAY-n’yah])
Canto del cigno C Il canto del cigno C eel KAHN-toh dayl CHEE-n’yo C (The Song of the
Swan) C (song by Camille Saint-Saens [{kah-meel seh6-sah6ss} kah-meey’ seh6-sah6ss])
Canto eucaristico y despedida C Canto eucaristico y despedida C KAHN-toh ayoo-kahREESS-tee-ko ee dayss-pay-THEE-thah C (section of the Misa flamenca [MEE-sah flahMAYN-kah] — Flamenco [flah-MENN-ko] Mass — set to music by Paco Peña [PAH-ko
PAY-n’yah])
Canto in modo nono C Canto in modo nono C KAHN-toh een MO-doh NO-no C
(composition by Konrad Boehmer [KAWN-raht BÖ-mur])
Canto penitencial tientos C Canto penitencial — tientos C KAHN-toh pay-nee-tayn-theeAHL
— teeAYN-tawss C (section of the Misa flamenca [MEE-sah flah-MAYN-kah] — Flamenco
[flah-MENN-ko] Mass — set to music by Paco Peña [PAH-ko PAY-n’yah])
Canto popolare C KAHN-toh po-po-LAH-ray C (excerpt from In the South by Edward Elgar
[EDD-wurd ELL-gar])
Canto popolare in moonlight from in the south C Canto popolare (In moonlight) from In the
South C KAHN-toh po-po-LAH-ray (In Moonlight) (from) In the South C (composition by
Edward Elgar [EDD-wurd ELL-gar])
Canto rapsodico C Canto: rapsodico C KAHN-toh: rahp-so-DEE-ko C (excerpt from
Sonata [so-NAH-tah] by Alberto Ginastera [ahl-VEHR-toh hee-nahss-TAY-rah])
Cantor C Philippe Cantor C fee-leep kah6-tawr
Cantore C kahn-TOH-ray C (character in the opera La Gioconda [la jo-KOHN-dah] — The
Smiling One; music by Amilcare Ponchielli [ah-meel-KAH-ray pohn-keeAYL-lee]; libretto by
Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] under the pseudonym of Tobia Gorrio [TAW-beeah
GAWR-reeo])
Cantos de espana C Cantos de España C KAHN-tawss day ayss-PAH-n’yah C (Songs of
Spain) C (compositions by Isaac Albéniz [ee-SAHK ahl-VAY-neeth])
Cantus contra cantum iv C Cantus Contra Cantum IV C KAHN-tôôss KOHN-trah KAHNtôôm IV C (poem by Andreas Gryphius [ahn-DRAY-ahss GREE-feeüss] set to music by
Jacques Louis Monod [zhack lôô-ee maw-no])
Canzon francese del principe C Canzon francese del principe C kahn-TSOHN frahn-CHAYzay dayl PREEN-chee-pay C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Carlo Gesualdo [KAR-lo jayzooAHL-doh])
Canzon la lusignuola C Canzon “La lusignuola” C kahn-TSOHN “lah loo-zee-nooO-lah” C
(composition by Tarquinio Merula [tar-kooEE-neeo may-ROO-lah])
Canzon prima C kahn-TSOHN PREE-mah C (composition by Girolamo Frescobaldi [jee-ROlah-mo fray-sko-BAHL-dee])
Canzona C kahn-TSO-nah
Canzona la novella C Canzona - La novella C kahn-TSO-nah - lah-no-VAYL-lah C
(composition by Andrea Cima [ahn-DRAY-ah CHEE-mah])
Canzona per sonare no one C Canzona per sonare No. 1 C kahn-TSO-nah payr so-NAH-ray
(No. 1) C (composition by Giovanni Gabrieli [jo-VAHN-nee gahb-reeAY-lee])
Canzone a otto voci per suonar a four liutti overo fantasia C kahn-TSO-nay ah OHT-toh VOchee payr sooO-nar ah 4 leeOOT-tee o-VAY-ro fahn-tah-ZEE-ah C (composition by Giovanni
Antonio Terzi [jo-VAHN-nee ahn-TAW-neeo TAYR-tsee])
Canzone a tre liuti C Canzone a tre liuti C kahn-TSO-nay ah TRAY leeOO-tee C
(composition by Alessandro Piccinini C ah-layss-SAHN-dro pee-chee-NEE-nee
Canzone choir C Canzone Choir C kahn-TSO-nay (Choir)
Canzone dellamore C La canzone dell'amore C lah kahn-TSO-nay dayl-lah-MO-ray C
(song by Cherubini [kay-roo-BEE-nee] and Bixio [BEEK-seeo])
Canzonet C kahn-tso-NAYT C (song)
Canzonetta C kahn-tso-NAYT-tah C (Little Song) C (composition by Carl Loewe [LÖ-vuh])
C (composition by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee}
chay-KAWF-skee] from the Concerto in D) C (excerpt from the Suite Concertante [süeet kaw6sehr-tah6t] for Violin and Orchestra by César Cui [say-zar küee])
Canzonetta luci care C Canzonetta: Luci Care C kahn-tso-NAYT-tah: LOO-chee KAH-ray
C (song by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Canzonetta piu non si trovano C Canzonetta: Piu non si trovano C kahn-tso-NAYT-tah:
peeOO NOHN see tro-VAH-no C (song by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ahmah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Canzonetta spagnuola C kahn-tso-NAYT-tah spah-nooO-lah C (A Little Spanish Song) C
(song by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
Canzonetta veneziana C Canzonetta veneziana C kahn-tso-NAYT-tah vay-nay-tseeAH-nah C
(A Little Venetian Song) C (composition by Ludwig van Beethoven [LOOT-vihh funn BAYAYtoh-funn])
Capacelli C Pirro Albergati Capacelli C PEER-ro ahl-bayr-GAH-tee kah-pah-CHAYL-lee C
(known also as Pirro d’Albergati Capacelli [dahl-bayr-GAH-tee] Capacelli, and Pirro, Conte
[KOHN-tay] d’Albergati Capacelli)
Capderou C Janine Capderou C zhah-neen kahp-duh-rôô
Capdevielle C Pierre Capdevielle C peeehr kahp-duh-veeell
Cape C Safford Cape C SAFF-furd KAYP
Capecchi C Renato Capecchi C ray-NAH-toh kah-PAYK-kee
Capell C Richard Capell C RIH-churd kuh-PELL
Capella fidicinia leipzigC Capella Fidicinia Leipzig C kuh-PAYL-luh fih-dih-CHIH-nihuh
L¦P-tsihh
Capella istropolitana C Capella Istropolitana C kuh-PAYL-luh iss-tro-paw-lih-TAH-nuh C
(Slovak Philharmonic Choir)
Capella sagittariana dresden C Capella Sagittariana Dresden C kuh-PAYL-luh suh-gheet-tahrihAH-nuh DRESS-tunn
Capella savaria C Capella Savaria C kah-PELL-lah suh-VAH-rihuh C (chamber ensemble)
Capellen C George Capellen C GAY-awrk KAHAH-puhl-lunn
Capellio generosi amici C O di capellio generosi amici C o dee kah-PAYL-leeo jay-nay-RO-zee
ah-MEE-chee C (excerpt from the opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi [ee kah-poo-LAY-tee ay ee
mohn-TAYK-kee] — The Capulets [KA-p’yuh-luttss] and the Montagues [MAHN-tuhgh’yooz]; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice
Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee])
Capet C Lucien Capet C lü-seeah6 kah-peh
Capim di pranta C kah-PEEM dee PRAHN-tah C (song by Francisco Ernani Braga [frah6SEESS-kôô ehr-NAH-nee BRAH-guh])
Capitaine dapertutto C Le capitaine Dapertutto C luh kah-pee-tenn dah-pehr-tüt-toh C (a
magician) C (character in the opera Les contes d'Hoffmann [leh kaw6t dawf-mahn] — The
Tales of Hoffmann; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-f'n bahk]; libretto by Jules
Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray])
Capitan sevillano C Un capitán sevillano C oon kah-pee-TAHN say-vee-l’YAH-no C (a
medieval song of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Morocco)
Capitano C kah-pee-TAH-no C (Captain) C (character in the opera Simon Boccanegra [SEEmohn bohk-kah-NAY-grah]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto
by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] and G. Montanelli [(G.)
mohn-tah-NAYL-lee] after Antonio García Gutiérrez [ahn-TOH-neeo gar-THEE-ah gooteeAYR-rehth])
Capitulum audite insulae C Capitulum: Audite insulae C kuh-PIH-tôô-lôôm: ahoo-DEE-tay
EEN-sôô-lay C (composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Caplet C André Caplet C ah6-dray kahp-leh
Capocci C Gaetano Capocci C gahay-TAH-no kah-PO-chee
Capoianu C Dumitru Capoianu C doo-MEE-troo kah-paw-eeAH-noo
Capone C Gloria Capone C GLO-ree-uh kuh-POHN
Capoul Victor Capoul C veek-tawr kah-pôôl C (known also as Joseph-Amédée-Victor
Capoul [zho-zeff-ah-may-day-veek-tawr kah-pôôl])
Cappella C a cappella C {ah kahp-PELL-lah} ah kahp-PAYL-lah
Cappuccilli C Piero Cappuccilli C peeAY-ro kahp-poo-CHEEL-lee
Capraro che dorme C Il capraro che dorme C eel kah-PRAH-ro kay DOR-may C (Largo e
pianissimo sempre [LAR-go ay peeah-NEESS-see-mo saym-pray] number in La primavera [lah
pree-mah-VAY-rah] — Spring — from Le quattro stagioni [lay kooAHT-tro stah-JO-nee] —
The Four Seasons — by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Capriccio C kah-PREE-cho C (an opera, with music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart
SHTRAHÔÔSS]; libretto by Strauss and Clemens Krauss [KLAY-mennss KRAHÔÔSS]) C
(excerpt by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS] from the series of
compositions entitled Fantasien [fahn-tah-ZEE-unn]) C (composition from Partita No. 2 by
Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK]) C
(composition by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS]) C (excerpt
from Three Pieces for Flute and Piano by Rosy Wertheim [RO-zee WERT-h§m])
Capriccio sinfonico C Capriccio sinfonico C kah-PREE-cho seen-FO-nee-ko C (composition
by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee])
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo C kah-PREE-cho SO-prah lah lohn-tahNAHN-tsah dayl frah-TAYL-lo dee-layt-TEESS-see-mo C (composition by Johann Sebastian
Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Capricciosa partite diverse sopra una aria dinventione C La capricciosa — partite diverse sopra
una aria d’inventione C lah kah-pree-CHO-zah — par-teet dee-verss SO-prah oo-nah AHreeah deen-vayn-teeO-nay C (Diverse Variations on an Invented Air) C (composition by
Dietrich Buxtehude [DEE-trihh BÔÔK-stuh-hoo-duh])
Caprice C kah-preess C (composition by Camille Saint-Saëns [{kah-meel seh6-sah6ss} kahmeey’ seh6-sah6ss])
Caprice dapres letude en forme de valse de saint saens C Caprice d'après l’étude en forme de
valse de Saint-Saens C kah-preess dah-preh lay-tüd ah6 fawrm duh vahlss duh seh6-sah6ss
C (Caprice on a) seh6-sah6ss (waltz) ay-tüd)
Caprice viennois C kah-preess veeenn-n’wah C (composition by Fritz Kreisler [FRITTSS
KR¦SS-lur])
Capricieuse C La capricieuse C lah kah-pree-s’yöz C (composition by Sir Edward Elgar
[EDD-wurd ELL-gar])
Capriol suite C KA-pree-ohl sweet C (suite of instrumental music by Peter Warlock [PEE-tur
WAWR-lahk])
Caprioli C Alberto Caprioli C ahl-BAYR-toh kah-pree-O-lee
Capron C Henri Capron C {HENN-ree kah-PROHN} ah6-ree kah-praw6
Captain balstrode C (Captain) BAL-strohd C (character in the opera Peter Grimes [PEE-tur
GR¦MZ], with music by Benjamin Britten [BENN-juh-munn BRITT-tunn] and libretto by
Montagu Slater [MAHN-tah-gh’yoo SLAY-tur])
Captif C Un Captif C ü6 kahp-teef C (A prisoner) C (character in the opera Médée [mayday], with music by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay] and libretto
by Pierre Corneille [peeehr kawr-nehy’])
Captive C La captive C lah kahp-teev C (The Captive Maid (Oriental Song)) C (poem by
Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go] set to music by Hector Berlioz [eck-
tawr behr-leeawz])
Captive orientale C La captive (orientale) C lah kahp-teev (aw-reeah6-tahl) C (The Captive
Maid (Oriental Song)) C (poem by Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go] set
to music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz])
Capture of bacchus C The Capture of Bacchus C (The Capture of) BACK-kuss C (a song,
with music by Dudley Buck [DUDD-lee BUCK] and lyric by Charles Swain [CHAH-rullz
SWAYN])
Capua C Eduardo di Capua C ay-dooAR-doh dee KAH-pooah
Capua C Rinaldo di Capua C ree-NAHL-doh dee KAH-pooah C (known also as Rinaldo da
[dah] Capua)
Capuana C Franco Capuana C FRAHN-ko kah-pooAH-nah
Capurro C Giovanni Capurro C jo-VAHN-nee kah-POOR-ro
Caput ejus C KUH-pôôt AY-yooss C (motet [mo-TETT] by Giovanni da Palestrina [joVAHN-nee dah pah-lay-STREE-nah])
Cara armonia C O cara armonia C o KAH-rah ar-MO-neeah C (variations by Fernando Sor
[fehr-NAHN-doh SAWR] on a theme from the opera Die Zauberflöte [dee tsAHOO-bur flötuh] — The Magic Flute; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mahDAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder [ay-MAHAH-nooayl SHEE-kah-naydur])
Cara immagine ridente C Cara immágine ridente C KAH-rah eem-MAH-jee-nay ree-DAYNtay 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 [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [jooZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Carabella C Ezio Carabella C AY-tseeo kah-rah-BAYL-lah
Carabiniers C Le chef des carabiniers C luh sheff day kah-rah-bee-neeay C (The Chief of
Police) C (character in the opera Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] — The Brigands [BRIHgunndz]; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac
[ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Carabiniers C Les carabiniers C leh kah-rah-bee-neeay C (The police) C (characters in the
opera Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] — The Brigands [BRIH-gunndz]; music by Jacques
Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and
Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Caracciolo C Franco Caracciolo C FRAHN-ko kah-rah-CHO-lo
Caracciolo C Luigi Caracciolo C looEE-jee kah-rah-CHO-lo
Carafa C Michele Carafa C mee-KAY-lay kah-RAH-fah C (known also as Michele EnricoFrancesco-Vincenzo-Aloisio-Paolo Carafa de Colobrano [mee-KAY-lay ayn-REE-ko-frahnCHAY-sko-veen-CHAYN-tso-ah-LOY-zeeo-PAHO-lo kah-RAH-fah day ko-lo-BRAH-no],
Michele Carafa de Colobrano, and Michele Enrico-Francesco-Vincenzo-Aloisio-Paolo Carafa)
Carafon C Le carafon C luh kah-rah-faw6 C (The Little Water Jug) C (poem by Maurice
Carême [mo-reess kah-remm] set to music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Caramello C kah-rah-MAYL-lo C (character in the operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig [¦-nuh
NAHKT inn fay-NAY-dihh] — A Night in Venice; music by Johann Strauss II [YO-hahn
SHTRAHÔÔSS II]; libretto by Camillo Walzel [kah-MEEL-lo VAHL-tsull] and Richard Genée
[RIH-hart zhuh-nay])
Carapetyan C Armen Carapetyan C {AR-munn kah-ruh-PETT-yunn} ar-MENN kah-ruhpett-YAHN
Carbonari C Virgilio Carbonari C veer-JEE-leeo kar-bo-NAH-ree
Carbonell C Juan Vert Carbonell C hooAHN VEHRT kar-vo-NELL
Carceriere C kar-chay-reeAY-ray C (jailer) C (character in the opera Tosca [TOH-skah];
music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eelLEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree
mür-zhay])
Carceriere C Un carceriere C oon kar-chay-reeAY-ray C (jailer) C (character in the opera
Tosca [TOH-skah]; 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])
Cardellino C Il cardellino C eel kar-dayl-LEE-no C (song by Saverio Mercadante [sah-VAYreeo mayr-kah-DAHN-tay]) C (known also as Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante [jooZAYP-pay sah-VAY-reeo rahf-fah-AY-lay mayr-kah-DAHN-tay])
Cardenal C Peire Cardenal C pehr kar-d’nahl
Cardew C Cornelius Cardew C KAWR-nee-lihuss KAR-d’yoo
Cardillo C Salvatore Cardillo C sahl-vah-TOH-ray kar-DEEL-lo
Cardoso C Manuel Cardoso C mah-nooELL kar-DOH-zôô
Care compagne come per me sereno sovra il sen C Care compagne ... Come per me sereno ...
Sovra il sen C KAH-ray kohm-PAH-n’yay ... KO-may payr MAY say-RAY-no ... SO-vrah
eel SAYN C (Dear companions ... How brightly this day ... Place your hand) C (recitative [rehsuh-tuh-TEEV], aria, and cabaletta [kah-bah-LETT-tah) featuring Amina [ah-MEE-nah] in
Act I of the opera La sonnambula [lah sohn-NAHM-boo-lah — The Sleepwalker]; music by
Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEEchay ro-MAH-nee])
Carelli C Gabor Carelli C GAH-bor kah-RAYL-lee
Carestini C Giovanni Carestini C jo-VAHN-nee kah-ray-STEE-nee
Carewe C John Carewe C JAHN kah-ROO C (known also as John Maurice Foxall Carewe
[JAHN MAW-russ FAHK-sull kah-ROO])
Carey C Henry Carey C HENN-ree KEH-ree
Cari amici C KAH-ree ah-MEE-chee 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 stayrBEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bomar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Cari musici C Cari musici C KAH-ree MOO-zee-chee C (solo motet [mo-TETT] for soprano,
violins, and continuo [kunn-TIH-n’yuh-wo] by Bianca Maria Meda [beeAHN-kah mah-REEah MAY-dah])
Caridis C Miltiades Caridis C meel-tee-AH-thayss kah-REE-thiss
Carissimi C Giacomo Carissimi C JAH-ko-mo kah-REESS-see-mee
Caritas C kah-REE-tahss C (character in Ordo virtutum [OHR-doh veer-TOO-tôôm], a
musical drama by Hildegard von Bingen [HILL-tuh-gart fawn BIHNG-unn])
Caritas dei C Caritas Dei C kah-REE-tahss DAYEE C (Gregorian [grih-GO-reeunn] chant)
Carlid C Göte Carlid C YÖ-tuh KARUH-leed
Carlin C Mario Carlin C MAH-reeo KAR-leen
Carlo C Don Carlo C dohn KAR-lo C (an opera, with music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYPpay VAYR-dee]; libretto by François Méry [frah6-swah may-ree] and Camille Du Locle [{kahmeel dü law-kl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn
SHILL-lur]; also a character in the opera)
Carlo ascolta C O Carlo, ascolta C o KAR-lo, ah-SKOHL-tah C (O Charles, listen) C (aria
from 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])
Carlo di vargas C Don Carlo di Vargas C dohn KAR-lo dee VAR-gahss C (character in the
opera La forza del destino [lah FOHR-tsah dayl day-STEE-no] — The Force of Destiny;
music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
[frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after Angel P. De Saavedra [ahn-HELL (P.) day
sah-VAY-drah])
Carlo vive C KAR-lo VEE-vay C (excerpt from the opera I Masnadieri [ee mahss-nahdeeAY-ree] — The Bandits; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by
Andrea Maffei [ahn-DRAY-ah mahf-FAYEE] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn
SHILL-lur])
Carlos C Don Carlos C dohn KAR-lohss C (an opera, with music by Giuseppe Verdi [jooZAYP-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]; also a character in the opera) C (Note: Don Carlos is an opera about a Spaniard,
Carlos. The original libretto in French was later translated to Italian. The Italian version is
generally known as Don Carlo. The usual pronunciation in the United States, given here,
combines the Italian pronunciation of Don with an Italianized pronunciation of Carlos. The Don
Carlo version would be pronounced dohn KAR-lo.)
Carlstedt C Jan Carlstedt C YAHN KARL-stett
Carlyss C Earl Carlyss C URL KAR-liss
Carmagnola C kar-mah-n’YO-lah C (character in the opera Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] —
The Brigands [BRIH-gunndz]; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk];
libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Carmen C KAR-m’n C (an opera, with music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]; libretto by
Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Carmen carmela C Carmen-Carmela C KAR-mayn-kar-MAY-lah C (Spanish-Californian
folk song harmonized and set for piano by Gertrude Ross [GUR-trood RAWSS])
Carmichael C Hoagy Carmichael C HO-ghee KAR-m§-k’l
Carmignola C Giuliano Carmignola C joo-leeAH-no kar-mee-n’YO-lah
Carmina burana C Carmina Burana C kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah C (a 13th-century
manuscript containing medieval poetry from various sources)
Carmirelli C Pina Carmirelli C PEE-nah kar-mee-RAYL-lee
Carnaval C kar-nah-vahl C (Carnival) C (suite by Robert Schuman [ROHOH-bert SHOOmahn])
Carnaval des animaux C Le carnaval des animaux C luh kar-nah-vahl day-zah-nee-mo C (The
Carnival of the Animals) C (composition by Camille Saint-Saëns [{kah-meel seh6-sah6ss} kahmeey’ seh6-sahss])
Carnaval romain C Le carnaval romain C luh kar-nah-vahl raw-meh6 C (Roman Carnival) C
(overture, orchestral composition by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz])
Carner C Mosco Carner C MAWSS-ko KAR-nur
Carnero C Count Carnero C (Count) kar-NAY-ro C (character in the operetta Der
Zigeunerbaron [dayr tsee-GOY-nur-pah-rohn] — The Gypsy Baron; music by Johann Strauss
II [YO-hahn SHTRAHÔÔSS II], libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer [IGG-nahtss SHNITT-tsur] after
Mor Jókai [MOHR YOHOH-kahih])
Carneyro C Claudio Carneyro C KLAHOO-dihôô kar-NAY-rôô
Carnicer C Ramón Carnicer C rah-MAWN kar-nee-THEHR C (known also as Ramón
Carnicer y Batlle [rah-MAWN kar-nee-THEHR ee BAHT-l’yay])
Caro elisir trallarallara esulti pur la barbara C Caro elisir ... Trallarallara ... Esulti pur la barbara
C KAH-ro ay-lee-ZEER ... TRAHL-lah-rahl-LAH-rah ... ay-ZOOL-tee poor lah bar-BAHrah C (duet from the opera L'elisir d'amore [lay-lee-ZEER dah-MO-ray] — The Elixir of
Love; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Felice
Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee] after Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])
Caro mio ben C KAH-ro MEE-o BAYN C (My Dear Love) C (song by Giuseppe Giordani
(?) [joo-ZAYP-pay jor-DAH-nee])
Carol berard C Carol-Bérard C kah-rawl-bay-rahr
Carolan C Turlough Carolan C TUR-lo KA-ruh-lunn C (known also as Turlough O’Carolan
[TUR-lo o-KA-ruh-lunn])
Carolans concerto C Carolan's concerto C KA-ruh-lunnz kunn-CHER-toh C (composition
for harp by Turlough Carolan [TUR-lo KA-ruh-lunn])
Caroli C Consuelo Caroli C kaw6-süay-lo kah-raw-lee
Carolsfeld C Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld C LOOT-vihh SHNAWR fawn KAH-rawlssfellt
Carolsfeld C Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld C mahl-FEE-nah SHNAWR fawn KAHrawlss-fellt
Caron C Philippe Caron C fee-leep kah-raw6
Caron C Rose Caron C rawz kah-raw6 C (known also as Rose Lucille [lü-seel] Caron)
Carosio C Margherita Carosio C mar-gay-REE-tah kah-RAW-zeeo
Carousel C KA-ruh-sell C (musical play by Richard Rodgers [RIH-churd RAHD-jurz] and
Oscar Hammerstein [AW-skur HAMM-mur-st§n])
Carpani C Giuseppe Carpani C joo-ZAYP-pay kar-PAH-nee C (known also as Giuseppe
Antonio Carpani [joo-ZAYP-pay ahn-TAW-neeo kar-PAH-nee])
Carpe C La carpe C lah karp C (The Carp) C (excerpt from Le bestiaire (ou le cortege
d'Orphée) [luh bess-teeehr (ôô luh kawr-tehzh dawr-fay)] — The Bestiary [BESS-chee-eh-ree]
(or the Procession of Orpheus [AWR-fee-uss]) — (six songs for voice by Francis Poulenc
[frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Carpentier C Adolphe-Clair Le Carpentier C ah-dawlf-klehr luh kar-pah6-teeay
Carpentras C kar-pah6-trah C (known in Italy as Il Carpentrasso [eel kar-payn-TRAHSS-so])
Carpentrasso C Il Carpentrasso C eel kar-payn-TRAHSS-so C (known in France as
Carpentras [kar-pah6-trah])
Carpitella C Diego Carpitella C deeAY-go kar-pee-TAYL-lah
Carranza C Gustavo Eduardo Carranza C gooss-TAH-vo ay-dooAR-doh kar-RAHN-tsah
Carraud C Michel-Gaston Carraud C mee-shell-gahss-taw6 kahr-ro
Carre C Albert Carré C ahl-ber kar-ray
Carre C Michel Carré C mee-shell kar-ray
Carreno C Inocente Carreño C ee-no-SAYN-tay kar-RAY-n’yo
Carreno C Teresa Carreño C tay-RAY-sah kar-RAY-n’yo C (known also as Maria [mahREE-ah] Teresa Carreño)
Carrer el guitarrista C El carrer el guitarrista C ell kar-REHR ell ghee-tar-REESS-tah C
(The Street, the Guitarist) C (an excerpt from the suite Suburbis [soo-BÔÔR-biss] — Suburbs
— by Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-POOO])
Carreras C José Carreras C ho-SAY kar-RAY-rahss
Carreras C Nicole Carreras C nee-kawl kar-reh-rah
Carretieri C kar-ray-teeAY-ree C (carters) C (characters in the opera La bohème [lah bawemm] — 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])
Carrillo C Julián Carrillo C hoo-leeAHN kar-REE-l’yo C (known also as Julián Antonio
Carrillo-Trujillo [hoo-leeAHN ahn-TOH-neeo kar-REE-l’yo-troo-HEE-l’yo])
Carrington C Simon Carrington C S¦-munn KAR-rihng-t'n
Carrion C Antonio Literes Carrión C ahn-TOH-neeo lee-TAY-rayss kar-reeAWN
Carrodus C John Carrodus C JAHN kahr-RO-duss C (known also as John Tiplady [TIPPlay-dee] Carrodus)
Carros de galicia C Carros de Galicia C KAR-rohss day gah-LEE-theeah C (Carriages of
Galicia [guh-LIH-shuh]) C (an excerpt from the suite Paisajes [pahee-SAH-hayss]
—Landscapes — by Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-POOO])
Carse C Adam Carse C A-dumm KARSS C (known also as Adam von Ahn Carse [A-dumm
vahn ahn KARSS])
Cartan C Jean Cartan C zhah6 kar-tah
Carte C Richard D’Oyly Carte C RIH-churd DOY-lee KART
Cartier C Jean-Baptiste Cartier C zhah-bah-teest kar-teeay
Carturan C Gabriella Carturan C gahb-reeAYL-lah kar-TOO-rahn
Carulli C Ferdinando Carulli C fayr-dee-NAHN-doh kah-ROOL-lee
Carulli C Fernando Carulli C fayr-NAHN-doh kah-ROOL-lee
Caruso C Enrico Caruso C ayn-REE-ko kah-ROO-zo
Caruso C J. A. Caruso C (J. A.) kah-ROO-zo
Carvalho C Caroline Carvalho C kah-raw-leen kar-VAH-l’yôô C (known also as CarolineMarie-Félix Carvalho-Miolan [kah-raw-leen-mah-ree-fay-leecks kar-VAH-l’yôô-mee-awlah6])
Carvalho C Eleazar de Carvalho C eh-lee-uh-ZAR jee kar-VAH-l’yôô
Carvalho C João de Sousa Carvalho C zhôôAH6ôô duh SO-zuh kar-VAH-l’yôô
Carvalho C Léon Carvalho C lay-aw6 kar-VAH-l’yôô
Casa C Lisa della Casa C LEE-zah dayl-lah KAH-zah
Casabona C Francisco Casabona C frah6-SEESS-kôô kah-zuh-BO-nuh
Casadesus C François Louis Casadesus C frah6-swah lôô-ee kah-zah-deh-zü
Casadesus C Gaby Casadesus C gah-bee kah-zah-deh-zü
Casadesus C Henri Casadesus C ah6-ree kah-zah-deh-zü
Casadesus C Jean Casadesus C zhah6 kah-zah-deh-zü C (known also as Jean Claude Michel
Casadesus [zhah6 klohd mee-shell kah-zah-deh-zü])
Casadesus C Marius Casadesus C mah-reeüss kah-zah-deh-zü
Casadesus C Robert Casadesus C ro-behr kah-zah-deh-zü
Casals C Pablo Casals C PAHV-lo kah-SAHLSS C (known also as Pablo Pau Carlos Salvador
Defilló Casals [PAHV-lo PAHOO KAR-lawss sahl-vah-DAWR day-fee-l’YO kah-SAHLSS])
Casamorata C Luigi Fernando Casamorata C looEE-jee fayr-NAHN-doh kah-zah-mo-RAHtah
Casanova C André Casanova C ah6-dray kah-zah-naw-vah
Casanovas C Narciso Casanovas C nar-THEE-so kah-sah-NO-vahss
Casapietra C Celestina Casapietra C chay-lay-STEE-nah kah-zah-peeAY-trah
Casarini C kah-zah-REE-nee
Casars tod C Cäsars Tod C TSAY-zarss TOHT C (Caesar's Death) C (excerpt from Der
Silbersee [dayr ZILL-bur-zay] by Kurt Weill [KÔÔRT V¦L])
Casas C Bartolomeo Pérez Casas C bar-toh-lo-MAY-o PAY-rehth KAH-sahss
Casavola C Franco Casavola C FRAHN-ko kah-zah-VO-lah
Casazza C Elvira Casazza C ayl-VEE-rah kah-ZAHT-tsah
Casazza C Giulio Gatti-Casazza C JOO-leeo GAHT-tee-kah-SAHT-tsah
Cascada C kahss-KAH-dah C (character in the operetta Die lustige Witwe [dee LÔÔ-stih-guh
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 [ah6-ree
meh-yack])
Cascia C Giovanni da Cascia C jo-VAHN-nee dah KAH-sheeah C (known also as Giovanni de
Florentia [jo-VAHN-nee day flo-RAYN-teeah])
Casella C Alfredo Casella C ahl-FRAY-doh kah-ZAYL-lah
Casella C Pietro Casella C peeAY-tro kah-ZAYL-lah
Caselli C Dario Casselli C DAH-reeo kahss-SAYL-lee
Caserta C Anthonello da Caserta C ahn-toh-NAYL-lo dah kah-ZAYR-tah
Casi C Giambattista Casi C jahm-baht-TEE-stah KAH-zee
Casida de la mujer tendida C kah-SEE-thah day lah moo-HEHR tayn-DEE-thah C Casida
[kah-SEE-dah] of the Reclining Woman C (excerpt from Madrigals [MADD-rih-gullz] by
George Crumb [JAW-urj KRUMM])
Casida de los ramos C kah-SEE-thah de lawss RAH-mawss C (Casida [kah-SEE-dah] of the
Branches) C (excerpt from Madrigals [MADD-rih-gullz] by George Crumb [JAW-urj
KRUMM])
Casimiri C Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri C rahf-fah-AY-lay kah-zee-MEE-ro kah-zee-MEE-ree
Casinha pequenina C A casinha pequenina C ah kah-ZEE-n’yuh peh-keh-NEE-nuh C (A
Tiny House) C (song by Francisco Ernani Braga [frah6-SEESS-kôô ehr-NAH-nee BRAHguh])
Casini C Giovanni Maria Casini C jo-VAHN-nee mah-REE-ah kah-ZEE-nee
Caso madama C Se a caso madama C say ah KAH-zo mah-DAH-mah C (arrangement for
woodwinds and string bass by Johann Nepomuk Wendt [YO-hahn NAY-po-môôk VENNT] of
an excerpt from the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro] — The
Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss
MO-tsart]; 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])
Casper C Bernd Casper C BEHRNT KAHSS-pur
Cassado C Gaspar Cassadó C gahss-PAR kahss-sah-THO C (known also as Gaspar Cassadó
Moreau [gahss-PAR kahss-sah-THO maw-ro])
Cassado C Joaquín Cassadó C ho-ah-KEEN kahss-sah-THO C (known also as Joaquín
Cassadó Valls [ho-ah-KEEN kahss-sah-THO VAHLSS])
Cassanea de mondonville C Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville C zhah6-zho-zeff kahsssah-nay-ah duh maw6-daw6-veel
Casse noisette / Casse-Noisette / kahss-n’wah-zett / (The Nutcracker) / (ballet [BAL-lay] by
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee])
Cassel C Walter Cassel C WAWL-tur KASS’l C (known also as John [JAHN] Walter Cassel)
Cassetti C J. Cassetti C (J.) kahss-SAYT-tee
Cassidy C Patrick Cassidy C PATT-rick KASS’-dee
Cassilly C Richard Cassilly C RIH-churd KASS-suh-lee
Cassinelli C Riccardo Cassinelli C reek-KAR-doh kahss-see-NAYL-lee
Cassio C KAHSS-seeo C (character in the opera Otello [o-TAYL-lo]; music by Giuseppe Verdi
[joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] after William
Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Cassiodorus C Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus C MAH-n’yôôss ahoo-RAY-lihôôss kahss-sihawDOH-rôôss
Cassirer C Fritz Cassirer C FRITTSS KAHSS-sih-rur
Cassis C Le Comte de Gloria Cassis C luh kaw6t duh glaw-reeah kahss-see C (character in the
opera Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] — The Brigands [BRIH-gunndz]; music by Jacques
Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and
Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Cassolas C Constantine Cassolas C kohn-STAHN-tih-nay kahss-SO-lahss
Cassuto C Alvaro Cassuto C ahl-VAH-rôô kahss-SOO-tôô C (known also as Alvaro Leon
Cassuto [ahl-VAH-rôô lee-!W6 kahss-SOO-tôô])
Casta diva C kah-stah DEE-vah C (aria from the opera Norma [{NAWR-muh} NOHRmah]; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice
Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee])
Castagna C Bruna Castagna C BROO-nah kah-STAH-n’yah
Castagnone C Riccardo Castagnone C reek-KAR-doh kah-stah-n’YO-nay
Castaldi C Alfonso Castaldi C ahl-FOHN-so kah-STAHL-dee
Castaldo C Joseph Castaldo C JO-zuff kuh-STAHL-doh
Castan C Comte Armand de Castan C kaw6t ar-mah6 duh kahss-tah6
Castel C Louis-Bertrand Castel C lôô-ee-behr-trah6 kass-tell
Castel C Nico Castel C NEE-ko kass-tell
Castellanos C Joaquín Nin y Castellanos C ho-ah-KEEN NEEN ee kahss-tay-l’YAH-nawss C
(known also as Joaquín Nin)
Castellanos C José Inzenga y Castellanos C ho-SAY een-THAYN-gah ee kahss-tay-l’YAHnawssC (known also as José Inzenga)
Castellar C Francisco Andreví y Castellar C frahn-THEESS-ko ahn-dray-VEE ee kahss-tayl’YAR C (known also as Francisco Andreví)
Castelli C Ignaz Franz Castelli C IGG-nahtss FRAHNTSS kah-STAYL-lee
Castello C Dario Castello C DAH-reeo kah-STAYL-lo
Castello di kenilworth C Il Castello di Kenilworth C eel kah-STAYL-lo dee KEH-null-wurth
C (Kenilworth Castle) C (an opera, with music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-neeTSAYT-tee]; libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola [ahn-DRAY-ah lay-O-nay toht-TOH-lah] after
Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go])
Castelmary C kahss-t’l-mah-ree
Castelnuovo tedesco C Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco C {MEH-reeo kass-t’l-nôôO-vo tuhDESS-ko} MAH-reeo kah-stayl-nooO-vo tay-DAY-sko
Castera C René d’Avezac Castéra C ruh-nay dah-vuh-zahk kahss-tay-rah
Castets C Maryse Castets C mah-reez kahss-teh
Castiglioni C Niccolò Castiglioni C neek-ko-LO kah-stee-leeO-nee
Castil blaze C François-Henri-Joseph Castil-Blaze C [frah6-swah-ah6-ree-zho-zeff kahss-teelblahz C (known also as François-Henri-Joseph Blaze])
Castileti C Johannes Castileti C yo-HAHN-nuss kah-stee-LAY-tee C (known also as Jean de
Châtelet [zhah6 duh shah-t’leh] and Jean Guyot [zhah6 gü-yo])
Castilla C Alberto Castilla C ahl-VEHR-toh kahss-TEE-l’yah
Castillo C C. Castillo C (C.) kah-STEE-l’yo
Castillon C Alexis Castillon C ah-leck-see kahss-tee-yaw6 C (known also as Marie Alexis
Castillon de Saint-Victor [mah-ree ah-leck-see kahss-tee-yaw6 duh seh6-veek-tawr])
Castitas C kah-STEE-tahss C (character in Ordo virtutum [OHR-doh veer-TOO-tôôm], a
musical drama by Hildegard von Bingen [HILL-tuh-gart fawn BIHNG-unn])
Caston C Saul Caston C SAWL KASS-t’n
Castro C Esteban Salas y Castro C ayss-TAY-vahn SAH-lahss ee KAHSS-tro
Castro C Jean de Castro C zhah6 deh kahss-tro C (known also as Juan de Castro [hooAHN
day KAHSS-tro])
Castro C José María Castro C ho-SAY mah-REE-ah KAHSS-tro
Castro C Juan José Castro C hooAHN ho-SAY KAHSS-tro
Castro C Ricardo Castro C ree-KAR-doh KAHSS-tro
Castro C Washington Castro C wah-shihng-TAWN KAHSS-tro
Castrone C Mathilde Marchesi de Castrone C mah-TILL-duh mar-KAY-zee day kahSTRO-nay
Castrone C Salvatore Marchesi de Castrone C sahl-vah-TOH-ray mar-KAY-zee day kahSTRO-nay
Castrucci C Pietro Castrucci C peeAY-tro kah-STROO-chee
Caswell C Edward Caswell C EDD-wurd KAZZ-well
Catalani C Alfredo Catalani C ahl-FRAY-doh kah-tah-LAH-nee
Catalani C Angelica Catalani C ahn-JAY-lee-kah kah-tah-LAH-nee
Catalina catalina C Catalina, Catalina! C kah-tah-LEE-nah, kah-tah-LEE-nah! C
(anonymous song)
Catel C Charles-Simon Catel C sharl-see-maw6 kah-tell
Catelani C Angelo Catelani C AHN-jay-lo kah-tay-LAH-nee
Catemario C Edoardo Catemario C ay-dohAR-doh kah-tay-MAH-reeo
Catharina C Amalia Catharina von Erbach C ah-MAHAH-leeah kah-tah-REE-nah fawn EHRpahk
Cathedrale engloutie C La cathédrale engloutie C lah kah-tay-drahl ah6-glôô-tee C (The
Submerged Cathedral) C (composition by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Catherwood C David Catherwood C DAY-vudd KA-thur-wôôd
Catlett C Sidney Catlett C SIDD-nee KATT-lutt
Catoire C Georgi Lvovitch Catoire C gay-AWR-ghee l’VAW-vihch kah-twar
Catulli carmina C Catulli carmina C kah-TOOL-lee kar-MEE-nah C (a group of
compositions by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF])
Catunda C Eunice Catunda C ayôô-NEE-say kah-TÔÔ6-duh
Caturla C Alejandro García Caturla C ah-lay-HAHN-dro gar-SEE-ah kah-TOOR-lah
Cauchie C Maurice Cauchie C mo-reess ko-shee
Caudella C Edoardo Caudella C yeh-daw-AR-daw kahoo-DELL-lah
Caudle C Mark Caudle C MARK KAW-d'l
Caudle C Theresa Caudle C tuh-REE-suh KAW-d'l
Caurroy C Eustache du Caurroy C öss-tahsh dü kohr-r’wah C (known also as FrançoisEustache du Caurroy C frah6-swah-öss-tahsh dü kohr-r’wah
Causley C Charles Causley C CHAH-rullz KAWZ-lee
Caussade C Georges Caussade C zhawrzh kohss-sahd
Caussade C Simone Plé-Caussade C see-mohn play-kohss-sahd
Causse C Gérard Caussé C zhay-rar kohss-say
Cavaccio C Giovanni Cavaccio C jo-VAHN-nee kah-VAH-cho
Cavaille coll C Aristide Cavaillé-Coll C ah-reess-teed kah-veh-yay-kawl
Cavalier belfiore C Cavalier Belfiore C kah-vah-leeay bell-feeawr C (character in Il viaggio a
Reims [eel veeAHD-jo ah reh6ss] — The Journey to Rheims [REEMZ] — a stage cantata
[kunn-TAH-tuh] with ballet [BAL-lay]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEEnee] and libretto by Luigi Balocchi [looEE-jee bah-LOHK-kee])
Cavaliere de candia C Giovanni Matteo Mario, Cavaliere de Candia C jo-VAHN-nee mahtTAY-o MAH-reeo, kah-vah-leeAY-ray day KAHN-deeah
Cavalieri C Catarina Cavalieri C kah-tah-REE-nah kah-vah-leeAY-ree
Cavalieri C Emilio del Cavalieri C ay-MEE-leeo dayl kah-vah-leeAY-ree
Cavalieri C Katharina Cavalieri C kah-tah-REE-nah kah-vah-leeAY-ree
Cavalieri C Lina Cavalieri C LEE-nah kah-vah-leeAY-ree C (known also as Natalina [nahtah-LEE-nah] Cavalieri)
Cavallari C Rina Cavallari C REE-nah kah-vahl-LAH-ree
Cavalleria rusticana C kah-vahl-lay-REE-ah roo-stee-KAH-nah C (Rustic Chivalry) C (an
opera, with music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee]; libretto Giovanni
Targioni-Tozzetti [jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO-nee-toht-TSAYT-tee] and Guido Menasci [gooEEdoh may-NAH-shee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee VAYR-gah])
Cavalli C Francesco Cavalli C frahn-CHAY-sko kah-VAHL-lee
Cavalli C Pier Francesco Cavalli C peeAYR frahn-CHAY-sko kah-VAHL-lee C (known also
as Pier Francesco Cavalli Caletti [kah-LAYT-tee])
Cavallo C Enrica Cavallo C ayn-REE-kah kah-VAHL-lo
Cavaradossi C Mario Cavaradossi C MAH-reeo kah-vah-rah-DOHSS-see C (character in the
opera Tosca [TOH-skah]; 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])
Cavatina C ka-vuh-TEE-nuh (American pronunciation) C kah-vah-TEE-nah (Italian and
Spanish pronunciation) C kah-vah-tee-nah (French pronunciation) C (a brief operatic solo)
Cavatina C kah-vah-TEE-nuh C (melody featuring Rosina [ro-ZEE-nah] in the opera Il
barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-beeAY-ray dee see-VEE-leeah] — The Barber of Seville [suhVILL], with 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]) C (composition from Quartet No. 13 for 2 Violins, Viola and ‘Cello in B Flat
Major by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn
BAHK]) C (excerpt from the Suite Concertante [süeet kaw6-sehr-tah6t] for Violin and
Orchestra by César Cui [say-zar küee])
Cavatine C kah-vah-teen C (composition by Camille Saint-Saëns [{kah-meel seh6-sah6ss}
kah-meey’ seh6-sah6ss])
Cavazzoni C Girolamo Cavazzoni C jee-RO-lah-mo kah-vaht-TSO-nee
Cavazzoni C Marco Antonio Cavazzoni C MAR-ko ahn-TAW-neeo kah-vaht-TSO-nee C
(known also as Marco Antonio da Bologna [MAR-ko ahn-TAW-neeo dah bo-LO-n’yah] and
Marco Antonio d’Urbino [MAR-ko ahn-TAW-neeo door-BEE-no])
Cavendish C Michael Cavendish C M¦-kull KA-v'n-dihsh
Cavos C Catterino Cavos C kaht-tay-REE-no KAH-vohss
Cawelti C Andrea Cawelti C ahn-DRAY-ah kah-WAYL-tee
Caxixi C kah-ZEE-zee C (a small wicker basket rattle of Brazil)
Caya C Patricia Ann Caya C puh-TRIH-shuh ANN KAH-yuh
Cazade C Alain Cazade C ah-leh6 kah-zahd
Cazden C Norman Cazden C NAWR-munn KAZZ-d’n
Ce fut en mai C seh fü ah6 meh C (13th-century composition by Moniot d’Arras [maw-neeo
dar-rah])
Ce povre pauper sum ego C Ce povre / Pauper sum ego C suh paw-vr’ / po-per sü6-meh-go
C (This Poor Beggar / I Am Poor C (three-voice song from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz
[zhawss-keh6 day-pray])
Cebotari C Maria „ebotari C MAH-rihah CHEH-baw-tah-ree
Ceccato C Aldo Ceccato C AHL-doh chayk-KAH-toh
Ceely C Robert Ceely C RAH-burt SEE-lee C (known also as Robert Paige [PAYJ] Ceely)
Cegueta C La cegueta C lah seh-GHEH-tah C (The Little Blind Girl) C (excerpt from the
suite Suburbis [soo-BÔÔR-biss] — Suburbs — by Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko
mawm-POOO])
Cehanovsky C George Cehanovsky C JAW-urj cheh-NAWV-skee C (known also as Georgi
Cehanovsky [gay-AWR-ghee keh-hah-NAWF-skee])
Celan C Paul Celan C pohl seh-lah6
Celansky C Ludvík Vítzslav „elanský C LÔÔD-veeeek VEEEE-tyezz-slahf CHEH-lahnskeeee
Celarianu C Mihai Mitrea-Celarianu C MEE-hahee MEET-reeah-cheh-lah-reeAH-noo
Celenus C Célénus C say-lay-nüss C (character in the opera Atys [ah-teess]; music by JeanBaptiste Lully [zhah6-bah-teest lül-lee]; libretto by Philippe Quinalt [fee-leep kee-nahl] after
Ovid [AH-vudd])
Celesta C suh-LESS-tuh C (the instrument, American pronunciation)
Celeste aida C Celeste Aida C chay-LAY-stay ah-EE-dah C (aria from the opera Aida [ahEE-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’])
Celia C SEE-lihuh
Celibidache C Sergiu Celibidache C SEHR-joo cheh-lee-bee-DAH-keh
Celis C Frits Celis C FRITTSS SAY-leess
Celles C Dom François Bedos de Celles C daw6 frah6-swah beh-daw duh sell
Celletti C Rodolfo Celletti C ro-DOHL-fo chayl-LAYT-tee
Cellier C Alfred Cellier C {AL-frudd sell-lihur} ahl-fredd sell-leeay
Cellini C Benvenuto Cellini C bayn-vay-NOO-toh chayl-LEE-nee C (an opera, with music by
Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz]; libretto by L. De Wailly [(L.) duh vahee-yee] and A.
Barbier [(A.) bar-beeay])
Cellini C Renato Cellini C ray-NAH-toh chayl-LEE-nee
Cellokonzert C TSELL-lo-kawn-TSEHRT C (cello concerto)
Celui dont la parole il est doux il est bon C Celui dont la parole ... il est doux, il est bon C suhlüee daw6 lah pah-rawl ... eel esst dôô, eel esst baw6 C (passage featuring Salome [sah-lawm]
in the opera Hérodiade [ay-raw-deeahd]; music by Jules Massenet [zhül {mahss-s’nay} mahsss’neh]; libretto by Paul Milliet [pohl mee-yeeeh] and Henri Grémont [ah6-ree gray-maw6] after
Gustave Flaubert [güss-tahv flo-bay])
Celum non animum C Celum, non animum C CHAY-lôôm, nohn UH-nih-môôm C (A man
that's constant) C (excerpt from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah
boo-RAH-nah] set to music)
Cembalo C CHAYM-bah-lo C (cymbal in Italian, Italian pronunciation)
Cembalo C TSEMM-bah-lo C (harpsichord in German, German pronunciation)
Cenciaiuolo C Il cenciaiuolo C EEL chayn-chah-eeooO-lo C (ragman) C (character in the
opera Iris [{¦-russ} EE-reess]; music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee] and
libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah])
Cenciaiuolo C Un cenciaiuolo C oon chayn-chah-eeooO-lo C (ragman) C (character in the
opera Iris [{¦-russ} EE-reess]; music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee] and
libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah])
Cencic C Max Emanuel Cencic C MAHKSS ay-MAHAH-nôôayl TSENN-tsick
Cenerentola C La cenerentola C lah chay-nay-RAYN-toh-lah C (Cinderella) C (an opera,
with music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Jacopo Ferretti
[YAH-ko-po fayr-RAYT-tee] after Perrault [pehr-ro])
Cenerentola ossia la bonta in trionfo C La cenerentola ossia la bontà in trionfo C lah chay-nayRAYN-toh-lah ohss-SEE-ah lah bohn-TAH een tree-OHN-fo C (Cinderella, or Goodness
Triumphs, an opera, with music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto
by Jacopo Ferretti [YAH-ko-po fayr-RAYT-tee] after Perrault [pehr-ro])
Ceniceros C Lorna Ceniceros C LAWR-nuh seh-nih-SEH-rawss
Cenotaph C SEH-nuh-taff C (an elegy; composition by Gordon Langford [GAWR-d’n
LANG-furd])
Cenozoic C see-nuh-ZO-ick C (excerpt from Vox balaenae [VOHKSS bah-L¦-n§] — The
Voice of the Whale — by George Crumb [JAW-urj KRUMM])
Ceprano C Il Conte di Ceprano C eel KOHN-tay dee chay-PRAH-no C (The Count of
Ceprano [chay-PRAH-no] C (character in the opera Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh]; music by
Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAYsko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go])
Ceprano C La Contessa di Ceprano C lah kohn-TAYSS-sah dee chay-PRAH-no C The
Countess of Ceprano [chay-PRAH-no] C (character in the opera Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh];
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])
Ceremuga C Josef „eremuga C YO-seff CHEH-reh-môô-guh
Cererols C Joan Cererols C jo-AHN seh-reh-RAHLSS
Cerha C Friedrich Cerha C FREET-rihh TSEHR-hah
Cerinto C chay-REEN-toh C (character in the opera Nerone [nay-RO-nay], words and music
by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh], edited by Vincenzo Tommasini [veen-CHAYN-tso
tohm-mah-ZEE-nee] and Arturo Toscanini [ar-TOO-ro toh-skah-NEE-nee])
Cermak C Leo Cermak C LAY-o TSEHR-mahk
Cernohorsky C Bohuslav „ernohorsky C BO-hôô-slahf CHEHR-naw-hawr-skee C (known
also as Bohuslav Czernohorsky [CHEHR-naw-hawr-skee])
Cernusak C Gracian „ernušák C GRAH-tsihunn CHER-nôô-shahahk
Cerny C Ladislav „erný C LAH-dyiss-lahf CHEHR-neeee
Cerone C Domenico Pietro Cerone C doh-MAY-nee-ko peeAY-tro chay-RO-nay
Cerreto C Scipione Cerreto C shee-peeO-nay chayr-RAY-toh
Certon C Pierre Certon C peeehr sehr-taw6
Cervantes C Ignacio Cervantes C eeg-NAH-seeo sehr-VAHN-tayss C (known also as Ignacio
Cervantes Kawanag [kah-wah-NAHG])
Cervena C Šona „ervená C SHO-nuh CHEHR-veh-nahah
Cerveny C Wenzel Franz „ervený C VENN-tsull FRAHNTSS CHEHR-vuh-nee C
(Germanized version of the Czechoslovakian name Václav František „ervený [VAHAHTSS-lahf
FRAHN-tyih-sheck CHEHR-veh-neeee])
Cervetti C Sergio Cervetti C SEHR-heeo sehr-VETT-tee
Cervetto C Giacomo Cervetto C JAH-ko-mo chayr-VAYT-toh
Ces dur C Ces Dur C TSESS DOOR C (key of C flat major, German designation)
Ces moll C ces Moll C TSESS MAWL C (key of c flat minor, German designation)
Cesana C Otto Cesana C {AHT-toh seh-SAH-nah} OHT-toh chay-ZAH-nah
Cesareo C G. A. Cesareo C (G. A.) chay-ZAH-ray-o
Cesari C Gaetano Cesari C gahay-TAH-no chay-ZAH-ree
Cesi C Beniamino Cesi C bay-neeah-MEE-no CHAY-zee
Cessa di piu resistere C Cessa di più resistere C CHAYSS-sah dee peeOO ray-ZEE-stay-ray
C (aria 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 [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [jooZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Cessate di piagarmi C O cessate di piagarmi C O chayss-SAH-tay dee peeah-GAR-mee C
(Cease Wounding Me) C (song by Alessandro Scarlatti [ah-layss-SAHN-dro skar-LAHT-tee])
Cest ainsi que tu es C C'est ainsi que tu es C sesst eh6-see kuh tü ess C (song by Francis
Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Cest la petit fill du prince C C’est la petit’ fill’ du prince C sesst lah puh-tee feey’ dü preh6ss
C (It Was the Prince’s Little Daughter) C (song from Chansons françaises [shah6-saw6 frah6sezz] — French Songs — by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Cest lextase langoureuse C C’est l’extase langoureuse C sesst leckss-tahz lah6-gôô-röz C
(poem from Ariettes oubliées [ah-reeett ôô-bleeay] — Forgotten Airs — by Paul Verlaine [pohl
vehr-lenn] set to music by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Cest lhistoire amoureuse C C’est l’histoire amoureuse C sesst leess-twar ah-môô-röz C (aria
from the opera Manon Lescaut [mah-naw6 less-ko]; music by Daniel-François Auber [dah-neeell
frah6-swah o-bay]; libretto by Augustin Eugène Scribe [o-güss-teh6 ö-zhenn skreeb] after
Antoine-François Prévost [ah6-twahn-frah6-swah pray-vo])
Cest moi me voici C C’est moi ... Me voici C sesst m’wah ... muh vwah-see C (excerpt from
the opera Mignon [mee-n’yaw6], with music by Ambroise Thomas [ah6-br’wahz taw-mah];
libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh])
Cest une chanson damour C C’est une chanson d’amour C sesst ün shah6-saw6 dah-môôr C
(duet featuring Hoffmann [HAWF-mahn] and Antonia [ah6-taw-neeah] in the opera Les contes
d’Hoffmann [leh kaw6t dawf-mahn] — The Tales of Hoffmann; music by Jacques Offenbach
[ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [meeshell kar-ray])
Cesti C Antonio Cesti C ahn-TAW-neeo CHAY-stee C (known also (incorrectly) as Marc’
Antonio Cesti)
Cezar C Corneliu Cezar C kawr-NEH-leeoo cheh-ZAR
Ceznja C „ežnja C CHEZH-nyah C (Longing) C (song by Jan Kunc [YAHN KÔÔNTSS])
Chabrier C Emmanuel Chabrier C emm-mah-nüell shah-breeay C (known also as AlexisEmmanuel Chabrier [ah-leck-see-zemm-mah-nüell shah-breeay])
Chacarera C chah-kah-RAY-rah C (traditional Argentinian song arranged by Alberto
Ginastera [ahl-VEHR-toh hee-nahss-TAY-rah])
Chaconne C shah-kawn C (compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASStihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK]) C (composition by Malcolm Arnold [MAL-kumm
AR-nulld]) C (excerpt from the First Suite in E Flat by Gustav Holst [GUSS-tuvv HOHLST])
C (excerpt from the orchestral suite from the opera-ballet [BAL-lay] Les Indes galantes [lehzeh6d gah-lah6t] — The Amorous Indies; music by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rahmo] and libretto by Louis Fuzelier [lôô-ee fü-z’leeay]) / (excerpt from the opera The Fairy Queen;
music by Henry Purcell [HENN-ree PUR-s’l]; libretto by E. Settle (?) after A Midsummer
Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Chacony in g minor C SHAH-kaw-nee (in g Minor) C (composition by Henry Purcell
[HENN-ree PUR-s’l])
Chad gadyo C Chad Gadyo C HAHD GAHD-yah C (Only One Kid — a song by Moishe
Oysher [moih-SHEH OY-shur]) C (“kid” here refers to a young goat)
Chadabe C Joel Chadabe C JO-ull shah-DAHB
Chaignaud C Jean-Luc Chaignaud C zhah6-lük sheh-n’yo
Chaikovsky C Peter Ilyich Chaikovsky C p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chayKAWF-skee C (Chaikovsky is more commonly spelled Tchaikovsky)
Chailley C Jacques Chailley C zhack shahee-yee
Chailly C Luciano Chailly C loo-cheeAH-no KAHEEL-lee
Chailly C Riccardo Chailly C reek-KAR-doh KAHEEL-lee
Chaix C Charles Chaix C sharl sheh
Chajes C Julius Chajes C {JOO-lihuss CHAH-juss} YÔÔ-leeôôss HAH-yess
Chalabala C Zdenk Chalabala C ZDEH-nyeck KAH-luh-buh-luh
Chaliapin C Feodor Chaliapin C fehAW-dur shah-lihAH-pinn C (known also as Feodor
Ivanovich [fehAW-dur ee-VAH-nuh-vihch] Chaliapin) C (the first name is also transliterated as
Fedor [f’YAW-dur] and the last as Chaliapine [shah-lihAH-pinn])
Chalumeau C shah-lü-mo C (primitive clarinet)
Chalupt C René Chalupt C ruh-nay shah-lüpt
Cham ber C Huang, Cham-Ber C HOOAHNG, TSHAHAHNG-BAHEE C (known also as ChamBer Huang)
Chamber orchestra of lausanne C Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne C (Chamber Orchestra of)
lo-zahn
Chambon C Jacques Chambon C zhack shah6-baw6
Chambonnieres C Jacques Champion Chambonnières C zhack shah6-peeaw6 shah6-bawnneeehr C (known also as Champion de [duh] Chambonnières)
Chaminade C Cécile Chaminade C say-seel shah-mee-nahd C (known also as Cécile Louise
Stéphanie Chaminade [say-seel lôôeez stay-fah-nee shah-mee-nahd])
Chamine C Jorge Chaminé C zhawrzh shah-mee-nay
Chamisso C Adalbert von Chamisso C AHAH-dahl-pehrt fawn hah-MISS-so
Chamlee C Mario Chamlee C MA-riho SHAMM-lee
Chamo il mio ben cosi C KAH-mo eel MEE-o bayn KO-zee C (excerpt from the opera Orfeo
ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ayoo-ree-DEE-chay]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck
[KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-neeAYree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])
Champagne C Claude Champagne C {KLAWD shamm-PAYN} klohd shah6-pah-ny’ C
(known also as Claude Adonaï Desparois dit Champagne [klohd ah-daw-nahee deh-pah-r’wah
dih shah6-pah-ny’])
Champein C Stanislas Champein C stah-neess-lahss shah6-peh6
Champion C Jacques Champion C zhack shah6-peeaw6 C (known also as Jacques Champion
Chambonnières [shah6-bawn-neeehr] and Champion de [duh] Chambonnières)
Champion C Marguerite Roesgen-Champion C mar-gö-reet RÖSS-gunn-shah6-peeaw6
Champion C Thomas Champion C taw-mah shah6-peeaw6
Chancelier C Philippe le Chancelier C fee-leep luh shah6-s’leeay
Chandos anthems C Chandos anthems C CHAHN-dohss (anthems) C (numbered anthems by
George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l])
Chandos concert orchestra C Chandos Concert Orchestra C CHAHN-dohss (Concert
Orchestra)
Chanot C François Chanot C frah6-swah shah-no
Chanson C shah6-saw6 C (song by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee])
Chanson a boire C Chanson à boire C shah6-saw6-nah bwar C (Drinking Song) C (song
from the collection Don Quichotte a Dulcinée [daw6 kee-shawt ah dül-see-nay], with music by
Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell] and words by Paul Morand [pohl maw-rah6])
Chanson damour C Chanson d'amour C shah6-saw6 dah-môôr C (Song of Love) C (song,
title used by various composers)
Chanson dautomne C Chanson d’automne C shah6-saw6 doh-tawn C (Autumn Song) C
(poem by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh
HAHN])
Chanson davril C Chanson d'Avril C shah6-saw6 dah-vreel C (Song of April) C (poem by
Louis Bouilhet [lôô-ee bôô-yeh] set to music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay])
Chanson de berceau C shah6-saw6 duh behr-so C (Lullaby) C (composition by Federico
Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-POOO])
Chanson de florian C Chanson de Florian C shah6-saw6 duh flaw-reeah6 C (song by Charles
Ives [CHAH-rullz ¦VZ])
Chanson de la grenouillère C shah6-saw6 duh lah gruh-nôô-yehr C (folk song of the Métis
[may-tee] — descendents of French fur traders and their native wives in communities in the
Qu’appelle [kahp-pell] Valley in Saskatchewan)
Chanson de la mort de don quichotte C Chanson de la mort de Don Quichotte C shah6-saw6
duh lah mor duh daw6 kee-shawt C (composition by Jacques Ibert [zhack ee-behr]) C (music
for the film Don Quichotte)
Chanson de ladieu C Chanson de l’adieu C shah6-saw6 duh lah-deeö C (song by Francesco
Paolo Tosti [frahn-CHAY-sko PAHO-lo TOH-stee])
Chanson de matin C shah6-saw6 duh mah-teh6 C (composition by Edward Elgar [EDD-wurd
ELL-gar])
Chanson de nuit C shah6-saw6 duh nüee C (Song of the Night) C (composition by Edward
Elgar [EDD-wurd ELL-gar])
Chanson de printemp C shah6-saw6 duh preh6-tah6 C (Song of Springtime) C (song by
Charles Gounod [sharl gôô-no])
Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques C shah6-saw6 day kö-yöz duh lah6-teesk 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])
Chanson dorkenise C Chanson d’Orkenise C shah6-saw6 dawr-k’neez C (Song of Orkenise
[awr-k’neez]) C (poem by Guillaume Apollinaire [ghee-yohm ah-pawl-lee-nehr] set to music
by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Chanson du fou C La chanson du fou C lah shah6-saw6 dü fôô C (Song of the Madman) C
(poem by Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go] set to music by Georges Bizet
[zhawrzh bee-zay])
Chanson du toreador C Chanson du Toréador C shah6-saw6 dü taw-ray-ah-dawr C
(Toreador [TAW-ray-uh-dawuhr] Song) C (excerpt from the opera Carmen [KAR-m’n], with
music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and
Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Chanson epique C Chanson épique C shah6-saw6 ay-peek C (song from the collection Don
Quichotte à Dulcinée [daw6 kee-shawt ah dül-see-nay], with music by Maurice Ravel [moreess rah-vell] and words by Paul Morand [pohl maw-rah6])
Chanson espagnole C shah6-saw6 ess-pah-n’yawl C (Spanish Song) C (excerpt from a group
of Chants populaires [shah6 paw-pü-lehr] — Popular Songs — by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess
rah-vell])
Chanson francaise C shah6-saw6 frah6-sezz C (French Song) C (excerpt from a group of
Chants populaires [shah6 paw-pü-lehr] — Popular Songs — by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rahvell])
Chanson hebraique C Chanson hébraïque C shah6-saw6 ay-brah-eek C (Hebrew Song) C
(excerpt from a group of Chants populaires [shah6 paw-pü-lehr] — Popular Songs — by
Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])
Chanson italienne C shah6-saw6 ee-tah-leeenn C (Italian Song) C (excerpt from a group of
Chants populaires [shah6 paw-pü-lehr] — Popular Songs — by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rahvell])
Chanson perpetuelle C Chanson perpétuelle C shah6-saw6 pehr-pay-tü-ell C (song by Ernest
Chausson [ehr-nesst shohss-saw6])
Chanson pour la route C Chanson pour la route C shah6-saw6 pôôr lah rôôt C (poem by
Léon Chancerel [lay-aw6 shah6-suh-rell] set to music by Jacques Chailley [zhack shahee-yee])
Chanson romanesque C shah6-saw6 raw-mah-nessk C (song from the collection Don
Quichotte a Dulcinée [daw6 kee-shawt ah dül-see-nay], music by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess
rah-vell] and words by Paul Morand [pohl maw-rah6])
Chanson triste C shah6-saw6 treest C (Sad Song) C (poem by Jean Lahor [zhah6 lawr] set to
music by Henri Duparc [ah6-ree dü-park])
Chansons de bilitis C Chansons de Bilitis C shah6-saw6 duh bee-lee-teess C (Songs of Bilitis)
C (songs by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Chansons de toile C shah6-saw6 duh twahl C (anonymous 13th-century compositions)
Chansons francaises C Chansons françaises C shah6-saw6 frah6-sezz C (French Songs by
Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Chansons grises C shah6-saw6 greess C (poems by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to
music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Chansons populaires C shah6-saw6 paw-pü-lehr C (excerpt from the suite Marizápalos [mahree-THAH-pah-lawss] by Gaspar Sanz [gahss-PAR SAHNTH])
Chant du menestrel C Chant du ménestrel C shah6 dü may-ness-trell C (composition by
Alexander Glazunov [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r gluh-zôô-NAWF])
Chant hindou C shah6-teh6-dôô C (Song of India) C (composition by Nicolai RimskyKorsakov [nyee-kah-LAHIH REEM-skee-KAWR-suh-kuff])
Chantar mer C A chantar m’er C ah shah6-tar mehr C (12th composition by Beatriz de Dia
[beh-ah-tree duh dee-ah])
Chantavoine C Jean Chantavoine C zhah6 shah6-tah-v’wahn C known also as Jean François
Henri Chantavoine [zhah frah6-swah ah6-ree shah6-tah- v’wahn])
Chantez a dieu nouveau cantique C Chantez à Dieu nouveau cantique C shah6-tay ah deeö
nôô-vo kah6-teek C (Sing to the Lord a new song) C (psalm set to music by Jan Pieterszoon
Sweelinck [YAHN PEE-turss-zohohn SWAYAY-lihngk])
Chanticleer C CHANN-tuh-klihuhr C (vocal music group)
Chantilly codex C shahn-tee-YEE KO-deckss
Chants dauvergne C Chants d'Auvergne C shah6 doh-vehrny’ C (Songs of the Auvergne [ovehrny’] C (French folk songs collected by Joseph Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb])
Chants populaires C shah6 paw-pü-lehr C (Popular Songs) C (songs by Maurice Ravel [moreess rah-vell])
Chanukkah oy chanukkah C Chanukkah, oy Chanukkah C hah-nook-KAH, oy hah-nookKAH C (Festival of Lights — Chassidic [hahss-SIH-dick] melody)
Chaparro C El Chaparro C ell chah-PAR-ro C (apparently a nickname for Rafael Montilla
[rah-fah-ELL mawn-TEE-l’yah] in the Misa flamenca [MEE-sah flah-MAYN-kah] —
Flamenco [flah-MENN-ko] Mass — by Paco Peña [PAH-ko PAY-n’yah])
Chapelier C Le Chapelier C luh shah-p’leeay C (composition by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee])
Chapelle dans les pins C La chapelle dans les pins C lah shah-pell dah6 leh peh6 C (excerpt
from Par monts et par vaux [par maw6 ay par vo] C (composition by Michel Leclerc [mee-shell
luh-klehr])
Chapelle de guillaume tell C Chapelle de Guillaume Tell C shah-pell duh ghee-yohm tell C
(Chapel of William Tell) C (excerpt from Années de pèlerinage (première année — Suisse) [ahnnay duh peh-l’ree-nahzh (pruh-meeehr ahn-nay — süeess)] — Years of Pilgrimage (First Year
— Switzerland) — by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
Chapelle royale C La chapelle royale C lah shah-pell r’wah-yahl C (Chapel Royal)
Chapelle royale C shah-pell r’wah-yahl C (Chapel Royal)
Chapi C Ruperto Chapí C roo-PEHR-toh chah-PEE C (known also as Ruperto Chapí y
Lorente [roo-PEHR-toh chah-PEE ee lo-RAYN-tay]
Chapin C Harry Chapin C HAR-ree CHAY-p’n
Chapin C Schuyler G. Chapin C SK¦-lur G. CHAY-p’n C (known also as Schuyler Garrison
[GAR-rih-s’n] Chapin)
Chaplitsky C chah-PLYEET-skee C character in the opera Pique dame [peek dahm] — The
Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWFskee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mah-DYESST {chahih-KAWFskee} chay-KAWF-skee] after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAYyeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])
Chapman C Kirsten Lokvam Chapman C KEER-stunn LAHK-vumm CHAPP-munn
Chapuis C Auguste Chapuis C o-güst shah-püee C (known also as Auguste Paul Jean-Baptiste
Chapuis [o-güst pohl zhah6-bah-teest shah-püee]
Char C Friedrich Ernst Char C FREET-rihh EHRNST KAR C (known also as Friedrich Ernst
Fritz [FRITTSS] Char)
Charango C chah-RAHN-go C (a musical instrument)
Charbonnier C Bernadette Charbonnier C behr-nah-dett shar-bawn-neeay
Chardavoine C Jehan Chardavoine C zhehah6 shar-dah-vwahn
Chardavoyne C Jehan Chardavoyne C zhehah6 shar-dah-vwahn
Chardevoine C Jehan Chardevoine C zhehah6 shar-duh-vwahn
Charles C Charles, Duke of Orléans C SHARL, (Duke of) awr-lay-ah6
Charles C Monsieur Charles C maw6-seeör sharl C (pen name of Max Chop [MAHKSS
KOHP])
Charlie rutlage C Charlie Rutlage C CHAR-lee RUTT-layj C (cowboy ballad [BAL-ludd]
published in 1891, later arranged by Charles Ives [CHAH-rullz ¦VZ])
Charlotte C shar-lawt C (character in the opera Werther [VEHR-tur] (French version); music
by Jules Massenet [zhül {mahss-s’nay} mahss-s’neh]; libretto by Édouard Blau [ay-dôôar blo],
Paul Milliet [pohl mee-yeeeh], and Georges Hartmann [zhawrzh HART-mahn] after Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh])
Charodeika C chah-rah-DAYEE-kuh C (The Enchantress) C (an opera, with music by Peter
Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee] and
libretto by Ippolit Vasil’yevich Shpazhinsky [ipp-pah-LYEET vah-SEEL-yeh-vihch shpahZHEEN-skee])
Charpentier C Gustave Charpentier C güss-tahv shar-pah6-teeay
Charpentier C Jacques Charpentier C zhack shar-pah6-teeay
Charpentier C Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier C zhah6-zhack bo-var-leh-shar-pah6teeay
Charpentier C Marc-Antoine Charpentier C mark-ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay
Charpentier C Raymond Charpentier C reh-maw6 shar-pah6-teeay C (known also as Raymond
Louis Marie [lôô-ee mah-ree] Charpentier)
Charteris C Richard Charteris C RIH-churd char-TEH-riss
Charwoche C kahahr-VAW-kuh C (composition by Hugo Wolf [HOO-go VAWLF])
Chasins C Abram Chasins C AY-brumm CHAY-s’nz
Chasse neige C shahss nehzh C composition from Études d’exécution transcendante [ay-tüd
degg-zay-kü-seeaw6 trah6-sah6-dah6t] by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
Chastelain de couci C Li Chastelain de Couci C lee shahss-t’leh6 duh kôô-see C (Gui [ghee]
IV (Lord of) Couci [kôô-see])
Chat C Le chat C luh shah C (The tomcat) 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 [moreess rah-vell] and libretto by Sidonie Gabrielle Gauthiers-Villars [see-daw-nee gah-breeell goteeay-veel-lar])
Chateauneuf C Paula Chateauneuf C poh-lah shah-toh-nöf
Chatelet C Jean de Châtelet C zhah6 duh shah-t’leh C (known also as Jean Guyot [zhah6 güyo] and Johannes Castileti [yo-HAHN-nuss kah-stee-LAY-tee])
Chatte C La chatte C lah shaht C (The white cat) 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 gahbreeell go-teeay-veel-lar])
Chaucer C CHAW-sur
Chaumet C William Chaumet C WILL-lihumm sho-meh
Chaun C František Chaun C FRAHN-tyih-sheck KAHÔÔN
Chausson C Carlos Chausson C KAR-lawss shohss-saw6
Chausson C Ernest Chausson C ehr-nesst shohss-saw6 C (known also as Amédée [ah-mayday] Ernest Chausson)
Chauve souris C La chauve-souris C lah shohv-sôô-ree C (The bat) 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])
Chauvet C Charles-Alexis Chauvet C sharl-ah-leck-see sho-veh
Chaux de fonds C La Chaux-de-Fonds C lah sho-duh-faw6 C (Swiss city)
Chaux de fonds suisse C La Chaux-de-Fonds, Suisse C lah sho-duh-faw6, süeess C (Swiss
city)
Chavanne C Irene von Chavanne C ee-RAY-nuh fawn kah-VAHN
Chavarri C Eduardo Lopez Chavarri C ay-thooAHR-doh LO-pehth chah-VAR-ree
Chavez C Carlos Chávez C KAR-lawss CHAH-vess C (known also as Carlos Antonio de
Padua Chávez [KAR-lawss ahn-TOH-neeo day PAH-thooah CHAH-vess], Carlos Chávez y
Ramírez [ee rah-MEE-ress], and Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez)
Chaynes C Charles Chaynes C sharl shayn
Che ascolto ahime C Che ascolto ahimè C kay ah-SKOHL-toh ahee-MAY C (Alas, what’s
this I hear) C (aria from the opera Othello [o-TAYL-lo]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johahKEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by F. Beriodi Salsa [(F.) bay-reeO-dee SAHL-sah] after
William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Che cosa accadde C kay KO-zah ahk-KAHD-day 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 [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6
duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Che dar piu vi possio C Che dar più vi poss'io C kay DAR peeOO vee PAWSS-seeo C (What
More Can I Give You) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo
mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Che disse che ascoltai C Che disse? che ascoltai? C kay DEESS-say? kay ah-SKOHL-tahee?
C (excerpt from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ayoo-ree-DEE-chay]; music by
Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-neeAY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])
Che fa il mio bene C Che fa il mio bene? C kay fah eel MEE-o BAY-nay? C (What Is My
Love Doing? C (poem by Pietro Metastasio [peeAY-tro may-tah-STAH-zeeo] set to music by
Ludwig van Beethoven [LOOT-vihh funn BAYAY-toh-funn])
Che fa il mio bene lamante impaziente one C Che fa il mio bene? (L’amante impaziente 1) C
kay fah eel MEE-o BAY-nay? (lah-MAHN-tay eem-pah-tseeAYN-tay 1) C (What Is My
Love Doing? (The Impatient Lover 1)) C (poem by Pietro Metastasio [peeAY-tro may-tahSTAH-zeeo] set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven [LOOT-vihh funn BAYAY-toh-funn])
Che fa il mio bene lamante impaziente two C Che fa il mio bene? (L’amante impaziente 2) C
kay fah eel MEE-o BAY-nay? (lah-MAHN-tay eem-pah-tseeAYN-tay 2) C (What Is My
Love Doing? (The Impatient Lover 2)) C (poem by Pietro Metastasio [peeAY-tro may-tahSTAH-zeeo] set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven [LOOT-vihh funn BAYAY-toh-funn])
Che faro C Che farò C kay fah-RO C (aria from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o
ayd ayoo-ree-DEE-chay]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-leebahlt fawn GLÔÔK]; libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-neeAY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEEjee])
Che faro senza euridice C Che farò senza Euridice? C kay fah-RO SAYN-tsah ayoo-ree-DEEchay? C (excerpt from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ayoo-ree-DEE-chay];
music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and
libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-neeAY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])
Che fiero momento C kay feeAY-ro mo-MAYN-toh C (excerpt from the opera Orfeo ed
Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ayoo-ree-DEE-chay]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck
[KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-neeAYree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])
Che gelida manina C kay JAY-lee-dah mah-NEE-nah C (duet from 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-KOzah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])
Che giova posseder cittadi et regni C kay JO-vah pohss-SAY-dayr cheet-TAH-dee ett RAYn’yee C (composition by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck [YAHN PEE-turss-zohohn SWAYAYlihngk])
Che interminabile andirivieni C Che interminabile andirivieni! C KAY een-tayr-mee-NAH-beelay ahn-dee-ree-veeAY-nee! C (Servants' Chorus from the opera Don Pasquale [dohn pahskooAH-lay]; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by
Giovanni Ruffini [jo-VAHN-nee roof-FEE-nee] and Donizetti after Angelo Anelli [ahn-JAY-lo
ah-NAYL-lee])
Che intesi oh annunzio C Che intesi, oh, annunzio! C kay een-TAY-zee, o, ahn-NOON-tseeo!
C (What did I hear, oh, what news!) C (aria from the opera Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra [aylee-zah-BAYT-tah, ray-JEE-nah deen-gheel-TAYR-rah] — Elizabeth [ih-LIH-zuh-buth],
Queen of England; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by
Giovanni Federico Schmidt [jo-VAHN-nee fay-day-REE-ko SHMITT] after Carlo Federici
[KAR-lo fay-day-REE-chee] and S. Lee [S. LEE])
Che invan su questo ciglio C Ah! che invan su questo ciglio C AH! kay een-VAHN soo kooAYstoh CHEE-leeo C (excerpt from the drama Maometto II [mah-o-MAYT-toh II] featuring Anna
[AHN-nah]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and text by Cesare
della Valle [chay-ZAH-ray dayl-lah VAHL-lay])
Che mai veggio infelice C Che mai vegg’io ... Infelice! C kay mahee VAYD-jo ... een-fay-LEEchay! C (excerpt from the opera Ernani [ayr-NAH-nee], with music by Giuseppe Verdi [jooZAYP-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])
Che mai veggio infelice e tuo credevi C Che mai vegg'io ... Infelice! E tuo credevi C kay mahee
VAYD-jo ... een-fay-LEE-chay! ay TOO-o kray-DAY-vee C (excerpt from the opera Ernani
[ayr-NAH-nee], 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])
Che peca C Che pecà! C kay pay-KAH! C (What a Shame!) C (composition by Reynaldo
Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Che puro ciel che chiaro sol C Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol C kay POO-ro CHAYL, kay
keeAH-ro SOHL C (excerpt from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ayoo-ree-DEEchay], with music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn
GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-neeAY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])
Che tenti oh trema insano tremin glinsani C Che tenti? ... Oh trema insano! ... Tremin gl’insani
C kay TAYN-tee? ... o TRAY-mah een-SAH-no! ... TRAY-meen l’yeen-SAH-nee C
(excerpt from the opera Nabucco [nah-BOOK-ko] — King of Babylon; music by Giuseppe
Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Temistocle Solera [tay-MEE-stoh-klay soLAY-rah] after Antonio Cortesi [ahn-TAW-neeo kohr-TAY-zee], Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois
[o-güst ah-nih-seh-bôôr-zhwah], and Francis Cornu [frah6-see kawr-nü])
Che vecchio sospettoso C Che vecchio sospettoso! C kay VAYK-keeo so-spayt-TOH-zo! 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 [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [jooZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Checinski C Jan Ch“ci½ski C YAHN heh6-TSEE6-skee
Cheetham C John Cheetham C JAHN CHEE-tumm
Cheever C Ezekiel Cheever C ih-ZEE-kihull CHEE-vur
Chef de chant janine reiss C Chef de chant: Janine Reiss C sheff duh shah6: zhah-neen ress C
(chef de chant = singing leader or master)
Chef de choeur C Chef de choeur C sheff duh kör C (Chorus master)
Chef de choeurs C Chef de chœurs C sheff duh kör C (Chorus master)
Chef des carabiniers C Le chef des carabiniers C luh sheff dayss kah-rah-bee-neeay C (The
Chief of Police) C (character in the opera Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] — The Brigands
[BRIH-gunndz]; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri
Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Chef des choeurs guy lhomme C Chef des chœurs: Guy Lhomme C sheff day kör: ghüee lawm
C (Chorus Master: Guy Lhomme [ghüee lawm])
Chef du peuple C Chef du peuple C sheff dü pö-pl’ C (Leader of the People) C (character in
the opera Médée [may-day]; music by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6teeay] and libretto by Pierre Corneille [peeehr kawr-nehy’])
Chekalinsky C cheh-kah-LYEEN-skee C character in the opera Pique dame [peek dahm] —
The Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahihKAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mah-DYESST {chahihKAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee] after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r
sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])
Chekeres C chay-KAY-rayss
Chelard C Hippolyte-André-Baptiste Chélard C eep-paw-leet-ah6-dray-bah-teest shay-lar C
(known also as Hippolyte-André-Jean-Baptiste Chélard [eep-paw-leet-ah6-dray-zhah6-bahteest shay-lar])
Chelius C Oskar von Chelius C AWSS-kar fawn KAY-lihôôss
Chella mi creda C Ch'ella mi creda C KAYL-lah mee KRAY-dah C (duet from the opera La
fanciulla del west [lah fahn-CHOOL-lah dayl WAYST] — The Girl of the West; music by
Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Guelfo Civinini [gooAYL-fo cheevee-NEE-nee] and Carlo Zangarini [KAR-lo dzahn-gah-REE-nee] after David Belasco [DAYvudd buh-LASS-ko])
Chella mi creda libero C Ch'ella mi creda libero C KAYL-lah mee KRAY-dah LEE-bay-ro C
(duet from the opera La fanciulla del west [lah fahn-CHOOL-lah dayl WAYST] — The Girl
of the West; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Guelfo
Civinini [gooAYL-fo chee-vee-NEE-nee] and Carlo Zangarini [KAR-lo dzahn-gah-REE-nee]
after David Belasco [DAY-vudd buh-LASS-ko])
Chelleri C Fortunato Chelleri C fohr-too-NAH-toh kayl-LAY-ree
Chemin petit C Hans Chemin-Petit C HAHNSS shuh-meh6-puh-tee C (known also as Hans
Helmuth Chemin-Petit C HAHNSS HELL-môôt shuh-meh6-puh-tee
Chemins de sion C Les chemins de Sion C leh shuh-meh6 duh seeaw6 C (The Ways of Zion do
Mourn) C (Funeral hymn composed by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick
HANN-d’l] in honor of Caroline, deceased queen of England)
Chenier C Andrea Chénier C ahn-dray-ah shay-neeay C (an opera, with music by Umberto
Giordano [oom-BAYR-toh jor-DAH-no] and libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah];
also a character in the opera)
Chenoweth C Wilbur Chenoweth C WILL-bur CHEH-no-wehth
Cherbuliez C Antoine-Élisée Cherbuliez C ah6-twahn-ay-lee-zay shehr-bü-leeay
Chere blessure C La chère blessure C lah shehr bless-sür C (The Beloved Wound) C (poem
by Mme. Blanchecotte [mah-dahm blah6sh-kawt] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHLdoh HAHN])
Chereau C Patrice Chéreau C pah-treess shay-ro
Cherepnin C Alexander Cherepnin C {a-ligg-ZANN-dur cheh-REPP-ninn} uh-lyick-SAHNd’r cheh-repp-NYEEN C (known also as Alexander Tcherepnin [cheh-repp-NYEEN],
Alexander Nikolaievich [nyee-kah-LAHIH-eh-vihch] Tcherepnin, and Alexander Nikolaievich
Cherepnin)
Cherkassky C Shura Cherkassky C {SHOO-ruh chehr-KAHSS-kee} C (known also as
Alexander Isaakovich [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r ee-SAH-kuh-vihch] Cherkassky)
Cherl C Johann Kaspar Cherl C YO-hahn KAHSS-par KEHRL C (the last name is also
spelled Kerl, Kerll, Kherl, and Gherl)
Cherney C Brian Cherney C BR¦-unn CHUR-nee
Cherub and seraphim unbodied forms C Cherub and Seraphim, Unbodied Forms C CHEHrubb (and) SEH-ruh-fimm, (Unbodied Forms) C (excerpt from the oratorio Jephtha [JEFFthuh]; music by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l], libretto by
Thomas Morell [TAH-muss maw-RELL] after Judges XI and G. Buchanan [G. buh-KAnunn])
Cherubin C sheh-rü-beh6 C (an opera, with music by Jules Massenet [zhül {mahss-s’nay}
mahss-s’neh]; libretto by F. de Croisset [(F.) duh kr’wahss-seh] and Henri Cain [ah6-ree keh6])
Cherubini C Luigi Cherubini C looEE-jee kay-roo-BEE-nee C (known also as Maria Luigi
Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini [mah-REE-ah looEE-jee KAR-lo dzay-NAW-beeo sahl-vahTOH-ray kay-roo-BEE-nee])
Cherubino C kay-roo-BEE-no C (character in the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay
dee FEE-gah-ro] — The Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart], libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHNtay] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-marsheh])
Chevalier C Maurice Chevalier C mo-reess shuh-vah-leeay
Chevalier C shuh-vah-leeay C (knight) C (character in the lyric drama Le roi Arthus [luh r'wah
ar-tüss] — King Arthur; libretto and music by Ernest Chausson [ehr-nesst shohss-saw6])
Chevalier C Un chevalier C ü6 shuh-vah-leeay C (A knight) C (character in the lyric drama Le
roi Arthus [luh r'wah ar-tüss] — King Arthur; libretto and music by Ernest Chausson [ehr-nesst
shohss-saw6])
Chevalier de la force C Le chevalier de la force C luh shuh-vah-leeay duh lah fawrss C
(character in the opera Dialogues des Carmélites [deeah-lawg day kar-may-leet] — Dialogues
of the Carmelites [KAR-muh-l§tss]; music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k], libretto
by Poulenc after Georges Bernanos [zhawrzh behr-nah-nawss])
Chevalier de lirou C Jean François Espic, Chevalier de Lirou C zhah6 frah6-swah ess-peek,
shuh-vah-leeay duh lee-rôô
Chevaliers mult estes guariz C Chevaliers, mult estes guariz C shuh-vah-leeay, mül-tesst gooahree C (anonymous 12th composition)
Chevaliers C shuh-vah-leeay C (knights) C (characters 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 [ö-zhenn skreeb] and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson [sharl-gahss-par d’lesstr’-pwar-saw6])
Chevaux de bois C Les chevaux de bois C leh shuh-vo duh bwah C (Wooden Horses) C
(excerpt from the suite Jeux d’enfants [zhö dah6-fah6] — Children’s Games — by Georges
Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay])
Chevaux de bois C shuh-vo duh bwah C (Wooden Horses) C (poem from Ariettes Oubliées
[ah-reeett ôô-bleeay] — Forgotten Airs — by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to music by
Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Cheve C Émile-Joseph-Maurice Chevé C ay-meel-zho-zeff-mo-reess shuh-vay
Chevelure C La chevelure C lah shuh-v’lür C (excerpt from Trois chansons de Bilitis
[tr’wah shah6-saw6 duh bee-lee-teess] — Three Songs of Bilitis — by Claude Debussy [klohd
deh-büss-see])
Chevillard C Camille Chevillard C {kah-meel shuh-vee-yar} kah-meey’ shuh-vee-yar C
(known also as Paul Alexandre [pohl ah-leck-sah6-dr’] Camille Chevillard)
Chevre du thibet C La chèvre du Thibet C lah sheh-vr’ dü tee-beh C (The Tibetan [tihBETT’n] Goat) C (excerpt from Le bestiaire (ou le cortege d'Orphée) [luh bess-teeehr (ôô luh
kawr-tehzh dawr-fay)] — The Bestiary [BESS-chee-eh-ree] (or ‘The Procession of Orpheus
[AWR-fee-uss]’)) C (six songs for voice by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Chevreuille C Raymond Chevreuille C ray-moh6 shuh-vröy’
Chi chilichi C KEE kee-LEE-kee C (Who's There?) C (composition by Orlando de Lassus)
[awr-lah6-doh duh lahss-sü])
Chi e piu felice di me C Chi è più felice di me? C KEE ay peeOO fay-LEE-chay dee MAY? C
(song by C. A. Bixio [(C. A.) BEEK-seeo])
Chi la gagliarda C KEE lah gah-leeAR-dah C (song by Giovanni Domenico da Nola [joVAHN-nee doh-MAY-nee-ko dah NO-lah]
Chi mai dellerebo C Chi mai dell'erebo C KEE MAH-ee dayl-lay-RAY-bo C (excerpt from
the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ayoo-ree-DEE-chay]; music by Christoph Willibald
von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
[rah-neeAY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])
Chi mai idol mio C Chi mai ... Idol mio C KEE MAH-ee ...EE-dohl MEE-o C (excerpt from
the opera Idomeneo, rè di Creta [ee-doh-may-NAY-o, RAY dee KRAY-tah] — Idomeneo,
King of Crete; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MOtsart]; libretto by Giovanni Battista Varesco [jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah vah-RAY-sko]
after Antoine Danchet [ah6-twahn dah6-sheh])
Chi mi dira C Chi mi dirà C KEE mee dee-RAH C (excerpt from the opera Marta [MARtah]; music by Friedrich Flotow [FREET-rihh FLO-tawv] and libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm
Riese [FREET-rihh VILL-hellm REE-zuh])
Chi mi frena in tal momento C Chi mi frena in tal momento? C KEE mee FRAY-nah een tahl
mo-MAYN-toh? C (excerpt from the opera Lucia di Lammermoor [loo-CHEE-ah dee LAHMmer-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-vahDOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no] based on the novel The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter
Scott [WAWL-tur SKAHT])
Chi passa per sta strada C Chi passa per ’sta strada C kee PAHSS-sah payr stah STRAHdah C (anonymous song)
Chi sa chi sa qual sia C Chi sa, chi sa, qual sia C kee SAH, kee SAH, kooahl SEE-ah C (aria
contributed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] to
the opera Il burbero di buon cuore [eel boor-BAY-ro dee booOHN kooO-ray]; music by Vicente
Martín y Soler [vee-THAYN-tay MAR-teen ee so-LEHR]; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [loRAYN-tso dah POHN-tay] after Goldoni [gohl-DOH-nee])
Chi sei che ardisci C Chi sei, che ardisci C kee SAYEE, kay ar-DEE-shee C (excerpt from the
opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi [ee kah-poo-LAY-tee ay ee mohn-TAYK-kee] — The Capulets
[KA-p’yuh-luttss] and the Montagues [MAHN-tuh-gh’yooz]; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veenCHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee])
Chi vuol la zingarella C kee VWOHL lah tseen-gah-RAYL-lah C (Who Wants the Gypsy
Girl?) C (song by Giovanni Paisiello [jo-VAHN-nee pahee-zeeAYL-lo])
Chiang C Chiang, Ch'ing C DZIHAHNG, TSHIHNG C (Madame Mao, Tse-Tung [maDAMM MAHO, ZEH-DAWNG]) C (character in the opera Nixon in China; music by John
Adams [JAHN A-dummz] and libretto by Alice Goodman [A-luss GÔÔD-munn]) C (preferred
spelling and pronunciation, Ze Dong [ZEH-DAWNG])
Chiara C Maria Chiara C mah-REE-ah keeAH-rah C (known also as Maria-Rita [mah-REEah-REE-tah] Chiara)
Chiaramello C Giancarlo Chiaramello C jahn-KAR-lo keeah-rah-MAYL-lo
Chiari C Giuseppe Chiari C joo-ZAYP-pay keeAH-ree
Chiarina C sheeah-ree-nah C (excerpt from the suite Carnaval [kar-nah-vahl] — Carnival —
by Robert Schuman [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Chichagov C Igor Chichagov C EE-gur chih-HAH-guff
Chichester psalms C Chichester psalms C CHIH-chuh-stur SALMZ C (compositions by
Leonard Bernstein [LEH-nurd BURN-st§n])
Chichi bunichi C CHEE-chee boo-NEE-chee C (a medieval children’s song of the Jews who
were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Yugoslavia)
Chiesa C Maria Tibaldi Chiesa C mah-REE-ah tee-BAHL-dee keeAY-zah
Chignell C Robert Chignell C RAH-burt CHIGG-null
Chihara C Paul Chihara C PAWL chee-HAH-rah C (known also as Paul Seiko [sehee-kaw]
Chihara)
Chiil bel sogno di doretta C Chi’il bel sogno di Doretta C keeeel bayl SO-n’yo dee dohRAYT-tah C (aria featuring Magda [MAHG-dah] in the opera La rondine [lah ROHN-deenay] — 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])
Chil il bel sogno di doretta C Chil il bel sogno di Doretta C keel eel bayl SO-n’yo dee dohRAYT-tah C (aria from 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])
Chilcott C Robert Chilcott C RAH-burt CHILL-kaht
Chilesotti C Oscar Chilesotti C O-skar kee-lay-ZOHT-tee
Chilingirian C Levon Chilingirian C LEH-vunn chee-leen-ghee-reeAHN
Ching C Chiang, Ch’ing C DZIHAHNG, TSHIHNG C (Madame Mao, Tse-Tung [maDAMM MAHO, ZEH-DAWNG]) C (preferred spelling and pronunciation Ze Dong [ZEH
DAWNG])
Ching C I-Ching C YEEEE-JEENG C (a classic Chinese book)
Chingari C Marco Chingari C MAR-ko cheen-GAH-ree
Chio mi scordi di te non temer amato bene C Ch'io mi scordi di te? ... Non temer, amato bene C
KEE-o mee SKOHR-dee dee tay? ... NOHN TAY-mayr, ah-MAH-toh BAY-nay C (To put
you from my mind? ... Do not fear, beloved) C (concert aria from the opera Idomeneo, rè di
Creta [ee-doh-may-NAY-o, ray dee KRAY-tah] — Idomeneo, King of Crete; music by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by
Giovanni Battista Varesco [jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEESS-tah vah-RAY-sko] after Antoine
Danchet [ah6-twahn dah6-sheh])
Chio non tami cor mio C Ch’io non t’ami, cor mio? C KEE-o nohn TAH-mee, kohr MEE-o?
C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Johann Grabbe [YO-hahn GRAHB-buh])
Chio tami C Ch'io t'ami C KEE-o TAH-mee C (If Thou Knowest Not) C (madrigal [MADDrih-gull] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Chio vorrei morire C Sì ch’io vorrei morire C SEE KEE-o vor-RAY-ee mo-REE-ray C (Yes!
I Wish to Die) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohntay-VAYR-dee])
Chiquitita la novia C chee-kee-TEE-tah lah NO-veeah C (anonymous song arranged by
Fernando J. Obradors [fehr-NAHN-doh (J.) o-VRAH-thawrss])
Chiriac C Mircea Chiriac C MEER-cheeah kee-reeAHK
Chiribiribin C KEE-ree-bee-ree-BEEN C (song by James [JAYMZ], Lawrence [LAWrunntss], and Pestalozza [pay-stah-LOHT-tsah])
Chirico C Giorgio de Chirico C JOHR-jo day kee-REE-ko
Chirurgo C Un chirurgo C oon kee-ROOR-go C (A surgeon) C (character in the opera La
forza del destino [lah FOHR-tsah dayl day-STEE-no] — The Force of Destiny; music by
Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAYsko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after Angel P. De Saavedra [ahn-HELL (P.) day sah-VAYdrah])
Chirurgus C shee-rür-güss C (character in Le malade imaginaire [luh mah-lahd ee-mah-zheenehr] — The Hypochondriac, a play by Jean-Baptiste Molière [zhah6-bah-teest maw-leeehr],
with music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier [mark-ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay])
Chisholm C Erik Chisholm C EH-rick CHIH-zumm
Chitaronne C kee-tah-ROHN-nay C (long-necked, lute-like, plucked member of the viol
family)
Chitarra C kee-TAR-rah C (a musical instrument)
Chitarra batente C kee-TAR-rah bah-TAYN-tay C (guitar of Southern Italy)
Chitarra damor C Chitarra d’amor C kee-TAR-rah dah-MOR C (Guitar of Love) C (song by
Ludwig Schmidseder [LOOT-vihh SHMITT-say-dur] and Ralph Siegel [RALF SEE-gull])
Chitarra nella notte C Una chitarra nella notte C oo-nah kee-TAR-rah NAYL-lah NOHT-tay
C (song by Bonagura [bo-nah-GOO-rah] and Ruccione [roo-chO-nay])
Chitarrone C kee-tar-RO-nay C (long-necked, lute-like, plucked member of the viol family)
Chladni C Ernest Chladni C EHR-nesst KLAHD-nee C (known also as Ernest Florens
Friedrich Chladni [EHR-nesst FLO-rennss FREET-rihh KLAHD-nee])
Chloe C An Chloe C ahn KLÖ C (To Chloe [KLO-ee] C (poem by Johann Georg Jacobi
[YO-hahn GAY-awrk YAH-kaw-bee] set to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Chloris C A Chloris C ah klaw-reess C (To Chloris) C (poem by Théophile de Viau [tay-aw-
feel duh veeo] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Chlubna C Osvald Chlubna C AWSS-vahlt KLÔÔB-nuh
Chmura C Gabriel Chmura C GAHB-reeell hMÔÔ-rah
Cho liang C Lin, Cho-Liang C LEEEEN, ZHOO-LEEEEAHNG C (known also as Cho-Liang
Lin)
Chodila chodila C Chodila, chodila C KO-dih-lah, KO-dih-lah C (dance from U naseho Barty
[ÔÔ NAH-sheh-ho BAR-tee] — (Anonymous 17th Hungarian Dances)
Chodzko C Aleksa½der Chodïko C ah-leck-SAH6-der HAHDZH-kaw
Choeur a bouche fermee C Chœur à bouche fermée C kör ah bôôsh fehr-may C (Humming
Chorus) C (excerpt from the opera Madame [mah-dahm] Butterfly — Madam [MA-dumm]
Butterfly; 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 David
Belasco [DAY-vudd buh-LASS-ko] and John Luther Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG])
Choeur de la corrida C kör duh lah kawr-REE-thah C (Bullfight Chorus) C (excerpt from
the opera Carmen [KAR-m’n]; music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]; libretto by Henri
Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Choeur de la rtf et orchestre lyrique C Chœuer de la RTF et Orchestre Lyrique C kör duh lah
RTF ay awr-kess-tr’ lee-reek C (French Radio and Television Chorus and Lyric Orchestra)
Choeur de lorchestre de paris C Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris C kör duh lawr-kess-tr' duh
pah-ree C (Chorus of the Paris Orchestra)
Choeur de lorchestre symphonique de montreal C Choeur de l'orchestre symphonique de
Montréal C kör duh lawr-kess-tr’ seh6-faw-neek duh maw6-ray-ahl C (Choir of the Montréal
[mahn-tree-AHL] Symphony Orchestra)
Choeur denfants C Chœur d'enfants C kör dah6-fah6 C (Children's chorus)
Choeur des bohemiens C Chœur des Bohémiens C kör day baw-ay-meeah6 C (Gypsy Chorus)
C (excerpt from 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-vahDOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no] and Leone Emanuele Bardare [lay-O-nay ay-mah-nooAY-lay
bar-DAH-ray] after Antonio García Gutiérrez [ahn-TOH-neeo gar-THEE-ah goo-teeAYRrehth])
Choeur des bohemiens et des matadors C Chœur des Bohémiens et des matadors C kör day
baw-ay-meeah6 ay day mah-tah-dawr C (Bohemians' and Matadors' Chorus) C (excerpt from
the opera La traviata [lah trah-veeAH-tah] — The Worldly Woman; music by Giuseppe Verdi
[joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REEah peeAH-vay] after Alexandre Dumas [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ dü-mah])
Choeur des enfants C Chœur des enfants C kör day-zah6-fah6 C (Children's Chorus) C
(excerpt from the opera Carmen [KAR-m’n]; music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay];
libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Choeur des esclaves C Chœur des esclaves C kör day-zess-klahv C (Slaves' Chorus) C
(excerpt from the opera Nabucco [nah-BOOK-ko] — King of Babylon; music by Giuseppe
Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Temistocle Solera [tay-MEE-stoh-klay soLAY-rah] after Antonio Cortesi [ahn-TAW-neeo kohr-TAY-zee], Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois
[o-güst ah-nih-seh-bôôr-zhwah], and Francis Cornu [frah6-see kawr-nü])
Choeur des fiancailles C Chœur des fiançailles C kör day feeah6-sahy’ C (Bridal Chorus) C
(excerpt from the opera Lohengrin [LOHOH-unn-grinn], music and libretto by Richard Wagner
[RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Choeur des fileuses C Chœur des fileuses C kör day fee-löz C (Spinning Chorus) C (excerpt
from the opera Der fliegende Holländer [dayr FLEE-gunn-tuh HAWL-lenn-tur] — The
Flying Dutchman; music and libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur], libretto after
Heinrich Heine [H¦N-rihh H¦-nuh)
Choeur des inities C Chœur des initiés C kör day ee-nee-seeay C (Initiates Chorus) C (excerpt
from La flüte enchantée [lah flüt ah6-shah6-tay] — The Magic Flute; music by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Emanuel
Schikaneder [ay-MAHAH-nooayl SHEE-kah-nay-dur])
Choeur des janissaires C Chœur des janissaires C kör day zhah-neess-sehr C (Janissaries'
[JA-nuh-seh-reez’] chorus) C (excerpt from the musical play L'enlèvement au sérail [lah6-lehv’mah6 o say-rahy’] — The Abduction from the Harem; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie [GAWT-leep
SHTEH-fah-nee] after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner [KRIH-stawf FREET-rihh BRETTSSnur])
Choeur des prisonniers C Chœurs des prisonniers C kör day pree-zawn-neeay C (Prisoners'
Chorus) C (excerpt from the opera Fidelio [fee-DAY-liho]; music by Ludwig van Beethoven
[LOOT-vihh funn BAYAY-toh-funn]; libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner [YOHOH-zeff ZAWN-l§tnur], Stephan von Breuning [SHTEH-fahn fawn BROY-nihng], and Georg Friedrich
Treitschke [GAY-awrk FREET-rihh TR¦TSH-kuh])
Choeur des soldats C Chœur des soldats C kör day sawl-daht C (Soldiers' Chorus) C (excerpt
from the opera La damnation de Faust [lah dahm-nah-seeaw6 duh fahoost] — The Damnation of
Faust [FAHOOST]; music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz]; libretto by Berlioz and
Almire Gandonnière [ahl-meer gah6-dawn-neeehr] after Gérard de Nerval [zhay-rahr duh
nehr-vahl] and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh])
Choeur du feu C Chœur du feu C kör dü fö C (Bonfire Chorus) C (excerpt from the opera
Otello [o-TAYL-lo]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Arrigo
Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Choeur et maitrise de radio france C Chœur et maîtrise de Radio France C kör ay meh-treez
duh rah-deeo frah6ss C (French Radio Chorus and Children’s Chorus)
Choeur et orchestre radio lyrique C Chœur et orchestre Radio-Lyrique C kör ay awr-kess-tr’
rah-deeo lee-reek C (Lyric Radio Chorus and Orchestra)
Choeur et orchestre regional de cannes provence alpes cote dazur C Chœur et orchestre régional
de Cannes-Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ ray-zheeaw-nahl duh kahnpraw-vah6ss-ahlp-koht dah-zür C ((Chorus and Orchestra of the) kahn-praw-vah6ss-ahlpkoht dah-zür)
Choeur et orchestre symphonique de montreal C Chœur et orchestre symphonique de Montréal
C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ seh6-faw-neek duh maw6-ray-ahl C (Montreal [mahn-tree-AWL]
Chorus and Symphony Orchestra)
Choeur et orchestre symphonique du theatre san carlos de lisbonne C Chœur et orchestre
symphonique du Théâtre San Carlos de Lisbonne C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ seh6-faw-neek dü tayah-tr’ sah6 kar-lawss duh leess-bawn C (Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the San Carlos
(sann KAR-lawss] Theater of Lisbon [LIZZ-bunn])
Choeur symphonique et orchestre de la fondation gulbenkian de lisbonne C Chœur symphonique
et orchestre de la Fondation Gulbenkian de Lisbonne C kör seh6-faw-neek ay awr-kess-tr’ duh
lah faw6-dah-shaw6 gül-bah6-keeah6 duh leess-bawn C (Symphony Chorus and Orchestra of
the Gulbenkian [gôôl-BEHNG-kihunn] Foundation of Lisbon [LIZZ-bunn]) C (in Portugal, the
foundation is known as the Fundação Gulbenkian [fôô6-duh-SAH6ôô gôô-beh6-keeEH6])
Choeurs and orchestre national de lyon C Choeurs & Orchestre National de Lyon C kör &
awr-kess-tr' nah-seeo-nahl duh lee-aw6 C (Lyon [lee-aw6] National Chorus and Orchestra)
Choeurs de la rtf et orchestre radio lyrique C Chœurs de la RTF et Orchestre Radio Lyrique C
kör duh lah RTF ay awr-kess-tr’ rah-deeo lee-reek C (French Radio and Television Chorus and
Radio-Lyric Orchestra)
Choeurs de lopera de berlin C Chœurs de l'Opéra de Berlin C kör duh law-pay-rah duh behrleh6 C (Berlin Opera Chorus)
Choeurs de lopera de lyon C Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon C kör duh law-pay-rah duh lee-aw6
C (Choir of the Lyon [lee-aw6] Opera)
Choeurs de lopera de vienne C Chœurs de l'Opéra de Vienne) C kör duh law-pay-rah duh
veeenn C (Vienna Opera Chorus)
Choeurs de lopera du rhin C Chœurs de l’Opéra du Rhin C kör duh law-pay-rah dü reh6 C
(Rhine Opera Chorus)
Choeurs de lopera national de sofia C Chœurs de l'Opéra National de Sofia C kör duh law-payrah nah-seeo-nahl duh saw-feeah C (Sofia [{SO-fee-uh} SAW-feeah] National Opera Chorus)
Choeurs de losm C Chœurs de l'OSM C kör duh l’OSM C (Chorus of the Montreal [mahntree-AWL] Symphony Orchestra)
Choeurs de radio france C Chœurs de Radio-France C kör duh rah-deeo- frah6ss C (Chorus
of Radio-France)
Choeurs de toulouse midi pyrenees C Chœurs de Toulouse-Midi-Pyrénées C kör duh tôô-lôôzmee-dee-pee-ray-nay C (Central Toulouse-Pyrenees [tôô-LOOZ-PIH-ruh-neez] Chorus)
Choeurs denfants de la cantoria C Chœurs d'enfants de la Cantoria C kör dah6-fah6 duh lah
kah6-taw-reeah C Cantoria [kann-TAW-reeuh] Children's Chorus)
Choeurs du theatre national de lopera de paris C Chœurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
C kör dü tay-ah-tr’ nah-seeo-nahl duh law-pay-rah duh pah-ree C (Paris National Opera
Theater Chorus)
Choeurs et maitrise de la r t f C Chœurs et maitrise de la R.T.F. C kör ay meh-treez duh lah
R.T.F. C (French Radio and Television Choir and Children’s Chorus)
Choeurs et maitrise de radio france C Chœurs et maitrise de Radio France C kör ay meh-treez
duh rah-deeo frah6ss C (Chorus and Children's Chorus of Radio France)
Choeurs et orchestre C Chœurs et orchestre C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ C (Chorus and orchestra)
Choeurs et orchestre de lopera de lyon C Chœurs et orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon C kör ay
awr-kess-tr’ duh law-pay-rah duh lee-aw6 C (Chorus and Orchestra of the Lyon [lee-aw6]
Opera)
Choeurs et orchestre de lopera de rome C Chœurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rome C kör ay
awr-kess-tr’ duh law-pay-rah duh rawm C (Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra)
Choeurs et orchestre du capitole de toulouse C Chœurs et orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse C
kör ay awr-kess-tr’ dü kah-pee-tawl duh tôô-lôôz C (Chorus and Orchestra of the Capital of
Toulouse [tôô-LOOZ])
Choeurs et orchestre du mai musical florentin C Chœurs et orchestre du Mai Musical Florentin C
kör ay awr-kess-tr dü meh mü-zee-kahl flaw-rah6-teh6 C (Chorus and Orchestra of the
Florence [FLAW-runntss] May Festival)
Choeurs et orchestre du theatre de la scala de milan C Chœurs et orchestre du Théâtre de La
Scala de Milan C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ dü tay-ah-tr’ duh lah skah-lah duh mee-lah6 C
(Chorus and Orchestra of the La Scala [lah SKAH-lah] Theater, Milan [mee-LAHN])
Choeurs et orchestre du theatre national de lopera comique C Chœurs et orchestre du Théâtre
National de l'Opéra-Comique C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ dü tay-ah-tr’ nah-seeo-nahl duh law-payrah-kaw-meek C (Chorus and Orchestra of the National Comic-Opera Theater)
Choeurs et orchestre du theatre national de lopera de paris C Chœurs et orchestre du Théâtre
National de l'Opéra de Paris C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ dü tay-ah-tr’ nah-seeo-nahl duh law-payrah duh pah-ree C (Chorus and orchestra of the National Theater of the Paris Opera)
Choeurs et orchestre national de lyon C Chœurs et Orchestre National de Lyon C kör ay awrkess-tr’ nah-seeo-nahl duh lee-aw6 C (Lyon [lee-aw6] National Chorus and Orchestra)
Choeurs et orchestre symphonique de la radio bavaroise C Chœurs et orchestre symphonique de
la Radio Bavaroise C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ seh6-faw-neek duh lah rah-deeo bah-vah-r’wahz C
(Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphonic Orchestra)
Choix dairs de lopera zanetta C Choix d’airs de l’opéra “Zanetta” C shwah dehr duh lawpay-rah “zah-nett-tah” C (Selected Airs from the Opera Zanetta) C (compositions by DanielFrançois-Esprit Auber [dah-neeell-frah6-swah ess-pree o-bay])
Chominski C Józef Micha» Chomi½ski C YÔÔ-zuff MEE-hahw’ kaw-MEE6-skee
Chong C Prince Sou-Chong C (Prince) SOHOO-CHAWNG C (character in the operetta Das
Land des Lächelns [dahss LAHNT dess LEH-hullnss] — The Land of Smiles; music by Franz
Lehár [FRAHNZ leh-HAHAHR]; lyrics by Victor Léon [veek-tawr lay-aw6], Ludwig Herzer
[LOOT-vihh HEHR-tsur], and Fritz Löhner [FRITTSS LÖ-nur])
Chookasian C Lili Chookasian C LILL-lee choo-KAH-sihahn
Chop C Max Chop C MAHKSS KOHP C (known also as Monsieur Charles [muh-seeö
sharl])
Chopin C Frédéric Chopin C fray-day-reek shaw-peh6 C (known also as Frédéric-François
Chopin [fray-day-reek-frah6-swah shaw-peh6] C (the foregoing is the French version of the
original Polish name Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin [frih-DEH-rick frahn-TSEE-sheck SHAWpenn])
Chopin C shaw-peh6 C (excerpt from the suite Carnaval [kar-nah-vahl] — Carnival — by
Robert Schuman [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Choquet C Gustave Chouquet C güss-tahv shôô-keh
Chor der bayerischen staatsoper munchen C Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München C
KOHOHR dayr BAH-yuh-rih-shunn SHTAHAHTSS-o-pur MÜN-hunn C (Chorus of the
Bavarian State Opera of Munich [m’YOO-nick])
Chor der deutschen oper berlin C Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin C KOHOHR dayr DOYTshunn O-pur behr-LEEN C (Berlin German Opera Chorus)
Chor der engel C Chor der Engel C KOHOHR dayr EHNG-ull C (composition by Franz
Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Chor der niederlandischen oper C Chor der Niederländischen Oper C KOHOHR dayr NEEder-lenn-tih-shunn O-pur C (Choir of the Netherlands Opera)
Chor der st hedwigs kathedrale berlin C Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin C KOHOHR
dayr St. HETT-vickss-kah-tay-DRAH-luh behr-LEEN C (St. Hedwig’s Cathedral Choir,
Berlin)
Chor der wiener staatsoper C Chor der Wiener Staatsoper C KOHOHR dayr VEE-nur
SHTAHAHTSS-o-pur (Vienna State Opera Chorus)
Chor des bayerischen rundfunks C Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks C KOHOHR dess BAHyuh-rih-shunn RÔÔNT-fôôngkss C (Bavarian Radio Chorus)
Chor des ndr hamburg C Chor des NDR Hamburg C KOHOHR dess NDR HAHM-pôôrk C
(North German Radio Chorus of Hamburg [HAHM-pôôrk])
Chor des osterreichischen rundfunks C Chor des Österreichischen Rundfunks C KOHOHR dess
Ö-stuhr-r§-hih-shunn RÔÔNT-fôôngkss C (Austrian Radio Chorus)
Chor i orkiestra teatru wielkiego w warszawie C Chór i Orkiestra Teatru Wielkiego w
Warszawie C HÔÔR ee awr-keeESS-trah teh-AH-troo veeell-keeAY-go vuh var-SHAH-veeeh
C (Choir and Orchestra of the Warsaw State Opera House)
Chor kobiet C Chór kobiet C HÔÔR KAH-beeett C (Women’s choir) C (choir from 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
heh6-TSEE6-skee])
Chor und orchester der bayreuther festspiele C Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele C
KOHOHR ôônt awr-KEH-stur dayr B¦-roy-tur FESST-shpee-luh C (Chorus and orchestra of
the Bayreuth [B¦-royt] Festival)
Chor und orchester der kolner kurrende C Chor und Orchester der Kölner Kurrende C
KOHOHR ôônt awr-KEH-stur dayr KÖL-nur kôôr-RENN-tuh C (Cologne [kuh-LOHN]
Chorus and Orchestra) C (Literally, "Kurrende" means an itinerant children's choir. Since the
choir now has grown-ups, the title has become a misnomer.)
Choral C kaw-rahl C (performed by a chorus or choir; hymn or sacred song) C (French
spelling, pronunciation, and meaning)
Choral C ko-RAHAHL C hymn or sacred song C (German spelling, pronunciation, and meaning)
Choral C KO-rull C (relating to, or performed by a chorus or choir) C (American spelling,
pronunciation, and meaning)
Choral de la cantate one hundred and forty seven herz und mund und tat und leben C Choral de la
Cantate 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" C ko-RAHAHL duh lah kah6-taht 147,
“HEHRTSS ôônt MÔÔNT ôônt TAHT ôônt LAY-bunn” C (Chorale from Cantata [kunnTAH-tuh] 147, “Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life”) C (composition by Johann Sebastian
Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Chorale C Choräle C ko-RAY-luh C (hymns or sacred songs) C (German spelling,
pronunciation, and meaning)
Chorale C kaw-rahl C (choral society, choir) C (French spelling, pronunciation, and meaning)
Chorale C kuh-RAL C (hymn or sacred song, also a chorus or choir) C (American spelling,
pronunciation, and meaning)
Chorale wie schon leucht uns der morgenstern C Choräle ‘Wie schön leucht’ uns der
Morgenstern C ko-RAY-luh ‘vee SHÖN LOYHT’ ôônss dayr MAWR-gunn-shtehrn C
(composition by Georg Philipp Telemann [GAY-awrk fee-lipp TAY-luh-mahn])
Choralschola der niederalteicher scholaren C Choralschola der Niederalteicher Scholaren C
KO-rahl-sho-lah dayr NEE-dur-ahl-t§-hur SHO-lah-runn
Choralschola der wiener hofburgkapelle C Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle C KOrahl-sho-lah dayr VEE-nur HAWF-pôôrk-kah-pell-luh (Vienna Royal Residence Church
Choir)
Chorbajian C John Chorbajian C JAHN chawr-BAH-junn
Chorea C Alia chorea C AH-lihah kaw-RAY-uh C (dance from Olach tancz (lère partie) [Olahk TAHNTSS] (First part) — Anonymous 17th Hungarian Dances)
Chorea alia hungarica C Alia chorea - Alia hungarica C AH-lihah kaw-RAY-uh - AH-lihah
hôôn-GAH-rih-kuh C (dance from Alia chorea No 8 [AH-lihah kaw-RAY-uh (No. 8)] —
Anonymous 17th Hungarian Dances)
Chorea hungarica C kaw-RAY-uh hôôn-GAH-rih-kuh C (anonymous 17th Hungarian
dance)
Chorea no eight C Alia chorea No 8 C AH-lihah kaw-RAY-uh (No. 8) C (Anonymous 17th
Hungarian Dances)
Chorea tancz C Chorea Tancz C kaw-RAY-uh TAHNTSS C (anonymous 17th Hungarian
dance)
Chorea tantz C Chorea Tantz C kaw-RAY-uh TAHNTSS C (dance from Tantz [TAHNTSS]
— Anonymous 17th Hungarian Dances)
Chorley C Henry F. Chorley C HENN-ree F. CHAWR-lee C (known also as Henry Fothergill
[FAW-thur-ghill] Chorley)
Choron C Alexandre Choron C ah-leck-sah6-dr’ shaw-raw6 C (known also as Alexandre
Étienne Choron [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ ay-teeenn shaw-raw6])
Choros C Chôros C SHO-rôôss C (a type of Brazilian music; series of 15 compositions by
Heitor Villa-Lobos [ay-TAWR VEEL-luh-LO-bôôsh])
Chorsolisten und chor des opernhauses zurich C Chorsolisten und Chor des Opernhauses Zürich
C KOHOHR-zo-lih-stunn ôônt KOHOHR dess O-purn-hahoo-zuss TSÜ-rihh C (Choral
Soloists and Chorus of the Zurich [ZÔÔUH-rick] Opera House)
Chorus of the oprichniki C Chorus of the Oprichniki C (Chorus of the) ah-PREECH-nyih-kee
C (excerpt from the film Ivan the Terrible, with music by Sergei Prokofiev [sehr-GAYEE prahKAW-fiheff]; arranged in the form of an oratorio by Abram Stasevich [ah-BRAHM stah-SAYvihch])
Chorus viennensis C Chorus Viennensis C (Chorus) veeenn-NAYN-siss C (Vienna Chorus)
Chorzempa C Daniel Chorzempa C DA-nihull kawr-ZEMM-puh C (known also as Daniel
Walter [WAWL-tur] Chorzempa)
Chotzinoff C Samuel Chotzinoff C {SA-m’yuh-wull CHAHT-zih-nawf} sah-môôAYL hahtZEE-nuff
Chou C Chou, En-Lai C DZAWOO, UHNG-LAHIH C (character in the opera Nixon in China;
music by John Adams [JAHN A-dummz] and libretto by Alice Goodman [A-luss GÔÔDmunn])
Chou C Chou, Wen-chung C DZAWOO, WUNN-TSHOONG C (known also as Wen-chung
Chou)
Chouette C La chouette C lah shôô-ett C (The owl) 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 gahbreeell go-teeay-veel-lar])
Chouquet C Gustave Chouquet C güss-tahv shôô-keh C (known also as Adolphe-Gustave
Chouquet [ah-dawlf-güss-tahv shôô-keh])
Chramer gip die varwe mir C Chramer, gip die Varwe mir C KRAAH-mur, ghipp dee FARvuh mihr C (Shopkeeper, give me color) C (excerpt from Primo Vere [PREE-mo VAY-ray]
— Spring — a series of poems from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah booRAH-nah] set to music by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF])
Chramer gip die varwe mir C Chramer, gip die Varwe mir C KRAHAH-mur, ghipp dee FARvuh mihr C (excerpt from Uf dem Anger [OOF daym AHNG-ur] — On the Green — a series
of poems from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to
music by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF])
Christ C Peter Christ C PEE-tur KRISST
Christ C Rudolf Christ C ROO-dawlf KRISST
Christ C Wolfram Christ C VAWL-frahm KRISST
Christe jesu pastor bone C Christe Jesu, pastor bone C KREE-stay YAY-zoo, PAH-stawr
BAW-neh C (motet [mo-TETT] by John Taverner [JAHN TA-vur-nur])
Christensen C Dieter Christensen C DEE-tur KRIH-stunn-sunn
Christian grube und dem staats und domchor berlin gewidmet C Christian Grube und dem Staatsund Domchor Berlin gewidmet C KRIH-stihahn GROO-buh ôônt daym SHTAHAHTSS- ôônt
DAWM-kawr behr-LEEN guh-VITT-mutt C (Dedicated to Christian Grube [KRISS-tihunn
GROO-buh] and the Berlin State and Cathedral Choirs)
Christiansen C Fredrik Melius Christiansen C {FREDD-rick MEE-lihuss KRISS-tihunn-s’n}
FREDD-rick MEHEH-lihewss KRISS-tihahn-s’n
Christiansen C Olaf Christiansen C O-luff KRISS-tihunn-s’n
Christie C William Christie C WILL-lihumm KRISS-tee C (known also as William Lincoln
[LIHNG-kunn] Christie)
Christoff C Boris Christoff C baw-REESS KREESS-tawf C (known also as Boris Kirilov
[KEE-ree-lôôf] Christoff)
Christoff C Dimiter Christoff C DEE-mee-tur KREESS-tawf
Christoskov C Peter Christoskov C PAY-tur kreess-TAWSS-kawf
Christou C Jani Christou C YAH-nee KRISST’
Christov C Dobri Christov C DAH-bree KREESS-tawf
Christus C KRIH-stôôss C (an oratorio [aw-ruh-TOH-reeo] by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ
LISST])
Christus C KRIH-stôôss (German pronunciation); KREESS-tôôss (Latin pronunciation)
Christus factus est C Christus Factus est C KRIH-stôôss FAHK-tôôss esst C (motet [moTETT] by Anton Bruckner [AHN-tohohn BRÔÔK-nur])
Christus factus est kyrie qui passurus C Christus factus est. Kyrie — Qui passurus C KREESStôôss FAHK-tôôss esst. KÜ-reeay — kôôEE PAHSS-sôô-rôôss C (anonymous composition
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)
Christus factus est pro nobis C KREESS-tôôss FAHK-tôôss esst pro NO-biss C (anonymous
sacred composition)
Christus resurgens C KREESS-tôôss reh-SOOR-jenss C (motet [mo-TETT] by William Byrd
[WILL-lihumm BURD])
Christus resurgens ex mortuis C Christus resurgens ex mortuis C KREESS-tôôss reh-SOORjenss eckss MOHR-tôô-iss C (composition by Orlande de Lassus [awr-lah6d duh lahss-sü])
Chromatic fantasia and fugue C Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue C (Chromatic) fann-TAY-zhah
(and) f’YOOG C (composition by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn
BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Chrysander C Friedrich Chrysander C FREET-rihh KRÜ-sahn-tur C (known also as Karl
Franz Friedrich Chrysander [KARL FRAHNTSS FREET-rihh KRÜ-sahn-tur])
Chrysanthos of madytos C Chrysanthos of Madytos C KREE-sahn-thohss (of) MAH-theetohss
Chrysorrhoas C Johannes Chrysorrhoas C eeo-AHN-neess kree-sawr-RAW-ahss C (known
also as John of Damascus [JAHN (of) duh-MASS-kuss])
Chto nasha zhizn C Chto nasha zhizn? C SHTAW NAHSH-uh ZHEE-Z’N? C (What is life?
It is a game) C (aria featuring Hermann [GHEHR-mahn] in the opera Pique dame [peek dahm]
— The Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahihKAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mah-DYESST {chahihKAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee] after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r
sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])
Chuchro C Josef Chuchro C YO-seff KÔÔ-kro
Chudskoye C Lake Chudskoye C (Lake) chôôt-SKAW-yeh
Chueca C Federico Chueca C fay-thay-REE-ko chooAY-kah
Chulapona C La chulapona C lah choo-lah-PO-nah C (an opera, with music by Federico
Moreno Torroba [fay-thay-REE-ko mo-RAY-no tawr-RO-vah]; libretto by Romero [roMAY-ro] and Fernández Shaw [fehr-NAHN-dehth SHAW])
Chume, chum geselle min C KOO-muh, KOOM guh-ZELL-luh MEEN C (Come, come, my
love) C (excerpt from On the Meadow — a group of poems from the 13th manuscript Carmina
Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF])
Chung C Chou, Wen-chung C DZAWOO, WUNN-TSHOONG C (known also as Wen-chung
Chou)
Chung C Chung, Kyung-Wha C CHUHNG, K’YAHNG-HWAH
Chung C Chung, Myung-Wha C CHUHNG, M’YUHNG-HWAH
Chung C Chung, Myung-Whun C CHUHNG, M’YUHNG-HWEE6
Chusid C Martin Chusid C MAR-t’n CHOO-sudd
Chut chut C Chut, Chut C shü, shü C (Hush, Hush) C (excerpt from Chants d'Auvergne
[shah6 doh-vehrny’] — Songs of the Auvergne [o-vehrny’], French folk songs collected by
Joseph Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb])
Chvala C Emanuel Chvála C EH-mah-nôô-ell KVAHAH-lah
Chwatal C Franz Xaver Chwatal C FRAHNZ ZAH-vehr KWAH-tull
Chybinski C Adolf Chybi½ski C AH-dawlf hih-BEE6-skee C (known also as Adolf Eustachy
[ehôô-STAH-kih] Chybi½ski)
Ci darem la mano C Là ci darem la mano C lah chee dah-RAYM lah MAH-no C (duet from
the opera Don Giovanni [dohn jo-VAHN-nee]; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah
POHN-tay])
Ciacona C chah-KO-nah C (composition by Silvius Leopold Weiss [ZILL-vihôôss LAY-opawlt V¦SS])
Ciacona fur orgel C Ciacona für Orgel C chah-KO-nah für AWR-gull C (Ciacona [chah-KOnah] for Organ) C (composition by Dietrich Buxtehude [DEE-trihh BÔÔK-stuh-hoo-duh])
Ciaia C Azzolino Bernardino della Ciaia C aht-tso-LEE-no bayr-nar-DEE-no dayl-lah
CHAHEE-ah
Ciamaga C Gustav Ciamaga C GUSS-tuvv chah-MAH-gah
Ciampolini C Daniel Ciampolini C dah-neeell chahm-po-LEE-nee
Ciarola C Giovanni Ciarola C jo-VAHN-nee chah-RO-lah
Cibavit eos C chih-BAH-vitt AY-ohss C (motet [mo-TETT] by William Byrd [WILL-lihumm
BURD])
Ciboletta C chee-bo-LAYT-tah C (character in the operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig [¦-nuh
NAHKT inn fay-NAY-dihh] — A Night in Venice; music by Johann Strauss II [YO-hahn
SHTRAHÔÔSS II]; libretto by Camillo Walzel [kah-MEEL-lo VAHL-tsull] and Richard Genée
[RIH-hart zhuh-nay])
Ciccolini C Aldo Ciccolini C AHL-doh cheek-ko-LEE-nee
Cicinella C La Marquise, Cicinella C lah mar-keez, chee-chee-NAYL-lah C (character in the
opera Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] — The Brigands [BRIH-gunndz]; music by Jacques
Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and
Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Cicogna C Alvise Cicogna C ahl-VEE-zay chee-KO-n’yah
Ciconia C Jean Ciconia C zhah6 see-ko-neeah C (known also as Johannes [yo-ahn-nuss]
Ciconia)
Cid C Le cid C luh seed C (an opera, with music by Jules Massenet [zhül {mahss-s’nay}
mahss-s’neh]; libretto by Adolphe d’Ennery [ah-dawlf denn-n’ree], Édouard Blau [ay-dôôwar
blo], and Louis Gallet [lôô-ee gahl-leh] after Pierre Corneille [peeehr kawr-nehy’])
Cieco C Il cieco C EEL CHAY-ko C (character in the opera Iris [{¦-russ} EE-reess]; music
by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee] and libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eelLEE-kah])
Ciel aer et vens C Ciel, ær, et vens C seeell, ehr, ay vah6 C (poem by Pierre de Ronsard [peeehr
duh raw6-sar] set to music by Albert Roussel [ahl-ber rôôss-sell])
Cielo e mar C CHAY-lo ay MAR C (aria from the opera La gioconda [lah jo-KOHN-dah]
— The Smiling One; music by Amilcare Ponchielli [ah-meel-KAH-ray pohn-keeAYL-lee];
libretto by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] under the pseudonym of Tobia Gorrio [TAWbeeah GAWR-reeo])
Ciesca C La ciesca C lah CHAY-skah C (character in the opera Gianni Schicchi [JAHN-nee
SKEEK-kee]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee] and libretto by
Giovacchino Forzano [jo-vahk-KEE-no fohr-TSAH-no])
Ciesinski C Katherine Ciesinski C KA-thu-runn sih-ZINN-skee
Ciesinski C Kristine Ciesinski C kriss-TEEN sih-ZINN-skee
Cieszyn
C tsihEH-shinn C (Polish city)
Cifra C Antonio Cifra C ahn-TAW-neeo CHEEF-rah
Cigna C Gina Cigna C JEE-nah CHEE-n’yah
Cigna santi C Cigna-Santi C CHEE-n’yah-SAHN-tee
Cikker C Ján Cikker C YAHAHN TSICK-kehr
Cilea C Francesco Cilèa C frahn-CHAY-sko chee-LAY-ah
Cillario C Carlo Felice Cillario C KAR-lo fay-LEE-chay cheel-LAH-reeo
Cilley C Ulrik Cilley C ÔÔL-rick TSILL-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])
Cima C Giovanni Paolo Cima C jo-VAHN-nee PAHO-lo CHEE-mah
Cimadoro C Giovanni Battista Cimadoro C jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah chee-mah-DOHro
Cimaglia C Lia Cimaglia C LEE-ah chee-MAH-leeah
Cimara C Pietro Cimara C peeAY-tro chee-MAH-rah
Cimarosa C Domenico Cimarosa C doh-MAY-nee-ko chee-mah-RO-zah
Cimbal C N. Cimbal C (N.) CHEEM-bahl
Cimento dellarmonia e dellinvenzione C Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’invenzione C eel chee-
MAYN-toh dayl-lar-MAW-neeah ay dayl-leen-vayn-tseeO-nay C (compositions, including The
Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Cinq contredanses quadrille menuet C Cinq contredanses, quadrille, menuet C seh6k kaw6-tr’dah6ss, kah-dreey’, muh-nüeh C (Five Contradances, Quadrille [kooah-DRILL], Minuet [min’yoo-ETT]) C (compositions by Franz Joseph Haydn [FRAHNTSS YOHOH-zeff H¦-d’n])
Cinq hymnes C Cinq hymnes C seh6k eem-n’ C (Five Hymns) C (composed by Ton de Leeuw
[TAWN duh LAYAYôô])
Cinq melodies populaires grecques C Cinq mélodies populaires grecques C seh6k may-law-dee
paw-pü-lehr greck C (Five Popular Greek Melodies) C (compositions by Maurice Ravel [moreess rah-vell])
Cinque dieci C Cinque-Dieci C CHEEN-kooay-deeAY-chee C (arrangement for woodwinds and
string bass by Johann Nepomuk Wendt [YO-hahn NAY-po-môôk VENNT] of an excerpt from
the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro] — The Marriage of Figaro;
music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; 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])
Cinta de fiori C CHEEN-tah day feeO-ree C (aria from 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])
Cinti damoreau C Laure Cinti-Damoreau C lohr seen-tee-dah-maw-ro
Cio cio san C Cio-Cio-San C cho-cho-sahn C (Madama Butterfly [mah-DAH-mah
(Butterfly)], a character in the opera Madama Butterfly — Madam [MA-dumm] Butterfly;
music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eelLEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after David Belasco [DAYvudd buh-LASS-ko] and John Luther Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG])
Ciome erranti C O ciome erranti C O CHO-may ayr-RAHN-tee C (madrigal [MADD-rihgull] by Johann Grabbe [YO-hahn GRAHB-buh])
Ciortea C Tudor Ciortea C too-DAWR CHOHR-teeah
Cipra C Milo Cipra C MEE-law SEE-prah
Circa mea pectora C KEER-kah MEH-ah PAYK-taw-rah C (In my heart) C (excerpt from
Cour d’amours [kôôr dah-môôr] — The Court of Love — a series of poems from the 13th
manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl Orff [KARL
AWRF])
Circundederunt me C cheer-kôôn-DAY-deh-rôônt may 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)
Cirino C Giulio Cirino C JOO-leeo chee-REE-no
Cis dur C Cis Dur C TSISS DOOR C (key of C sharp major, German designation)
Cis moll C cis Moll C TSISS MAWL C (key of c sharp minor, German designation)
Cisneros C Eleanora de Cisneros C eh-luh-NAW-rah day seess-NAY-rawss
Cita C THEE-tah C (The Tryst) C (poem by Lorenzo Varela [lo-RAYN-tho vah-RAY-lah]
set to music by Carlos Guastavino [KAR-lawss gooahss-tah-VEE-no])
Citkowitz C Israel Citkowitz C {IZZ-ree-ull SITT-kuh-wittz} eess-RAH-ell tseet-KAW-veetz
Cittern C SITT-turn C (a type of guitar especially popular in Renaissance England)
City of london sinfonia C City of London Sinfonia C (City of London) sinn-fuh-NEE-uh
Ciuciura C Leoncjusz Ciuciura C leh-AWN-ts’yôôsh tseeôô-tseeÔÔ-rah
Ciudad juarez C En ciudad Juarez C ayn seeoo-THAHD hooah-RESS C (excerpt from Three
Country Fiddle Pieces by Paul Schoenfield [PAWL SHOHN-feeld])
Ciurlionis C Mikolajus Karstantinas „iurlionis C mee-kaw-LAH-yôôss kar-stahn-TEE-nahss
chihôôr-lihO-niss
Claassen C Arthur Claassen C AR-thur KLAHSS-sunn
Clabassi C Plinio Clabassi C PLEE-neeo klah-BAHSS-see
Claflin C Avery Claflin C AY-vuh-ree KLAFF-linn C (known also as Alan [A-lunn] Avery
Claflin)
Claggart C John Claggart C JAHN KLAGG-gurt C (character in the opera Billy Budd; music
by Benjamin Britten [BENN-juh-munn BRITT-tunn]; libretto by E. M. Forster [E. M.
FAWRSS-tur] and Eric Crozier [EH-rick kro-zhur] after Herman Melville [HUR-munn
MELL-vill])
Clair de lune C klehr duh lün C (Moonlight) C (poem by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to
music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray]) C (composition from Suite Bergamasque [süeet
behr-gah-mahsk] by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Claire C Robert Claire C RAH-burt KLEHR
Clapham C John Clapham C JAHN KLAPP-umm
Clapton C Eric Clapton C EH-rick KLAPP-tunn C (known also as Eric Patrick [PATT-rick]
Clapton)
Clari C Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari C jo-VAHN-nee KAR-lo mah-REE-ah KLAH-ree
Claribel C KLA-rih-bell C (pen name used by Charlotte Barnard [SHAR-lutt BAR-nard])
Clarice C La Princesse Clarice C lah preh6-sess klah-reess C (Princess Clarice [KLA-russ])
C (character 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])
Clarifica me pater C Clarifica me Pater C klah-RIH-fih-kah may PUH-tehr C (motet [moTETT] by William Byrd [WILL-lihumm BURD])
Clark C Alicia Clark C uh-LIH-shuh KLARK
Clark C Fiona Clark C fihO-nuh KLARK
Clarke C Rhona Clarke C RO-nuh KLARK
Clarus C Max Clarus C MAHKSS KLAHAH-rôôss
Claudius C M. Claudius C (M.) KLAHOO-deeôôss
Clausen C René Clausen C ruh-NAY KLAW-sunn
Clauso cronos C Clauso Cronos C KLAHOO-zo KRO-nawss C (Chronos is firmly under lock
and key) C (excerpt from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAHnah])
Claussen C Julia Claussen C YÜ-lihah KLAHÜSS-sunn
Clave C José Anselmo Clavé C ho-SAY ahn-SELL-mo klah-VAY
Clavecin C klah-v’seh6 C (harpsichord)
Clavecin bien tempere C Clavecin bien tempéré C klah-v’seh6 beeah6 tah6-pay-ray C (The
Well-Tempered Clavier [kluh-VIHUHR]) C (compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn
{suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Claves C KLAH-vayss C (“concussion idiophones” — sticks)
Clavier C kluh-VIHUHR C (keyboard of a musical stringed instrument or the instrument)
Clavus pungens acumine C KLAH-vôôss POON-jennss uh-KOO-mih-neh C (The Nail
Stabbing With Sharp Point) C (composition by Philippe le Chancelier [fee-leep luh shah6s’leeay])
Clay C Frédéric Clay C fray-day-reek KLAY C (known also as Frédéric Emes [EEMZ] Clay)
Cleary C Siobhán Cleary C shuh-VOHN KLEH-ree
Clemencic C René Clemencic C reh-nay KLAY-munn-tsick
Clemens C Hans Clemens C HAHNSS KLAY-munnss
Clemens C Jacobus Clemens C yah-KO-büss KLAY-mennss C (known also as Jacobus
Clement [KLAY-mennt], Jacob Clemens non Papa [YAH-kawp KLAY-mennss nawn PAHpah] and non Papa)
Clemens C O Clemens C O KLAY-maynss C (excerpt from Salve Regina [SAHL-vay rayJEE-nuh] by Giovanni Baptista Pergolesi [jo-VAHN-nee bahp-TEE-stah payr-go-LAY-zee])
Clemens non papa C Clemens non Papa C KLAY-mennss nawn PAH-pah C (known also as
Jacobus [yah-KO-büss] Clemens, Jacobus Clement [KLAY-mennt], and Jacob Clemens non
Papa [YAH-kawp KLAY-mennss nawn PAH-pah])
Clement C Edmond Clément C edd-maw6 klay-mah6 C (known also as Edmond Frédéric-Jean
Clément [edd-maw6 fray-day-reek-zhah6 klay-mah6])
Clement C Félix Clément C fay-leeks klay-mah6 C (known also as Jacques Félix Alfred
Clément [zhack fay-leeks ahl-fredd klay-mah6])
Clement C Franz Clement C FRAHNTSS KLAY-mennt
Clement C Jacob Clement C YAH-kohp KLAY-mennt
Clement C Jacobus Clement C yah-KO-büss KLAY-mennt C (known also as Jacobus
Clemens [KLAY-mennss], Jacob non Papa [YAH-kawp KLAY-mennss nawn PAH-pah],
and non Papa)
Clementi C Aldo Clementi C AHL-doh klay-MAYN-tee
Clementi C Muzio Clementi C MOO-tseeo klay-MAYN-tee
Clemenza di tito C La Clemenza di Tito C lah klay-MAYN-tsah dee TEE-toh C (The
Clemency of Titus) C (an opera, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ahmah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Caterino Mazzolà [kah-tay-REE-no maht-tso-LAH]
after Pietro Metastasio [peeAY-tro may-tah-STAH-zeeo])
Cleminson C Nicola Cleminson C NEE-ko-lah KLEH-minn-sunn
Clemm C John Clemm C JAHN KLEMM C (known also as Johann Gottlob Clemm [YOhahn GAWT-lawp KLEMM] and Johann Gottlob Klemm)
Cleobury C Nicholas Cleobury C NIH-kuh-luss KL!W-buh-rih C (known also as Nicholas
Randall [RANN-d’l] Cleobury)
Cleobury C Stephen Cleobury C STEE-vunn KL!W-buh-rih / (known also as Stephen John
[JAHN] Cleobury)
Cleone C Cléone C klay-awn C (character in the opera Médée [may-day]; music by Marc
Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay] and libretto by Pierre Corneille [peeehr
kawr-nehy’])
Cleonides C klay-o-NEE-theess
Clerambault C Louis Nicolas Clérambault C lôôee nee-kaw-lah klay-rah6-bo
Clercx C Suzanne Clercx C sü-ZAHN KLEHRKSS
Clereau C Pierre Clérau C peeehr klay-ro
Clerice C Justin Clérice C zhüss-teh6 klay-reess
Cleva C Fausto Cleva C {FAHOO-stoh KLEE-vah} FAHOO-stoh KLAY-vah C (known also
as Fausto Angelo [ahn-JAY-lo] Cleva)
Cleve C Halfdan Cleve C HAHLF-dahn KLEHEH-vuh
Cleverdon C Roger Cleverdon C RAH-jur KLEH-vur-d'n
Cliburn C Van Cliburn C VANN KL¦-burn C (known also as Harvey Lavan, Jr. [HAR-vee
luh-VANN (Jr.)])
Clic clac dansez sabots C Clic, clac, dansez sabots C click, clack, dah6-say sah-bo C (Click,
Clack, Hear the Clogs Dance) C (song from Chansons françaises [shah6-saw6 frah6-sezz] by
Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Clicquot C François-Henri Clicquot C frah6-swah-ah6-ree klee-ko
Clicquot C Jean-Baptiste Clicquot C zhah6-bah-teest klee-ko
Clicquot C Louis-Alexandre Clicquot C lôôee-ah-leck-sah6-dr’ klee-ko
Clicquot C Robert Clicquot C ro-behr klee-ko
Clienti C klee-AYN-tee C (customers) 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])
Cliffe C Frederic Cliffe C FREH-duh-rick KLIFF
Climene C Climène C klee-menn C (character in Le malade imaginaire [luh mah-lahd eemah-zhee-nehr] — The Hypochondriac; C (a play by Jean-Baptiste Molière [zhah6-bah-teest
maw-leeehr], with music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier [mark-ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay])
Climent C Angel Climent C ANG-ghell KLIH-mennt
Cloche a sonne C La cloche a sonné C lah klawsh ah saw-nay C (chorus of the cigarette girls
from the opera Carmen [KAR-m’n]; music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]; libretto by
Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Cloches a travers les feuilles C Cloches à travers les feuilles C klawsh ah trah-vehr leh föy’ C
(Bells Through the Leaves) C (composition by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see] published
in Book 2 of Images [ee-mahzh])
Clokey C Joseph Waddell Clokey C JO-zuff WAHD-dell KLO-kee
Clori son fido amante C KLO-ree sohn FEE-doh ah-MAHN-tay C (Cloris, I Am Your
Faithful Lover) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Alessandro Stradella [ah-layss-SAHN-dro
strah-DAYL-lah])
Clorinda C klo-REEN-dah C (character in the opera La cenerentola [lah chay-nay-RAYNtoh-lah] — Cinderella; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by
Jacopo Ferretti [YAH-ko-po fayr-RAYT-tee] after Perrault [pehr-ro])
Closson C Ernest Closson C ehr-nesst klawss-saw6
Clough leighter C Henry Clough-Leighter C HENN-ree KLUFF-LAYih-tur
Clovis et clotilde C Clovis et Clotilde C klaw-vee ay klaw-teeld C (cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh]
by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay])
Cluer C John Cluer C JAHN KLOO’r
Cluny C Odo de Cluny C aw-doh duh klü-nee
Clutsam C George Clutsam C JAW-urj KLUTT-summ C (known also as George Howard
[H!W-urd] Clutsam)
Cluytens C André Cluytens C AHN-dray KLÜEE-tunnss
Cluzeau mortet C Luis Cluzeau-Mortet C looEESS kloo-zo-mawr-teh
Coates C Albert Coates C AL-burt KOHTSS
Coates C Edith Coates C EE-duth KOHTSS C (known also as Edith Mary [MEHUH-ree]
Coates)
Coates C Eric Coates C EH-rick KOHTSS
Coates C Gloria Coates C GLO-ree-ah KOHTSS
Coates C John Coates C JAHN KOHTSS
Cobbett C Walter Willson Cobbett C WAWL-tur WILL-sunn KAHB-bett
Cobian C J. C. Cobián C (J. C.) ko-veeAHN
Cobos C Jesús López Cobos C hay-SOOSS LO-pehth KO-vawss
Cocchi C Gioacchino Cocchi C johahk-KEE-no KOHK-kee
Coccia C Carlo Coccia C KAR-lo KAW-chah
Cochenille C kawsh’-neey’ C (character in the opera Les contes d'Hoffmann [leh kaw6t dawfmahn] — The Tales of Hoffmann; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk];
libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray])
Cochereau C Pierre Cochereau C peeehr kaw-sh’ro
Cochlaeus C KAWK-lay-ôôss
Coclet C Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet C ah6-rihett vunn denn BOHOHRN kaw-kleh
Coclico C Adrianus Petit Coclico C ah-dree-AH-nüss peh-tee ko-KLEE-ko
Cocq C Jean le Cocq C zhah6 luh kawk C (known also as Johannes Gallus [yo-HAHN-nuss
GAHL-lüss], Maître Jean [may-tr’ zhah6] Gallus, and Mestre Jhan [mess-tr’ zhah6] Gallus)
Cocteau C Jean Cocteau C zhah6 kawk-toh
Codex kajoni C Codex Kajoni C KO-deckss KAH-yaw-nee C (collection of 17th Hungarian
music)
Codex vietoris C Codex Vietoris C KO-deckss vihEH-taw-rihsh C (collection of 17th
Hungarian music)
Coelho C Ruy Coelho C ROOEE kôôEH-yôô
Coelos ascendit C CHAY-lawss ah-SHAYN-ditt C (motet [mo-TETT] by Sir Charles Villiers
Stanford [CHAH-rullz VILL-lih-urz STANN-furd])
Coene C Annelies Coene C AHN-nuh-leess KOO-neh
Coene C Pieter Coene C PEE-tur KOO-neh
Coenen C Franz Coenen C FRAHNZ KOO-nenn
Coenen C Johannes Coenen C yo-HAHN-nuss KOO-nenn C (known also as Johannes
Meinardus [may-NAR-düss] Coenen)
Coenen C Willem Coenen C WILL-lumm KOO-nenn
Coerne C Louis Coerne C LOO-uss KEHRN C (known also as Louis Adolphe [AY-dawlf]
Coerne)
Coertse C Mimi Coertse C MEE-mee KOORT-suh
Coeuroy C André Coeuroy C ah6-dray kör-wah
Coghill C Rhoda Coghill C RO-dah KAHG-hill
Cohan C George M. Cohan C JAW-urj M. KO-hann C (known also as George Michael [M¦kull] Cohan)
Cohen C Elie Cohen C EH-lee KO-enn
Cohen C Harriet Cohen C HAR-ree-utt KO-unn
Cohen C Isidore Cohen C IH-zih-dawr KO-unn
Cohen C Joel Cohen C JO-ull KO-unn C (known also as Joel Israel [IZZ-ree-ull] Cohen)
Cohen C Jules-Émile-David Cohen C zhül-ay-meel-dah-veed kaw-unn
Cohen C Leonard Cohen C LEH-nurd KO-unn
Cohen C Raymond Cohen C RAY-munnd KO-unn
Cohen C Robert Cohen C RAH-burt KO-unn
Cohn C Heinrich Cohn C H¦N-rihh KOHN
Coin C Christophe Coin C kreess-tawf kaw-eh6
Col sorriso dinnocenza C Col sorriso d'innocenza C kohl sohr-REE-zo deen-no-CHAYN-tsah
C (aria from the opera Il pirata [eel pee-RAH-tah] — The Pirate; music by Vincenzo Bellini
[veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAHnee])
Colascione C ko-lah-SHO-nay C (song by Alessandro Piccinini [ah-layss-SAHN-dro peechee-NEE-nee]
Colasse C Pascal Colasse C pahss-kahl kaw-lahss
Colbran C Isabella Colbran C ee-sah-VELL-lah KAWL-vrahn C (known also as Isabel
Angela Colbran [ee-sah-VELL ahn-HAY-lah KAWL-vrahn])
Cold C Ulrik Cold C ÜL-rick KAWLT
Colding jorgensen C Henrik Colding-Jørgensen C HENN-rick KAWL-lihng-YÖ-unn-sunn
Colebault de vitre C Jacques Colebault de Vitré C zhack kaw-luh-bo duh vee-tray C (known
also as Jachet di Mantua [zhah-keh dee mah6-tüah])
Coleccion de tonadillas C Colección de Tonadillas C ko-layk-see-AWN day toh-nah-THEEl’yahss C (Collection of Little Tunes) C (compositions by Heitor Villa-Lobos [ay-TAWR
VEEL-luh-LO-bôôsh])
Colectici intim C ko-leck-TEE-see EEN-teem C (Personal Collection) C (compositions by
Vicente Ascencio [vee-SENN-teh ahss-SENN-seeo])
Coleridge C Mary Coleridge C MEHUH-ree KAHOOL-rihj
Coleridge C Samuel Taylor Coleridge C SA-m’yuh-wull TAY-lur KAHOOL-rihj
Coleridge taylor C Avril Coleridge Taylor C AY-vrill KAHOOL-rihj TAY-lur
Coleridge taylor C Samuel Coleridge-Taylor C SA-m’yuh-wull KAHOOL-rihj-TAY-lur
Coleshill C KAHOOLZ-hill
Colette C kaw-lett
Coletti C Filippo Coletti C fee-LEEP-po ko-LAYT-tee
Colgrass C Michael Colgrass C M¦-kull KAHL-grass C (known also as Michael Charles
[CHAR-rullz] Colgrass)
Colin de blamont C François Colin de Blamont C frah6-swah kaw-leh6 duh blah-maw6 C
(known also as François Collin [kawl-leh6] de Blamont)
Colin maillard C Colin-maillard C kaw-leh6-meh-yar C (Blind Man’s Buff) C (excerpt from
the suite Jeux d’enfants [zhö dah6-fah6] — Children’s Games — by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh
bee-zay])
Collaer C Paul Collaer C pohl kawl-lar
Collard C Jean-Philippe Collard C zhah6-fee-leep kaw-lar
Collard C Jeanine Çollard C zhuh-neen sawl-lar
Collegium musicum C Collegium Musicum C kohl-LAY-ghihôôm MOO-sih-kôôm
Collegium regale C Collegium Regale C kohl-LAY-ghihôôm ray-GAH-lay
Collegium vocale C Collegium Vocale C kohl-LAY-ghihôôm vo-KAH-lay
Collegium vocale gent C Collegium Vocale, Gent C kohl-LAY-ghihôôm vo-KAH-lay,
KENNT
Colles C H. C. Colles C H. C. KAHL-liss C (known also as Henry Cope Colles [HENN-ree
KOHP KAHL-liss])
Collet C Henri Collet C ah6-ree kawl-leh
Collin C Matthäus von Collin C maht-TAY-ôôss fawn KAWL-linn
Collin de blamont C François Collin de Blamont C frah6-swah kawl-leh6 duh blah-maw6 C
(known also as François Colin [kaw-leh6] de Blamont)
Colline C kawl-leen 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 eelLEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree
mür-zhay])
Colline aux epilobes C La colline aux epilobes C lah kawl-leen o-zeh-pee-lawb C (excerpt
from Par monts et par vaux [par maw6 ay par vo] C (compositions by Michel Leclerc [meeshell luh-klehr])
Collins C Dearbhla Collins C DAR-luh KAHL-linnz
Collum C Herbert Collum C HEHR-pert KAWL-lôôm
Collver C Michael Collver C M¦-kull KAWL-vur
Colly C KAWL-lü
Colobrano C Michele Carafa de Colobrano C mee-KAY-lay kah-RAH-fah day ko-lo-BRAHno C (known also as Michele Carafa, Michele Enrico-Francesco-Vincenzo-Aloisio-Paolo Carafa
de Colobrano [mee-KAY-lay ayn-REE-ko-frahn-CHAY-sko-veen-CHAYN-tso-ah-LOEEzeeo-PAHO-lo kah-RAH-fah day ko-lo-BRAH-no], and Michele Enrico-Francesco-VincenzoAloisio-Paolo Carafa)
Colomb C Madame Colomb C mah-dahm kaw-law6
Colombo C Pierre Colombo C peeehr ko-LOHM-bo
Colomer C Edmón Colomer C edd-MAWN ko-lo-MEHR
Colonel of the crimson hussars C The Colonel of the Crimson Hussars C (The Colonel of the
Crimson) huzz-ZARZ C (excerpt from the operetta Sybil [SIH-b'l], with music by Viktor
Jacobi [{VICK-tur JAY-kuh-bee} VICK-tawr YAH-kaw-bee]; lyrics by Bródy [BROHOHdee] and Martos [MAR-tawsh])
Colonna C Giovanni Paolo Colonna C jo-VAHN-nee PAHO-lo ko-LOHN-nah
Colonne C Édouard Colonne C ay-dôôahr kaw-lawn
Colpito qui mavete un di allazzurro spazio C Colpito qui m'avete ... Un dì all'azzurro spazio C
kohl-PEE-toh kooee mah-VAY-tay ... oon dee ahl-laht-TSOOR-ro SPAH-tseeo C (aria from
the opera Andrea Chénier [ahn-dray-ah shay-neeay]; music by Umberto Giordano [oomBAYR-toh jor-DAH-no] and libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah])
Coltellini C Celeste Coltellini C chay-LAY-stay kohl-tayl-LEE-nee
Coltrane C John Coltrane C JAHN KAHL-trayn C (known also as John William [WILLlihumm] Coltrane)
Com e gentil C Com’ è gentil C KO-may JAYN-teel C (aria from the opera Don Pasquale
[dohn pah-skooAH-lay]; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee];
libretto by Giovanni Ruffini [jo-VAHN-nee roof-FEE-nee] and Donizetti after Angelo Anelli
[ahn-JAY-lo ah-NAYL-lee])
Combarieu C Jules Combarieu C zhül kaw6-bah-reeö C (known also as Jules- Léon-Jean
Combarieu [zhül-lay-aw6-zhah6 kaw6-bah-reeö])
Combat del somni C kawm-BAHT dell SAWM-nee C (Dream Conflict) C (a suite by
Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-POOO], lyrics by José Janés [ho-SAY hahNAYSS])
Combe C Édouard Combe C ay-dôôahr kaw6b
Comberti C Micaela Comberti C mee-kah-AY-lah kohm-BAYR-tee
Come away hecate C Come Away, Hecate C (Come Away,) HEH-kutt C (song by Robert
Johnson [RAH-burt JAHN-sunn])
Come back to erin C Come Back to Erin C (Come Back to) EH-rinn C (composition by
Claribel [KLA-rih-bell)] C (Claribel is a pen name used by Charlotte Barnard [SHAR-lutt
BAR-nard])
Come back to sorrento C Come Back to Sorrento C (Come Back to) sohr-RAYN-toh C
(song by Ernesto de Cutes [ayr-NAYSS-toh day KOO-tayss]) C (Cutes probably should be
Curtis [KOOR-teess])
Come chiare e belle C O! come chiare e belle C O! KO-may kee-AH-ray ay BAYL-lay C
Oh! How Bright and Beautiful C (Cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] No. 19 by George Frideric Handel
[JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l])
Come e lunga lattesa C Come è lunga l’attesa! C KO-mayay-LOON-gah laht-TAY-zah! C
(excerpt from the opera Tosca [TOH-skah]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo pooCHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYPpay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])
Come il fosco impetuoso nembo ci separo C Oh come il fosco impetuoso nembo ci separò C O
KO-mayl FOHSS-ko eem-pay-tooO-zo NAYM-bo chee say-pah-RO C (Oh, how violently we
were separated) C (aria from the opera La pietra del paragone [lah peeAY-trah dayl pah-rahGO-nay] — The Touchstone; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and
libretto by Luigi Romanelli [looEE-jee ro-mah-NAYL-lee])
Come la notte ogni fiamella C KO-may lah NOHT-tay O-n’yee feeah-MAYL-lah C (As in the
night every little flame is alive) C (composition by Orlando de Lassus [awr-lah6-doh duh lahsssü])
Come mai non senti C Ah, come mai non senti C AH, KO-may MAHEE nohn SAYN-tee C
(Ah, why are you unmoved) C (aria from the opera Othello [o-TAYL-lo]; music by Gioachino
Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by F. Beriodi Salsa [bay-reeO-dee SAHL-sah]
after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Come my children dere C (Come my children) deer C (anonymous early Scottish tune)
Come per me sereno C KO-may payr may say-RAY-no C (aria featuring Amina [ah-MEEnah] in the opera La sonnambula [lah sohn-NAHM-boo-lah] — The Sleepwalker; music by
Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEEchay ro-MAH-nee])
Come prima C KO-may PREE-mah C (song by Panzeri [pahn-TSAY-ree], Ram [RAHM],
Taccani [tahk-KAH-nee], and Di Paola [dee PAHO-lah])
Come raggio di sol C KO-may RAHD-jo dee SOHL C (song by Antonio Caldara [ahnTAW-neeo kahl-DAH-rah])
Come scoglio C KO-may SKOH-leeo C (Like a Rock) C (aria featuring Fiordiligi [feeohr-deeLEE-jee] in Act I of the opera Così fan tutte [ko-ZEE fahn TOOT-tay] — All Women Do the
Same; 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])
Come sei cieco amore C Come sei cieco, amore C KO-may sayee CHAY-ko ah-MO-ray C
(madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Johann Grabbe [YO-hahn GRAHB-buh])
Come un bel di di maggio C Come un bel dì di maggio C KO-may oon bayl DEE dee
MAHD-jo C (aria from the opera Andrea Chénier [ahn-dray-ah shay-neeay]; music by
Umberto Giordano [oom-BAYR-toh jor-DAH-no] and libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eelLEE-kah])
Comeaux C Elisabeth Comeaux C ih-LIH-zuh-buth ko-MO C (known also as Elisabeth
Comeaux Nelson [NELL-sunn])
Comes C Juan Bautista Comes C hooAHN bahoo-TEESS-tah KO-mayss
Comettant C Oscar Comettant C awss-kar kaw-mett-tah6 C (known also as Jean-PierreOscar Comettant [zhah6-peeehr-awss-kar kaw-mett-tah6])
Comiques C Les Comiques C leh kaw-meek C (The Low-Brows) 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])
Comissiona C Sergiu Comissiona C {SEHR-joo ko-mih-SHO-nuh} SEHR-joo kaw-meessseeO-nah
Comme dieu rayonne C Comme Dieu rayonne C kawm deeö rah-yawn C (poem by Charles
van Lerberghe [SHAR-luh vunn LEHR-ber-guh] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell foray])
Commendatore C Il Commendatore C eel kohm-mayn-dah-TOH-ray C (character in the
opera Don Giovanni [dohn jo-VAHN-nee]; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah
POHN-tay])
Comment disaient ils C Comment, disaient-ils C kawm-mah6, dee-zah6-teel C (How, they
asked) C (poem by Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go] set to music by
Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
Commer C Franz Commer C FRAHNTSS KAWM-mur
Commette C Édouard Commette C ay-dôôahr kawm-mett
Commissaire C kawm-meess-sehr C (Commissioner) C (character in the opera Dialogues des
Carmélites [deeah-lawg day kar-may-leet] — Dialogues of the Carmelites [KAR-muh-l§tss];
music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k]; libretto by Poulenc after Georges Bernanos
[zhawrzh behr-nah-nawss])
Commissario C kohm-meess-SAH-reeo C (character in the opera Madama Butterfly [mahDAH-mah (Butterfly)] — Madam [MA-dumm] Butterfly; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAHko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa
[joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after David Belasco [buh-LASS-ko] and John Luther Long
[JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG])
Commissionario C kohm-meess-seeo-NAH-reeo C (a commissioner) C (character in the opera
La traviata [lah trah-veeAH-tah] — The Worldly Woman; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYPpay VAYR-dee; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAHvay] after Alexandre Dumas [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ dü-mah])
Commovisti domine C Commovisti, Domine C kohm-maw-VEE-stih, DAW-mih-neh C
(Gregorian chant)
Communio C kohm-MOO-niho C (section of the Latin mass set to music by various composers)
Como C Perry Como C PEHR-ree KO-mo C (known also as Pierino [pihehr-REE-no] Como)
Comodo C ko-MO-doh C (excerpt from Sonata [suh-NAH-tuh] by Igor Stravinsky [EE-gur
strah-VINN-skee])
Comodo ma burlesco C ko-MO-doh mah boor-LAY-sko
Compere C Loyset Compère C l’wah-seh kaw6-pehr C (known also as Loyset Louis [lôôee]
Compère)
Compline C KAHM-plunn C (also spelled complin [KAHM-plunn])
Comte de gloria cassis C Le Comte de Gloria Cassis C luh kaw6t duh glaw-reeah kahss-see C
(character in the opera Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] — The Brigands [BRIH-gunndz]; music by
Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack]
and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Comte ory C Le Comte Ory C luh kaw6t aw-ree C (Count Ory) C (an opera, with 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 duh-less-tr’-pwar-saw6]; also a
character in the opera)
Comtesse C La Comtesse C lah kaw6-tess C (The Countess, character in the opera La fille du
régiment [lah feey’ dü ray-zhee-mah6] — The Daughter of the Regiment; music by Gaetano
Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy Saint-Georges
[zhül-ah6-ree vehr-n’wah seh6-zhawrzh] and Jean-François-Alfred Bayard [zhah6-frah6-swahahl-fredd bah-yar])
Comtesse adele C La Comtesse Adèle C lah kaw6-tess ah-dell C (Countess Adele [uh-DELL]
C (character in the opera Le Comte Ory [luh kaw6t aw-ree] — Count Ory [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 duh-less-tr’-pwar-saw6])
Comus C KO-muss C (air from an oratorio by Thomas Augustine Arne [TAH-muss AWguss-teen ARN] based upon a play of the same name by John Milton [JAHN MILL-tunn])
Comus C KO-muss C (dramatic work, with music by Thomas Augustine Arne [TAH-muss
AW-guss-teen ARN] and libretto by John Dalton [JAHN DAWL-tunn] after John Milton
[JAHN MILL-tunn])
Con amores la mia madre C Con amores, la mia madre C kawn ah-MO-rayss, lah MEE-ah
MAH-dray C (With Love, Mother) C (song by Juan de Anchieta [hooAHN day ahn-cheeAYtah])
Con anima C kohn AH-nee-mah
Con brio C kohn BREE-o
Con discrezione C kohn deess-kray-tseeO-nay
Con el vito C ¡Con el vito! C ¡kawn ell VEE-toh! C (song by Manuel Massotti Littel [mahnooELL mahss-SAWT-tee leett-TELL]) C (Vito is an Andalusian dance or its music)
Con onor muore C ko-NO-nor mooO-ray C (Death of Butterfly) C (aria from the opera
Madama [mah-DAH-mah] Butterfly — Madam [MA-dumm] Butterfly; music by Giacomo
Puccini C 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 David Belasco [DAY-vudd buh-LASSko] and John Luther Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG])
Con spirito C kohn SPEE-ree-toh
Con voce festiva C kohn VO-chay fay-STEE-vah C (With Festive Voice) 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])
Conca C Giuseppe Conca C joo-ZAYP-pay KOHN-kah
Concedi concedi amor pietoso C Concedi, concedi, amor pietoso C kohn-CHAY-dee, kohnCHAY-dee, ah-MOHR peeay-TOH-zoh C (Grant, merciful love, oh grant) C (aria from the
opera L’Italiana in Algeri [lee-tah-leeAH-nah ee-nahl-JAY-ree] — The Italian Girl in Algiers;
music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Angelo Anelli [ahnJAY-lo ah-NAYL-lee])
Concento di voci C Concento di Voci C kohn-CHAYN-toh dee VO-chee C (a group of choral
compositions by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF])
Concentus musicus wien C Concentus musicus Wien C kohn-CHAYN-tôôss MOO-zih-kôôss
VEEN C (Wien = Vienna)
Concert etude C Concert Étude C (Concert) ay-tüd C (composition by Ernst von Dohnányi
[EHRNST fawn dohk-NAHAHN-yee]
Concert pour violon piano et quatuor a cordes C Concert pour violon, piano et quatuor à cordes
C kaw6-sehr pôôr veeaw-law6, peeah-no ay kôôah-tüawr ah kawrd C (Concert for Violin, Piano
and String Quartet) C (composition by Ernest Chausson [ehr-nesst shohss-saw6])
Concertante no one for trumpet and ten players C Concertante No. 1 for trumpet and 10 players
C kohn-chayr-TAHN-tay (No. 1 for Trumpet and 10 Players) C (compositions by Ralph
Shapey [RALF SHAY-pee])
Concertgebouw orchestra C Concertgebouw Orchestra C kawn-SERT-keh-bahoo (Orchestra)
Concertgebouworkest C kawn-SERT-keh-bahoo-awr-kesst C (Concertgebouw Orchestra,
Amsterdam {AMM-stur-damm} AHM-ster-dahm)
Concerti fur streicher und continuo C Concerti für Streicher und Continuo C kawn-TSEHR-tee
für SHTR¦-hur ôônt kawn-TEE-nôôo C (Concertos for Strings and Continuo [kunn-TIHn’yuh-wo]) C (compositions by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Concerti grossi C kohn-CHAYR-tee GROHSS-see C (group of six concertos constituting
Opus 3 by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l])
Concerto C kohn-CHAYR-toh C (composition by Knechtl [k’NEH-t’l]) C (composition by
Reinhardt [R¦N-hart]) C (composition by Quantz [k’VAHNTSS]) C (composition by Graun
[GRAHÔÔN]) C (composition by Röllig [RÖL-lihh])
Concerto a cinque C kohn-CHAYR-toh ah CHEEN-kooay C (Concerto for Solo Oboe and
Strings in d Minor by Tomaso Albinoni [toh-MAH-zo ahl-bee-NO-nee])
Concerto a tre C Concerto a tre C kohn-CHAYR-toh ah TRAY C (concerto by Robert Starer
[RAH-burt STAH-rur])
Concerto a two choeurs con violino discordato C Concerto a 2 chœrs “con violino discordato”
C kaw6-sehr-toh ah 2 kör “kohn veeo-LEE-no deess-kohr-DAH-toh” C (composition by
Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Concerto alla rustica C kohn-CHAYR-toh AHL-lah ROOSS-tee-kah C (concerto by
Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Concerto audi coelum C Concerto: Audi coelum C kohn-CHAYR-toh: AHOO-dih CHAYlôôm C (composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Concerto duo seraphim C Concerto: Duo seraphim C kohn-CHAYR-toh: DÔÔ-aw SEH-rahfimm C (composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Concerto en mi bemol majeur pour trompette et orchestre C Concerto en mi bémol majeur pour
trompette et orchestre C kaw6-sehr-toh ah6 mee bay-mawl mah-zhör pôôr traw6-pett ay
awr-kess-tr’ C (Concerto in E Flat Major for Trumpet and Orchestra) C (composition by
Joseph Haydn [YOHOH-zeff H¦-d’n])
Concerto en re majeur pour trompette two hautbois cordes et continuo C Concerto en ré majeur
pour trompette, 2 hautbois, cordes et continuo C kaw6-sehr-toh ah6 ray mah-zhör pôôr traw6pett, 2 hoht-bwah, kawrd ay kaw6-tee-nüo C (Concerto in D Major for Trumpet, 2 Oboes,
Strings and Continuo [kunn-TIH-n’yuh-wo]) C (composition by Johann Friedrich Fasch [YOhahn FREET-rihh FAHSH])
Concerto en ut majeur pour trompette et orchestre C kaw6-sehr-toh ah6-nüt mah-zhör pôôr
traw6-pett ay awr-kess-tr’ C (Concerto in C Major for Trumpet and Orchestra) C
(composition by Joseph Haydn [YOHOH-zeff H¦-d’n]) C (composition by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Concerto for two mandolins in g major C Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G Major C (Concerto
[kohn-CHAYR-toh] for 2 Mandolins [MANN-doh-linnz] in G Major) C (composition by
Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Concerto grosso C Concerto Grosso C kohn-CHAYR-toh GROHSS-so C (generic title given
to each of a numbered series of compositions by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duhrick HANN-d’l) C (generic title given to each of a numbered series of compositions by
Arcangelo Corelli [ar-KAHN-jay-lo ko-RAYL-lee])
Concerto grosso for brass trio and chamber orchestra C Concerto Grosso for Brass Trio and
Chamber Orchestra C kohn-CHAYR-toh GROHSS-so (for Brass Trio and Chamber
Orchestra) C (composition by Richard Nanes [RIH-churd NAYNZ])
Concerto grosso in c C Concerto Grosso in C C kohn-CHAYR-toh GROHSS-so (in C) C
(from the oratio-opera Alexander's [a-ligg-ZANN-durz] Feast by George Frideric Handel
[JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l])
Concerto grosso in g minor fatto per la notte di natale C Concerto grosso in g minor fatto per la
notte di Natale C kohn-CHAYR-toh GROHSS-so (in g minor) FAHT-toh payr lah NOHTtay dee nah-TAH-lay C (composition by Arcangelo Corelli [ar-KAHN-jay-lo ko-RAYL-lee])
Concerto grosso no eight C Concerto Grosso, No. 8 C kohn-CHAYR-toh GROHSS-so, (No.
8) C (the Christmas Concerto, by Arcangelo Corelli [ar-KAHN-jay-lo ko-RAYL-lee])
Concerto grosso no nine in c major a minor C Concerto Grosso No. 9 in C Major/a Minor C
kohn-CHAYR-toh GROHSS-so (No. 9 in C Major/a Minor) C (composition by Charles
Avison [CHAH-rullz AY-vuh-s’n] after Domenico Scarlatti [doh-MAY-nee-ko skar-LAHTtee])
Concerto in c major con molti stromenti C Concerto in C Major “con molti stromenti” C kohnCHAYR-toh (in C Major)“kohn MOHL-tee stro-MAYN-tee” C (composition by Antonio
Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Concerto in g major alla rustica C Concerto in G Major “Alla rustica” C kohn-CHAYR-toh
(in G Major) “AHL-lah ROO-stee-kah” C (composition by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo
vee-VAHL-dee])
Concerto in g minor in forma di pastorale per il santissimo natale C kohn-CHAYR-toh (in g
Minor) een FOHR-mah dee pah-stoh-RAH-lay payr eel sahn-TEESS-see-mo nah-TAH-lay
C (composition by Giuseppe Torelli [joo-ZAYP-pay toh-RAYL-lee])
Concerto in re maggiore per two violini leuto e basso continuo C Concerto in re maggiore per 2
violini, leuto e basso continuo C kohn-CHAYR-toh een ray mahd-JO-ray payr 2 veeo-LEEnee, lay-OO-toh ay BAHSS-so kohn-TEE-nooo C (Concerto in D Major for 2 Violins, Lute
and Continuo [kunn-TIH-n’yuh-wo]) C (composition by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo veeVAHL-dee])
Concerto in re minore per viola damore leuto ed orchestra C Concerto in re minore per viola
d’amore, leuto ed orchestra C kohn-CHAYR-toh een ray mee-NO-ray payr veeO-lah dah-
MO-ray, lay-OO-toh ayd ohr-KAY-strah C (Concerto in d Minor for Viola D’amore [dahMO-ray], Lute, and Orchestra) C (composition by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo veeVAHL-dee])
Concerto madrigalesco C kohn-CHAYR-toh mah-dree-gah-LAY-sko C (composition by
Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Concerto nigra sum C Concerto: Nigra sum C kohn-CHAYR-toh: NIH-gruh SOOM C
(composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Concerto pour flute C Concerto pour flûte C kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr flüt C (Concerto for Flute)
C (composition by Carl Stamitz [KARL SHTAHAH-mittss])
Concerto pour flute et harpe C Concerto pour flûte et harpe C kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr flüt ay arp
C (Concerto for Flute and Harp) C (composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Concerto pour harpe et orchestre C kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr arp ay awr-kess-tr’ C (Concerto for
Harp and Orchestra) C (composition by François Boieldieu [frah6-swah bwahl-deeö])
Concerto pour mandoline and cordes C Concerto pour mandoline & cordes C kaw6-sehr-toh
pôôr mah6-daw-leen & kawrd C (Concerto for Mandolin and Strings) C (composition by
Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Concerto pour trompette and orchestre C Concerto pour trompette & orchestre C kaw6-sehrtoh pôôr traw6-pett (&) awr-kess-tr’ C (Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra) C (composition
by Franz Joseph Haydn [FRAHNTSS YOHOH-zeff H¦-d’n] C (composition by Léopold Mozart
[LAY-o-pawlt MO-tsart]) C (composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng
ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Concerto pour two mandolines and cordes C Concerto pour 2 mandolines & cordes C kaw6sehr-toh pôôr 2 mah6-daw-leen & kawrd C (Concerto for 2 Mandolins & Strings) C
(composition by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Concerto pour two mandolines two theorbes two flutes two salmo two violons in tromba marina
and violoncelle C Concerto pour 2 mandolines, 2 théorbes, 2 flûtes, 2 “Salmo,” 2 violons “in
tromba marina” & violoncelle C kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr 2 mah6-daw-leen, 2 tay-awrb, 2 flüt, 2
“sahl-mo,” 2 veeaw-law6 “eh6 traw6-bah mah-ree-nah” & veeaw-law6-sell C (composition by
Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Concerto pour two violons C Concerto pour 2 violons C kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr 2 veeaw-law6 C
(Concerto for 2 Violins) C (composition by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASStihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Concerto pour violon C kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr veeaw-law6 C (composition by Johann Sebastian
Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre no two C Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre No 2 C
kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr veeaw-law6-sell ay awr-kess-tr’ No 2 C (Concerto for Violoncello and
Orchestra No. 2) C (composition by Cristóbal Halffter [kreess-TOH-vahl ahlf-TEHR]) C
(composition by Krzysztof Penderecki [kur-ZIHSH-tahf penn-deh-RETTSS-kee])
Concerto pulchra es C Concerto: Pulchra es C kohn-CHAYR-toh: POOL-kruh ayss C
(composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Concerto symphonique no four C Concerto symphonique No. 4 C kaw6-sehr-toh seh6-fawneek No. 4 C (Symphonic Concerto No. 4) C (composition by Henry Litolff [HENN-ree LIHtawlf])
Concerts royaux C Concerts royaux C kaw6-sehr r’wah-yo C (Royal Concerts) C (groups of
compositions termed “concerts” by François Couperin [frah6-swah kôô-p’reh6])
Concertstuck pour harpe et orchestre C Concertstück pour harpe et orchestre C KAWN-sehrtshtük pôôr arp ay awr-kess-tr’ C (Concert Piece for Harp and Orchestra) C (composition by
Gabriel Pierné [gah-breeell peeehr-nay])
Concertstucke C Concertstücke C KAWN-tsehrt-shtü-kuh C (Concert Pieces) C
(compositions by Karl Matys [KARL MAH-tüss])
Concierto andaluz C kawn-theeEHR-toh ahn-dah-LOOTH C (composition by Joaquin
Rodrigo [hoah-KEEN rohd-REE-go])
Concierto de aranjuez C kawn-theeEHR-toh day ah-rahn-hooEHTH C (composition by
Joaquín Rodrigo [hoah-KEEN rohd-REE-go])
Concone C Giuseppe Concone C joo-ZAYP-pay kohn-KO-nay C (known also as Paolo
Giuseppe Gioacchino Concone C PAHO-lo joo-ZAYP-pay johahk-KEE-no kohn-KO-nay])
Concordia choir C Concordia Choir C kahn-KOHR-dee-uh (Choir)
Conde claros C Conde Claros C KAWN-day KLAH-rawss C (composition by Luis de
Narváez [looEESS day nar-VAH-ehth]
Conde de morphy C Guillermo, Conde de Morphy C ghee-l’YEHR-mo, KAWN-day day
MAWR-fee
Conditor alme C KOHN-dee-tawr AHL-may C (sacred music by Marturià Prats [mar-tooreeAH PRAHTSS])
Condor pasa C El condor pasa C ell kawn-DAWR PAH-sah C (The Condor Passes by) C
(Peruvian melody by Daniel Alomisa Robles [dah-neeELL ah-lo-MEE-sah RAWV-layss]
arranged for guitar by Eduardo Falú [ay-thooAR-doh fah-LOO])
Condulmiero C kohn-dool-meeAY-ro C (character in the opera Maometto Secondo [mah-oMAYT-toh say-KOHN-doh] — Mahomet [mah-HO-mett] II; music by Gioachino Rossini
[johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Cesare della Valle [chay-ZAH-ray dayl-lah
VAHL-lay])
Confalonieri C Giulio Confalonieri C JOO-leeo kohn-fah-lo-neeAY-ree
Confitebor tibi domine C Confitebor tibi Domine C kohn-FIH-teh-bawr TEE-bih DAW-mihneh C (section of the Vesperae solennes de confessore [VAY-speh-ray so-LAYN-ness day
kohn-FAYSS-saw-reh] by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss
MO-tsart])
Confort damours C Confort d’amours C kaw6-fawr dah-môôr C (anonymous rondo [RAHNdoh])
Conforti C Giovanni Luca Conforti C jo-VAHN-nee LOO-kah kohn-FOHR-tee C (known
also as Giovanni Luca Conforto [kohn-FOHR-toh])
Confrey C Zez Confrey C ZEZZ KAHN-free C (known also as Edward Elezaer Confrey
[EDD-wurd uh-LEE-zur KAHN-free])
Confutatis C kohn-foo-TAH-tiss C (section of the Latin mass set to music by various
composers)
Confutatis maledictis C kohn-foo-TAH-tiss muh-leh-DEEK-tiss C (from Requiem [{REHkôôee-umm} REH-kôôih-emm] by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee])
Congie prens C Si congié prens C see kaw6-zheeay prah6 C (If I Take Leave) C (six-voice
song from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz [zhawss-keh6 day-pray])
Congreve C William Congreve C WILL-lihumm KAHN-greev
Coni C Paolo Coni C PAHO-lo KO-nee
Conlon C James Conlon C JAYMZ KAHN-lunn
Connoscudamente mostre miragres C Connosçudamente mostre miragres C kohn-no-soo-thahMAYN-tay MAWSS-tray mee-RAH-grayss C (sacred music from 13th- Spain)
Conon de bethune C Conon de Bèthune C kaw-naw6 duh beh-tün
Conrad C Andreas Conrad C ahn-DRAY-ahss KAWN-raht
Conradi C August Conradi C AHOO-gôôst KOHN-rah-dee
Conrat C Hugo Conrat C HOO-go KAWN-raht
Conried C Heinrich Conried C {H¦N-rick KAHN-reed} H¦N-rihh KAWN-reet
Consoli C Marc-Antonio Consoli C {MARK-ann-TOH-neeo kahn-SO-lee} MARK-ahnTAW-neeo kohn-SO-lee
Consort of musicke C The Consort of Musicke C (The Consort of) m’YOO-zick C (a
performing group)
Constable C John Constable C JAHN KAHN-stah-b'l
Constance C Sœur Constance C sör kaw6-stah6ss C (Sister Constance [KAHNT-stunntss])
C (character in the opera Dialogues des Carmélites [deeah-lawg day kar-may-leet] —
Dialogues of the Carmelites [KAR-muh-l§tss]; music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôôlah6k]; libretto by Poulenc after Georges Bernanos [zhawrzh behr-nah-nawss])
Constant C Franz Constant C FRAHNTSS kawn-STAHNT
Constant C Marius Constant C mah-reeOOSS kawn-STAHNT
Constantia C kohn-STAHN-teeah C (anonymous composition)
Constantinescu C Dan Constantinescu C DAHN kawn-stahn-tee-NESS-koo
Constantinescu C Paul Constantinescu C PAHOOL kawn-stahn-tee-NESS-koo
Constanze o wie ängstlich C Constanze ... O wie ängstlich C kawn-SHTAHN-tsuh ... o vee
EHNGST-lihh C (excerpt from the opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail [dee ennt-FÜ-rôông
ahôôss daym zay-RAHIHL] — The Abduction From the Harem; music by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie
[YO-hahn GAWT-leep SHTEH-fah-nee) after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner [KRIH-stawf
FREET-rihh BRETTSS-nur])
Contadinelle C kohn-tah-dee-NAYL-lay C (peasant girls) C (characters in the opera La
bohème [lah baw-emm] — Bohemian Life; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo pooCHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYPpay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])
Contamine de la tour C J. P. Contamine de la Tour C (J. P.) kaw6-tah-meen duh lah tôôr
Contate con me C kohn-TAH-tay kohn may C (song by Bixio [BEEK-seeo] and Cherubini
[kay-roo-BEE-nee])
Contate domino C Contate Domino C kohn-TAH-tay DAW-mih-naw C (sacred composition
by Hans Leo Hassler C HAHNSS LAY-o HAHSS-lur
Conte C Christian Conte C kreess-teeah6 kaw6t
Conte C David Conte C DAY-vudd KAHN-tee
Conte ah che mai sento C Il Conte! Ah, che mai sento C eel KOHN-tay! AH, kay mahee
SAYN-toh C (excerpt from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-beeAY-ray dee see-VEEleeah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohssSEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin
Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe
Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Conte dalmaviva C Il Conte d'Almaviva C eel KOHN-tay d'ahl-mah-VEE-vah C (Conte =
Count) C (character in the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro] — The
Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss
MO-tsart]; 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])
Conte dalmaviva C Il Conte d'Almaviva C eel KOHN-tay d'ahl-mah-VEE-vah C (Conte =
Count) 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-KEE-no rohss-SEEnee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de
Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [jooZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Conte di ceprano C Il Conte di Ceprano C eel KOHN-tay dee chay-PRAH-no C (character in
the opera Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh]; 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])
Conte di lerma C Il Conte di Lerma C eel KOHN-tay dee LAYR-mah 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])
Conte di libenskof C Conte di Libenskof C KOHN-tay dee lee-BENN-skohf C (character in Il
viaggio a Reims [eel veeAHD-jo ah reh6ss] — The Journey to Rheims [REEMZ] — a stage
cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] with ballet [BAL-lay]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no
rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Luigi Balocchi [looEE-jee bah-LOHK-kee])
Conte di luna C Il Conte di Luna C eel KOHN-tay dee LOO-nah 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-O-nay ay-mah-nooAY-lay bar-DAH-ray] after Antonio García
Gutiérrez [ahn-TOH-neeo gar-THEE-ah goo-teeAYR-rehth]
Conte di monterone C Il Conte di Monterone C eel KOHN-tay dee mohn-tay-RO-nay C
(character in the opera Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh]; 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])
Contemptus mundi C Contemptus Mundi C kohn-TAYMP-tôôss MOON-dih C (character in
Ordo virtutum [OHR-doh veer-TOO-tôôm], a musical drama by Hildegard von Bingen [HILLtuh-gahrt fawn BIHNG-unn])
Contentatevi o fidi pensieri C Contentatevi, o fidi pensieri C kohn-tayn-tah-TAY-vee, o FEEdee payn-seeAY-ree C (Be content, oh faithful thoughts) C (aria from the cantata [kunn-TAHtuh] Su le sponde de Tebro [soo lay SPOHN-day day TAY-bro] — On the Banks of the Tiber
— by Alessandro Scarlatti [ah-layss-SAHN-dro skar-LAHT-tee])
Contento amor y paz C Contento, amor y paz C kohn-TAYN-toh, ah-MAWR ee PAHTH C
(excerpt from Sonetos Sagrados [so-NAY-tawss sah-GRAH-thawss] by Héctor Campos Parsi
[ECK-tor KAHM-pawss PAR-see])
Contes dhoffmann C Les contes d’Hoffmann C leh kaw6t dawf-mahn C (The Tales of
Hoffmann) C (an opera, with music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto
by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray])
Contes espagnol C Contes Espagnol C kaw6t ess-pah-n’yawl C (Tales of Spain) C (stories by
Jean Richepin [zhah6 reesh-peh6], which served as the conceptual source of the series of songs
entitled Coplas [KAWP-lahss] by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco [{MEH-reeo kass-t’l-nôôO-vo
tuh-DESS-ko} MAH-reeo kah-stayl-nooO-vo tay-DAY-sko])
Contessa dalmaviva C La Contessa d'Almaviva C lah kohn-TAYSS-sah dahl-mah-VEE-vah
C (Contessa = Countess) C (character in the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee
FEE-gah-ro] — The Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHNtay] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-marsheh])
Contessa di almaviva C La Contessa di Almaviva C lah kohn-TAYSS-sah dee ahl-mah-VEEvah C (Contessa = Countess) C (character in the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee
FEE-gah-ro] — The Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHNtay] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-marsheh])
Contessa di ceprano C La Contessa di Ceprano C lah kohn-TAYSS-sah dee chay-PRAH-no
C (character in the opera Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYPpay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAHvay] after Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go])
Contessa di folleville C Contessa di Folleville C kohn-TAYSS-sah dee fawl-veel C (character
in Il viaggio a Reims [eel veeAHD-jo ah reh6ss] — The Journey to Rheims [REEMZ] — a stage
cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] with ballet [BAL-lay]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no
rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Luigi Balocchi [looEE-jee bah-LOHK-kee])
Conti C Carlo Conti C KAR-lo KOHN-tee
Conti C Francesco Bartolomeo Conti C frahn-CHAY-sko bar-toh-lo-MAY-o KOHN-tee
Conti C Gioacchino Conti C johahk-KEE-no KOHN-tee
Conti C Max Conti C mahkss kaw6-tee
Conti guglia C John Conti-Guglia C JAHN KAHN-tee-GOO-leeah C (the family name is
known also as Contiguglia [kahn-tee-GOO-leeah])
Conti guglia C Richard Conti-Guglia C RIH-churd KAHN-tee-GOO-leeah C (the family name
is known also as Contiguglia [kahn-tee-GOO-leeah])
Contiguglia C John Contiguglia C JAHN kahn-tee-GOO-leeah C (the family name is known
also as Conti-Guglia [KAHN-tee-GOO-leeah])
Contiguglia C Richard Contiguglia C RIH-churd kahn-tee-GOO-leeah C (the family name is
known also as Conti-Guglia [KAHN-tee-GOO-leeah])
Contilli C Gino Contilli C JEE-no kohn-TEEL-lee
Continuo C kohn-TEE-nooo (Italian pronunciation) C kaw6-tee-nüo (French pronunciation) C
kunn-TIH-n’yuh-wo (American pronunciation) C kawn-TEE-nôôo (German pronunciation:
spelling Kontinuo)
Contrabass C KAHN-truh-bayss C (string bass, American spelling and pronunciation)
Contrabasso C KOHN-trah-bahss-so C (string bass, Italian spelling and pronunciation) C
(sometimes shown as contrabbasso [KOHN-trahb-bahss-so])
Contre dolour C kaw6-tr’ daw-lôôr C (Against Pain) C (anonymous rondo [RAHN-doh] from
medieval Cyprus)
Contrebasse C kaw6-tr’-bahss C (string bass, French spelling and pronunciation)
Contredanses C kaw6-tr’-dah6ss C (Contradances) C (excerpts from the orchestral suite 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 füz’leeay])
Contro un cor che accende amore C KOHN-tro oon KOHR kay ah-CHAYN-day ah-MO-ray
C (Against a Heart Where Love Burns) C (aria from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel barbeeAY-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 stayrBEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bomar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Conus C Georgi Conus C gay-AWR-ghee KAW-nôôss C (known also as Georgi Eduardovich
[eh-dôôAR-duh-vihch] Conus and Georgi Konius [KAW-nihôôss])
Conus C Julius Conus C YOO-lihôôss KAW-nôôss
Conus C Sergei Conus C {sehr-GAY KO-nuss} sehr-GAYEE KAW-nôôss
Conyngham C Barry Conyngham C BAR-ree KUH-nihng-umm C (known also as Barry
Ernest [UR-nusst] Conyngham)
Cooke C Deryck Cooke C DEH-rick KÔÔK C (known also as Deryck Victor [VICK-tur]
Cooke)
Cools C Eugène Cools C ö-zhenn kôôl
Cooper C Emil Cooper C yeh-MEEL KOO-per C (known also as Emil Albertovich Cooper
[yeh-MEEL ahl-BEHR-tuh-vihch KOO-per])
Cooper C Martin Cooper C MAR-t’n KOO-pur C (known also as Martin Du Pré [doo pray]
Cooper)
Coperari C Giovanni Coperari C jo-VAHN-nee ko-pay-RAH-ree
Coperario C Giovanni Coperario C jo-VAHN-nee ko-pay-RAH-reeo C (known also as
Giovanni Coprario [ko-PRAH-reeo])
Copla C KO-plah C (poem by Luís Franco [looEESS FRAHN-ko] set to music by Abraham
Jurafsky [ah-br’AHM hoo-RAHF-skee])
Copland C Aaron Copland C A-runn KOHP-lunnd
Coplas C KAWP-lahss C (a series of compositions by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco [{MEH-reeo
kass-t’l-nôôO-vo tuh-DESS-ko} MAH-reeo kah-stayl-nooO-vo-tay-DAY-sko])
Copley C John Copley C JAHN KAHP-lee C (known also as John Michael [M¦-kull]
Copley)
Coppee C François Coppée C frah6-swah kawp-pay
Coppelia C Coppélia C kawp-pay-leeah C (ballet [BAL-lay] by Léo Delibes [lay-o duh-leeb]
Coppelius C Coppélius C kawp-pay-leeüss C (character in the opera Les contes d'Hoffmann
[leh kaw6t dawf-mahn] — The Tales of Hoffmann; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK
AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell karray])
Coppens C Claude A. Coppens C klohd (A.) kawp-pennss C (known also as Claude Albert
[ahl-behr] Coppens)
Coppet C Edward J. de Coppet C EDD-wurd J. dee KAHP-putt
Coppock C Bruce Coppock C BROOSS KAHP-puck
Coppola C Piero Coppola C peeAY-ro kohp-PO-lah
Coppola C Pietro Antonio Coppola C peeAY-tro ahn-TAW-neeo kohp-PO-lah C (known
also as Pierantonio [peeayr-ahn-TAW-neeo] Coppola)
Coprario C Giovanni Coprario C jo-VAHN-nee ko-PRAH-reeo C (known also as Giovanni
Coperario [jo-VAHN-nee ko-pay-RAH-reeo])
Coptishes lied C Coptishes Lied C KAWP-tih-shuss LEET C (Coptic [KAHP-tick] Song) C
(two different poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖtuh] set to music by Hugo Wolf [HOO-go VAWLF])
Coquard C Arthur Coquard C ar-tür kaw-kar C (known also as Arthur-Joseph [ar-tür-zhozeff] Coquard)
Coquette C kaw-kett C (excerpt from the suite Carnaval [kar-nah-vahl] — Carnival — by
Robert Schuman [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Coquina francesa C La coquina francesa C lah ko-KEE-nah frahn-THAY-sah C (excerpt
from the suite Marizápalos [mah-ree-THAH-pah-lawss] by Gaspar Sanz [gahss-PAR
SAHNTH])
Cor anglais C kawr ah6-gleh C (English horn)
Cor mio deh non languire C Cor mio, deh non languire C kohr MEE-o, day nohn lahn-gooEEray C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Johann Grabbe [YO-hahn GRAHB-buh])
Cor mio mentre vi miro C kohr MEE-o MAYN-tray vee MEE-ro C (Dear heart while I gaze
at you) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tayVAYR-dee])
Coral C ko-RAHL C (number from the Suite Compostelana [süeet kawm-pawss-tay-LAHnah], pertaining to the people of Santiago de Compostela [sahn-tee-AH-go day kawm-pawssTAY-lah], a small administrative district in northwestern Spain, by Federico Mompou [feh-thehREE-ko mawm-POOO])
Coral salve de laredo C Coral Salvé de Laredo C ko-RAHL sahl-VAY day lah-RAY-tho C
(Laredo Chorus)
Corale C ko-RAH-lay C (hymn or sacred song) C (Italian spelling, pronunciation, and
meaning)
Coranda C KO-rahn-dah C (dance from Pargamasca [par-gah-MAHSS-kah] —
Anonymous 17th Hungarian Dances)
Corant C KAW-rahnt C (dance from Pargamasca [par-gah-MAHSS-kah] — Anonymous
17th Hungarian Dances)
Corato C Luigi De Corato C looEE-jee day ko-RAH-toh
Corazon porque pasais C Corazón, porqué pasáis ...? C ko-rah-THAWN, pawr-KAY pahSAH-eess ...? C (Why, Oh Heart?) C (composition by Fernando Obradors [fehr-NAHN-doh oVRAH-thawrss])
Corbeau et le renard C Le corbeau et le renard C luh kawr-bo ay luh ruh-nar C (song by
André Caplet [ah6-dray kahp-leh])
Corbeil C Richard Corbeil C RIH-churd KAWR-b§l
Corbelli C Alessandro Corbelli C ah-layss-SAHN-dro kohr-BAYL-lee
Corboz C Michel Corboz C mee-shell kawr-baw C (known also as Michel-Jules Corboz
[mee-shell-zhül kawr-baw])
Corcoran C Frank Corcoran C FRANGK KAWR-k’runn
Cordero C Roque Cordero C RO-kay kawr-DAY-ro
Cordero de dios bulerias C Cordero de Dios — bulerías C kawr-DAY-ro day DEE-awss —
boo-lay-REE-ahss C (section of the Misa flamenca [MEE-sah flah-MAYN-kah] — Flamenco
[flah-MENN-ko] Mass — set to music by Paco Peña [PAH-ko PAY-n’yah])
Cordier C Baude Cordier C bohd kawr-deeay
Cordier C David Cordier C dah-veed kawr-deeay
Cordiferro C R. Cordiferro C (R.) kohr-dee-FAYR-ro
Cordoba C Córdoba C KAWR-doh-vah C (excerpt from Cantos de España [KAHN-tawss
day ayss-PAH-n’yah] by Isaac Albéniz [ee-SAHK ahl-VAY-neeth])
Cordoba C Sebastián de Córdoba C say-vahss-teeAHN day KAWR-doh-vah
Core ngrato C Core 'ngrato C KO-ray n’GRAH-toh C (Ungrateful Heart) C (lyric by R.
Cordiferro [kohr-dee-FAYR-ro] set to music by Salvatore Cardillo [sahl-vah-TOH-ray karDEEL-lo])
Corea C Chick Corea C CHICK kaw-REE-uh C (known also as Armando Anthony Corea
[ar-MANN-doh ANN-thuh-nee kaw-REE-uh])
Corelli C Arcangelo Corelli C ar-KAHN-jay-lo ko-RAYL-lee
Corelli C Franco Corelli C FRAHN-ko ko-RAYL-lee C (known also as Franco Dario [DAHreeo] Corelli)
Corena C Fernando Corena C fayr-NAHN-doh ko-RAY-nah
Corentin C Saint Corentin C seh6 kaw-rah6-teh6 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])
Corera C Pascual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera C pahss-kooAHL hoo-AHN ay-MEE-leeo arreeAY-tah ee ko-RAY-rah
Corette C Michel Corrette C mee-shell kawr-rett
Corey C Giles Corey C J¦LZ KAW-ree
Coria C Miguel Angel Coria C mee-GHELL ahn-HELL ko-REE-ah
Corigliano C John Corigliano C JAHN kaw-rih-lihAH-no
Corigliano C John Paul Corigliano C JAHN PAWL kaw-rih-lihAH-no
Corinna C ko-REEN-nah C (character in Il viaggio a Reims [eel veeAHD-jo ah reh6ss] — The
Journey to Rheims [REEMZ] — a stage cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] with ballet [BAL-lay]; music
by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Luigi Balocchi [looEE-jee
bah-LOHK-kee])
Cormier C Robert de Cormier C ro-behr duh kawr-meeay
Cormon C kawr-maw6
Corneille C Pierre Corneille C peeehr kawr-nehy’
Corneille C Thomas Corneille C taw-mah kawr-nehy’
Cornelis C Evert Cornelis C AY-vert kawr-NAY-liss
Cornelius C Peter Cornelius C PAY-tur kawr-NAY-lihôôss C (German composer and writer)
Cornelius C Peter Cornelius C PEE-tuh kaw-NEE-lihôôss C (Danish tenor)
Cornet C Severin Cornet C seh-v’reh6 kawr-neh
Cornett C kawr-NETT C (a wood, lip-vibrated wind instrument with finger holes and a cupshaped mouthpiece)
Cornetto C kohr-NETT-toh C (a cornett (Italian name) — a wood, lip-vibrated wind
instrument with finger holes and a cup-shaped mouthpiece)
Cornford C Frances Cornford C FRANNT-suss KAWRN-furd
Corno da caccia C KOHR-no dah KAH-chah
Cornopean C kawr-NO-peeunn C (early name for the cornet)
Cornysh C William Cornysh C WILL-lihumm KAWR-nihsh
Coro C KO-ro C (chorus)
Coro a bocca chiusa C KO-ro ah BOHK-kah keeOO-zah C (Humming Chorus from the opera
Madama [mah-DAH-mah] Butterfly — Madam [MA-dumm] Butterfly; 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 David Belasco [DAY-vudd buh-LASSko] and John Luther Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG])
Coro dei malammogliati C Il coro dei malammogliati C eel KO-ro DAY mah-lahm-mo-leeAHtee C (The Chorus of Unhappy Wives) C (poem by Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane [meekay-LAHN-jay-lo booo-nar-RO-tee eel jo-VAH-nay] — Michelangelo Buonarroti the younger
— set to music by Luigi Dallapiccola [looEE-jee dahl-lah-PEEK-ko-lah])
Coro del gran teatro de cordoba C Coro del Gran Teatro de Córdoba C KO-ro dell GRAHN
tay-AH-tro day KAWR-doh-vah C Córdova [KAWR-doh-vah] Theater Chorus)
Coro del teatro alla scala milano C Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano C KO-ro dayl tay-AHtro AHL-lah SKAH-lah, mee-LAH-no C (chorus of the La Scala [lah SKAH-luh] Theater,
Milano [mee-LAH-no] — called Milan [muh-LANN] in the United States)
Coro delle malmaritate C Il coro delle malmaritate C eel KO-ro DAYL-lay mahl-mah-reeTAH-tay C (The Chorus of Unhappy Husbands) C (poem by Michelangelo Buonarroti il
Giovane [mee-kay-LAHN-jay-lo booo-nar-RO-tee eel jo-VAH-nay] — Michelangelo
Buonarroti the younger — set to music by Luigi Dallapiccola [looEE-jee dahl-lah-PEEK-kolah])
Coro e orchestra del teatro alla scala C Coro e orchestra del Teatro alla Scala C KO-ro ay orKAY-strah dayl tay-AH-tro AHL-lah SKAH-lah C (Chorus and Orchestra of the La Scala
[lah SKAH-luh] Theater)
Coro filarmonico di praga C Coro filarmonico di Praga C KO-ro fee-lar-MO-nee-ko dee
PRAH-gah C (Prague [PRAHG] Philharmonic Chorus)
Coro titular del teatro lirico nacional la zarzuela C Coro titular del Teatro Lírico Nacional "La
Zarzuela" C KO-ro tee-too-LAR dell tay-AH-tro LEE-ree-ko nah-seeo-NAHL "lah tharthooAY-lah" C (National Zarzuela [thar-thooAY-lah] Lyric Theater Chorus)
Coronaro C Gellio Coronaro C JAYL-leeo ko-ro-NAH-ro C (known also as Gellio Benvenuto
[bayn-vay-NOO-toh] Coronaro)
Coronini C Carl Coronini C KARL ko-ro-NEE-nee
Corpus christi C Corpus Christi C KOHR-pôôss KREESS-tih C (Latin pronunciation) C
(U.S. city, KAWR-puss KRISS-tee)
Correa C Roberto Falabella Correa C ro-VEHR-toh fah-lah-VEH-l’yah kawr-RAY-ah C
(known also as Roberto Falabella)
Correa de araujo C Francisco Correa de Araujo C frahn-THEESS-ko kawr-RAY-ah day ahrahOO-ho C (known also as Francisco Araujo, Francisco Arauxo [ah-rahOOK-so], Francisco
Correa de Arauxo, and Francisco Correa de Azavedo [ah-thah-VAY-tho])
Correa de arauxo C Francisco Correa de Arauxo C frahn-THEESS-ko kawr-RAY-ah day ahrahOOK-so C (known also as Francisco Arauxo, Francisco Araujo [ah-rahOO-ho], Francisco
Correa de Araujo, and Francisco Correa de Azavedo [ah-thah-VAY-tho])
Correa de azavedo C Francisco Correa de Azavedo C frahn-THEESS-ko kawr-RAY-ah day
ah-thah-VAY-tho C (known also as Francisco Correa de Araujo [ah-rahOO-ho], Francisco
Correa de Arauxo [ah-rahOOK-so], Francisco Arauxo, and Francisco Araujo)
Correa de azevedo C Luis Heitor Correa de Azevedo C looWEEZ ay-TAWR ko-HAY-uh jahzeh-VAY-dôô
Correas C Jérôme Corréas C zhay-rohm kawr-ray-ah
Corrente C kohr-RAYN-tay C (composition from Partitas No. 1, 3, 5, and 6 by Johann
Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-teeunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK]) C
(composition by Michelangelo Galilei [mee-kay-LAHN-jay-lo gah-lee-LAYEE])
Correte amanti C Correte, amanti C kohr-RAY-tay, ah-MAHN-tee C (madrigal [MADDrih-gull] by Carlo Gesualdo C [KAR-lo jay-zooAHL-doh])
Corri C Domenico Corri C doh-MAY-nee-ko KOHR-ree
Corsaire C Le corsaire C luh kawr-sehr C (The Corsair [kawr-sauhr) C (overture, orchestral
composition by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz])
Corsaro C Il corsaro C eel kohr-SAH-ro C (The Corsair [KAWR-sauhr]) 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 Byron [B¦-runn])
Corselli C Francesco Corselli C frahn-CHAY-sko kohr-SAYL-lee
Corsi C Antonio Pini-Corsi C ahn-TAW-neeo PEE-nee-KOHR-see
Corsi C Giuseppe Corsi C joo-ZAYP-pay KOHR-see C known also as Giuseppe Corso [jooZAYP-pay KOHR-so])
Corsi C Jacopo Corsi C YAH-ko-po KOHR-see
Corso C Giuseppe Corso C joo-ZAYP-pay KOHR-so C known also as Giuseppe Corsi [jooZAYP-pay KOHR-see])
Cortazar C Ernesto M. Cortázar C ehr-NAYSS-toh (M.) kawr-TAH-thar
Corte C Andrea della Corte C ahn-DRAY-ah DAYL-lah KOHR-tay
Corteccia C Francesco Bernardo Corteccia C frahn-CHAY-sko bayr-NAR-doh kohr-TAYchah
Cortege C cortège C kawr-tehzh C (Procession) C (excerpt from the Petite suite [p’teet
süeet] by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Cortege des marionettes C Cortège des marionettes C kawr-tehzh day mah-ree-aw-nett C
(Procession of the Marionettes) C (excerpt from Three Pieces for Flute and Piano by Rosy
Wertheim [RO-zee WERT-h§m])
Corten espadas afiladas C KOHR-tay-nayss-PAH-thahss ah-fee-LAH-thahss C (anonymous
song)
Cortes C Ramiro Cortés, Jr. C rah-MEE-ro kawr-TAYSS, JOO-n’yur
Cortese C Luigi Cortese C looEE-jee kohr-TAY-zay
Cortesi C Francesco Cortesi C frahn-CHAY-sko kohr-TAY-zee
Cortigiani C kohr-tee-JAH-nee C (aria featuring Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh] in the opera
Rigoletto; 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])
Cortigiani del principe e dame C kohr-tee-JAH-nee dayl PREEN-chee-pay ay DAH-may C
(Ladies and gentlemen of the Prince's Court) C (excerpt from the opera La cenerentola [lah
chay-nay-RAYN-toh-lah] — Cinderella; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohssSEE-nee]; libretto by Jacopo Ferretti [YAH-ko-po fayr-RAYT-tee] after Perrault [pehr-ro])
Cortigiani vil razza dannata C Cortigiani, vil razza dannata C kohr-tee-JAH-nee, veel RAHTtsah dahn-NAH-tah C (aria featuring Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh] in the opera Rigoletto;
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])
Cortis C Antonio Cortis C ahn-TOH-neeo KAWR-teess
Cortolezis C Fritz Cortolezis C FRITTSS kawr-toh-LAY-tsiss
Cortot C Alfred Cortot C ahl-fredd kawr-toh C (known also as Alfred Denis [deh-nee]
Cortot)
Corydon singers C Corydon Singers C KAH-rih-dunn (Singers)
Cosi a poc a poco C E così a poc' a poco C ay ko-ZEE ah POHK ah PO-ko C (So, gradually
I flutter) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tayVAYR-dee])
Cosi amor mi fai languir C Così amor mi fai languir C ko-ZEE ah-MOR mee fahee lahngooEER C (song by Alessandro Stradella [ah-layss-SAHN-dro strah-DAYL-lah])
Cosi fan tutte ossia la scuola degli amanti C Così fan tutte, ossia la scuola degli amanti C koZEE fahn TOOT-tay, OHSS-seeah lah skooO-lah DAY-l’yee ah-MAHN-tee C (All Women
Do the Same, or ‘The School for Lovers’) C (an opera, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [loRAYN-tso dah POHN-tay])
Cosma C Viorel Cosma C veeo-RELL KAWSS-mah
Cosroe C kohss-RO-ay C (character in the opera Siroe [see-RO-ay]; music by George Frideric
Handel; libretto by Pietro Metastasio [peeAY-tro may-tah-STAH-zeeo], revised by Nicola
Francesco Haym [NEE-ko-lah frahn-CHAY-sko ¦M])
Cossa C Dominic Cossa C DAH-mih-nick KAHSS-sah
Cossetto C Emil Cossetto C AY-mill kawz-ZETT-taw
Cossmann C Bernhard Cossmann C BEHRN-hart KAWSS-mahn
Cossotto C Fiorenza Cossotto C feeo-RAYN-tsah kohss-SOHT-toh
Cossutta C Carlo Cossutta C KAR-lo kohss-SOOT-tah
Costa C Don Costa C DAHN KAW-stuh
Costa C Fernanda Costa C fayr-NAHN-dah KOHSS-tah
Costa C Mary Costa C MEHUH-ree KAW-stuh
Costa C Sir Michael Costa C (Sir) M¦-kull KAW-stuh C (known also as Sir Michael Andrew
Agnus Costa [M¦-kull ANN-droo AG-nuss KAW-stuh] and Michele Andrea Agniello Costa
[mee-KAY-lay ahn-DRAY-ah ah-neeAYL-lo KO-stah])
Costales C Luis Alfonso de Pablo Costales C looEESS ahl-FAWN-so day PAHV-lo kawssTAH-layss C (known also as Luis de Pablo)
Costeley C Guillaume Costeley C ghee-yohm kaw-tuh-lay
Costello C Elvis Costello C ELL-vuss kaw-STELL-lo
Coster C C. De Coster C (C.) duh kawss-tay
Costume est bien C kawss-tüm esst beeah6 C (13th dance song by Thibaut de Navarre [tee-bo
duh nah-var])
Cotapos C Acario Cotapos C ah-KAH-reeo ko-TAH-pawss C (known also as Acario Cotapos
Baeza [bah-AY-sah])
Cotek C Pavel „otek C PAH-vell CHAW-teck
Cotogni C Antonio Cotogni C ahn-TAW-neeo ko-TOH-n’yee
Cotrubas C Ileana CotrubaÕ C ee-leeAH-nah kaw-troo-BAHSH
Cottet C Olivier Cottet C aw-lee-veeay kawt-teh
Cottonis C Johannis Cottonis C yo-HAHN-niss kawt-TOH-niss C (known also as John
Cotton [JAHN KAHT-t’n], Joannes Musica [yo-AHN-nuss MOO-zee-kah], Johannes filius
Dei [yo-HAHN-nuss FEE-lihôôss DAYEE], and Johannes of Afflighem [yo-HAHN-nuss (of)
AHF-flih-ghemm])
Cottrau C Guglielmo Louis Cottrau C goo-leeAYL-mo LOO-ee KOHT-trahoo
Cottrau C Teodoro Cottrau C tay-o-DOH-ro KOHT-trahoo
Coucher du soleil reverie C Le coucher du soleil (rêverie) C luh kôô-shay dü saw-lehy’ (rehv’ree) C (The Setting of the Sun (Dream)) C poem by Thomas Gounet [taw-mah gôô-neh],
after Thomas Moore [TAH-muss MÔÔUHR]; set to music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behrleeawz])
Coucut C Lou coucut C lôô kôô-kü C (The Cuckoo) C (excerpt from Chants d'Auvergne
[shah6 doh-vehrny’] — Songs of the Auvergne [o-vehrny’], French folk songs collected by
Joseph Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb])
Coulthard C Jean Coulthard C zhah6 kôôl-tar
Count carnero C Count Carnero C (Count) kar-NAY-ro C (character in the operetta Der
Zigeunerbaron [dayr tsee-GOY-nur-pah-rohn] — The Gypsy Baron; music by Johann Strauss
II [YO-hahn SHTRAHÔÔSS II]; libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer [IGG-nahtss SHNITT-tsur] after
Mor Jókai [MOHR YOHOH-kahih])
Count gil C Count Gil C (Count) zheel
Count tomsky C Count Tomsky C (Count) TAWM-skee C character in the opera Pique dame
[peek dahm] — The Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r illYEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mahDYESST {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee] after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uhlyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])
Coupe C In un coupé? C een oon kôô-PAY? C (duet from the opera La bohème [lah bawemm] — 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])
Coupe o mimi tu piu C In un coupé? ... O Mimì, tu più C een oon kôô-PAY? ... o mee-MEE,
too peeOO C (duet from 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])
Couperin C Armand-Louis Couperin C ar-mah6-lôôee kôô-p’reh6
Couperin C Charles Couperin C sharl kôô-p’reh6
Couperin C François Couperin C frah6-swah kôô-p’reh6
Couperin C Gervais-François Couperin C zhehr-veh-frah6-swah kôô-p’reh6
Couperin C Louis Couperin C lôôee kôô-p’reh6
Couperin C Nicolas Couperin C nee-ko-lah kôô-p’reh6
Couperin C Pierre-Louis Couperin C peeehr-lôôee kôô-p’reh6
Couppey C Félix Le Couppey C fay-leekss luh kôôp-pay
Cour C Niels la Cour C NEELSS lah KOOUH
Cour damour C Cour d'amour C kôôr dah-môôr C (Court of Love) C (a group of poems
from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl
Orff [KARL AWRF])
Cour damours C Cour d'amours C kôôr dah-môôr C (Court of Love) C (a group of poems
from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl
Orff [KARL AWRF])
Courante C kôô-rah6t C (composition from Suite No. 5 in g Minor by Matthew Locke
([MATH-yoo LAHK]) C (composition from Suite in g Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach [YOhahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK) C (composition from Ouvertüre
nach französischer Art [ôô-vehr-TÜ-ruh nahk frahn-TSÖ-zih-shur ART] — Overture in the
French Style — by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAHstihahn BAHK]) C (composition by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick
HANN-d’l]) C (composition from Partitas 2 and 4 by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suhBASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK]) C (third number in each of Suites 1-6 for
Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zayBAH-stihahn BAHK]) C (excerpt from each of Suites V, VII, XI, and XIX by Dietrich
Buxtehude [DEE-trihh BÔÔK-stuh-hoo-duh]) C (excerpt from each of Englische [EHNG-
lih-shuh] suites — English Suites — No. 2 and 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suhBASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK]) 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])
Courante de mars C Courante de mars C kôô-rah6t duh mar C (excerpt from Suite [süeet] by
Nicolas Vallet [nee-kaw-lah vahl-leh])
Couraud C Marcel Couraud C mar-sell kôô-ro
Courboin C Charles Courboin C {CHAH-rullz koor-BOYN} sharl kôôr-bweh6 C (known
also as Charles Marie [mah-ree] Courboin)
Courreges C Mireille Courrèges C mee-rehy' kôôr-rehzh
Court il court le furet C Il court, il court le furet C eel kôôr, eel kôôr luh fü-reh C (children’s
song)
Courtis C Jean-Philippe Courtis C zhah6-fee-leep kôôr-tee
Courtisans C Les courtisans C leh kôôr-tee-zah6 C (The Courtesans [KOHR-tuh-zunnz]) 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])
Courtois C Jean Courtois C zhah6 kôôr-twah
Courtoisie C kôôr-twah-zee C (Courtesy) C (excerpt from the suite Trois variations [tr’wah
vah-reeah-seeaw6] — Three Variations — by Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawmPOOO])
Courvoisier C Karl Courvoisier C KARL kôôr-vwah-seeay
Courvoisier C Walter Courvoisier C VAHL-tur kôôr-vwah-seeay
Coussemaker C Edmond de Coussemaker C edd-maw6 duh kôôss-suh-mah-kur C (known
also as Charles-Edmond-Henri de Coussemaker [shar-ledd-maw6-ah6-ree duh kôôss-suh-mahkur])
Cousser C Johann Sigismund Cousser C YO-hahn ZEE-gheess-môônt KÔÔSS-sur C
(known also as Johann Sigismund Kusser [KÔÔSS-sur])
Couture C Jean Papineau-Couture C zhah6 pah-pee-no-kôô-tür
Covent garden C Covent Garden C KAH-vunnt (Garden)
Coverdale C Miles Coverdale C M¦LZ KUH-vur-dayl
Coverly C Robert Coverly C RAH-burt KUH-vur-lee
Covey crump C Rogers Covey-Crump C RAH-jurz KUH-vee-KRUMMP
Coviello C Roberto Coviello C ro-BAYR-toh ko-veeAYL-lo
Cowan C Richard Cowan C RIH-churd K!W-unn
Coward C Noel Coward C NO-ull K!W-urd
Cowdery C Jim Cowdery C JIMM K!W-d’ree
Cowdery C Lauren Cowdery C LAW-runn K!W-d’ree
Cowell C Henry Cowell C HENN-ree K!W-uhl C (known also as Henry Dixon [DICK-s’n]
Cowell)
Cowen C Sir Frederic Cowen C (Sir) FREH-duh-rick K!W-unn C (known also as Sir
Frederic Hymen [H¦-munn] Cowen)
Cowie C Edward Cowie C EDD-wurd K!W-ee
Cox C Jean Cox C JEEN KAHKSS
Coxe C Nigel Coxe C N¦-j’l KAHKSS
Cozette C Michael Cozette C M¦-kull kaw-ZETT
Crabbe C Armand Crabbé C ar-mah6 krahb-bay C (known also as Armand Charles [sharl]
Crabbé)
Crabbe C George Crabbe C JAW-urj KRABB
Cracow C KRAH-kawf C (Polish City)
Cracow boys choir C Cracow Boys' Choir C KRAH-kawf (Boys' Choir)
Crader C Jeannine Crader C juh-NEEN KRAY-dur
Cramer C Johann Baptist Cramer C YO-hahn BAHP-tisst KRAHAH-mur
Cramer C Wilhelm Cramer C VILL-hellm KRAHAH-mur
Craney C Trudy Ellen Craney C TROO-dee ELL-lunn KRAY-nee
Cranz C August Cranz C AHOO-gôôst KRAHNTSS
Cras C Jean Émile Paul Cras C zhah6-nay-meel pohl krah
Crashaw C Richard Crashaw C RIH-churd KRA-shaw
Crass C Franz Crass C FRAHNTSS KRAHSS
Crasselius C Bartolomäus Crasselius C bar-toh-lo-MAY-ôôss krahss-SAY-lihôôss
Creatore C Giuseppe Creatore C {joo-SEPP-pee kree-TAWR} joo-ZAYP-pay kray-ahTOH-ray
Crecquillon C Thomas Crécquillon C taw-mah kray-keeaw6 C (known also as Thomas
Créquillon [kray-keeaw6])
Credea mirarti C Ah! Non credea mirarti C AH, nohn kray-DAY-ah mee-RAR-tee C (aria
from the opera La sonnambula [lah sohn-NAHM-boo-lah] — The Sleepwalker; music by
Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEEchay ro-MAH-nee])
Credete al mio dolore C kray-DAY-tay ahl MEE-o doh-LO-ray C (Believe this suffering of
mine) C (excerpt from the opera Alcina [ahl-CHEE-nah]; music by George Frideric Handel
[JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]; libretto adapted from L’isola di Alcina [lee-ZO-lah dee
ahl-CHEE-nah], after Ariosto [ah-reeO-stoh])
Credico C Oslavio di Credico C o-SLAH-veeo dee KRAY-dee-ko
Credo C KRAY-doh C (section of the Latin mass set to music by various composers)
Credo in un dio crudel C Credo in un Dio crudel C KRAY-doh een oon DEE-o kroo-DAYL
C (excerpt from the opera Otello [o-TAYL-lo]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay
VAYR-dee]; libretto by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] after William Shakespeare
[WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Credo messe C Credo-Messe C KRAY-doh-MAYSS-suh C (section of the Latin mass set to
music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Credo peteneras jaleos C Credo — Peteneras — Jaleos C KRAY-doh — pay-tay-NAY-rahss
— hah-LAY-ohss C (section of the Misa flamenca [MEE-sah flah-MAYN-kah] — Flamenco
[flah-MENN-ko] Mass — set to music by Paco Peña [PAH-ko PAY-n’yah])
Crees C Eric Crees C EH-rick KREEZ
Cremona C kray-MO-nah
Creole love call C Creole Love Call C KREE-ohl (Love Call) C (composition by Duke
Ellington [d’YOOK ELL-lihng-tunn])
Creon C Créon C kray-aw6 C (character in the opera Médée [may-day]; music by Marc
Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay] and libretto by Pierre Corneille [peeehr
kawr-nehy’])
Crepuscule C Crépuscule C kray-püss-küll C (Twilight) C (poem by Charles van Lerberghe
[SHARL vunn LEHR-ber-kuh] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Crepuscule matinal C Crépuscule matinal C kray-püss-küll mah-tih-nahl C (Early Dusk) C
(excerpt from Heures séculaires et instantanées [ör say-kü-lehr ay eh6-stah6-tah-nay] —
Secular and Instantaneous Hours — by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee])
Crequillon C Thomas Créquillon C taw-mah kray-keeaw6 C (known also as Thomas
Crecquillon [kray-keeaw6])
Crescentini C Girolamo Crescentini C jee-RO-lah-mo kray-shayn-TEE-nee
Crescenzo C Vincenzo de Crescenzo C veen-CHAYN-tso day kray-SHAYN-tso
Creser C William Creser C WILL-lihumm KREE-zur
Crespel C kress-puhl C (character in the opera Les contes d'Hoffmann [leh kaw6t dawfmahn] — The Tales of Hoffmann; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk];
libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray])
Crespin C Régine Crespin C ray-zheen kress-peh6
Creuse C Créuse C krayüz C (character in the opera Médée [may-day]; music by Marc
Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay] and libretto by Pierre Corneille [peeehr
kawr-nehy’])
Creuziger C Elisabeth Creuziger C ay-LEE-zah-bett KROY-tsih-gur
Crimi C Giulio Crimi C JOO-leeo KREE-mee
Crimond C kree-maw6
Cris dans la rue C (see “Bris dans la rue” [bree dah6 lah rü])
Crisafulli C Robert Crisafulli C ro-behr kree-zah-füll-lee
Crist C Bainbridge Crist C BAYN-briddj KRISST
Criste eleison C KREE-stay eh-LAYIH-zahn C (section of the Messa solenne [MAYSS-sah
so-LAYN-nay] — Solemn Mass — by Giovanni Baptista Pergolesi [jo-VAHN-nee bahp-TEEstah payr-go-LAY-zee])
Cristoforeanu C Florica Cristoforeanu C flaw-REE-kah kreess-taw-faw-ray-AH-noo
Cristofori C Bartolomeo Cristofori C bar-toh-lo-MAY-o kree-stoh-FO-ree
Crivelli C Giovanni Battista Crivelli C jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah kree-VAYL-lee
Croce C Giovanni Croce C jo-VAHN-nee KRO-chay
Croce C Jim Croce C JIMM KRO-chee
Crocodile la bonne odile C Le crocodile (la bonne odile) C luh kraw-kaw-deel (lah bawn awdeel) C (poem by Maurice Carême [mo-reess kah-remm] set to music by Jacques Chailley
[zhack shahee-yee])
Croes C Henri-Jacques de Croes C ah6-ree-zhack deh krohss
Crofut C Bill Crofut C BILL KRO-futt
Croissy C Madame de Croissy C mah-dahm duh kr'wahss-see C (Mother Superior of Carmel
[kar-mell]) C (character in the opera Dialogues des Carmélites [deeah-lawg day kar-may-leet]
— Dialogues of the Carmelites [KAR-muh-l§tss]; music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôôlah6k]; libretto by Poulenc after Georges Bernanos [zhawrzh behr-nah-nawss])
Crolius C Ross Crolius C RAWSS KRO-lihuss
Crone C Tan Crone C TAHN KRO-nuh
Croner de vasconcelos C Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos C ZHAWRZH KRAH-ner duh
vahsh-koh6-SEH-lôôsh
Croonenborgh C Dirk van Croonenborgh C DIHRK funn KROHOH-nunn-bawrk
Crosse C Gordon Crosse C GAWR-d’n KRAWSS
Crotales C kro-TAH-layss C (small cymbals)
Crowleys reel C Crowley's Reel C KR!W-leez REEL
Crozier C Catharine Crozier C KA-thuh-runn KRO-zhur
Crucem tuam C KRÔÔ-chemm TOO-umm C (Gregorian chant — antiphon [ANN-tuhfunn])
Crucifigat omnes C krôô-CHIH-fih-gaht OHM-ness C (Our Lord's New Cross) C (excerpt
from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah])
Crucifixus C krôô-chih-FEEK-sôôss C (section of the Latin mass, set to music by various
composers)
Cruda amarilli C Cruda Amarilli C KROO-dah ah-mah-REEL-lee C (Cruel Amaryllis) C
(madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Crudel perche finora C Crudel! Perché finora C kroo-DAYL! payr-KAY fee-NO-rah 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]; 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])
Crudel perche finora C Crudel! Perchè finora C kroo-DAYL! PAYR-kay fee-NO-rah C
(duet from the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro] — The Marriage of
Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart];
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])
Crudele acerba C kroo-DAY-lay ah-CHAYR-bah C (O Cruel Bitter) C (madrigal [MADDrih-gull] by Luca Marenzio [LOO-kah mah-RAYN-tseeO])
Crudele non mi dir C Crudele? ... Non mi dir C kroo-DAY-lay? ... nohn mee deer C (You call
me cruel? ... Do not tell me ) C (excerpt from the opera Don Giovanni [dohn jo-VAHN-nee];
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])
Cruger C Johann Crüger C YO-hahn KRÜ-gur
Crump C Rogers Covey-Crump C RAH-jurz KUH-vee-krump
Crusaders in pskov C The Crusaders in Pskov C (The Crusaders in) p’SKAWF C (excerpt
from the cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] Alexander Nevsky [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r NYEFF-skee] by
Sergey Prokofiev [sehr-GAY prah-KAW-fiheff])
Crusell C Bernhard Henrik Crusell C BAYRN-hart HAYN-rick KROO-sayl
Crux C O crux C O KROOKS C (Hail, O Cross) C (motet [mo-TETT] by Marc Antoine
Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay] C (same title used by other composers)
Crux fidelis pange lingua C Crux fidelis/Pange lingua C KROOKS fih-DAY-liss/PAHN-jeh
LEEN-gôôuh C (Gregorian chant)
Cruz C Celia Cruz C SEE-leeah KROOSS
Cruz C Domingo Santa Cruz C doh-MEEN-go SAHN-tah KROOSS C (known also as
Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson [WILL-sunn])
Cruz C Ivo Cruz C EE-vôô KROOZH
Cruz romo C Gilda Cruz-Romo C HEEL-dah KROOSS-RO-mo
Crzellitzer C Franz Crzellitzer C FRAHNTSS kur-TSELL-litt-tsur
Csanyi C Tamás Csányi C tah-MAHAHSH CHAHAH-n’yee
Csardas C Csárdás C CHAHAHR-dahahsh C (excerpt from the operetta Die Fledermaus [dee
FLAY-dur-mahôôss] — The Bat; music by Johann Strauss II [YO-hahn SHTRAHÔÔSS II];
libretto by Carl Haffner [KARL HAHF-nur] and Richard Genée [RIH-hart zhuh-nay] after
Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Csardas furstin C Die Csárdás Fürstin C dee CHAHAHR-dahahsh FÜR-stinn C (The Gypsy
Princess) C (an operetta, with music by Emmerich Kálmán [EMM-meh-rihh KAHAHLmahahn]; lyrics by Stein [SHT¦N] and Jenbach [YENN-bahk])
Csibi C Elizabeth Csibi C ih-LIH-zuh-buhth CHIH-bee
Csiky C Boldizsár Csiky C BOHL-dih-zhahahr CHIH-kee
Ctesibius C k’tee-SEE-vihôôss
Cuando daifo fueron salidos C Cuando d'Aifo Fueron Salidos C kooAHN-doh DAHEE-fo
fooAY-rawn sah-LEE-thawss C (Sephardic [seh-FAR-dick] song)
Cuando el juez me demando C kooAHN-doh ell hooEHTH may day-MAHN-doh C (When the
judge asked me) C (excerpt from Coplas [KAWP-lahss] by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
[{MEH-reeo kass-t’l-nôôO-vo-tuh-DESS-ko} MAH-reeo kah-stayl-nooO-vo-tay-DAY-sko])
Cuando el rey nimrod C Cuando el rey Nimrod C kooAHN-doh ell ray NEEM-rawd C (When
King Nimrod) C (traditional song of the Spanish Jews)
Cuberli C Lella Cuberli C LAYL-lah koo-BAYR-lee
Cubiles C José Cubiles C ho-SAY koo-VEE-layss
Cuclin C Dimitrie Cuclin C dee-MEE-treeeh kook-LEEN
Cudek C Mark Cudek C MARK KOO-deck
Cudworth C Charles Cudworth C CHAH-rullz KUDD-wôôrth C (known also as Charles
Cyril Leonard Cudworth [CHAH-rullz SIH-rull LEH-nurd KUDD-wôôrth])
Cuenod C Hugues Cuénod C üg’ küay-no C (known also as Hugues-Adhémar [üg’-ah-daymar] Cuénod)
Cuer me fait tous dis penser C Mon cuer me fait tous dis penser C maw6 kör muh feh tôô dee
pah6-say C (My heart makes me think continually) C (rondeau [RAHN-doh] by Guillaume
Dufay [ghee-yohm dü-f§])
Cuesta C Dom Ismael Fernández de la Cuesta C dohm eess-mah-ELL fehr-NAHN-dehth day
lah kooAYSS-tah C ("Dom" = dominus (lord), i.e., the head of the monastery in this case)
Cuesta C Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta C eess-mah-ELL fehr-nahn-DEHTH day lah
kooAYSS-tah
Cuesta abajo C Cuesta Abajo C kooAYSS-tah ah-VAH-ho C (composition by C. Gardel [(C.)
gar-DELL] and A. Le Pera [(A.) lay PAY-rah])
Cugat C Xavier Cugat C KSAH-veeur KOO-gaht
Cugley C Ian Cugley C EE-unn KUGG-lee C (known also as Ian Robert Cugley [EE-unn
RAH-burt KUGG-lee])
Cui C Cesar Cui C (see César Cui)
Cui C César Cui C say-zar küee C (known also as César Antonovich [ahn-tah-NAW-vihch]
Cui )
Cui C Sasha Cui C SAH-shah küee C (son of César Cui)
Cuidad juarez C En Cuidad Juarez C (erroneous spelling of En Ciudad Juarez [ayn seeooTHAHD hooah-RESS])
Cuiller C Daniel Cuiller C dah-neeell küee-yay
Cuisiniere C La cuisinière C lah küee-zee-neeehr C (The cook) C (character 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])
Cujus animam gementem C KOO-yôôss UH-nih-mumm jeh-MENN-temm C (section of the
Stabat Mater [STAH-baht MAH-tehr] set to music by various composers)
Cullis C Rita Cullis C REE-tuh KULL-liss
Cullivan C Tom Cullivan C TAHM KULL-luh-vunn
Culmell C Joaquín Nin-Culmell C ho-ah-KEEN NEEN-kool-MELL C (known also as
Joaquín María [mah-REE-ah] Nin-Culmell)
Culp C Julia Culp C YÜ-lihah KÜLP
Cum fabricator mundi C koom fah-brih-KAH-tawr MOON-dee C (Gregorian chant —
antiphon [ANN-tuh-funn])
Cum sanctis tuis C koom SAHNK-tiss TÔÔ-iss C (section of the Latin requiem [{REH-kôôeeumm} REH-kôôih-emm] set to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mahDAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Cum sancto spiritu C koom SAHNK-toh SPEE-rih-tôô C (section of the Latin mass set to
music by various composers)
Cumdebat C Et cumdebat C ett KOOM-deh-baht C (excerpt from Laudate Pueri [lahooDAH-tay pôôEH-rih] by Giovanni Baptista Pergolesi [jo-VAHN-nee bahp-TEE-stah payr-goLAY-zee])
Cuna C KOO-nah C (Cradle) C (an excerpt from the Suite compostelana [süeet kawm-pawsstay-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]) C (excerpt from the suite Impresiones intimas
[eem-pray-seeO-nayss een-TEE-mahss] — Intimate Impressions — by Federico Mompou [fehtheh-REE-ko mawm-POOO])
Cuncti simus concanentes C KOONK-tih SEE-môôss kohn-kuh-NAYN-tayss C (excerpt
from the Llibre vermell of Montserrat [l’YEE-vray vehr-MELL (of) mawnt-sehr-RAHT] —
pilgrim songs and dances associated with the Shrine to the Virgin at Montserrat [mahnt-sehrRAHT])
Cundell C Edric Cundell C EDD-rick KUNN-d’l
Cundick C Robert Cundick C RAH-burt KUNN-dick
Cunegonde C kü-nuh-gaw6d 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])
Cura C Domingo Cura C doh-MEEN-go KOO-rah
Curas hominum C O curas hominum C O KOO-russ HAW-mih-nôôm C (O careworn
mankind) C (excerpt from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAHnah])
Curci C Giuseppe Curci C joo-ZAYP-pay KOOR-chee
Curiel C Nicoletta Curiel C nee-ko-LAYT-tah koo-reeAYL
Curlew C The Curlew C (The) KUR-l’yoo C (poems by William Yeats [WILL-lihumm
YAYTSS] set to music in a song cycle by Peter Warlock [PEE-tur WAWR-lahk])
Curra C KOOR-rah C (character in the opera La forza del destino [lah FOHR-tsah dayl
day-STEE-no] — The Force of Destiny; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYRdee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after
Angel P. De Saavedra [ahn-HELL (P.) day sah-VAY-drah])
Curran C J. P. Curran C J. P. KUR-runn
Curritur ad vocem C KOOR-rih-tôôr ahd VAW-chemm C (Everyone’s running) C (excerpt
from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music)
Curschmann C Karl Friedrich Curschmann C KARL FREET-rihh KÔÔRSH-mahn
Curti C Franz Curti C FRAHNTSS KÔÔR-tee
Curtis C B. G. de Curtis C (B. G.) day KOOR-teess
Curtis C Edward De Curtis C AYD-ward day KOOR-teess
Curtis C Ernesto de Curtis C ayr-NAY-stoh day KOOR-teess
Curzio C Don Curzio C dohn KOOR-tseeo C (character in the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay
NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro] — The Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; 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])
Curzon C Henri de Curzon C ah6-ree duh kür-zaw6 C (known also as Emmanuel-HenriParent de Curzon C emm-mah-nü-ell ah6-ree-pah-rah6 duh kür-zaw6])
Curzon C Sir Clifford Curzon C (Sir) KLIFF-furd KUR-zunn / (known also as Sir Clifford
Michael [M¦-kull] Curzon
Cusins C Sir William Cusins C (Sir) WILL-lihumm KOO-sinnz C (known also as Sir William
George [JAW-urj] Cusins)
Cuvillier C Charles Cuvillier C sharl kü-vee-yay C (known also as Charles Louis Paul
Cuvillier [sharl lôôee pohl kü-vee-yay])
Cuyler C Louise Cuyler C lôô-EEZ K¦-lur C (known also as Louise Elvira [ell-V¦-ruh]
Cuyler)
Cuzzoni C Francesca Cuzzoni C frahn-CHAY-skah koot-TSO-nee
Cybele C Cybèle C see-bell C (character in the opera Atys [ah-teess]; music by Jean-Baptiste
Lully [zhah6-bah-teest lüll-lee] and libretto by Philippe Quinault [fee-leep kee-no])
Cyclopes rondeau C Les cyclopes. Rondeau C leh see-klawp. raw6-doh C (excerpt from the
Suite en ré majeur [süeet ah6 ray mah-zhör] — Suite in D Major — by Jean-Philippe Rameau
[zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo]
Cygne C Le cygne C luh seeny’ C (The Swan) C (composition by Camille Saint-Säens [{kahmeel seh6-sah6ss} kah-meey’ seh6-sah6ss])
Cygne sur leau C Cygne sur l’eau C seeny’ sür lo C (Swan on the Water) C (excerpt from the
song cycle Mirages [mee-rahzh] by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Cymbales C seh6-bahl
Czapek C Leupold Eustache Czapek C LOY-pawlt oyss-TAH-kuh CHAH-peck
Czardas C TSAHAHR-dahahsh C (excerpt from the operetta Die Fledermaus [dee FLAY-durmahôôss] — The Bat; music by Johann Strauss II [YO-hahn SHTRAHÔÔSS II]; libretto by Carl
Haffner [KARL HAHF-nur] and Richard Genée [RIH-hart zhuh-nay] after Henri Meilhac
[ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Czarskoye selo C The Statue of Czarskoye-Selo C (The Statue of) SAR-skuh-yuh-sih-LAW
C (poem by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch
POOSH-kinn] set to music by César Antonovich Cui [say-zar unn-tah-NAW-vihch küee])
Czarth C Georg Czarth C GAY-awrk CHART C (Bohemian violinist with a nonbohemian
name, Germanized to Georg Tzarth [TSART] C (known also as Georg Zarth [TSART]) C (the
last name is also spelled Czard, Szarth, Tzarth, and Zardt)
Czeczot C Jan Czeczot C YAHN CHEH-chawt
Czekanowska C Anna Czekanowska C AHAHN-n’nah cheh-kah-NAWF-skah
Czernohorsky C Bohuslav Czernohorsky C BO-hôô-slahf CHEHR-naw-hawr-skee C (known
also as Bohuslav „ernohorsky [CHEHR-naw-hawr-skee])
Czerny C Carl Czerny C KARL CHEHR-nee
Czerwenka C Oskar Czerwenka C AWSS-kar CHEHR-vehng-kah
Czesnikowa C CzeÑnikowa C chehsh-nyee-KAW-vah C (character 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 heh6-TSEE6skee])
Czibulka C Alphons Czibulka C AHL-fawnss TSIH-bôôl-kah
Cziffra C György Cziffra C JÖRJ TSIFF-frah
Czipra C TSIH-prah C (character in the operetta Der Zigeunerbaron [dayr tsee-GOY-nurpah-rohn] — The Gypsy Baron; music by Johann Strauss II [YO-hahn SHTRAHÔÔSS II];
libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer [IGG-nahtss SHNITT-tsur] after Mor Jókai [MOHR YOHOHkahih])
Czirok C György Czirok C JÖRJ TSIH-rawk
Cztery pory roku C Cztery Pory Roku C ch’TEH-ree PAW-ree RAW-kôô C (The Four
Seasons) C (poem by Alexander Michaux [ah-leck-sah6-d’r mee-sho] set to music by Stanis»aw
Moniuszko [stah-NYEESS-wahf mah-neeÔÔSH-kaw])
Czukay C Holger Czukay C HAWL-gur TSOO-kahee
Czyz C Henryk Czyó C HENN-rick CHIZH