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In article <32F487AB.CA3@netvision.net.il>,
Avi Jacobson  <avi_jaco@netvision.net.il> wrote:

>Right church (the Catholic church, of course), wrong pew.  It is not the
>origin of the music which influences the choice of Latin pronunciation,
>but the identity of the performer(s).
>
>German Catholics (and German musicians) ignore the Vatican's edict
>regarding the Italianized pronunciation of Latin and pronounce it as
>Coby has indicated.  But this is not because they are singing Bach --
>they pronounce the Vivaldi "Gloria" the same way!  And an Italian or
>Spanish or American or British choir pronounces the Bach B Minor Mass
>the Italian way.

I was not writing about German or Italian or Spanish practice but
that of English-speaking countries.  Here again, I am not quite sure
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