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From: "Paul J. Kriha" <kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz>
Subject: Re: Name pronunciation
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mloMark@ix.netcom.com (Mark Odegard) wrote:
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> Look up the Library of Congress catalogue entry for Tschikovsky, Peter 
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Ilych.  It'll be under Chaiikovskii (or something close to that).  
> Tschikovsky (my default spelling) can be seen as Tschaikowsky as well.  

AHA.

This explains something that puzzled me for the last 3 months.
I listened to an interview with an American woman whose name 
I don't remember.  She was an expert on classical music. 
The 1/2 hour talk with her was about Tschaikovsky's life
and music.  She was quite knowledgeable, said several 
things I didn't know and generally presented the facts
in an interesting manner. BUT in every sentence she kept
referring to somebody called Tscheekovsky.  I just couldn't
understand how somebody could spend years studying music
and not know how to pronounce Tschaikovsky's name.

Chaika - seagull, a beautiful Russian word.
What the hell is Chiko?

I can only assume that she has never spoken with a Russian
or any European about Tschaikovsky in her life.

Paul JK
