Re: English pronunciation of Latin

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From: Grzegorz Kondrak
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 00:00

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coby@euler.Berkeley.EDU (Coby (Jacob) Lubliner) writes:

>about Britain, but in the US it is more and more common to sing the
>Latin-text works of Bach (but not Mozart or Orff) with a German
>pronunciation.

>Now, Mozart brings to mind the (culturally German) country of Austria,
>where the Vatican tradition carries full force.  Listen, for example,
>to Karajan's Verdi Requiem or Bo"hm's Bach.

>Coby


But  in Poland, the pronounciation of Latin is similar to that of
Germany. What pronounciation does the Pope use nowadays?

GK

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From: kondrak@cs.toronto.edu (Grzegorz Kondrak)
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Date: 1997/02/03
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