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La anunciacion C La anunciación C lah ah-noon-theeah-theeAWN C (excerpt from Navidad
nuestra [nah-vee-THAD nooAYSS-trah]; music by Ariel Ramírez [ah-reeELL rah-MEE-rehth]
and text by F. Luna [(F.) LOO-nah])
La barca C lah BAR-kah C (The Boat) C (excerpt from the suite Impresiones intimas [eemprayss-YO-nayss een-TEE-mahss] — Intimate Impressions — by Federico Mompou [fehtheh-REE-ko mawm-POOO])
La barcheta C lah bar-KAY-tah C (The Little Boat) C (composition by Hahn [HAHN])
La bas dans le limousin C Là-bas dans le Limousin C lah-bah dah6 luh lee-môô-zeh6 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])
La bas vers leglise C Là-bas, vers l'église C lah-bah, vehr lay-gleez 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])
La belle helene C La belle Hélène C lah bell ay-lenn C (The Fair Helen) C (an opera, with
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])
La belle isabeau conte pendant lorage C La belle Isabeau (Conte pendant l’orage) C lah bell eezah-bo (kaw6t pah6-dah6 law-rahzh) C (The Lovely Isabeau (Tale During a Storm)) C (poem
by Alexandre Dumas [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ dü-mah] set to music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr
behr-leeawz])
La belle se sied au pied de la tour C lah bell s’-seeeh o peeeh duh lah tôôr C (The Fair Maid Sat
at the Foot of the Tower) C (song from Chansons françaises [shah6-saw6 frah6-sezz] by Francis
Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
La belle si nous etions C La belle si nous étions C lah bell see noo-zay-seeaw6 C (Pretty maid,
if we were in the wood) C (song from Chansons françaises [shah6-saw6 frah6-sezz] by Francis
Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
La belle voyageuse C lah bell vwah-yah-zhöz C (The Beautiful Traveler) C (a song from the
song cycle Irlande [eer-lah6d], with music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz] and text by
Thomas Gounet [taw-mah gôô-neh] after Thomas Moore [TAH-muss MÔÔUHR])
La bemol majeur C la bémol majeur C lah bay-mawl mah-zhör C (key of A flat major, French
designation)
La bemol mayor C LAH bay-MAWL mah-YAWR C (key of A flat major, Spanish
designation)
La bemol menor C LAH bay-MAWL may-NAWR C (key of a flat minor, Spanish
designation)
La bemol mineur C la bémol mineur C lah bay-mawl mee-nör C (key of a flat minor, French
designation)
La bemolle maggiore C la bemolle maggiore C LAH bay-MOHL-lay mahd-JO-ray C (key
of A flat major, Italian designation)
La bemolle minore C la bemolle minore C LAH bay-MOHL-lay mee-NO-ray C (key of a flat
minor, Italian designation)
La bergere C La bergère C lah behr-zhehr C (The easy chair) 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])
La biondina in gondoleta C lah beeohn-DEE-nah een gohn-doh-LAY-tah C (The Blonde Girl
in the Gondola) C (composition by Hahn)
La boheme C La bohème C lah baw-emm C (Bohemian Life — an opera, with 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])
La boiteuse C lah bwah-töz C (The Lame Woman) C (excerpt from the Suite en ré majeur
[süeet ah6 ray mah-zhör] — Suite in D Major — by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rahmo])
La bonne chanson C La bonne chanson C luh bawn shah6-saw6 C (The Good Song) C (poem
by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN]) C
(poem by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
La borde C Jean-Benjamin de la Borde C zhah6-bah6-zhah-meh6 duh lah bawrd C (known
also as Jean-Benjamin-François de la Borde [zhah6-bah6-zhah-meh6-frah6-swah duh lah
bawrd]) C (the last name is also spelled Laborde)
La 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])
La cage aux folles C lah kahzh o fawl C (Broadway show with music by Jerry Herman
[JEHR-ree HUR-munn])
La calma C lah KAHL-mah C (Calm) C (excerpt from Colectici intim [ko-leck-TEE-see
EEN-teem] — Personal Collection — by Vicente Ascencio [vee-SENN-teh ahss-SENN-seeo])
La calunnia C lah kah-LOON-neeah C (Slander) 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])
La calunnia e un venticello C La calunnia è un venticello C lah kah-LOON-neeah ay oon
vayn-tee-CHAY-lo C (Slander Is a Little Breeze) 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])
La cancion del emperador C La canción del Emperador C lah kahn-theeAWN dell aym-payrah-THAWR C (composition by Luis de Narváez [looEESS day nar-VAH-ehth]
La cantata criolla C La cantata criolla C lah kahn-TAH-tah kree-O-l’yah C (music by
Antonio Estévez [ahn-TOH-neeo ayss-TAY-vehth] and libretto by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba
[ahl-VEHR-toh ar-VAY-lo tohr-ray-AHL-vah])
La cantata criolla florentino el que canto con el diablo C La cantata criolla, “Florentino, el que
cantó con el diablo” C lah kahn-TAH-tuh kree-O-l’yah, “flo-rayn-TEE-no, ell kay kahnTOH kohn ell deeAH-vlo” C (a cantata [kunn-TAH-tah], with music by Antonio Estévez [ahnTOH-neeo ayss-TAY-vehth] and libretto by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba [ahl-VEHR-toh ar-VAYlo tohr-ray-AHL-vah])
La 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])
La 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-vehrss SO-prah OOnah AH-reeah deh6-vah6-seeawn C (Diverse Variations on an Invented Air) C (composition by
Dietrich Buxtehude [DEE-trihh BÔÔK-stuh-hoo-duh])
La capricieuse C lah kah-pree-seeöz C (composition by Sir Edward Elgar [ELL-gar])
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 behrleeawz])
La 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])
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])
La 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])
La cegueta C lah seh-GHEH-tah C (The Little Blind Girl) C (an excerpt from the suite
Suburbis [soo-BÔÔR-biss] — Suburbs — by Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawmPOOO])
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])
La cenerentola ossia la bonta in trionfo C La cenerentola ossia la bontà in trionfo C lah chaynay-RAYN-toh-lah ohss-SEE-ah lah bohn-TAH een tree-OHN-fo C (Cinderella, or
‘Goodness Triumphs’) C (an opera with music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEEnee] and libretto by Jacopo Ferretti [yah-KO-po fayr-RAYT-tee] after Perrault [pehr-ro])
La chanson deve C La chanson d’Ève C luh shah6-saw6 devv C (poems by Charles van
Lerberghe [SHAR-luh vunn LEHR-ber-guh] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell foray])
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 beezay])
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 (compositions by Michel Leclerc [mee-shell luh-klehr])
La chapelle royale C lah shah-pell r’wah-yahl C (Parisian choreographic group)
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 [moreess rah-vell] and libretto by Sidonie Gabrielle Gauthiers-Villars [see-daw-nee gah-breeell goteeay-veel-lar])
La 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-bree-ell go-teeay-veel-lar])
La chaux de fonds C La Chaux-de-Fonds C lah sho-duh-faw6 C (Swiss city)
La chaux de fonds suisse C La Chaux-de-Fonds, Suisse C lah sho-duh-faw6, süeess C (Suisse =
Switzerland)
La 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])
La 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])
La chevre du thibet C La chèvre du Thibet C lah sheh-vr’ dü tee-beh C (The Tibetan [tihBEH-tunn] 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]’) — six songs for voice by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
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 [moreess rah-vell] and libretto by Sidonie Gabrielle Gauthiers-Villars [see-daw-nee gah-breeell goteeay-veel-lar])
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 [ro-MAY-ro] and
Fernández Shaw [fehr-NAHN-dehth SHAW])
La 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
[VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYNtso dah POHN-tay])
La ciesca C lah CHAY-skah C (character in the opera Gianni Schicchi [JAHN-nee SKEEKkee]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee] and libretto by Giovacchino
Forzano [jo-vahk-KEE-no fohr-TSAH-no])
La clemenza di tito C La Clemenza di Tito C lah klay-MAYN-tsah dee TEE-toh C (The
Clemency of Titus [T¦-tuss]) C (an opera, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Caterino Mazzolà [kah-tay-REE-no mahttso-LAH] after Pietro Metastasio [peeAY-tro may-tah-STAH-zeeo])
La 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])
La colline aux epilobes C La colline aux épilobes C lah kawl-leen o-zay-pee-lawb C (excerpt
from Par monts et par vaux [par maw6 ay par vo] C (compositions by Michel Leclerc [mee-
shell luh-klehr])
La comtesse C lah kaw6-tess C (The Countess) C 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-ah6ree vehr-n’wah seh6-zhawrzh] and Jean-François-Alfred Bayard [zhah6-frah6-swah-ahl-fredd
bah-yar])
La comtesse adele C La Comtesse Adèle C lah kaw6-tess ah-dell C (character in the opera Le
Comte Ory [luh kaw6t aw-ree] — Count Ory; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no
rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and Charles-Gaspard DelestrePoirson [sharl-gahss-par d’less-tr’-pwar-saw6])
La contessa dalmaviva C La Contessa d'Almaviva C lah kohn-TAYSS-sah dahl-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])
La contessa di ceprano C La Contessa di Ceprano C lah kohn-TAYSS-sah dee chay-PRAHno C (character in the opera Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh]; 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])
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])
La cour C Niels la Cour C NEELSS lah KOOUH
La 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])
La dame aveugle C La dame aveugle C lah dahm ah-vö-gl' C (excerpt from Le bal masqué
[luh bahl mahss-kay] — The Masked Ball — a secular cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] by Francis
Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
La damnation de faust C la damnation de Faust C lah dahm-nah-seeaw6 duh fahoost C (The
Damnation of Faust [FAHÔÔST]) C (an opera, with music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behrleeawz]; 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 VAWLFgahng fawn GÖ-tuh])
La delaissado C La délaïssádo C lah day-less-sah-doh C (The Forsaken Shepherdess) 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])
La deploration de la mort de johannes jehan ockeghem nimphes des bois C La déploration de la
mort de Johannes (Jehan) Ockeghem (Nimphes des bois) C lah day-plaw-rah-seeaw6 duh lah
mawr duh yo-HAHN-nuss (yehah6) O-keh-hemm (neh6f day bwah) C (Deploration on the
Death of Johannes Ockeghem (Wood Nymphs) C (compositions by Josquin Despréz [zhawsskeh6 day-pray])
La dichiarazione canzonetta C La dichiarazione (canzonetta) C lah dee-keeah-rah-tseeO-nay
(kahn-tso-NAYT-tah) C (song by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
La diese majeur C la dièse majeur C lah deeezz mah-zhör C (key of A sharp major, French
designation)
La diese mineur C la dièse mineur C lah deeezz mee-nör C (key of a sharp minor, French
designation)
La diesis maggiore C la diesis maggiore C LAH deeAY-zeess mahd-JO-ray C (key of A sharp
major, Italian designation)
La diesis minore C la diesis minore C LAH deeAY-zeess mee-NO-ray C (key of a sharp
minor, Italian designation)
La diva de lempire C La diva de "l'empire" C lah dee-vah duh lah6-peer C (The Diva [DEEvuh] of "The Empire") C (cafe-concert song by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee])
La dolor de la prensesa C lah doh-LAWR day lah prayn-SAY-sah C (a medieval song of the
Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Bulgaria)
La donna del lago C La donna del lago C lah DOHN-nah dayl LAH-go C (The Lady of the
Lake) C (a melodrama, with music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; text
by Andrea Leone Tottola [ahn-DRAY-ah lay-O-nay toht-TOH-lah] after Sir Walter Scott
[WAWL-tur SKAHT])
La donna e mobile C La donna è mobile C lah DOHN-nah ay MO-bee-lay C (Woman is
wayward) C (aria from the opera Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh]; 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])
La donna ideale C lah DOHN-nah ee-day-AH-lay C (song by Luciano Berio [loo-CHAH-no
BAY-reeo])
La dousa votz C lah doo-zah vawtss C (12th-century composition by Bernart de Ventadorn
[behr-nar duh vah6-tah-dawrn])
La duchesse C La duchesse C lah dü-shess C (The Duchess) 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])
La esfachata de napoles C La Esfachata de Nápoles C lah ayss-fah-KAH-tah day NAH-polayss C (excerpt from the suite Marizápalos [mah-ree-THAH-pah-lawss] by Gaspar Sanz
[gahss-PAR SAHNTH])
La fage C Adrien de la Fage C ah-dreeah6 duh lah fahzh C (known also as Juste-AdrienLenoir de la Fage [zhüst-ah-dreeah6-luh-n’wahr duh lah fahzh])
La fanciulla del west C La fanciulla del West C lah fahn-CHOOL-lah dell WESST C (The
Girl of the West, an opera, with 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 dzahngah-REE-nee] after David Belasco [DAY-vudd buh-LASS-ko])
La favorita C La favorita C lah fah-vo-REE-tah C (The Favored One) C (an opera, with
music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Alphonse Royer
[ahl-faw6ss r’wah-yay] and Gustave Vaëz [güss-tahv vah-ezz], with additions by Eugene Scribe
[ö-zhenn skreeb])
La favorite C lah fah-vaw-reet C (The Favored One) C (an opera, with music by Gaetano
Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Alphonse Royer [ahl-faw6ss r’wahyay] and Gustave Vaëz [güss-tahv vah-ezz], with additions by Eugene Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])
La fee aux chansons C La fée aux chansons C lah fay o shah6-saw6 C (The Song Fairy) C
(poem by Armand Silvestre [ar-mah6 seel-vess-tr’] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell foray])
La fiamma C lah feeAHM-mah C (The Flame) C (an opera, with music by Ottorino Respighi
[oht-toh-REE-no ray-SPEE-ghee] and libretto by Claudio Guastalla [KLAHOO-deeo gooahSTAHL-lah])
La fiancee perdue C La fiancée perdue C lah-feeah6-say pehr-dü C (song by Olivier Messiaen
[o-lee-veeay mess-seeah6])
La figlia del reggimento C lah FEE-leeah dayl rayd-jee-MAYN-toh C (The Daughter of the
Regiment) C (Italian version of the opera La fille du régiment [lah feey’ dü ray-zhee-mah6];
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-swah-ahl-fredd bah-yar])
La fille aux cheveux de lin C lah feey’ o sh’vö duh leh6 C (The Maid With the Flaxen Hair) C
(composition by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
La fille du regiment C La fille du régiment C lah feey’ dü ray-zhee-mah6 C (The Daughter of
the Regiment) C (an opera, with music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYTtee]; libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy Saint-Georges [zhül-ah6-ree vehr-n’wah seh6-zhawrzh]
and Jean-François-Alfred Bayard [zhah6-frah6-swah-ahl-fredd bah-yar])
La finta giardiniera C lah FEEN-tah jar-dee-neeAY-rah C (The Pretended Garden Girl, an
opera, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MOtsart]; libretto by Ranieri Calzabigi(?) [rah-neeAY-ree kahl-tsah-BEE-jee], revised by Marco
Coltellini [MAR-ko kohl-tayl-LEE-nee])
La fleur des eaux C lah flör day-zo C (The Flower of the Waters) C (composition by Ernest
Chausson [ehr-nesst shohss-saw6])
La fleur que tu mavais jetee C La fleur que tu m'avais jetée C lah flör kuh tü mah-veh zhehtay C (Flower Song) 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-dawveek ah-lay-vee])
La flute de pan C La flûte de pan C lah flüt duh pah6 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])
La flute enchantee C La flûte enchantée C lah flüt ah6-shah6-tay C (The Enchanted Flute) C
(excerpt from the orchestral song cycle Shéhérazade [shay-hay-rah-zahd] by Maurice Ravel
[mo-reess rah-vell])
La flute invisible C La flûte invisible C lah flüt eh6-vee-zee-bl’ C (The Invisible Flute) C
(poem by Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go] set to music by Camille SaintSaëns [{kah-meel seh6-sah6ss} kah-meey’ seh6-sah6ss])
La follette rondeau C La follette. Rondeau C lah fawl-lett. raw6-doh C (The Silly Girl.
Rondo [RAHN-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])
La forge C Frank la Forge C FRANGK lah FAWRJ
La forza del destino C lah FOHR-tsah dayl day-STEE-no C (The Force of Destiny) 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 Angel P. De Saavedra [ahn-HELL
(P.) day sah-VAY-drah])
La francesca da rimini C La Francesca da Rimini C lah frahn-CHAY-skah dah ree-MEE-nee
C (song by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
La frisanca C La frisança C lah free-SAHN-sah C (Longing) C (excerpt from Colectici intim
[ko-leck-TEE-see EEN-teem] — Personal Collection — by Vicente Ascencio [vee-SENN-teh
ahss-SENN-seeo])
La fuente y la campana C lah fooAYN-tay ee lah kahm-PAH-nah C (The Fountain and the
Bell) C (excerpt from the suite Paisajes [pahee-SAH-hayss] — Landscapes — by Federico
Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-POOO])
La fuite C lah füeet C (Flight) C (poem by Théophile Gauthier [tay-aw-feel go-teeay] set to
music by Henri Duparc [ah6-ree dü-park)
La gamme C lah gahm C (poem by Maurice Carême [mo-reess kah-remm] set to music by
Jacques Chailley [zhack shahee-yee])
La garzona C lah gar-THO-nah C (The Waitress) C (excerpt from the suite Marizápalos
[mah-ree-THAH-pah-lawss] by Gaspar Sanz [gahss-PAR SAHNTH])
La gaubanca C La gaubança C lah gahoo-BAHN-sah C (Rejoicing) C (excerpt from Colectici
intim [ko-leck-TEE-see EEN-teem] — Personal Collection — by Vicente Ascencio [veeSENN-teh ahss-SENN-seeo])
La gazza ladra C lah GAHD-tsah LAHD-rah C (The Thieving Magpie) C (an opera, with
music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Giovanni Gherardini
[jo-VAHN-nee gay-rar-DEE-nee])
La gioconda C La Gioconda C lah jo-KOHN-dah C (Variously represented in English as The
Smiling One, The Joyful Girl, and The Ballad Singer) C (an opera, with music by Amilcare
Ponchielli [ah-meel-KAH-ray pohn-keeAYL-lee]; libretto by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EEtoh] under the pseudonym Tobia Gorrio [TAW-beeah GAWR-reeo]; also a character in the
opera)
La girometta C lah jee-ro-MAYT-tah C (anonymous text set to music by Sibella [see-BAYLlah])
La gitana C lah ghee-TAH-nah C (The Gypsy) C (composition by Fritz Kreisler [FRITTSS
KR¦SS-lur])
La gloire C lah gl’war C (Glory) 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’])
La golondrina C lah go-lawn-DREE-nah C (The Swallow) C (song by Niceto de Zamacois
[nee-THAY-toh day THAH-mah-koeess] and Narciso Serradell [nar-THEE-so seh-rah-
DELL])
La grace C lah grahss C (march by Georg Philipp Telemann [GAY-awrk FEE-lipp TAY-luhmahn])
La grande coquette C lah grah6d kaw-kett C (The Great Coquette) C (poem by Emilien
Pacini [eh-mee-leeah6 pah-CHEE-nee] set to music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohssSEE-nee])
La grange C Henry-Louis de la Grange C ah6-ree-lôôee duh lah grah6zh
La guerre C Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre C ay-lee-zah-bett zhah-keh duh lah ghehr
La guerre C Michel de la Guerre C mee-shell duh lah ghehr
La hele C George de la Hèle C zhawrzh duh lah ayl
La houssaye C Pierre la Houssaye C peeehr lah ôôss-say C (known also as Pierre-Nicolas
[peeehr-nee-kaw-lah] la Houssaye)
La jalousie C lah zhah-lôô-zee C (Jealousy) 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’])
La joia C lah JO-eeah C (Joy) C (excerpt from Colectici intim [ko-leck-TEE-see EEN-teem]
— Personal Collection — by Vicente Ascencio [vee-SENN-teh ahss-SENN-seeo])
La jongleuse C lah zhaw6-glöz C (composition by Moritz Moszkowski [MO-rittss mawstssKAWV-skee])
La joyeuse rondeau C La joyeuse. Rondeau C lah zh’wah-yöz. raw6-doh C (The Happy
Woman. Rondo [RAHN-doh]) C (excerpt from the Suite en ré majeur [süeet ah6 ray mahzhör]— Suite in D Major — by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo])
La juive C La Juive C lah zhüeev C (The Jewess) C (an opera, with music by Jacques
Fromental Halévy [zhack fraw-mah6-tahl ah-lay-vee] and libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn
skreeb])
La lande C Michel-Richard de la Lande C mee-shell-ree-shar duh lah lah6d C (known also as
Michel-Richard Delalande [duh-lah-lah6d] and Michel-Richard Lalande [lah-lah6d])
La laurencie C Lionel de la Laurencie C lee-aw-nell duh lah lo-rah6-see C (known also as
Marie Bertrand Lionel Jules, Comte de la Laurencie [mah-ree behr-trah6 lee-aw-nell zhül,
kaw6t duh lah lo-rah6-see])
La legende de marguerite C La légende de Marguerite C lah lay-zhah6d duh mar-gö-reet C
(The Legend of Marguerite) C (poem by N. Cimbal [(N.) CHEEM-bahl] set to music by
Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
La leggenda del piave C La leggenda del Piave C lah layd-JAYN-dah dayl peeAH-vay C
(song by Mario [MAH-reeo])
La leggierezza C lah layd-jay-RAYT-tsah C (composition by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ
LISST])
La lettera amorosa C lah layt-TAY-rah ah-mo-RO-zah C (The Amorous Letter) C
(composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
La libellule C lah lee-b’l-lül C (The dragonfly) 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])
La liberazione di ruggiero C La liberazione di Ruggiero C lah lee-bay-rah-tseeO-nay dee roodJAY-ro C (full title, La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola d’Alcina [lah lee-bay-rah-tseeO-nay
dee rood-JAY-ro dahl-EE-zo-lah dahl-CHEE-nah] — The Liberation of Ruggiero [roodJAY-ro] From the Island of Alcina [ahl-CHEE-nah]) C (an opera, with music by Francesca
Caccini [frahn-CHAY-skah kah-CHEE-nee] and libretto based on Orlando furioso [ohrLAHN-doh foo-reeO-zo] by Ludovico Ariosto [loo-doh-VEE-ko ah-reeO-stoh])
La liberte C Alfred La Liberté C ahl-fredd lah lee-behr-tay C (known also as Joseph-François
Alfred La Liberté [zhaw-zeff-frah6-swah] Alfred La Liberté) C (the family name is also spelled
Laliberté [lah-lee-behr-tay])
La luce langue C lah LOO-chay LAHN-gooay C (excerpt from the opera Macbeth (muckBEHTH]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria
Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm
SHAYK-spihuhr])
La lucrezia C La Lucrezia C lah loo-KRAY-tseeah C (cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] by George
Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l])
La lune blanche C lah lün blah6sh C (The White Moon) C (poem by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehrlenn] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray]; excerpt from Songs with Piano by
Bernard Wagenaar [{BUR-nurd WA-guh-nur} BEHR-nart WAH-keh-nahahr])
La maggiore C la maggiore C LAH mahd-JO-ray C (key of A major, Italian designation)
La maja de goya C La maja de Goya C lah MAH-hah day GO-yah C (song by Enrique
Granados [ayn-REE-kay grah-NAH-thawss])
La majeste C La majeste C lah mah-zhesst C (march by Georg Philipp Telemann [GAY-awrk
FEE-lipp TAY-luh-mahn])
La majeur C la majeur C lah mah-zhör C (key of A major, French designation)
La mara C La Mara C lah MAH-rah C (pen name for Marie Lipsius [mah-REE LIPPsihôôss])
La marquise cicinella C La Marquise, Cicinella C luh 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 Halevy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
La marre C Jacques-Michel-Hurel de la Marre C zhack-mee-shell-ü-rell duh lah mar C (the
last name is also spelled Lamare [lah-mar])
La marseillaise C La Marseillaise C lah mar-seh-yezz
La maya de goya C La maya de Goya C lah MAH-yah day GO-yah C (composition by
Enrique Granados [ayn-REE-kay grah-NAH-thawss])
La mayor C LAH mah-YAWR C (key of A major, Spanish designation)
La menor C LAH may-NAWR C (key of a minor, Spanish designation)
La mer C lah mehr C (The Sea) C (text by Oscar Wilde [AWSS-kur W¦LD] set to music by
Charles Tomlinson Griffes [CHAH-rullz TAHM-l’n-s’n GRIFF-fuss])
La mere dantonia C La mère d'Antonia C lah mehr dah6-taw-neeah C (Antonia's Mother) C
(character in the opera Les contes d'Hoffmann [leh kaw6t dawf-mahn] — The Tales of
Hoffman; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Jules Barbier
[zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray])
La mi sola laureola C La mi sola, Laureola C lah mee SO-lah, lahoo-ray-O-lah C (My Only
Laureola) C (song by Juan Ponce [hooAHN PAWN-thay] arranged by Fernando J. Obradors
[fehr-NAHN-doh (J.) O-VRAH-thawrss])
La mia canzone C lah MEE-ah kahn-TSO-nay C (composition by Cimmino [cheem-MEEno] and Tosti [TOH-stee]
La mia canzone al vento C lah MEE-ah kahn-TSO-nay ahl VAYN-toh C (song by Bixio
[BEEK-seeo] and Cherubini [kay-roo-BEE-nee])
La mineur C la mineur C lah mee-nör C (key of a minor, French designation)
La minona de cataluna C La miñona de Cataluña C lah mee-n’YO-nah day kah-tah-LOOn’yah C (excerpt from the suite Marizápalos [mah-ree-THAH-pah-lawss] by Gaspar Sanz
[gahss-PAR SAHNTH])
La minore C la minore C LAH mee-NO-ray C (key of a minor, Italian designation)
La montaine C John la Montaine C JAHN lah mawn-TAYN
La mort de lamour C La mort de l'amour C lah mawr duh lah-môôr C (The Death of Love) C
(composition by Ernest Chausson [ehr-nesst shohss-saw6])
La mort dophelie C La mort d’Ophélie C lah mawr daw-fay-lee C (The Death of Ophelia [oFEE-lihuh] C (poem by Ernest Legouvé [ehr-nesst leh-gôô-vay] after William Shakespeare
[WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr], set to music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz])
La mort on verra ca plus tard C La mort? On verra ça plus tard C lah mawr? aw6 vehr-rah sah
plü tar C (poem by Maurice Carême [mo-reess kah-remm] set to music by Jacques Chailley
[zhack shahee-yee])
La mujer qu engana un hombre C La mujer qu’ engaña un hombre C lah MOO-hehr kuh aynGAH-n’yah oon OHM-bray C (The woman who betrays a man) 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])
La muse C lah müz 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 kar-ray])
La nit de nadal C La Nit de Nadal C lah NEET day nah-THAHL C (Christmas Eve) C
(Catalan [KAH-t’-lunn] folk song arranged by Miguel Llobet [mee-GHELL l’yo-BETT])
La notte C lah NOHT-tay C (Night) C (concerto for flute, strings, and continuo [kunn-TIHn’yuh-wo] by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
La novia destrenza el pelo C lah NO-veeah dayss-TRAYN-thah ell PAY-lo C (a medieval song
of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Morocco)
La novia se banaba C La novia se bañaba C lah NO-veeah say bah-n’YAH-vah C (a medieval
wedding song of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Morocco)
La nuit froide et sombre C lah nüee fr'wahd ay saw6-br' C (The Night, Cold and Sombre) C
(composition by Orlando de Lassus [awr-lah6-doh duh lahss-sü])
La paix C lah peh C (excerpt from Music for the Royal Fireworks by George Frideric Handel
[JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l])
La parabole du mauvais riche C lah pah-rah-bawl dü mo-veh reesh C (The Parable of the
Sinful Rich Man) C (song from Don Quichotte à Dulcinée [daw6 kee-shawt ah dül-see-nay] by
Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])
La passion selon sade C La passion selon Sade C lah pahss-seeaw6 suh-law6 sahd C
(composition by Sylvano Bussotti [seel-VAH-no booss-SOHT-tee])
La pastorella C lah pah-stoh-RAYL-lah C (The Shepherdess) C (song, title used by various
composers)
La pastoura als camps C lah pahss-too-rah ahl kah6 C (The Shepherdess in the Fields) 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])
La pastrouletta e lou chibalie C La pastrouletta è lou chibalié C lah pahss-trôô-lett-tah eh lôô
shee-bah-leeyay C (The Shepherdess and the Cavalier) 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])
La peregrinacion C La peregrinación C lah pay-ray-gree-nah-seeAWN C (excerpt from
Navidad Nuestra [nah-vee-THAD nooAYSS-trah], with music by Ariel Ramírez [ah-reeELL
rah-MEE-rehth] and text by F. Luna [(F.) LOO-nah])
La perla C lah PAYR-lah C (The Pearl) C (composition by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
La petenera C La Petenera C lah pay-tay-NAY-rah C (composition by Celedonio Romero
[thay-lay-THO-neeo ro-MAY-ro])
La petite bande C lah puh-teet bah6d C (an international performing group of musicians from
The Netherlands, Germany, France, and England)
La petite bohemienne C La petite bohémienne C lah puh-teet baw-ay-meeenn C (song by
Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
La pietra del paragone C La pietra del paragone C lah peeAY-trah dayl pah-rah-GO-nay C
(The Touchstone) C (an opera, with music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEEnee] and libretto by Luigi Romanelli [looEE-jee roh-mah-NAYL-lee])
La pioggia C lah peeOHD-jah C (Rain) C (largo [LAR-go] number in L’inverno [leenVAYR-no] — Winter) C (from Le quattro stagioni [lay kooAHT-tro stah-JO-nee] — The Four
Seasons — by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
La plus que lente C La plus que lente C lah plü kuh lah6t C (composition by Claude Debussy
[klohd deh-büss-see])
La porta C Arturo la Porta C ar-TOO-ro lah POHR-tah
La poupee C La poupée C lah pôô-pay C (The Doll) C (excerpt from the suite Jeux d’enfants
[zhö dah6-fah6] — Children’s Games — by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay])
La poupliniere C Alexandre-Jean-Joseph Le Riche de la Pouplinière C ah-leck-sah6-dr’-zhah6zho-zeff luh reesh duh lah pôô-plee-neeehr
La prade C Ernest la Prade C UR-nusst lah PRAYD
La presle C Jacques de la Presle C zhack duh lah prell
La prima vez C lah PREE-mah vehth C (The First Time) C (traditional song of the Spanish
Jews)
La primavera C La primavera C lah pree-mah-VAY-rah C (Spring) C (composition by
Hahn) C (composition by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee] from Le quattro
stagioni [lay kooAHT-tro stah-JO-nee] — The Four Seasons)
La princesse C La Princesse C lah preh6-sess C (The Princess) 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])
La princesse clarice C La Princesse Clarice C lah preh6-sess klah-reess C (Princess Clarice
[klah-reess]) C (character in the opera L'amour des trois oranges [lah-môôr day tr’wah awrah6zh]— The Love for Three Oranges; music by Serge Prokofiev [sehr-GAY prah-KAWfiheff]; libretto by Prokofiev after Carlo Gozzi [KAR-lo GOHT-tsee])
La princesse de grenade C La Princesse de Grenade C lah preh6-sess duh gruh-nahd C (The
Princess of Granada [gruh-NAH-duh]) 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])
La principessa deboli C La Principessa d'Eboli C lah preen-chee-PAYSS-sah DAY-bo-lee C
(The Princess of Eboli [AY-bo-lee] 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 mayree] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü law-kl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’] after Friedrich von
Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur])
La quinte estampie real C La Quinte Estampie Réal C lah keent ess-tah6-pee ray-ahl C (13thcentury song by an anonymous French composer)
La rainette C La rainette C lah reh-nett C (The frog) C (character in the opera L'enfant et les
sortileges [lah6-fah6 ay leh sawr-tee-lehzh] — The Child and the Fantasies; music by Maurice
Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell] and libretto by Sidonie Gabrielle Gauthiers-Villars [see-daw-nee gahbreeell go-teeay-veel-lar])
La ran la le ra la ran la la largo al factotum C La ran la le ra, la ran la la. Largo al factotum C
lah RAHN lah lay rah, lah RAHN lah lah. LAR-go ahl fahk-TOH-toom C (La ran la le ra,
la ran la la. Make way for the factotum) / (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])
La regata veneziana C lah ray-GAH-tah vay-nay-tseeAH-nah C (The Venetian Regatta) C
(excerpt from Les soirées musicales [leh swah-ray mü-zee-kahl]; music by Gioachino Rossini
[johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and words by Conte Carlo Pepoli [KOHN-tay KAR-lo payPO-lee])
La reine de coeur C La reine de coeur C lah renn duh kör C (The Queen of Hearts) C (poem
by Maurice Carême [mo-reess kah-remm] set to music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôôlah6k])
La reine de saba C La reine de Saba C lah renn duh sah-bah C (The Queen of Sheba) C
(character in the oratorio Solomon; music by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick
HANN-d’l]; anonymous libretto after II Chronicles, I Kings v, and Josephus [jo-SEE-fuss])
La rejouissance C La réjouissance C lah ray-zhôôeess-sah6ss C (march by Georg Philipp
Telemann [GAY-awrk FEE-lipp TAY-luh-mahn]) C (excerpt from Music for the Royal
Fireworks by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]) C (composition
by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
La rocca C Nick la Rocca C NICK lah ROHK-kuh C (known also as Dominick James
[DAH-muh-nick JAYMZ] la Rocca)
La ronde des lutins C La ronde des lutins C lah raw6d day lü-teh6 C (composition by Antonio
Bazzini [ahn-TAW-neeo baht-TSEE-nee])
La rondine C La rondine C lah ROHN-dee-nay C (The Swallow) C (an opera, with music by
Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Giuseppe Adami [joo-ZAYP-pay
ah-DAH-mee] after Dr. A. M. Willner [VILL-nur] and Heinz Reichert [H¦NTSS R¦-hert])
La rondinella C La Rondinella C lah rawn-dee-NAY-l’yah C (a group of performers of
ancient music of exiled Jews)
La rosa parodi C Armando la Rosa Parodi C ar-MAHN-doh lah RO-zah pah-RO-dee
La rosa y el sauce C lah RO-sah ee ell SAHOO-say C (poem by Francisco Silva [frahn-
SEESS-kôô SEEL-vah] set to music by Carlos Guastavino [KAR-lawss gooahss-tah-VEE-no])
La rotella C Pasquale la Rotella C pah-skooAH-lay lah ro-TAYL-lah
La rue C Jan la Rue C JANN lah ROO C (known also as Adrian Jan Pieters la Rue [AY-dreeunn JANN PEE-turz lah ROO])
La rue C Pierre de la Rue C peeehr deh lah rü
La salette C Joubert de la Salette C zhôô-behr duh lah sah-lett
La sauterelle C lah so-tuh-rell C (The grasshopper) 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])
La scala C La Scala C lah SKAH-lah
La separazione C lah say-pah-rah-tseeO-nay C (The Separation) C (song by Gioachino
Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
La serenata C lah say-ray-NAH-tah C (The Serenade) C (song by Francesco Paolo Tosti
[frahn-CHAY-sko PAHO-lo TOH-stee])
La serenor C lah seh-reh-NAWR C (Serenity) C (excerpt from Colectici intim [ko-leck-TEEsee EEN-teem] — Personal Collection — by Vicente Ascencio [vee-SENN-teh ahss-SENNseeo])
La sirena C lah see-RAY-nah C (The Siren) C (song by Giovanni Gastoldi [jo-VAHN-nee
gah-STOHL-dee]) C (a medieval song of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and
who settled in the Balkans)
La soiree dans grenade C La soirée dans Grenade C lah swah-ray dah6 gruh-nahd C
(Evening in Granada) C (excerpt from Estampes [ess-tah6p] — Prints — by Claude Debussy
[klohd deh-büss-see])
La sonnambula C lah sohn-NAHM-boo-lah C (The Sleepwalker) C (an opera, with music by
Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEEchay ro-MAH-nee])
La sostenido mayor C LAH sawss-tay-NEE-tho mah-YAWR C (key of A sharp major,
Spanish designation)
La sostenido menor C LAH sawss-tay-NEE-tho may-NAWR C (key of a sharp minor,
Spanish designation)
La source de toute musique C lah sôôrss duh tôôt mü-zeek C (hymn composed by Ton de
Leeuw [TAWN duh LAYAYôô])
La statue de bronze C La statue de bronze C lah stah-tü duh braw6z C (The Bronze Statue)
C (composition by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee])
La strada nel bosco C lah STRAH-dah nayl BO-sko C (song by Rusconi [roo-SKO-nee],
Nisa [NEE-zah], and Bixio [BEEK-seeo])
La stravaganza C lah strah-vah-GAHN-tsah C (compositions by Antonio Vivaldi [ahnTAWN-yo vee-VAHL-dee])
La sulamite C lah sü-lah-meet C (The Shulamite Woman) C (poem by Jean Richepin [zhah6
reesh-peh6] set to music for solo mezzosoprano and female chorus by Emmanuel Chabrier
[emm-mah-nüell shah-breeay])
La susi C La Susi C lah SOO-see
La tabernera del puerto C La tabernera del puerto C lah tah-vehr-NAY-rah dell pooEHR-toh
C (a three-act Spanish zarzuela [thar-thooAY-lah], with music by Pablo Sorozábal [PAH-vlo soro-THAH-vahl]; libretto by Romero [ro-MAY-ro] and Fernández Shaw [fehr-NAHN-dehth
SHAW])
La tasse chinoise C La tasse chinoise C la tahss shee-n’wahz C (The Chinese cup) 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])
La tempesta C La tempesta C lah taym-PAY-stah C (The Tempest) C (song by Marianne
Martines [mah-reeAHN-nay mar-TEE-nayss])
La tempesta di mare C lah taym-PAY-stah dee MAH-ray C (The Storm at Sea) C (concerto
for flute, strings, and continuo [kunn-TIH-n’yuh-wo] by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo veeVAHL-dee])
La theiere C La théière C lah tay-eeehr C (The teapot) 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-dawnee gah-breeell go-teeay-veel-lar])
La tombe et la rose C La tombe et la rose C lah taw6b ay lah rawz C (The Grave and the
Rose) C (poem by Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go] set to music by Franz
Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
La tombelle C Fernand de la Tombelle C fehr-nah6 duh lah taw6-bell C (known also as
Antoine Louis Joseph Gueyrand Fernand Fouant de la Tombelle [ah6-twahn lôôee zho-zeff gayrah6 fehr-nah6 fôô-ah6 duh lah taw6-bell])
La torre del oro C lah TAWR-ray dell O-ro C (zarzuela [thar-thooAY-lah] by Jerónimo
Giménez [hay-RO-nee-mo hee-MAY-nehth]; libretto by G. Perrin [(G.) PEHR-rinn] and M.
Palacios [(M.) pah-LAH-theeawss])
La touche C John la Touche C JAHN lah TOOSH
La toupie C lah tôô-pee C (The Top) C (excerpt from the suite Jeux d’enfants [zhö dah6-fah6]
— Children’s Games — by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay])
La traviata C La traviata C lah trah-veeAH-tah C (The Worldly Woman) 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 Alexandre Dumas [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ dümah])
La vague et la cloche C lah vahg ay lah klawsh C (The Wave and the Bell) C (poem by
François Coppée [frah6-swah kawp-pay] set to music by Henri Duparc [ah6-ree dü-park])
La vallee des cloches C La vallée des cloches C lah vahl-lay day klawsh C (The Valley of
Bells) C (excerpt from Miroirs [mee-r’war] by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])
La vendetta oh la vendetta C La vendetta, o, la vendetta C lah vayn-DAYT-tah, o, lah vaynDAYT-tah C (aria 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-DAYôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay] after PierreAugustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh])
La vengeance C La vengeance C la vah6-zhah6ss (Vengeance) 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’])
La vestale C La vestale C lah vay-STAH-lay C (The Vestal Virgin) C (an opera, with music
by Gasparo Spontini [gah-SPAH-ro spohn-TEE-nee] and libretto by Victor Joseph Étienne de
Jouy [veek-tawr zho-zeff ay-teeenn duh zhôôee])
La veuve andalouse chanson espagnole C La veuve andalouse (chanson espagnole) C lah vöv
ah6-dah-lôôz (shah6-saw6 ess-pah-n’yawl) C (song by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no
rohss-SEE-nee])
La victoire C La victoire C lah veek-t’war C (Victory) 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’])
La vie anterieure C La vie antérieure C lah vee ahn-tay-reeör C (poem by Charles Baudelaire
[sharl bo-d’lehr] set to music by Henri Duparc [ah6-ree dü-park])
La vie en rose C lah vee ah6 rawz C (song by Louiguy [lôôee-ghee], Edith Piaf [{EE-duth
PEE-ahf} ay-deet peeahf], and David [dah-veed])
La vie est belle C lah vee esst bell C (Life is Beautiful) C (song by Reynaldo Hahn [rayNAHL-doh HAHN])
La vigilance C La vigilance C lah vee-zhee-lah6ss C (march by Georg Philipp Telemann
[GAY-awrk FEE-lipp TAY-luh-mahn])
La villageoise C La villageoise C lah vee-lah-zh’wahz C (The village girl) 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])
La villageoise rondeau C La villageoise. Rondeau C lah vee-lah-zh’wahz. raw6-doh C (The
Village Girl. Rondo [RAHN-doh]) C (excerpt from the Suite en mi mineur [süeet ah6 mee meenör] — Suite in e Minor — by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo])
La villanelle C La Villanelle C lah vee-lah-nell C (Rustic Song) C (poem by Théophile
Gautier [tay-aw-feel go-teeay] set to music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz])
La ville rose C La ville rose C lah veel rawz C (The Pink City) C (composition by Albert
Roussel [ahl-ber rôôss-sell])
La violette C Wesley la Violette C WESS-lee lah vee-o-LETT
La wally C La Wally C lah VAHL-lee C (an opera, with music by Alfredo Catalani [ahlFRAY-doh kah-tah-LAH-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] after
Wilhelmina Von Hillern [vill-hell-MEE-nah fawn HILL-lern])
La yave de espanya C La yave de Espanya C lah YAH-vay day ayss-PAH-n’yah C (The
Key of Spain) C a song by Flory Jagoda [FLAW-ree yah-GAW-dah] of the Jews who were
expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, taking the key of their
home in Spain with them)
Labadie C Bernard Labadie C behr-nar lah-bah-dee
Labarre C Théodore Labarre C tay-aw-dawr lah-bar C (known also as Théodore FrançoisJoseph Labarre [tay-aw-dawr frah6-swah-zho-zeff lah-bar])
Labatt C Leonard Labatt C LEE-aw-nard lah-BAHT
Labbrobacio C Lorenzo Labbrobacio C lo-RAYN-tso lahb-bro-BAH-cho
Labelle C Dominique Labelle C daw-mee-neek lah-bell
Labeque C Katia Labèque C kah-teeah lah-beck
Labeque C Marielle Labèque C mah-reeell lah-beck
Labey C Marcel Labey C mar-sell lah-bay
Labey C Rita Fornia-Labey C REE-tuh FAWR-nihuh-LAY-bee C (known also as Rita Regina
[rih-JEE-nuh] Fornia-Labey)
Labia C Fausta Labia C FAHOO-stah LAH-beeah
Labia C Maria Labia C mah-REE-ah LAH-beeah
Labinsky C Alexandr Labinsky C uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r lah-BINN-skee
Labitzky C August Labitzky C AHÔÔ-gôôst lah-BITTSS-kee
Labitzky C Joseph Labitzky C YOHOH-zeff lah-BITTSS-kee
Lablache C Luigi Lablache C looEE-jee lah-blahsh
Labor C Josef Labor C YOHOH-zeff lah-BOHR
Laborde C Jean-Benjamin de Laborde C zhah6-bah6-zhah-meh6 duh lah- bawrd C (known
also as Jean-Benjamin-François de Laborde [zhah6-bah6-zhah-meh6-frah6-swah duh lahbawrd]) C (the last name is also spelled la Borde)
Laborrita rivale a me sfuggia C L'aborrita rivale a me sfuggia C lah-bohr-REE-tah ree-VAHlay ah may s’FOOD-jah C (duet from the opera Aida [ah-EE-dah]; music by Giuseppe Verdi
[joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni [ahn-TAW-neeo ghee-zlahnTSO-nee] after Auguste Mariette [o-güst mah-reeett] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü lawkl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’])
Laboureur C lah-bôô-rör C (Laborer) C (character in the lyric drama Le roi Arthus [luh
r'wah ar-tüss] — King Arthur; music and libretto by Ernest Chausson [ehr-nesst shohss-saw6])
Laboureur C Un laboureur C ü6 lah-bôô-rör C (A laborer) C (character in the lyric drama Le
roi Arthus [luh r'wah ar-tüss] — King Arthur; music and libretto by Ernest Chausson [ehr-nesst
shohss-saw6])
Labroca C Mario Labroca C MAH-reeo lah-BRO-kah
Labsence C L’Absence C lahb-sah6ss C (Absence) C (poem by Théophile Gautier [tay-aw-
feel go-teeay] set to music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz] in Les Nuits d’été [leh nüee
day-tay] — Summer Nights)
Labunski Felix ºabu½ski C {FEE-lickss lah-BOON-skee} FEH-leekss wah-BÔÔY6-skee
Labunski C Wiktor ºabu½ski C {WICK-tohr lah-BOON-skee} VICK-tawr wah-BÔÔY6skee
Laburda C JiÍí Laburda C YIH-rsheeee LAH-bôôr-dah
Lac des cygnes C Le lac des cygnes C luh lahk day see-ny’ C (Swan Lake) C/ (ballet [BALlay] by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWFskee])
Lac de wallenstadt C Au lac de Wallenstadt C o lahk duh VAHL-lunn-shtaht C (At
Wallenstadt Lake) C (excerpt from Années de Pèlerinage (Première Année — Suisse) [ahn-nay
duh peh-l’ree-nahzh (pruh-meeehr ahn-nay — süeess)] — Years of Pilgrimage (First Year —
Switzerland) — by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
Laccetti C Guido Laccetti C gooEE-doh lah-CHAYT-tee
Lacerda C Francisco de Lacerda C frah6-SEESH-kôô duh luh-SEHR-duh C (known also as
Francisco Inácio da Silveira de Sousa Pereira Forjaz de Lacerda [frah6-SEESH-kôô ih-NAHsihôô duh sill-VAY-ruh duh SO-zuh p’RAY-ruh fôôr-ZHAHZ duh luh-SEHR-duh])
Lach C Robert Lach C ROHOH-bert LAHK
Lachenmann C Helmut Friedrich Lachenmann C HELL-moot FREET-rihh LAH-kunn-mahn
Lachma anya C Ha Lachma Anya C hah lahh-MAHAH-nee-ah C (a song sung in Aramaic [aruh-MAY-ick] at Passover)
Lachmann C Robert Lachmann C ROHOH-bert LAHK-mahn
Lachmund C Carl Lachmund C KARL LAHK-munnd C (known also as Carl Valentine [VAlunn-t§n] Lachmund)
Lachner C Franz Lachner C FRAHNTSS LAHK-nur C (known also as Franz Paul
[PAHÔÔL] Lachner)
Lachner C Ignaz Lachner C IGG-nahtss LAHK-nur
Lachner C Theodor Lachner C TAY-o-dohohr LAHK-nur
Lachner C Vincenz Lachner C FINN-tsenntss LAHK-nur
Lachnith C Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith C LOOT-vihh VENN-tsull LAHK-nitt
Lachrimae pavan C Lachrimae Pavan C LAHK-rih-may pah-VAHN C (composition by John
Dowland [JAHN D!W-lunnd])
Lachrymae pavan hardings galliard C ‘Lachrymae’ pavan; ‘Harding’s galliard’ C LAHK-rihmay pah-VAHN; HAR-dihngz GAL-lihurd C (No. 3 in The ‘Second Cycle’ of Pavans [pahVAHNS] and Galliards [GAL-lihurdz] from about 1590 to 1623 compiled by Davitt Moroney
[DA-vitt muh-RO-nee])
Laciura C Anthony Laciura C ANN-thuh-nee luh-CHÔÔ-rah
Lack C Théodore Lack C tay-aw-dawr lahk
Lacombe C Louis Brouillon-Lacombe C lôôee brôô-yaw6-lah-kaw6b C
(known also as Louis Lacombe)
Lacombe C Louis Lacombe C lôôee lah-kaw6b C (known also as Louis Trouillon [trôô-yaw6]
Lacombe)
Lacombe C Paul Lacombe C pohl lah-kaw6b
Lacome C Paul Lacome C pohl lah-kawm C (known also as Paul-Jean-Jacques Lacome [pohlzhah6-zhack lah-kawm])
Lacrimosa C lah-krih-MO-zah C (section of the Latin requiem [{REH-kôôee-umm} REHkôôih-emm] set to music by various composers)
Lacroix C Robert Vayron-Lacroix C ro-behr v§-raw6-lah-kr’wah
Lacroix C Silvie Lacroix C seel-vee lah-kr'wah
Lacrymosa dies illa C lah-krih-MO-zah DIH-ayss EEL-lah C (section of a requiem [{REHkôôee-umm} RAY-kôôih-emm] by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAYôôss MO-tsart])
Ladas C LAH-duss C (character in the opera Ìecké Pašije [RSHETTSS-keheh PAH-shihyeh] — The Greek Passion; music by Bohuslav Martinç [BO-hôô-slahf MAR-tyih-noooo];
libretto by Martinç after Nikos Kazantzakis [NEE-kawss kah-zahnt-Z¦-kiss])
Laderman C Ezra Laderman C EZZ-ruh LAY-dur-munn
Ladieu C L’adieu C lah-deeö C (The Goodby) C (poem by Apollinaire [ah-pawl-lee-nehr] set
to music by Earl Kim [URUHL KIMM])
Ladmirault C Paul Ladmirault C pohl lahd-mee-ro C (known also as Paul-Émile Ladmirault
[pohl-ay-meel lahd-mee-ro])
Ladnier C Tommy Ladnier C TAHM-mee LADD-nihur C (known also as Thomas [TAHmuss] Ladnier)
Ladunka C Naum Ladunka C nah-OOM lah-DOON-kuh
Ladurner C Ignace Antoine Ladurner C igg-nahss ah6-twahn lah-dür-nay C (known also as
Ignace Antoine François Xavier Ladurner [igg-nahss ah6-twahn frah6-swah ksah-veeay lahdür-nay])
Ladysz C Bernard ºadysz C BEHR-nart WAH-dihsh
Laetatus sum C lay-TAH-tôôss soom C (sacred music, title used by various composers)
Laeva ejus C Læva ejus C LAY-vuh AY-yooss C (motet [mo-TETT] by Giovanni da
Palestrina [jo-VAHN-nee dah pah-lay-STREE-nah])
Laffilard C Michel L’Affilard C mee-shell lahf-fee-lar
Lafitte C José White Lafitte C ho-SAY hW¦T lah-fitt C (known also as José Silvestre de los
Dolores White Lafitte [ho-SAY seel-VAYSS-tray day lawss doh-LO-rayss hW¦T lah-fitt])
Lafont C Charles-Philippe Lafont C sharl-fee-leep lah-faw6
Lafont C Jean-Philippe Lafont C zhah6-fee-leep lah-faw6
Laforge C Jean Laforge C zhah6 lah-fawrzh
Lafricaine C L'Africaine C lah-free-kenn C (The African Maid) C (an opera, with music by
Giacomo Meyerbeer [JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and
François-Joseph Fétis [frah6-swah-zho-zeff fay-tee])
Lafricana C L'Africana C lah-free-KAH-nah C (The African Maid) C (an opera, with music
by Giacomo Meyerbeer [JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb]
and François-Joseph Fétis [frah6-swah-zho-zeff fay-tee])
Lagger C Peter Lagger C PAY-tur LAHG-gur
Lago C El lago C ell LAH-go C (The Lake) C (excerpt from the suite Paisajes [pahee-SAHhayss] — Landscapes — by Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-POOO])
Lagoanere C Oscar de Lagoanère C awss-kar duh lah-gaw-ah-nehr
Lagrange C Michèle Lagrange C mee-shell lah-grah6zh
Lagrime damante al sepolcro dellamata C Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata C LAHgree-may dah-MAHN-tay ahl say-POHL-kro dayl-lah-MAH-tah C (tribute to a deceased
singer by Scipione Agnelli [shee-peeO-nay ah-n’YAYL-lee] set to music by Claudio Monteverdi
[KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Lagrime mie C LAH-gree-may MEE-ay C (cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] by Barbara Strozzi
[bar-BAH-rah STROHT-tsee])
Lahee C Henry Charles Lahee C HENN-ree CHAH-rullz luh-HEE
Lahire C Philippe de Lahire C fee-leep duh lah-eer
Lahore C Jean Lahore C zhah6 lah-awr
Lahore C lah-HOHR C (Hindu poem (named for the city in which it was written) set to music
by Maurice Delage [mo-reess deh-lahzh])
Lai 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])
Lai des pucelles C Le lai des pucelles C luh leh day pü-sell C (composition by Philippe le
Chancelier [fee-leep luh shah6-s’leeay])
Lai du chevrefeuille C Le lai du chevrefeuille C luh leh dü sheh-vruh-föy’ C (Song of the
Honeysuckle) C (excerpt from Tristan et Iseult [treess-tah6 ay ee-zölt — a medieval romance in
music and poetry, based on surviving manuscripts preceding the opera Tristan und Isolde [TRIHstahn ôônt ee-ZAWL-tuh], with music and libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHGnur])
Lai mortel C leh mawr-tull C (Song of Death) C (excerpt from Tristan et Iseult [treess-tah6
ay ee-zölt — a medieval romance in music and poetry, based upon surviving manuscripts
preceding the opera Tristan und Isolde [TRIH-stahn ôônt ee-ZAWL-tuh], music and libretto by
Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Laideronnette imperatrice des pagodes C Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes C lehd’rawn-nett, eh6-pay-rah-treess day pah-gawd C (excerpt from the suite Ma mère l’oye [mah
mehr l’wah] — My Mother Goose — by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])
Laidlaw C Anna Robena Laidlaw C ANN-nuh ro-BEE-nuh LAYD-law
Laije bien entendu o mon fernand mon arret descend du ciel C L'ai-je bien entendu? ... O mon
Fernand ... Mon arrêt descend du ciel C leh-zhuh beeah6-nah6-tah6-dü? ... o maw6 fehr-nah6
... maw6-nah-reh dess-sah6 dü seeell C (excerpt from the opera La favorite [lah fah-vaw-reet]
— The Favored One; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee];
libretto by Alphonse Royer [ahl-faw6ss r’wah-yay] and Gustave Vaëz [güss-tahv vah-ezz], with
additions by Eugene Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])
Laio de rotso C L'aïo de rotso C leh-o duh rawt-so C (Water From the Spring) 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])
Lair C L’air C lehr C (The Air) C (poem by Théodore de Banville [tay-aw-dawr duh bah6veel] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Laistner C Max Laistner C MAHKSS LAHEEST-nur
Laiter C Alexandre Laiter C ah-leck-sah6-dr' leh-tay
Lajarte C Théodore Lajarte C tay-aw-dawr lah-zhart C (known also as Théodore-Édouard
Dufaure de Lajarte [tay-aw-dawr-ay-dôôar dü-fohr duh lah-zhart])
Lajtha C László Lajtha C LAHAHSS-lohoh L¦-tah
Laki C Krisztina Laki C KRISS-tih-nah LAH-kee
Lakme C Lakmé C lahk-may C (an opera, with music by Léo Delibes [lay-o duh-leeb]; libretto
by Edmond Gondinet [edd-maw6 gaw6-dee-neh] and Philippe Gille [fee-leep zheel])
Lakner C Yehoshua Lakner C yeh-ho-SHOO-ah LAHK-nur
Laks C Simon Laks C see-maw6 lahk
Lakshminarayana C Shankar Lakshminarayana C SHAHNG-kur lahksh-mee-nah-RAHY’-nah
C (known also as Shankar)
Lalande C Henriette Méric-Lalande C ah6-ree-ett may-reek-lah-lah6d C (known also as
Henriette Clémentine [klay-mah6-teen] Méric-Lalande)
Lalande C Michel-Richard Lalande C mee-shell-ree-shar lah-lah6d C (known also as MichelRichard Delalande [duh-lah-lah6d] and Michel-Richard de la Lande [duh lah lah6d])
Lalba separa dalla luce lombra C L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra C LAHL-bah say-PAH-rah
dahl-lah LOO-chay LOHM-brah C (composition by D'Annunzio [dahn-NOON-tseeo] and
Tosti [TOH-stee])
Lalewicz C Georg Lalewicz C gay-AWRK lah-LAY-vihch
Laliberte C Alfred Laliberté C ahl-fredd lah-lee-behr-tay C (known also as Joseph François
[zho-zeff frah6-swah] Alfred Laliberté) C (the family name is also spelled La Liberté [lah leebehr-tay])
Lallee est sans fin C L’allée est sans fin C lah-lay esst sah6 feh6 C (The Endless Path) C
(poem by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh
HAHN])
Lallegro il penseroso ed il moderato C L’allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato C lahl-LAY-gro,
eel payn-say-RO-zo ayd eel mo-day-RAH-toh C (a choral pastoral ode, with music by George
Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l] and libretto after poems by John Milton
[JAHN MILL-tunn] rearranged by Charles Jennens [CHAH-rullz JENN-nunnz])
Lalo C Charles Lalo C sharl lah-lo
Lalo C Édouard Lalo C ay-dôôar lah-lo C (known also as Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo [aydôôar-veek-twar-ah6-twahn lah-lo])
Lalo C Pierre Lalo C peeehr lah-lo
Lalouette C L’alouette C lah-lôô-ett’ C (The Lark) C (poem by Léon Chancerel [lay-aw6
shah6-suh-rell] set to music by Jacques Chailley [zhack shahee-yee])
Laloy C Louis Laloy C lôôee lah-l’wah
Lamanza mia C L’amanza mia C lah-MAHN-tsah MEE-ah C (anonymous song)
Lamarchina C Robert LaMarchina C RAH-burt lah-mar-CHEE-nah
Lamare C Jacques-Michel-Hurel de Lamare C zhack-mee-shell-ü-rell duh lah-mar C (the last
name is also spelled la Marre [lah mar])
Lamarter C Eric de Lamarter C EH-rick duh luh-MAR-tur
Lambardi C Camillo Lambardi C kah-MEEL-lo lahm-BAR-dee
Lambardi C Francesco Lambardi C frahn-CHAY-sko lahm-BAR-dee
Lambelet C George Lambelet C JAW-urj lah-beh-LEH C (George is an Americanized
spelling and pronunciation; the first name of this Greek National is known as Georges [YOHRguss] in Greece)
Lambert C Johann Heinrich Lambert C YO-hahn H¦N-rihh LAHM-bert
Lambert C Juan Bautista Lambert C hooAHN bahoo-TEESS-tah lahm-BEHRT
Lambert C Lucien Lambert C lü-shah6 lah6-behr
Lambert C Michel Lambert C mee-shell lah6-behr
Lamberti C Antonio Lamberti C ahn-TAW-neeo lahm-BAYR-tee
Lambillotte C Louis Lambillotte C lôôee lah6-bee-yawt
Lambord C Benjamin Lambord C BENN-juh-munn LAMM-bawrd
Lambro C Philip Lambro C FILL-lupp LAMM-bro
Lame delaissee C L’âme délaissée C lahm day-less-say C (The Neglected Soul) C (poem by
Casimir Delavigne [kah-zee-meer deh-lah-veeny’] set to music by Gioachino Rossini [johahKEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
Lament of ian the proud C The Lament of Ian the Proud C (The Lament of) EE-unn (the
Proud) C (song by Charles Tomlinson Griffes [CHAH-rullz TAHM-l’n-s’n GRIFF-fuss])
Lamentabatur jacob C Lamentabatur Jacob C lah-mayn-TAH-buh-tôôr YAH-kawb C (motet
[mo-TETT] by Cristóbal de Morales [kreess-TOH-vahl day mo-RAH-layss])
Lamentatio ieremiae C Lamentatio Ieremiae C lah-menn-TAH-tiho ihay-reh-MEE-ay C (The
Lamentations of Jeremiah) C (composition by Thomas Tallis [TAH-muss TAL-liss])
Lamentatio ieremiae prophetae C Lamentatio Ieremiae Prophetae C lah-mayn-TAH-tiho ihayreh-MEE-ay praw-FAY-tay C (Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah) C (anonymous sacred
music from 16th-century Spain)
Lamento C Il lamento C eel lah-MAYN-toh C (composition by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ
LISST])
Lamento C lah-MAYN-toh C (Lament) C (poem by Théophile Gauthier [tay-aw-feel goteeay] set to music by Henri Duparc [ah6-ree dü-park])
Lamento darianna C Lamento d’Arianna C lah-MAYN-toh dah-reeAHN-nah C (song by
Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Lamento di federico C Il lamento di Federico C eel lah-MAYN-toh dee fay-day-REE-ko C
(aria from the opera L’arlesiana [lar-lay-zeeAH-nah] — The Girl from Arles [arl]; music by
Francesco Cilea [frahn-CHAY-sko chee-LAY-ah]; libretto by Leopoldo Marenco [lay-oPOHL-doh mah-RAYN-ko] after Alphonse Daudet [ahl-fawnss doh-deh])
Lamento di tristano C Lamento di Tristano C lah-MAYN-toh dee tree-STAH-no C (Tristan's
Lament) C (14th-century Italian song)
Lamico fritz C L’amico Fritz C lah-MEE-ko FRITTSS (Friend Fritz [FRITTSS] — an opera,
with music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee]; libretto by Nicola Daspuro [neeKO-lah dah-SPOO-ro] (under the pseudonym P. Suardon [süar-daw6]) after ErckmannChatrian [EHRK-mahn-shah-tree-ah6])
Lamitie C L'amitié C lah-mee-teeay C (song by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Lamm C Pavel Lamm C PAH-vell LAHM
Lammers C Gerda Lammers C GHEHR-tah LAHM-murss
Lammers C Julius Lammers C YOO-lihôôss LAHM-murss
Lamond C Frederic Lamond C FREH-duh-rick LA-munnd C (known also as Frederick
Archibald [AR-chuh-bawld] Lamond)
Lamote de grignon C Juan Lamote de Grignon C hooAHN lah-MO-tay day gree-n’YAWN
Lamote de grignon y ribas C Ricardo Lamote de Grignon y Ribas C ree-KAR-doh lah-MO-tay
day gree-n’YAWN ee REE-bahss C (the first name has also been spelled Ricard [ree-KARD])
Lamothe C Georges Lamothe C zhawrzh lah-mawt
Lamour C L'Amour C lah-môôr C (Love) C (character in the opera Médée [may-day]; music
by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay]; libretto by Pierre Corneille
[peeehr kawr-nehy’])
Lamour C L'Amour C lah-môôr C (Love) C (character in the opera Orphée et Eurydice [awrfay ay ö-ree-deess], with music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt
fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri Calzabigi [rah-neeAY-ree kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])
Lamour des trois oranges C L'amour des trois oranges C lah-môôr day tr’wah aw-rah6zh C
(The Love for Three Oranges) C (an opera, with music by Serge Prokofiev [sehr-GAY prahKAW-fiheff]; libretto by Prokofiev after Carlo Gozzi [KAR-lo GOHT-tsee])
Lamour dont sui espris C L’amour dont sui espris C lah-môôr daw6 süee ess-pree C (I Am on
Fire With a Love) C (12th-century composition by Blondel de Nesle [blaw6-dell duh nell])
Lamour est un oiseau rebelle C L’amour est un oiseau rebelle C lah-môôr esst ü6-nwah-zo
ruh-bell C (Love Is a Rebellious Bird) C (aria with chorus 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])
Lamour est un oiseau rebelle habanera C L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) C lah-môôr
esst ü6-nwah-zo reh-bell (ah-bah-NAY-rah) C (Love Is a Rebellious Bird (Habanera) C (aria
with chorus 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])
Lamour lamour ah leve toi soleil C L’amour! L’amour!; Ah! Lève-toi, soleil C lah-môôr! lahmôôr!; ah! levv’-twah, saw-lehy’ C (excerpt from the opera Roméo et Juliette [raw-may-o ay
zhü-leeett]; music by Charles Gounod [sharl gôô-no]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay]
and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYKspihuhr])
Lamoureux C Charles Lamoureux C sharl lah-môô-ro
Lampe C John Frederick Lampe C JAHN FREH-duh-rick LAMMP
Lampe C Walther Lampe C VAHL-tur LAHM-puh
Lamperti C Francesco Lamperti C frahn-CHAY-sko lahm-PAYR-tee
Lamperti C Giovanni Battista Lamperti C jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah lahm-PAYR-tee
Lampfiparnaso C L’ampfiparnaso C lahmp-fee-par-NAH-zo C (a harmonic comedy by Orazio
Vecchi [o-RAH-tseeo VAYK-kee])
Lampugnani C Giovanni Battista Lampugnani C jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah lahm-poon’YAH-nee
Lancelot C lah6ss’-lo C (character in the lyric drama Le roi Arthus [luh r’wah ar-tüss] —
King Arthur; words and music by Ernest Chausson [ehr-nesst shohss-saw6]) C (American
pronunciation LANNT-suh-laht)
Lancen C Serge Lancen C sehrzh lah6-sah6 C (known also as Serge Jean Mathieu [zhah6
mah-teeö] Lancen)
Lanchbery C John Lanchbery C JAHN LANNCH-beh-ree C (known also as John Arthur
[AR-thur] Lanchbery)
Lancie C John de Lancie C JAHN duh LANN-see C (known also as John Sherwood [SHURwôôd] de Lancie)
Land C Jan Pieter Nicholaas Land C YAHN PEE-tur NEE-ko-lahahss LAHNT
Landau C Siegfried Landau C {SEEG-freed LANN-dahôô} ZEEK-freet LAHN-tahôô
Lande C Michel-Richard de la Lande C mee-shell-ree-shar duh lah lah6d C (known also as
Michel-Richard Delalande [duh-lah-lah6d] and Michel-Richard Lalande [mee-shell-ree-shar
lah-lah6d])
Landgraf von hessen C Alexander Friedrich, Landgraf von Hessen C ah-leck-SAHN-tur
FREET-rihh, LAHNT-grahf fawn HESS-sunn
Landgrave of hessen kassel C Moritz, Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel C MO-rittss, LAHNTgrah-fuh (of) HESS-sunn-KAHSS-sull
Landi C Stefano Landi C STAY-fah-no LAHN-dee
Landini C Benedetto Landini C bay-nay-DAYT-toh lahn-DEE-nee
Landini C Francesco Landini C frahn-CHAY-sko lahn-DEE-nee C (known also as Franciscus
Landino [frahn-CHEESS-kôôss lahn-DEE-no], Francesco degli orghany [frahn-CHAYSS-ko
day-l’yee ohr-GAH-nee], Magister Franciscus de Florentia [mah-JEESS-tehr frahn-CHEESSkôôss day flo-RAYN-tihah], Magister Franciscus Cecus Horghanista de Florentia [mah-JEESStehr frahn-CHEESS-kôôss CHAY-kôôss hohr-gah-NEESS-tah day flo-RAYN-tihah], and
Cechus de Florentia [CHAY-kôôss day flo-RAYN-tihah])
Landler des saisons C Ländler des “Saisons” C LENNT-lur dess “seh-zaw6” C (excerpt from
the oratorio The Seasons by Franz Joseph Haydn [FRAHNTSS YOHOH-zeff H¦-d’n])
Landler in a flat C Ländler in A Flat C LENNT-lur (in A Flat) C (waltz by Franz Liszt
[FRAHNZ LISST])
Landolf C Trix Landolf C TRICKSS LAHN-dawlf
Landormy C Paul Landormy C pohl lah6-dawr-mee C (known also as Paul Charles-René
[sharl-ruh-nay] Landormy)
Landowska C Wanda Landowska C {WAHN-duh lann-D!W-skah} VAHN-dah lahnDAWF-skah C (known also as Wanda Alexandra [ah-leck-SAHN-drah] Landowska)
Landowski C Marcel Landowski C mar-sell lah6-dawv-skee C (known also as Marcel François
Paul Landowski [mar-sell frah6-swah pohl lah6-dawv-skee])
Landowski C W.-L. Landowski C (W.-L.) lah6-dawv-skee
Landre C Guillaume Landré C ghee-yohm lah6-dray C (known also as Guillaume Louis
Frédéric [lôôee fray-day-reek] Landré)
Landre C Willem Landré C WILL-lumm lahn-DRAY
Landschaft des exils C Die Landschaft des Exils C dee LAHNT-shahft dess AYK-sillss C
(The Landscape of Exile) C (song by Hanns Eisler [HAHNSS ¦SS-lur])
Landshoff C Ludwig Landshoff C LOOT-vihh LAHNTSS-hawf
Landwehr C Franz von Landwehr C FRAHNTSS fawn LAHNT-vayr
Lang C Frieder Lang C FREE-dur LAHNG
Lang C Hans Lang C HAHNNSS LAHNG
Lang C István Láng C IHSHT-vahahn LAHAHNG
Lang C Josephine Lang C yo-zeh-FEE-nuh LAHNG C (known also as Josephine Caroline
[kah-ro-LEE-nuh] Lang)
Lang C Margaret Ruthven Lang C MAR-guh-rutt ROOTH-vunn LANG
Lang C Rosemarie Lang C RO-zuh-mah-ree-uh LAHNG
Lang C Walter Lang C VAHL-tur LAHNG
Lang kostlin C Josephine Lang-Köstlin C yo-zeh-FEE-nuh LAHNG-KÖST-linn
Langa C Francisco Soto de Langa C frahn-THEESS-ko SO-toh day LAHN-gah
Langbecker C Emanuel Christian Gottlieb Langbecker C ay-MAHAH-nooayl KRIH-stihahn
GAWT-leep LAHNG-peh-kur
Langdon C Michael Langdon C M¦-kull LANG-dunn
Lange C Danïel de Lange C DA-nihell duh LANG-uh
Lange C Francisco Curt Lange C frahn-TSEESS-ko KÔÔRT LAHNG-uh
Lange C Gustav Lange C GÔÔ-stahf LAHNG-uh
Lange C Hans Lange C {HANNZ LANG} HAHNSS LAHNG-uh
Lange C Konrad von Lange C KAWN-raht fawn LAHNG-uh
Lange C Michiel ten Houte de Lange C mee-HEEL tenn HAHOO-tuh duh LANG-uh
Lange C Samuel de Lange C SA-müell duh LANG-uh
Lange muller C Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller C PEE-tuh ee-RAHSS-môôss LAHNG-uhMÜLL-law
Langen ton als gott saget zu abraham C Im langen Ton: Als Gott saget zu Abraham C imm
LAHNG-unn TOHN: AHLSS GAWT ZAH-gutt tsoo AHAH-brah-hahm C (composition
from the songbook of Adam Puschmann [AHAH-dahm PÔÔSH-mahn])
Langendorff C Frieda Langendorff C FREE-dah LAHNG-unn-tawrf
Langenhuyzen C Birgit Langenhuyzen C BEER-ghitt LAHNG-unn-h§-zunn
Langenus C Gustave Langenus C {GUSS-tuvv LANG-uh-nuss} GÜSS-tahf LAHNG-ehnüss
Langer C Eduard Langer C eh-dôôART LAHNG-gher
Langer C Ferdinand Langer C FEHR-tee-nahnt LAHNG-ur
Langer C Hermann Langer C HEHR-mahn LAHNG-ur
Langer C Suzanne K. Langer C soo-ZANN K. LANG-ur C (known also as Suzanne
Katherina [ka-thuh-REE-nuh] Langer)
Langer C Victor Langer C VICK-tawr LAHNG-ghehr
Langert C Johann August Adolf Langert C YO-hahn AHÔÔ-gôôst AHAH-dawlf LAHNG-ert
Langey C Otto Langey C {AHT-toh LANG-ee} AWT-toh LAHNG-§
Langgaard C Rued Langgaard C WOO-uth LAHNG-go C (known also as Rued Immanuel
[eem-MA-n’yoo-ull] Langgaard)
Langhans C Wilhelm Langhans C VILL-hellm LAHNG-hahnss C (known also as Friedrich
Wilhelm Langhans [FREET-rihh VILL-hellm LAHNG-hahnss])
Langlais C Jean Langlais C zhah6 lahng-leh C (known also as Jean François-Hyacinthe [frah6swah-yah-seh6t] Langlais)
Langle C Honoré Langlé C aw-naw-ray lahng-lay C (known also as Honoré François Marie
[frah6-swah mah-ree] Langlé)
Langlotz C Karl A. Langlotz C {KARL (A.) LANG-lawtz} KARL (A.) LAHNG-lawtss
Langridge C Philip Langridge C FIH-lupp LANG-ridj C (known also as Philip Gordon
[GAWR-dunn] Langridge)
Langsam getragen C Langsam getragen C LAHNG-zahm guh-TRAH-gunn C (excerpt from
Fantasie [fah6-tah-zee] by Robert Schumann [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Langstroth C Ivan Shed Langstroth C ¦-vunn SHEDD LANG-strawth
Languidezze per il caldo C lahn-gooee-DAYT-tsay payr eel KAHL-doh C (Languor Caused
by the Heat) C Allegro non molto [ahl-LAY-gro nohn MOHL-toh] number in L’estate [laySTAH-tay] — Summer — from Le quattro stagioni [lay kooAHT-tro stah-JO-nee] — The Four
Seasons — by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Languir per una bella C lahn-gooEER payr OO-nah BAYL-lah C (To pine for a fair
sweetheart) C (aria from the opera L’Italiana in Algeri [lee-tah-leeAH-nah een ahl-JAY-ree] —
The Italian Girl in Algiers; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and
libretto by Angelo Anelli [ahn-JAY-lo ah-NAYL-lee])
Lanier C Nicholas Lanier C NIH-kuh-luss LANN-yur
Lanier C Sidney Lanier C SIDD-nee LANN-yur C (known also as Sidney Clopton [KLAHPtunn] Lanier)
Lanigan C John Lanigan C JAHN LA-nih-gunn
Lankester C Michael Lankester C M¦-kull LANG-kih-stur C (known also as Michael John
[JAHN] Lankester)
Lankow C Anna Lankow C AHN-nah LAHN-kawv
Lannee en vain chasse lannee azael azael C L'année en vain chasse l'année ... Azaël! Azaël! C
lahn-nay ah6 veh6 shahss lahn-nay ... ah-zah-ell! ah-zah-ell! C (Year vainly follows year) C
(aria featuring Lia in the cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] L'enfant prodigue [lah6-fah6 praw-deeg];
music by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see] and libretto by Édouard Guinand [ay-dôôar
ghee-nah6])
Lanner C August Lanner C AHÔÔ-gôôst LAHN-nur C (known also as August Joseph
[YOHOH-zeff] Lanner)
Lanner C Joseph Lanner C YOHOH-zeff LAHN-nur C (known also as Joseph Franz Karl
[FRAHNTSS KARL] Lanner)
Lannoy C Eduard Lannoy C AY-dooart LAHN-noy
Lans C Michael J. A. Lans C MEE-k§l (J. A.) LAHNSS
Lantins C Arnold de Lantins C ar-nawlt deh lah6-teh6
Lantins C Hugo de Lantins C ü-go duh lah6-teh6
Lantoueno C L'Antouèno C lah6-tôôeh-no C (Anthony) 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])
Lanza C Mario Lanza C MA-reeo LANN-zuh
Lanzetti C Salvatore Lanzetti C sahl-vah-TOH-ray lahn-TSAYT-tee
Laodice C laho-DEE-chay C (character in the opera Siroe [see-RO-ay]; music by George
Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]; libretto by Pietro Metastasio [peeAY-tro
may-tah-STAH-zeeo], revised by Nicola Francesco Haym [nee-KO-lah frahn-CHAY-sko ¦M])
Laparra C Raoul Laparra C rah-ôôl lah-pahr-rah
Lapitino C Francis Lapitino C FRANNT-suss lah-pih-TEE-no
Laplante C André Laplante C ah6-dray lah-plah6t C (known also as Joseph André Roger
Laplante [zho-zeff ah6-dray raw-zhay lah-plah6t])
Laplenie C Michel Laplénie C mee-shell lah-play-nee
Laporte C André Laporte C ah6-dray lah-pawrt
Laporte C Joseph de Laporte C zho-zeff duh lah-pawrt
Lapozskas tancz C LAH-pohzh-kahsh TAHNTSS C (anonymous 17th-century Hungarian
dances)
Lappalainen C Maija Lappalainen C MAHih-yah LAHP-pah-lahih-nenn
Lappe C Karl Lappe C KARL LAHP-puh
Lapprenti sorcier / L’Apprenti sorcier / lahp-prah6-tee sawr-seeay / (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice)
/ (composition by Paul Dukas [pohl dü-kah])
Lapsansky C Marián Lapšanský C MAH-rihahahn LAHP-shann-skeeee
Laquai C Reinhold Laquai C R¦N-hawlt lah-küeh
Lara C Agustín Lara C ah-gooss-TEEN LAH-rah
Lara C Conte di Lara C KOHN-tay dee LAH-rah
Lara C Isidore de Lara C IH-zih-dawr duh LAH-rah
Lara C Manuel Manrique de Lara C mah-nooELL mahn-REE-kay day LAH-rah C (known
also as Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry [ee BEHR-ree])
Lara bareiro C Carlos Lara-Bareiro C KAR-lawss LAH-rah-bah-RAY-ro
Lara y berry C Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry C mah-nooELL mahn-REE-kay day LAHrah ee BEHR-ree C (known also as Manuel Manrique de Lara)
Larchet C John F. Larchet C JAHN F. lar-SHAY
Lardon menuet C Le lardon. Menuet C luh lar-daw6. muh-nüeh C (The Taunt. Minuet) C
(excerpt from the Suite en ré majeur [süeet ah6 ray mah-zhör] — Suite in D Major — by JeanPhilippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo])
Laredo C Jaime Laredo C HAHEE-may lah-RAY-tho C (known also as Jaime Eduardo
Laredo y Unzueta [HAHEE-may ay-thooar-doh lah-RAY-tho ee oon-sooAY-tah])
Laredo C Ruth Laredo C ROOTH lah-RAY-doh
Larghetto C lar-GAYT-toh C (composition by Domenico Cimarosa [doh-MAY-nee-ko cheemah-RO-zah])
Larghetto a capriccio C lar-GAYT-toh ah kah-PREE-cho
Larghetto affettuoso C lar-GAYT-toh ahf-fayt-tooO-zo
Larghetto and humoreske for piano violin and cello C Larghetto and Humoreske for Piano,
Violin, and Cello C lar-GAYT-toh (and) hoo-mo-REH-skuh (for Piano, Violin, and Cello) C
(composition by John Knowles Paine [JAHN NOHLZ PAYN])
Larghetto andante e piano C lar-GAYT-toh ahn-DAHN-tay ay peeAH-no
Larghetto e affettuoso C lar-GAYT-toh ay ahf-fayt-tooO-zo
Larghetto e piano C lar-GAYT-toh ay peeAH-no
Larghetto lento C lar-GAYT-toh LAYN-toh
Larghetto pour cor et orchestre C lar-GAYT-toh pôôr kawr ay awr-kess-tr’ C (Larghetto
[lar-GHETT-toh] for Horn and Orchestra) C (composition by Emmanuel Chabrier [emm-mahnüell shah-breeay])
Largo C LAR-go C (second movement from the Konzert für 4 Cembali und Streicher a-moll
[KAWN-tsehrt für 4 TSEMM-bah-lee ôônt SHTR¦-hur a-mawl] — Concerto for 4
Harpsichords and Strings in a Minor) C (composition by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn
{suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Largo al factotum C LAR-go ahl fahk-TOH-toom C (Make Way for the Factotum) 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])
Largo al quadrupede C LAR-go ahl kooah-DROO-pay-day C (choral excerpt from 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])
Largo alla siciliana C Largo (alla siciliana) C LAR-go (AHL-lah see-chee-leeAH-nah) C
(composition by Domenico Cimarosa [doh-MAY-nee-ko chee-mah-RO-zah])
Largo appassionato C LAR-go ahp-pahss-seeo-NAH-toh
Largo assai ed espressivo C LAR-go ahss-SAHEE ayd ay-sprayss-SEE-vo
Largo cantabile C LAR-go kahn-TAH-bee-lay
Largo con gran espressione C Largo, con gran espressione C LAR-go, kohn grahn aysprayss-seeO-nay
Largo con maesta C LAR-go kohn mah-AY-stah
Largo con molt espressione C Largo con molt’ espressione C LAR-go kohn MOHLT aysprayss-seeO-nay
Largo e con sordino C LAR-go ay kohn sohr-DEE-no
Largo e mesto C LAR-go ay MAY-stoh
Largo e piano C LAR-go ay peeAH-no
Largo e staccato C LAR-go ay stahk-KAH-toh
Largo ma non tanto C Largo, ma non tanto C LAR-go, mah nohn TAHN-toh
Largo maestoso C LAR-go mah-ay-STO-zo
Largo molto espressivo C Largo, molto espressivo C LAR-go, MOHL-toh ay-sprayss-SEE-vo
Larina C lah-REE-nah C (character in the opera Eugen Onegin or Yevgeny Onegin [yevvGAY-nee ah-NYAY-ghinn]; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH
{chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky [kahn-stahnTYEEN shih-LAWF-skee] and P. I. Tchaikovsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyickSAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])
Larlesiana C L’arlesiana C lar-lay-zeeAH-nah C (The Girl From Arles [arl]) C (an opera,
with music by Francesco Cilea [frahn-CHAY-sko chee-LAY-ah]; libretto by Leopoldo Marenco
[lay-o-POHL-doh mah-RAYN-ko] after Alphonse Daudet [ahl-faw6ss doh-deh])
Larlesienne C L’arlésienne C lar-lay-zeeenn C The Arlésienne [ar-LAY-zeeenn] C (an opera,
with music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay] and libretto by Alphonse Daudet [ahl-faw6ss
doh-deh])
Laroche C Hermann Laroche C GHEHR-mahn lah-rawsh
Laroque gaillarde C lah-rawk geh-yard C (song by Pierre Phalèse [peeehr fah-less])
Larrea C Iván Larrea C ee-VAHN lah-RAY-ah
Larrivee C Henri Larrivée C ah6-ree lar-ree-vay
Larrocha C Alicia de Larrocha C ah-LEE-theeah day lar-RO-chah C (known also as Alicia de
Larrocha y de la Calle [ee day lah KAH-l’yay])
Larronge C Adolf l’Arronge C AHAH-dawlf lar-RAWNG-uh
Larsen C Jens Peter Larsen C YENNSS PEE-tuh LAR-sunn
Larsen C Nils Larsen C NILLSS LAH-sh’n
Larsen todsen C Nanny Larsén-Todsen C NAHN-nü LAR-senn-TAWD-sunn
Larson C Janåke Larson C yah-NAWAW-keh LAH-sunn
Larsson C Lars-Erik Larsson C LARSS-AYUH-rick LARSS-sawn C (known also as Lars-Erik
Vilner [VEEL-ner] Larsson)
Larue C Custer LaRue C KUSS-tur luh-ROO
Las cantigas de santa maria C Las cantigas de Santa Maria C lahss kahn-TEE-gahss day
SAHN-tah mah-REE-ah C (The Songs of Saint Mary) C (a collection of more than 400 12thand 13th-century songs paying tribute to the Virgin Mary)
Las flores C lahss FLO-rayss C (a medieval song of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in
1492 and who settled in Morocco)
Las golondrinas C lahss go-lawn-DREE-nahss C (The Swallows) C (poem by Jaime Davalos
[HAHEE-may dah-VAH-lawss] set to music by Eduardo Falú [ay-thooAR-doh fah-LOO])
Las huelgas codex C lahss OOELL-gahss KO-theckss C (sacred music from 13th-century
Spain)
Las locas por amor C lahss LO-kahss pawr ah-MAWR C (Love-Crazed Women) C (poem
by R. De Campoamor [(R.) day kahm-po-ah-MAWR] set to music by Joaquín Turina [ho-ahKEEN too-REE-nah]
Lascia chio pianga C Lascia ch'io pianga C LAH-shah keeo peeAHN-gah C (recitative [rehsuh-tuh-TEEV] and aria from the opera Rinaldo [ree-NAHL-doh]; music by George Frideric
Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]; libretto by Gaetano Rossi [gahay-TAH-no
ROHSS-see] after Torquato Tasso [tohr-kooAH-toh TAHSS-so])
Lasciami al lavoro C Or lasciami al lavoro C ohr lah-SHAH-mee ahl lah-VO-ro C (excerpt
from 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-KOzah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])
Laserna C Blas de Laserna C BLAHSS day lah-SEHR-nah
Laska C Gustav Láska C GÔÔSS-tahf LAHAHSS-kah
Laskine C Lily Laskine C lee-lee lahss-keen
Lasla C Anne-Marie Lasla C ahn-mah-ree lahss-lah
Lasner C Ignaz Lasner C IGG-nahz LAHSS-nehr
Lass furstin lass noch einen strahl C Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl C LAHSS, FÜRstinn, lahss NAWK ¦-nunn SHTRAHL C (cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] by Johann Sebastian
Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Lass mich mit tranen C Lass mich mit Tränen C LAHSS MIHH mitt TRAY-nunn C (Let Me
Weep) C (aria from the opera Rinaldo [ree-NAHL-doh]; music by George Frideric Handel
[JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]; libretto by Gaetano Rossi [gahay-TAH-no ROHSS-see]
after Torquato Tasso [tohr-kooAH-toh TAHSS-so])
Lassalle C Jean Lassalle C zhah6 lahss-sahl C (known also as Jean-Louis Lassalle [zhah6-lôôee
lahss-sahl])
Lasse liten C LAHSS-suh LEE-tunn C (Little Lass) C (poem by Zachris Topelius [SAH-kriss
tôô-PEE-lihüss] set to music by Jean Sibelius [zhah6 sih-BAY-lihôôss])
Lassedio di corinto C L'assedio di Corinto C lahss-SAY-deeo dee ko-REEN-toh C (The Siege
of Corinth) C (an opera, with music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee];
libretto by Luigi Balocchi [looEE-jee bah-LOHK-kee] and A. Soumet [(A.) sôô-meh])
Lassen C Eduard Lassen C EHTH-vart LASS-sunn
Lasso C Orlando di Lasso C ohr-LAHN-doh dee LAHSS-so C (Italian spelling and
pronunciation) C (French = Roland De Lattre [raw-lah6 duh laht-tr’], also Orlande de Lassus
[awr-lah6d duh lahss-sü], also Orlando de Lassus [awr-lah6-doh duh lahss-sü]) C (Latin =
Orlandus Lassus [ohr-LAHN-dôôss LAHSS-sôôss])
Lasso perche mi fuggi C Lasso, perchè mi fuggi C LAHSS-so payr-KAY mee FOOD-jee C
(madrigal [MADD-ree-gull] by Johann Grabbe [YO-hahn GRAHB-buh])
Lasst ihn haltet bindet nicht C Lasst ihn, haltet, bindet nicht! C LAHST een, HAHL-tutt,
BINN-tutt NIHHT! C (Loose Him, Leave Him, Bind Him Not) C (choral excerpt from the St.
Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAHstihahn BAHK])
Lasst uns mit geschlungnen handen C Lasst uns mit geschlungnen Händen C LAHSST ôôns
mitt guh-SHLÔÔNG-nunn HENN-tunn C (composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Lassus C Ferdinand de Lassus C fehr-dee-nah6 duh lahss-sü
Lassus C Orlande de Lassus C awr-lah6d duh lahss-sü C (French spelling and pronunciation)
C (another French spelling and pronunciation = Roland De Lattre [raw-lah6 duh laht-tr’], a
third French spelling and pronunciation = Orlando de Lassus [awr-lah6-doh duh lahss-sü];
Italian = Orlando di Lasso [ohr-LAHN-doh dee LAHSS-so]; Latin = Orlandus Lassus [ohrLAHN-dôôss LAHSS-sôôss])
Lassus C Rudolphe de Lassus C rü-dawlf duh lahss-sü
Lastu lainehilla C LAHSS-tôô LAHIH-neh-hill-lah C (Driftwood) C (poem by Ilmari
Calamnius [ILL-mah-rih KAH-lahm-nihôôss] set to music by Jean Sibelius [zhah6 sih-BAYlihôôss])
Laszlo C Alexander László C {a-ligg-ZANN-dur LASS-lo} ah-leck-SAHN-der LAHAHSSlohoh
Laszlo C László C LAHAHSS-lohoh 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])
Latchem C Malcolm Latchem C MAL-k’m LATT-chumm
Lateiner C Jacob Lateiner C JAY-kubb lah-T¦-nur
Latex silice C LUH-taykss SIH-lih-keh C (Water springs from the rock) C (anonymous
composition)
Latham C Catherine Latham C KA-thuh-runn LAY-thumm
Latham C William P. Latham C WILL-lihumm P. LAY-thumm C (known also as William
Peters [PEE-turz] Latham)
Latham konig C Jan Latham-König C YAHN LAH-tahm-KÖ-nihh
Latilla C Gaetano Latilla C gahay-TAH-no lah-TEEL-lah
Latouche C John Latouche C JAHN lah-TOOSH
Lattemae C Eha Lättemäe C EH-hah LATT-teh-ma-eh
Lattivendole C laht-tee-VAYN-doh-lay C (milk maids) 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-KOzah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])
Lattre C Roland De Lattre C raw-lah6 duh laht-tr’ C (French spelling and pronunciation) C
(another French spelling and pronunciation = Orlande de Lassus [awr-lah6d duh lahss-sü], a
third French spelling and pronunciation = Orlando de Lassus [awr-lah6-doh duh lahss-sü];
Italian = Orlando di Lasso [ohr-lahn-doh dee LAHSS-so]; Latin = Orlandus Lassus [ohrLAHN-dôôss LAHSS-sôôss])
Lattuada C Felice Lattuada C fay-LEE-chay laht-tooAH-dah
Laub C Ferdinand Laub C FEHR-tee-nahnt LAHÔÔP
Laub C Thomas Laub C TAH-muss LAHÔÔP C (known also as Thomas Linnemann [LINNnuh-munn] Laub)
Laube blanche C L’aube blanche C lohb blah6sh C (poem by Charles van Lerberghe [SHARluh vunn LEHR-ber-guh] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Laubenthal C Horst Laubenthal C HAWRST LAHÔÔ-bunn-tahl C (known also as Horst
Rüdiger [RÜ-dih-gur] Laubenthal)
Laubenthal C Rudolf Laubenthal C ROO-dawlf LAHÔÔ-bunn-tahl
Lauber C Joseph Lauber C YOHOH-zeff LAHÔÔ-bur
Laubin C Bernhard Läubin C BEHRN-hart LOY-binn
Laubin C Hannes Läubin C HAHN-nuss LOY-binn
Laubin C Wolfgang Läubin C VAWLF-gahng LOY-binn
Lauda C lah-OO-dah C (anonymous sacred music from 16th-century Spain)
Lauda jerusalem C Lauda Jerusalem C lah-OO-dah yay-ROO-zah-laym C (excerpt from
Vespro della beata vergine [VAY-spro dayl-lah bay-AH-tah VAYR-jee-nay] — Vespers of the
Blessed Virgin — by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee]) C (psalm set
to music by Francesco Cavalli [frahn-CHAY-sko kah-VAHL-lee])
Lauda sion C Lauda Sion C lah-OO-dah SIH-awn C (sacred composition by Antoine Brumel
[ah6-twahn brü-mell])
Laudamus te C lahoo-DAH-môôss TAY C (We Praise Thee) C (section of the Latin mass set to
music by various composers)
Laudate dominum C Laudate Dominum C lahoo-DAH-tay DAW-mih-nôôm C (sacred music,
title used by various composers)
Laudate dominum in sanctis eius C Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius C lahoo-DAH-tay DAWmih-nôôm inn SAHNGK-tiss AY-ihôôss C (motet [mo-TETT] by Claudio Monteverdi
[KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Laudate dominum omnes gentes C Laudate Dominum omnes gentes C lahoo-DAH-tay DAWmih-nôôm OHM-ness JAYN-tayss C (composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo
mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Laudate nomen domini C Laudate Nomen Domini C lahoo-DAH-tay NO-menn DAW-mih-nee
C (sacred composition by Christopher Tye [KRISS-tuh-fur T¦])
Laudate pueri C Laudate Pueri C lahoo-DAH-tay pôô-EH-rih C (sacred music, title used by
various composers)
Laudemus virginem C Laudemus Virginem C lahoo-DAY-môôss VEER-jih-nemm 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])
Laudemus virginem splendens ceptrigera C Laudemus Virginem / Splendens ceptrigera C lahooDAY-môôss VEER-jih-nemm / SPLAYN-dennss chayp-trih-JAY-rah C (monophonic sacred
composition from Las cantigas de Santa Maria [lahss kahn-TEE-gahss day SAHN-tah mahREE-ah] — The Songs of Saint Mary)
Lauder C James Lauder C JAYMZ LAW-dur
Laudes creaturarum quas fecit beatus franciscus ad laudem et honoram dei C Laudes creaturarum
quas fecit beatus Franciscus ad laudem et honoram Dei C lah-OO-dess kreh-ah-TOO-ruhrôôm kooahss FAY-chitt beh-AH-tôôss frahn-CHEE-skôôss ahd lah-OO-demm ett haw-NOrumm DAYEE C (choral composition by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF])
Laudes de saint antoine de padoue C Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue C lohd duh seh6
ah6-twahn duh pah-doo C (Prayers of St. Anthony of Padua) C (prayers set to music by
Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Laudi alla vergine C Laudi alla Vergine C lah-OO-dee AHL-lah VAYR-jee-nay C
(composition by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee])
Laudi alla vergine maria C Laudi alla Vergine Maria C lah-OO-dee AH-lah VAYR-jee-nay
mah-REE-ah C (excerpt from Quattro pezzi sacri [kooAHT-tro PETT-tsee SAH-kree] —
Four Sacred Pieces — by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee])
Laudibus in sanctis C lah-OO-dih-bôôss inn SAHNGK-tiss C (motet [mo-TETT] by William
Byrd [WILL-lihumm BURD])
Laughton C Stuart Laughton C STYOO-urt LAW-tunn
Laulun ystavat male choir C Laulun Ystävät Male Choir C LAHÔÔ-lôôn ÜSS-ta-vatt (Male
Choir) C (The Friends of Song Male Choir)
Laumonier C L'Aumo/ nier C lo-mo-neeay 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])
Launis C Armas Launis C AR-mahss LAHÔÔ-niss C (known also as Armas Emanuel [EHmah-nôôell] Launis)
Lauper C Cyndi Lauper C SINN-dee LAHÔÔ-pur C (known also as Cynthia [SINNT-theeuh] Lauper)
Laurencie C Lionel de la Laurencie C lee-aw-nell duh lah lo-rah6-see C (known also as Marie
Bertrand Lionel Jules, Comte de la Laurencie [mah-ree behr-trah6 lee-aw-nell zhül, kaw6t duh
lah lo-rah6-see])
Laurencin C Ferdinand Peter Laurencin C FEHR-tee-nahnt PAY-tur LAHÔÔ-renn-tsinn
Laurens C Edmond Laurens C edd-maw6 lo-rah6
Laurens C Guillemette Laurens C gheey’-mett lo-rah6
Laurenti C Bartolomeo Girolamo Laurenti C bar-toh-lo-MAY-o jee-RO-lah-mo lahoo-RAYNtee
Laurenza C Marilena Laurenza C mah-ree-LAY-nah lahoo-RAYN-tsah
Lauretta C lahoo-RAYT-tah C (character in the opera Gianni Schicchi [JAHN-nee SKEEKkee]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee] and libretto by Giovacchino
Forzano [jo-vahk-KEE-no fohr-TSAH-no])
Lauri volpi C Giacomo Lauri-Volpi C JAH-ko-mo LAHOO-ree-VOHL-pee
Laurischkus C Max Laurischkus C MAHKSS lahoo-RIHSH-kôôss
Lauro C Antonio Lauro C ahn-TOH-neeo LAHOO-ro
Lauska C Franz Lauska C FRAHNTSS LAHÔÔSS-kah C (known also as Franz Seraphinus
Ignatius [seh-RAH-fih-nôôss igg-NAH-tihôôss] Lauska)
Laut verkunde unsre freude C Laut verkünde unsre Freude C LAHÔÔT fehr-KÜN-tuh
ÔÔNSS-ruh FROY-duh C (cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Laute C LAHÔÔ-tuh C (lute)
Lautenbacher C Susanne Lautenbacher C zoo-ZAHN-nuh LAHÔÔ-t’n-pah-kur
Lauterbach C Johann Christoph Lauterbach C YO-hahn KRIH-stawf LAHÔÔ-tur-pahk
Lautererova C Berta Foerstrová-Lautererová C BEHR-tuh FÖR-straw-vahah-LAHÔÔ-tehreh-raw-vahah
Lautomne C L’automne C lo-tawn C (Autumn) C (poem by Théodore de Banville [tay-awdawr duh bah6-veel] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Lautunno C L’autunno C lahoo-TOON-no C (Autumn) C (from Le quattro stagioni [lay
kooAHT-tro stah-JO-nee] — The Four Seasons — by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo veeVAHL-dee])
Laux C Karl Laux C KARL LAHÔÔKSS
Lavagne C André Lavagne C ah6-dray lah-vahny’
Lavagnino C Angelo Francesco Lavagnino C ahn-JAY-lo frahn-CHAY-sko lah-vah-n’YEEno
Lavalle garcia C Armando Lavalle-García C ar-MAHN-doh lah-VAHL-lay-gar-SEE-ah
Lavallee C Calixa Lavallée C kah-leek-sah lah-vahl-lay
Lavertimento C L'avertimento C lah-vayr-tee-MAYN-toh C (The Warning) C (composition
by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Lavigna C Vincenzo Lavigna C veen-CHAYN-tso lah-VEE-n’yah
Lavignac C Albert Lavignac C ahl-ber lah-vee-n’yahk C (known also as Alexandre Jean
Albert Lavignac [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ zhah6-nahl-ber lah-vee-n’yahk])
Lavigne C Antoine-Joseph Lavigne C ah6-twahn-zho-zeff lah-veeny’
Lavirgen C Pedro Lavirgen C PAY-dro lah-VEER-hayn
Lavista C Mario Lavista C MAH-reeo lah-VEESS-tah
Lavoix C Henri-Marie-François Lavoix C ah6-ree-mah-ree-frah6-swah lah-vwah
Lavoranti C lah-vo-RAHN-tee C (working girls) C (characters in the opera La bohème [lah
baw-emm] — Bohemian Life; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee];
libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KOzah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])
Lavoratrici C lah-vo-rah-TREE-chee C (working women) 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])
Lavrangas C Dionyssios Lavrangas C thee-o-NEESS-sihuss lah-VRAHNG-gahss C (known
also as Denis [thee-NEESS] Lavrangas)
Lavrovskaya C Elizaveta Andreievna Lavrovskaya C ee-lyih-zah-VYEH-tuh ahn-DRAYEE-evvnuh lah-VRAWF-skuh-yuh
Lavry C Marc Lavry C MARK LAHV-ree C (in Latvia, this Latvian National would be
known as Marcs Lavry [MARKSS LAHV-ree]; the Hebrew pronunciation is lahv-REE)
Lawcewicz C Barbara ºawcewicz C bar-BAH-rah wahv-TSEH-veech
Lawes C Henry Lawes C HENN-ree LAWZ
Lax C Éva Lax C AY-vuh LAHKSS
Lazar C Filip Laz|r C fee-LEEP lah-ZUHR
Lazar C Matthew Lazar C MATH-yoo lah-ZAR
Lazare C Martin Lazare C mar-teh6 lah-zar
Lazaro C Alicia Lázaro C ah-LEE-theeah LAH-thah-ro
Lazaro
Hippolito Lazaro C eep-po-LEE-toh lah-THAH-ro
Lazarof C Henri Lazarof C {HENN-ree LA-zuh-rawf} HENN-ree LAH-zah-rohf
Lazarus C Daniel Lazarus C dah-neeell lah-zah-rü
Lazarus C Gustav Lazarus C GÔÔ-stahf LAH-tsah-rôôss
Lazzari C Gianni Lazzari C JAHN-nee lahd-TSAH-ree
Lazzari C Sylvio Lazzari C seel-veeo lahz-zah-ree C (known also as Joseph [zhaw-zeff] Sylvio
Lazzari)
Lazzari C Virgilio Lazzari C {vur-JIH-liho lahz-ZAH-ree} vihr-JEE-leeo lahd-TSAH-ree
Lazzarini C Adriana Lazzarini C ah-dree-AH-nah lahd-tsah-REE-nee
Le bailli C Le bailli C luh bah-yee C (character in the opera Werther [VEHR-ter]; 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])
Le bal C luh bahl C (The Ball) C (excerpt from the suite Jeux d’enfants [zhö dah6-fah6] —
Children’s Games — by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay])
Le bal masque C Le bal masqué C luh bahl mahss-kay C (The Masked Ball) C (secular
cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Le balcon C Le balcon C luh bahl-kaw6 C (The Balcony) C (composition by Claude Debussy
[klohd deh-büss-see])
Le baron de 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 [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])
Le baylere C Le baylère C luh b§-lehr 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])
Le be C Guillaume Le Bé C ghee-yohm luh bay
Le bel C Jacotin Le Bel C zhah-kaw-teh6 luh bell
Le berger C luh behr-zhay C (The shepherd) C (character in the opera Pelléas et Mélisande
[puhl-lay-ahss ay may-lee-zah6d]; music by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see]; libretto by
Debussy after Maurice Maeterlinck [mo-reess MAHAH-tur-lihngk])
Le bestiaire C luh bess-teeehr C (shortened version of Le bestiaire (ou le cortège 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])
Le bestiaire ou le cortege dorphee C Le bestiaire (ou le cortège d'Orphée) C luh bess-teeehr (ôô
luh kawr-tehzh dawr-fay) C (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])
Le bonheur est dans le pré C luh baw6-nör est dah6 luh pray C (poem by Paul Fort [pohl
fawr] set to music by Jacques Chailley [zhack shahee-yee])
Le brocq C Mark Le Brocq C (Mark) luh BRAWK
Le caine C Hugh Le Caine C h’YOO luh KAYN
Le 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-funn-bahk]; libretto by Jules
Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray])
Le carafon C luh kah-rah-faw6 C (The Little Water Jug) C (poem by Maurice Carême [moreess kah-remm] set to music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
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} kah-meey’ seh6-sah6ss])
Le 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])
Le carpentier C Adolphe-Clair Le Carpentier C ah-dawlf-klehr luh kar-pah6-teeay
Le chancelier C Philippe le Chancelier C fee-leep luh-shah6-s’leeay
Le chapelier C Le Chapelier C luh shah-p’leeay C (composition by Erik Satie [ay-reek sahtee])
Le chat C luh shah C (the tomcat) C (character in the opera L'enfant et les sortileges [lah6fah6 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-teeayveel-lar])
Le chef des 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])
Le chevalier de la force C luh sh'vah-leeay duh lah fawrss C (character in the opera Dialogues
des Carmélites [deeah-lawg day kar-may-leet] — Dialogues of the Carmelites [KAR-muhl§tss]; music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k]; libretto by Poulenc after Georges
Bernanos [zhawrzh behr-nah-nawss])
Le 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-dôôar
blo], and Louis Gallet [lôôee gahl-leh] after Pierre Corneille [peeehr kawr-nehy’])
Le 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 mehyack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Le 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 d’less-tr’-pwar-saw6]; also a
character in the opera)
Le corbeau et le renard C luh kawr-bo ay luh reh-nar C (song by André Caplet [ahn-dray
kahp-leh])
Le corsaire C luh kawr-sehr C (overture, orchestral composition by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr
behr-leeawz])
Le 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])
Le couppey C Félix Le Couppey C fay-leekss luh kôôp-pay
Le crocodile la bonne odile C Le crocodile (La bonne odile) C luh kraw-kaw-deel (lah bawn
aw-deel) C (The Crocodile (The Good “Odile”) C (poem by Maurice Carême [mo-reess kahremm] set to music by Jacques Chailley [zhack shahee-yee])
Le cygne C luh seeny’ C (The Swan) C (composition by Camille Saint-Säens [{kah-meel seh6sah6ss} kah-meey’ seh6-sah6ss])
Le dauphin C luh doh-feh6 C (The Dolphin) 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])
Le docteur miracle C Le docteur Miracle C luh dawk-tör mee-rah-kl’ C (Doctor Miracle) C
(character in the opera Les contes d'Hoffmann [leh kaw6t dawf-mahn] — The Tales of
Hoffmann; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AW-funn bahk]; libretto by Jules Barbier
[zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray])
Le dromadaire C luh draw-mah-dehr C (The Camel) C (excerpt from Le bestiaire (ou Le
cortege d'Orphée) [luh bess-teeehr (ôô luh kawr-tehzh dawr-fay)] — The Bestiary [BESSchee-eh-ree] (or ‘The Procession of Orpheus [AWR-fee-uss]’) — six songs for voice by Francis
Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Le duc C Simon Le Duc C see-maw6 luh dük C (known also as Simon Leduc [luh-dük])
Le fauteuil C luh fo-töy’ C (The arm-chair) 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])
Le feu C luh fö C (The fire) 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 rahvell] and libretto by Sidonie Gabrielle Gauthiers-Villars [see-daw-nee gah-breeell go-teeay-veellar])
Le flem C Paul Le Flem C pohl luh flah6
Le fleming C Christopher Le Fleming C KRISS-tuh-fur luh FLEH-mihng) C (known also as
Christopher Kaye Le Fleming [KRISS-tuh-fur KAY luh FLEH-mihng)])
Le floch C Hervé le Floch C ehr-vay luh flawsh
Le fol malin en son coeur dit et croit C Le fol malin en son cœur dit et croit C luh fawl mahleh6 ah6 saw6 kör dee ay kr’wah C (The Fool Has Said in His Heart) C (psalm set to music by
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck [YAHN PEE-turss-zohohn SWAYAY-lihngk])
Le gallienne C Dorian Le Gallienne C DAW-rihunn luh GAL-lihunn
Le galop C luh gah-lo C (The Gallop) C (poem by Sully Prudhomme [sül-lee prüd-awm] set
to music by Henri Duparc [ah6-ree dü-park])
Le geolier C Le geôlier C luh zho-leeay C (The jailer) 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])
Le gibet C luh zhee-beh C (The Gallows) C (composition from Gaspard de la nuit [gahss-par
duh lah nüee] by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])
Le gouverneur C luh gôô-vehr-nör C (Tutor) C (character in the opera Le Comte Ory [luh
kaw6t aw-ree] — Count Ory; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee];
libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson [sharl-gahsspar d’less-tr’-pwar-saw6])
Le grand lustucru C luh grah6 lü-stü-krü C (The Big Bogeyman) C (song from the opera
Marie Galante [mah-ree gah-lah6t]; music by Kurt Weill [KÔÔRT V¦L]; libretto by Jacques
Déval [zhack day-vahl] and Fernay [fehr-nay])
Le heraut C Le héraut C luh ay-ro C (The herald) 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])
Le jardin C luh zhar-deh6 C (The Garden) C (text by Oscar Wilde [AW-skar W¦LD] set to
music by Charles Tomlinson Griffes [CHAH-rullz TAHM-l’n-s’n GRIFF-fuss])
Le jardin de dolly C Le jardin de Dolly C luh zhar-deh6 duh dawl-lee C (Dolly’s Garden) C
(excerpt from the suite Dolly [dawl-lee] by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Le jardin de notre soeur claire C Le jardin de notre sœur Claire C luh zhar-deh6 d’naw-tr’ sör
klehr C (Our Sister Claire’s Garden) C (poem by Léon Chancerel [lay-aw6 shah6-suh-rell] set
to music by Jacques Chailley [zhack shahee-yee])
Le jardin feerique C Le jardin féerique C luh zhar-deh6 fay-reek C (The Fairy Garden) C
(excerpt from the suite Ma mère l’oye [mah mehr l’wah] — My Mother Goose — by Maurice
Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])
Le jet deau C Le jet d'eau C luh zheh doh C (The Fountain) C (composition by Claude
Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Le jeune C Claude Le Jeune C klohd luh zhön C (known also as Claudin [klo-deh6] Le
Jeune)
Le jeune patre breton C Le jeune pâtre breton C luh zhön pah-tr’ breh-taw6 C (The Young
Breton Shepherd) C (poem by Auguste Brizeux [o-güst bree-zö] set to music by Hector Berlioz
[eck-tawr behr-leeawz])
Le jour naissait C luh zhôôr neh-seh C (Marie's air and trio from 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])
Le journaliste C luh zhôôr-nah-leest C (The reporter) 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-dawveek ah-lay-vee])
Le lac des cygnes / luh lahk day see-ny’ / (Swan Lake) / (ballet [BAL-lay] by Peter Ilyich
Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee])
Le lai des pucelles C luh leh day pü-sell C (composition by Philippe le Chancelier [fee-leep luh
shah6-s’leeay])
Le lai du chevrefeuille C luh leh dü sheh-vruh-föy’ C (Song of the Honeysuckle) C (excerpt
from Tristan et Iseult [treess-tah6 ay ee-zölt — a medieval romance in music and poetry, based
on surviving manuscripts preceding the opera Tristan und Isolde [TRIH-stahn ôônt ee-ZAWLtuh], with music and libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Le lardon menuet C Le lardon. Menuet C luh lar-daw6. muh-nüeh C (The Taunt. Minuet) C
(excerpt from the Suite en ré majeur [süeet ah6 ray mah-zhör] — Suite in D Major — by JeanPhilippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo])
Le maigat C Pierre-Yves le Maigat C peeehr-eev luh meh-gah
Le maire C Jean Le Maire C zhah6 luh mehr C (known also as Jean Lemaire [luh-mehr])
Le maistre C Mattheus Le Maistre C mah-tay-üss luh may-tr’ C (known also as Mattheus Le
Maître [may-tr’])
Le maitre de ceremonies C Le maître de cérémonies C luh meh-tr’ duh say-ray-maw-nee C
(The master of ceremonies) 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 prahKAW-fiheff]; libretto by Prokofiev after Carlo Gozzi [KAR-lo GOHT-tsee]
Le maitre C Mattheus Le Maître C mah-tay-üss leh meh-tr’ C (known also as Mattheus Le
Maistre [mess-tr’])
Le mal du pays C luh mahl dü payee C (Homesickness) C (excerpt from Années de pèlerinage
(première année — Suisse) [ahn-nay duh peh-l’ree-nahzh (pruh-meeehr ahn-nay — süeess)]
— Years of Pilgrimage (First Year — Switzerland) — by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
Le malade imaginaire C luh mah-lahd ee-mah-zhee-nehr C (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])
Le manoir de rosemonde C Le manoir de Rosemonde C luh mah-n’war duh raw-z’maw6d C
(Rosamonde’s Mansion) C (poem by Robert de Bonnières [ro-behr duh bawn-neeehr] set to
music by Henri Duparc [ah6-ree dü-park])
Le marquis de la force C luh mar-kee duh lah forss 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])
Le medecin C Le médecin C luh may-d’seh6 C (The doctor) C (character in the opera
Pelléas et Mélisande [puhl-lay-ahss ay may-lee-zah6d]; music by Claude Debussy [klohd dehbüss-see]; libretto by Debussy after Maurice Maeterlinck [mo-reess MAHAH-tur-lihngk])
Le menuisier du roi C Le menuisier du Roi C luh muh-nüee-zeeay dü r’wah C (poem by
Maurice Fombeure [mo-reess faw6-bör] set to music by Jacques Chailley [zhack shahee-yee])
Le nozze di figaro C Le nozze di Figaro C lay NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro C (The Marriage
of Figaro) C (an opera, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mahDAY-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])
Le nozze di teti e di peleo C Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo C lay NOHT-tsay dee TAY-tee ay
dee PAY-lay-o C (The Marriage of Teti and Peleo) C (a cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh], with music
by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Angelo Maria Ricci [AHNjay-lo mah-REE-ah REE-chee])
Le nuove musiche C Le nuove musiche C lay nooO-vay MOO-zee-kay C (a collection of
music, including compositions by Giulio Caccini [JOO-leeo kah-CHEE-nee], c. 1558-c.1615)
Le paludier C Christophe le Paludier C kreess-tawf luh pah-lü-deeay
Le pas espagnol C luh pah ess-pah-n’yawl C (excerpt from the suite Dolly [dawl-lee] by
Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Le pelerin dassise C Le pèlerin d’assise C luh peh-luh-reh6 dahss-seez C (poems by Léon
Chancerel [lay-aw6 shah6-suh-rell] set to music by Jacques Chailley [zhack shahee-yee])
Le pera C A. Le Pera C (A.) lay PAY-rah
Le petit cordonnier C luh puh-tee kawr-dawn-neeay C (folk song of the Métis [may-tee] —
descendents of French fur traders and their native wives in communities in the Qu’appelle [kahppell] Valley in Saskatchewan)
Le petit vieillard larithmetique C Le petit vieillard (l'arithmétique) C luh puh-tee veeeh-yar
(lah-reet-may-teek) C (The little old man (mathematician) 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-dawnee gah-breeell go-teeay-veel-lar])
Le planetaire C Le planétaire C luh plah-nay-tehr C (excerpt from the suite Souvenirs de
l’exposition [sôô-v’neer duh luckss-paw-zee-seeaw6] — Remembrances of the Exposition — by
Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-POOO])
Le premiere jour de mai C Le première jour de mai C luh pruh-meeehr zhôôr duh meh C
(The First Day of May) C (song by Charles Gounod [sharl gôô-no])
Le prince C Le Prince C luh preh6ss C (The Prince) 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])
Le prince C Le Prince C luh preh6ss C (The Prince, the Duke of Mantua) 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])
Le prophete C Le prophète C luh praw-fett C (The Prophet) C (an opera, with music by
Giacomo Meyerbeer [JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr] and libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn
skreeb])
Le quattro stagioni C Le quattro stagioni C lay kooAHT-tro stah-JO-nee C (The Four
Seasons) C (four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldo [ahn-TAWN-yo vee-VAHL-dee])
Le rappel des oiseaux C C luh rahp-pell day-zwah-zo C (The recall of the birds) C (excerpt
from the Suite en mi mineur [süeet ah6 mee mee-nör] — Suite in E Minor— by Jean-Philippe
Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo])
Le reveil de la mariee C Le réveil de la mariée C luh ray-vehy’ duh lah mah-reeay C (excerpt
from Cinq mélodies populaires grecques [seh6k may-law-dee paw-pü-lehr greck] — Five
Popular Greek Melodies — by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])
Le reveillon C La réveillon C lah ray-veh-yaw6 C (The Dawn) C (text by Oscar Wilde
[AWSS-kur W¦LD] set to music by Charles Tomlinson Griffes [CHAH-rullz TAHM-l’n-s’n
GRIFF-fuss])
Le riche C Antonius le Riche C ahn-TOH-nihüss leh RAY-kuh C (the first name is also
represented as Antoine [ah6-TWAHN] and the last name as Divitis [DEE-vee-teess] and de
Ryche [deh RIHSH])
Le roi C Gaële le Roi C gah-ell luh r'wah
Le roi arthus C Le roi Arthus C luh r'wah ar-tüss C (King Arthur, a lyric drama; words and
music by Ernest Chausson [ehr-nesst shohss-saw6])
Le roi daquitaine C Le Roi d'Aquitaine C luh r'wah dah-kee-tenn C (The King of Aquitaine)
C (song from the opera Marie Galante [mah-ree gah-lah6t]; music by Kurt Weill [KÔÔRT
V¦L]; libretto by Jacques Déval [zhack day-vahl] and Fernay [fehr-nay])
Le roi de trefle C Le roi de trèfle C luh r’wah duh treh-fl’ C (The King of Clubs) C
(character in the opera L'amour des trois oranges [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])
Le roi dys C Le roi d'Ys C luh r'wah deess C (The King of Ys [EESS]) (an opera, with music
by Édouard Lalo [ay-dôôar lah-lo] and libretto by Édouard Blau [ay-dôôar blo]; also a character
in the opera)
Le rossignol C luh rawss-see-n’yawl C (The nightingale) C (character in the opera L'enfant et
les sortileges [lah6-fah6 ay leh sawr-tee-lehzh] — The Child and the Fantasies; music by
Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell] and libretto by Sidonie Gabrielle Gauthiers-Villars [see-dawnee gah-breeell go-teeay-veel-lar])
Le rossignol des lilas C luh rawss-see-n’yawl day lee-lah C (The Nightingale Among the
Lilacs) C (poem by Léopold Dauphin [lay-aw-pawl doh-feh6] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn
[ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Le roux C François Le Roux C frah6-swah luh-rôô
Le roux C Maurice Le Roux C mo-reess luh rôô
Le rovine son queste suore che riposate C Le rovine son queste ... Suore che riposate C lay roVEE-nay sohn kooAY-stay ... sooO-ray kay ree-po-ZAH-tay C (aria from the opera Roberto il
Diavolo [ro-BAYR-toh eel deeAH-vo-lo] — Robert the Devil; music by Giacomo Meyerbeer
[JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr] and libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])
Le roy C Adrian Le Roy C ah-dree-ah6 luh r’wah
Le roy C René Le Roy C ruh-nay luh r’wah
Le rube gli stupri glincendi le morti C Le rube, gli stupri, gl’incendi, le morti C lay ROO-bay,
l’yee STOO-pree, l’yeen-CHAYN-dee, lay MOHR-tee C (Plunder, rape, arson, murder) C
(choral excerpt from Act III of the opera I Masnadieri [ee mahss-nah-deeAY-ree] — The
Bandits; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Andrea Maffei [ahnDRAY-ah mahf-FAYEE] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rih fawn SHILL-lur])
Le secret C luh suh-kreh C (The Secret) C (poem by Armand Silvestre [ar-mah6 seel-vesstr’] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Le son des cloches invisibles C luh saw6 day klawsh eh6-vee-zee-bl' C (hymn composed by
Ton de Leeuw [TAWN duh LAYAYôô])
Le spectre de la rose C luh speck-tr’ duh lah rawz C (The Ghost of the Rose) C (poem from
Les Nuits d’été [leh nüee day-tay] — Summer Nights — by Théophile Gautier [tay-aw-feel goteeay] set to music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz])
Le sueur C Jean François Le Sueur C zhah6 frah6-swah luh süör C (known also as Jean
François Lesueur [luh-süör])
Le temps des lilas C luh tah6 day lee-lah C (Lilac Time) C (song by Ernest Chausson [ehrnesst shohss-saw6])
Le texier C Vincente le Texier C veh6-sah6t luh teck-seeay
Le tombeau de couperin C Le tombeau de Couperin C luh taw6-bo duh kôô-p’reh6 C (The
Tomb of Couperin) C (composition by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])
Le tombeau des naiades C Le tombeau des naïades C luh taw6-bo day nah-yahd C (The
Tomb of the Nymphs) C (excerpt from Trois chansons de Bilitis [tr’wah shah6-saw6 duh beelee-teess] — Three Songs of Bilitis — by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Le tournoiement des dames C luh tôôr-n’wah-mah6 day dahm C (12th-century composition
by Huon D’oisy [ü-aw6 dwah-see])
Le toutpuissant a mon seigneur C Le toutpuissant à mon seigneur C luh tôô- püeess-sah6 ah
maw6 seh-n’yör C (psalm set to music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck [YAHN PEE-turss-zohohn
SWAYAY-lihngk])
Le train du ciel C luh treh6 dü seeell C (song from the opera Marie Galante [mah-ree gahlah6t], with music by Kurt Weill [KÔÔRT V¦L]; libretto by Jacques Déval [zhack day-vahl]
and Fernay [fehr-nay])
Le vaisseau fantome C Le vaisseau fantôme C luh vess-so fah6-tohm C (The Phantom Ship) C
(an opera, with music by Pierre-Louis Dietsch [peeehr-lôôee DEETSH]; libretto by Paul Foucher
[pohl fôô-shay] and Bénédict-Henry Révoil [bay-nay-deekt-ah6-ree ray-vwahl] after various
sources, including Richard Wagner’s [RIH-hart VAHG-nur’s] original prose scenario for Der
Fliegende Holländer [dayr FLEE-gunn-tuh HAWL-lenn-tur] — The Flying Dutchman)
Le veau dor C Le veau d’or C luh vo dohr C (aria with chorus from the opera Faust
[FAHÔÔST] (French version); music by Charles Gounod [sharl gôô-no]; libretto by Jules Barbier
[zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YOhahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh])
Le voila cest linfant C Le voilà! C’est l’infant! C luh vwah-lah! sesst leh6-fah6! C (excerpt
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])
Le volant C luh vaw-lah6 C (The Shuttlecock) C (excerpt from the suite Jeux d’enfants [zhö
dah6-fah6] — Children’s Games — by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay])
Leandre C Léandre C lay-ah6-dr' C (character in the opera L'amour des trois oranges [lahmôôr day tr’wah aw-rah6zh] — The Love for Three Oranges; music by Serge Prokofiev [sehrGAY prah-KAW-fiheff]; libretto by Prokofiev after Carlo Gozzi [KAR-lo GOHT-tsee])
Leau de source C L'eau de source C lo duh sôôrss C (Spring Water) 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])
Lebe wohl C Lebe wohl! C LAY-buh vohl! C (Farewell!) C (composition by Franz Schubert
[FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Lebegue C Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue C nee-ko-lah6-twahn luh-begg
Lebert C Sigmund Lebert C ZEEK-môônt LAY-bert
Lebeuf C Abbé Jean Lebeuf C ahb-bay zhah6 luh-böf
Lebewohl C Das Lebewohl C dahss LAY-buh-vohl C (excerpt from Les adieux [lay-zah-deeö]
by Ludwig van Beethoven [LOOT-vihh funn BAYAY-toh-funn])
Lebhaft C LEPP-hahft C (composition by Robert Schumann [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Lebhaft leicht C Lebhaft, leicht C LEPP-hahft, L¦HT C (Lively, Light) C (excerpt from
Fantasiestücke [FAHN-tah-zee-shtü-kuh] by Robert Schumann [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit empfindung und ausdruck C Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit
Empfindung und Ausdruck C mitt lepp-HAHF-tick-k§t ôônt DÔÔR-hahôôss mitt emmp-
FINN-tôông ôônt AHÔÔSS-drôôk C (section of the Sonate e-Moll [zo-NAH-tuh e-MAWL] —
Sonata in e Minor — by Ludwig van Beethoven [LOOT-vihh funn BAYAY-toh-funn])
Leborne C Aimé-Ambroise-Simon Leborne C eh-meh6-m’br’wahz-see-maw6 luh-bawrn
Leborne C Fernand Leborne C fehr-nah6 luh-bawrn
Lebouc C Charles-Joseph Lebouc C sharl-zho-zeff luh-bôôk
Lebrun C Franziska Lebrun C frahn-TSIH-skah leh-BRÔÔN C (known also as Franziska
Dorothea [doh-ro-TAY-ah] Lebrun)
Lebrun C Jean Lebrun C zhah6 luh-brü6
Lebrun C Louis-Sébastien Lebrun C lôôee-say-bahss-teeah6 luh-brü6
Lebrun C Louise Lebrun C lôôeez luh-brü6
Lebrun C Ludwig August Lebrun C LOOT-vihh AHÔÔ-gôôst luh-BRÔÔN
Lebrun C Paul Henri Joseph Lebrun C pohl ah6-ree zho-zeff leh-brah6
Leca C Armando Lopes Leça C ar-MA6-dôô LAWPSS LEH-suh
Lecca C Celso Garrido-Lecca C SELL-so gar-REE-tho-LECK-kah
Lechner C Leonhard Lechner C LAY-awn-hart LEH-nur C (known also as Leonardus
Lechner Atheses [leh-o-NAR-dôôss LEH-nur UH-teh-sess] and Leonardus Lechner Athesinus
[leh-o-NAR-dôôss LEH-nur uh-TEH-sih-nôôss])
Lechner atheses C Leonardus Lechner Atheses C leh-o-NAR-dôôss LEH-nur UH-teh-sess C
(known also as Leonhard [LAY-awn-hart] Lechner and Leonardus Lechner Athesinus [uhTEH-sih-nôôss])
Lechner athesinus C Leonardus Lechner Athesinus C leh-o-NAR-dôôss LEH-nur uh-TEHsih-nôôss C (known also as Leonhard Lechner [LAY-awn-hart LEH-nur] and Leonardus
Lechner Atheses [leh-o-NAR-dôôss LEH-nur UH-teh-sess])
Lechthaler C Josef Lechthaler C YOHOH-zeff LEHT-hah-lur
Leclair C Jean-Benoît Leclair C zhah6-beh-n’wah luh-klehr
Leclair C Jean-Marie Leclair C zhah6-mah-ree luh-klehr
Leclerc C Michel Leclerc C mee-shell luh-klehr
Leconte C Pierre-Michel LeConte C peeehr-mee-shell luh-kaw6t
Lecoq C Charles Lecoq C sharl luh-kawk C (known also as Alexandre [ah-leck-sah6-dr’]
Charles Lecoq)
Lecouvreur C Adriana Lecouvreur C ah-dree-ah-nah luh-kôô-v’rör C (an opera, with music
by Francesco Cilèa [frahn-CHAY-sko chee-LAY-ah]; libretto by Arturo Colautti [ar-TOO-ro
ko-LAHOOT-tee] after Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and Ernest Legouvé [ehr-nesst luh-gôôvay])
Lecrevisse C L'Écrevisse C lay-kruh-veess C (The crayfish) C (excerpt from Le bestiaire (ou
le cortege d'Orphée) [luh bess-teeehr (ôô luh kawr-tehzh dawr-fay)] — The Bestiary [BESSchee-eh-ree] (or ‘The Procession of Orpheus [AWR-fee-uss]’) — (six songs for voice by Francis
Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Lecuna C Juan Vicente Lecuna C hooAHN vee-SAYN-tay lay-KOO-nah
Lecuona C Ernesto Lecuona C ehr-NAYSS-toh lay-kooO-nah
Lecureuil C L'écureuil C lay-kü-röy’ C (The squirrel) 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])
Ledebur C Carl Ledebur C KARL LAY-duh-bôôr
Ledenev C Roman Ledenev C rah-MAHN leh-deh-NYAWF C (known also as Roman
Semyonovich [seem-YAW-nuh-vihch] Ledenev)
Ledent C Félix-Étienne Ledent C fay-lickss ay-teeenn leh-dah6
Lederer C Felix Lederer C FAY-lickss LAY-duh-rur
Ledesma C Mariano Rodrígues de Ledesma C mah-reeAH-no rohd-REE-gayss day layTHAYSS-mah
Ledroit C Henri Ledroit C ah6-ree luh-dr’wah
Leduc C Alphonse Leduc C ahl-faw6ss luh-dük
Leduc C Jacques Leduc C zhack luh-dük
Leduc C Simon Leduc C see-maw6 luh-dük C (known also as Simon Le Duc [luh dük])
Lee C Lee, Dai-Keong C LEEEE, DAHAHEE-KEHAHNG C (known also as Dai-Keong Lee)
Lee C Louis Lee C LOO-ee LAY
Lee C Maurice Lee C MAHÔÔ-ritt-suh LAY
Lee C Sebastian Lee C zay-BAH-stihahn LAY
Leenhouts C Paul Leenhouts C PAHÔÔL LAYAYN-hahootss
Leer studebaker C Julia van Leer-Studebaker C YÜ-lihah funn LAYAYR-STÜ-duh-bah-kur
Leeuw C Reinbert de Leeuw C RAYN-bert duh LAYAYôô
Leeuw C Ton de Leeuw C TAWN duh LAYAYôô
Lefanu C Nicola LeFanu C NIH-kuh-luh LEH-fuh-noo C (known also as Nicola Frances
[FRANNT-suss] LeFanu)
Lefebure C Louis-François Henri Lefébure C lôôee-frah6-swah ah6-ree luh-fay-bür
Lefebure C Yvonne Lefébure C ee-vawn luh-fay-bür
Lefebure wely C Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély C lôôee zhahm ahl-fredd luh-fay-bür-vaylee
Lefebvre C Charles Édouard Lefebvre C sharl ay-dôôar luh-febb-vr’
Lefeld C Jerzy Albert Lefeld C YEHR-zih AHL-bert LEH-fellt
Lefevre C Xavier Lefèvre C gzah-veeay luh-feh-vr’ C (known also as Jean Xavier Lefèvre
[zhah6 gzah-veeay luh-feh-vr’])
Leffler burckard C Martha Leffler-Burckard C MAR-tah LEFF-lur-BÔÔR-kart C (the last
name has also been spelled Burckhard [BÔÔRK-hart])
Leffler burckhard C Martha Leffler-Burckhard C MAR-tah LEFF-lur-BÔÔRK-hart C (the
last name has also been spelled Burckard [BÔÔR-kart])
Legend of kleinzach C The Legend of Kleinzach C (The Legend of) KL¦N-tsahk) C (excerpt
from 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 barbeeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray])
Legende de marguerite C La légende de Marguerite C lah lay-zhah6d duh mar-gö-reet C
(The Legend of Marguerite [mar-gh’yuh-REET]) C (poem by N. Cimbal [(N.) CHEEM-bahl]
set to music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
Legende for violin and orchestra C Légende for Violin and Orchestra C lay-zhah6d (for Violin
and Orchestra) C (Legend for Violin and Orchestra) C (composition by Frederick Delius
[FREH-duh-rick DEE-lihuss])
Legge C Walter Legge C WAWL-tur LEGG
Leggenda del piave C La leggenda del Piave C lah layd-JAYN-dah dayl peeAH-vay C (song
by Mario [MAH-reeo])
Leggero invisibile bolero C Leggero invisibile (bolero) C layd-JAY-ro een-vee-ZEE-bee-lay
(bo-LAY-ro) C (song by Arditi [ar-DEE-tee])
Leggiadri occhi belli C O leggiadri occhi belli C o layd-JAH-dree OHK-kee BAYL-lee C
(Charming Lovely Eyes) C (anonymous song)
Leggierezza C La leggierezza C lah layd-jay-RAYT-tsah C (composition by Franz Liszt
[FRAHNZ LISST])
Leggiero e vivace C layd-JAY-ro ay vee-VAH-chay
Leginska C Ethel Leginska C EH-thull luh-GHINN-skuh
Legley C Victor Legley C veek-tawr legg-lee
Legnani C Luigi Legnani C looEE-jee lay-n’YAH-nee C (known also as Rinaldo [ree-NAHLdoh] Luigi Legnani)
Legrand C Michel Legrand C mee-shell luh-grah6 C (known also as Michel Jean [zhah6]
Legrand)
Legrenzi C Giovanni Legrenzi C jo-VAHN-nee lay-GRAYN-tsee
Legros C Joseph Legros C zho-zeff luh-gro
Legru C Christian L'Égru C kreess-teeahn lay-grü
Legutke C Werner Legutke C VEHR-nur lay-GÔÔT-kuh
Lehar C Franz Lehár C {FRAHNZ LAY-har} FRAHNZ leh-HAHAHR
Lehel C György Lehel C JÖRJ LEH-hell
Lehmann C Friedrich J. Lehmann C FREED-rick J. LEE-munn
Lehmann C Fritz Lehmann C FRITTSS LAY-mahn C (known also as Ludwig [LOOT-vihh]
Fritz Lehmann)
Lehmann C George Lehmann C JAW-urj LEE-munn
Lehmann C Hans Ulrich Lehmann C HAHNSS ÔÔL-rihh LAY-mahn
Lehmann C Lilli Lehmann C LILL-lih LAY-mahn
Lehmann C Liza Lehmann C L¦-zuh LEE-munn
Lehmann C Lotte Lehmann C LAWT-tuh LAY-mahn
Lehmann C Marie Lehmann C mah-REE LAY-mahn
Lehmann C Robert Lehmann C ROHOH-bert LAY-mahn
Lehotka C Gábor Lehotka C GAHAH-bawr LEH-hawt-kah
Lehrberger C Thomas Lehrberger C TOH-mahss LAYR-pehr-gher
Lehrman C Leonard J. Lehrman C LEH-nurd J. LEHR-munn C (known also as Leonard
Jordan [JAWR-dunn] Lehrman)
Leib und seelen songs fur hohe stimme und gitarre C Leib- und Seelen-Songs für hohe Stimme
und Gitarre C L¦P- ôônt ZAY-lunn-(Songs) für HO-uh SHTIMM-muh ôônt ghee-TAR-ruh
C (Songs of Body and Soul for High Voice and Guitar) C (compositions by Gottfried von Einem
[GAWT-freet fawn ¦-numm])
Leibowitz C René Leibowitz C ruh-nay lay-BAW-veetz
Leibrock C Joseph Adolf Leibrock C YOHOH-zeff AHAH-dawlf L¦-brawk
Leich C Roland Leich C RO-lunnd L¦K C (known also as Roland Jacobi Leich [RO-lunnd
JAY-kuh-bee L¦K])
Leichamschneider C Lauber M. Leichamschneider C LAHÔÔ-bur (M.) L¦H- ahm-shn§-dur
Leichamschneider C Meinl Leichamschneider C M¦-n'l L¦H-ahm-shn§-dur
Leichtentritt C Hugo Leichtentritt C {h’YOO-go L¦K-tunn-tritt} HOO-go L¦H-tunn-tritt
Leichtgesinnte flattergeister C Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister C L¦HT-guh-zinn-tuh FLAHTTtur-gh§-stur C (cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASStihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Leider C Frida Leider C FREE-dah L¦-dur
Leidig los dir beschied C Die so leidig Los dir beschied C dee zo L¦-dihh lohss deer buhSHEET C (trio from Act 1 of the opera Die Walküre [dee vahl-KÜ-ruh], music and libretto by
Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Leier C An die Leier C ahn dee L¦-ur C (To the Lyre) C (poem by Franz Ritter von
Bruchmann [FRAHNTSS RITT-tur fawn BRÔÔK-mahn] after Anakreon [ah-nah-KRAYawn], set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Leiermann C Der Leiermann C dayr L¦-ur-mahn C (The Hurdy-Gurdy Man) C (poem by
Wilhelm Müller [VILL-hellm MÜL-lur] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOObert] in the song cycle Winterreise [VINN-tur-r§-zuh] — The Winter's Journey)
Leiferkus C Sergei Leiferkus C sehr-GAYEE L¦-fehr-kôôss C (known also as Sergei Petrovich
[pih-TRAW-vihch] Leiferkus)
Leifs C Jón Leifs C YOHN L¦FSS
Leigh C Mitch Leigh C MITTCH LEE
Leigh C Walter Leigh C WAWL-tur LEE
Leighter C Henry Clough-Leighter C HENN-ree KLUFF L¦-tur
Leighton C Kenneth Leighton C KENN-nuth LAY-tunn
Leighton C Sir William Leighton C (Sir) WILL-lihumm LAY-tunn
Leila C Leïla C lehee-lah C (character in the opera Les pêcheurs de perles [leh peh-shör duh
pehrl] — The Pearl Fishers; music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]; libretto by Eugène
Cormon [ö-zhenn kawr-maw6] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray])
Leimer C Kurt Leimer C KÔÔRT L¦-mur
Leinsdorf C Erich Leinsdorf C {EH-rick L¦NZ-dawrf} AY-rihh L¦NSS-tawrf
Leipzig C L¦P-tsick C (German city)
Leipziger bach collegium C Das Leipziger Bach-Collegium C dahss L¦P-tsih-gur BAHK
kohl-LAY-ghihôôm
Leis rudern hier mein gondolier C Leis' rudern hier, mein Gondolier C L¦SS ROO-dern
HEER, m§n GAWN-toh-leer C (composition by Jensen [YENN-sunn]
Leise einfach C Leise, einfach C L¦-zuh, ¦N-fahk C (excerpt from Sonate Nr. 2 für Violine
und Klavier d-moll [zo-NAH-tuh (No. 2) für fee-o-LEE-nuh ôônt klah-FEER d-MAWL] —
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in d Minor — by Robert Schuman [ROHOH-bert SHOOmahn])
Leise zieht durch mein gemut C Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt C L¦-zuh TSEET doorh m§n
guh-MÜT C (composition by Miriam Gideon [MIH-rihahm GHEE-dawn])
Leisner C David Leisner C DAY-vudd L¦SS-nur
Leister C Karl Leister C KARL L¦-stur
Leite C Antonio da Silva Leite C ah6-TOH-nihôô duh SEEL-vuh LAY-tuh C (known also as
Antonio Joaquim [zhôô-uh-KEE6] da Silva Leite)
Leitert C Johann Georg Leitert C YO-hahn GAY-awrk L¦-tert
Leitmetzerin C Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin C YÔÔNG-fur MAH-rihahn-nuh L¦T-metttsuh-rinn C (character in the opera Der Rosenkavalier [dayr RO-zunn-kah-fah-leer] — The
Knight of the Rose; music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS] and libretto by Hugo
von Hofmannsthal [HOO-go fawn HAWF-mahn-stahl])
Leitner C Ferdinand Leitner C FEHR-tee-nahnt L¦T-nur
Leitner C Karl Gottfried von Leitner C KARL GAWT-freet fawn L¦T-nur
Leitner C Lotte Leitner C LAWT-tuh L¦T-nur
Leitner C Markus Leitner C MAR-kôôss L¦T-nur
Leitz C Bernhard Leitz C BEHRN-hart L¦TSS
Leitzmann C Albert Leitzmann C AHL-pert L¦TSS-mahn
Leiviska C Helvi Leiviskä C HELL-vih LEHIH-viss-ka C (known also as Helvi Lemmikki
[LEMM-mick-kih] Leiviskä)
Lekeu C Guillaume Lekeu C ghee-yohm leh-kö C (known also as Guillaume Jean Joseph
Nicolas [zhah6 zho-zeff nee-ko-lah] Lekeu)
Lelisir damore C L'elisir d'amore C lay-lee-ZEER dah-MO-ray C (The Elixir of Love) C (an
opera, with 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])
Lelkes C Anna Lelkes C AHN-nah LELL-kehsh
Lemacher C Heinrich Lemacher C H¦N-rihh LAY-mah-kur
Lemaire C Bertrand Lemaire C ber-trah6 luh-mehr
Lemaire C Jean Eugène Gaston Lemaire C zhah6 ö-zhenn gahss-taw6 luh-mehr
Lemaire C Jean Lemaire C zhah6 luh-mehr C (known also as Jean Le Maire [luh mehr])
Lemare C Edwin Lemare C ED-wunn luh-MEHR C (known also as Edwin Henry [HENNree] Lemare)
Lembcke C LEMB-kuh
Lemcke C Karl von Lemcke C KARL fawn LEMM-kuh
Lemeni C Nicola Rossi-Lemeni C nee-KO-lah ROHSS-see-lay-MAY-nee
Lemeshev C Sergei Lemeshev C sehr-GAYEE LAY-muh-shuff C (known also as Sergei
Yakovlevich [YAH-kuff-lyeh-vihch] Lemeshev)
Lemit C William Lemit C veel-leeahm leh-mee
Lemmens C Jacques Nicolas Lemmens C ZHACK NEE-ko-lah LEMM-mennss C (known
also as Jaak Nikolaas [YAACK NEE-ko-lahahss] Lemmens)
Lemmens sherrington C Helen Lemmens-Sherrington C HEH-lunn LEMM-mennss-SHEHRrihng-tunn
Lemnitz C Tiana Lemnitz C tihAH-nah LEMM-nittss C (known also as Tiana Luise [loo-EEzuh] Lemnitz)
Lemoine C Antoine-Marcel Lemoine C ah6-twahn-mar-sell luh-mwahn
Lemoine C Henry Lemoine C ah6-ree luh-mwahn
Lemont C Cedric Wilmont Lemont C SEDD-rick WILL-mawnt luh-MAWNT
Lemoyne C Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne C zhah6-bah-teest luh-mwahn
Lemper C Ute Lemper C OO-tuh LEMM-pur
Lenaerts C Constant Lenaerts C kaw6-stah6 lay-nartss
Lenaerts C René Bernard Lenaerts C reh-nay behr-nahr lay-nartss C (known also as René
Bernard Maria [mah-ree-ah] Lenaerts)
Lenamouree C L’enamourée C lah6-nah-môô-ray C (The Lover) C (poem by Théodore de
Banville [tay-aw-dawr duh bah6-veel] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh
HAHN])
Lenartowicz C Teofil Lenartowicz C teh-AW-feel leh-nar-TAW-veech
Lenau C Nikolaus Lenau C NEE-ko-lahôôss LAY-nahôô
Lendvai C ErnÅ Lendvai C EHR-nöö LENND-vahee
Lendvai C Erwin Lendvai C {UR-wunn LENND-vahih} EHR-vinn LENND-vahee
Lendvay C Kamilló Lendvay C KAH-mill-lohoh LENND-v§
Lenepveu C Charles Lenepveu C sharl luh-nupp-vö C (known also as Charles Ferdinand
Lenepveu [sharl fehr-dee-nah6 luh-nupp-vö])
Lener C Jenö Léner C YEH-nö LAY-ner
Lenfance du christ C L'enfance du Christ C lah6-fah6ss dü krisst C (The Childhood of Christ)
C (sacred trilogy by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz])
Lenfant C L'enfant C lah6-fah6 C (The child) 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])
Lenfant prodigue C L'enfant prodigue C lah6-fah6 praw-deeg C (The Child Prodigy) C (choral
work with orchestra) C (a cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh], with music by Claude Debussy [klohd dehbüss-see] and libretto by Édouard Guinand [ay-dôôar ghee-nah6])
Leng C Alfonso Leng C ahl-FAWN-so LAYNG
Leningrad C leh-nyinn-GRAHT C (Russian city)
Lenio C LEH-niho C (character in the opera Ìecké Pašije [RSHETTSS-keheh PAH-shih-yeh]
— The Greek Passion; music by Bohuslav Martinç [BO-hôô-slahf MAR-tyih-noooo]; libretto by
Martinç after Nikos Kazantzakis [NEE-kawss kah-zahnt-Z¦-kiss])
Lenlevement au serail C L'enlèvement au sérail C lah6-leh-v’mah6 o say-rahy’ C (The
Abduction From the Harem) C (a musical play, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie [GAWTleep SHTEH-fah-nee] after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner [KRIH-stawf FREET-rihh
BRETTSS-nur])
Lenormand C René Lenormand C ruh-nay leh-nawr-mah6
Lenowitz C Harris Lenowitz C HAR-russ LEH-no-wittz
Lenski C LENN-skee C (character in the opera Eugen Onegin or Yevgeny Onegin [yevv-GAYnee ah-NYAY-ghinn]; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahihKAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky [kahn-stahn-TYEEN shihLAWF-skee] and P. I. Tchaikovsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r
sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])
Lensky C LENN-skee C (character in the opera Eugen Onegin or Yevgeny Onegin [yevv-GAYnee ah-NYAY-ghinn]; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahihkawf-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky [kahn-stahn-TYEEN shihLAWF-skee] and P. I. Tchaikovsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r
sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])
Lent C Ernest Lent C EHR-nusst LENNT
Lent C lah6 C (excerpt from Images [ee-mahzh] 1894 by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büsssee])
Lent anime lent C Lent — animé — lent C lah6 — ah-nee-may — lah6 C (excerpt from
Études [ay-tüd] by Heitor Villa-Lobos [ay-TAWR VEEL-luh-LO-bôôsh])
Lent et douloureux C lah6 ay dôô-lôô-rö C (Slow and Painful) C (excerpt from Trois
gymnopédies [tr’wah zheem-naw-pay-dee] by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee])
Lent et grave C lah6 ay grahv C (Slow and Solemn) C (excerpt from Trois gymnopédies
[tr’wah zheem-naw-pay-dee] by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee])
Lent et triste C lah6 ay treest C (Slow and Sad) C (excerpt from Trois gymnopédies [tr’wah
zheem-naw-pay-dee] by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee])
Lent pour piano C Lent pour piano C lah6 pôôr peeah-no C (composition by Erik Satie [ayreek sah-tee])
Lentement C lah6-t’mah6
Lento C LAYN-toh
Lento a lugubre C LAYN-toh ah loo-GOO-bray
Lento assai e cantate tranquillo C LAYN-toh ahss-SAHEE ay kahn-TAH-tay trahn-kooEEL-lo
Lento attacca C Lento — attacca C LAYN-toh — aht-TAHK-kah
Lento dolce C LAYN-toh DOHL-chay
Lento doloroso C LAYN-toh doh-lo-RO-zo
Lento e misterioso C LAYN-toh ay mee-stay-reeO-zo
Lento e sostenuto C LAYN-toh ay so-stay-NOO-toh
Lento lugubre C LAYN-toh loo-GOO-bray
Lento ma non troppo C LAYN-toh mah nohn TROHP-po
Lento maestoso C LAYN-toh mah-ay-STOH-zo
Lento placido C LAYN-toh plah-CHEE-doh
Lento quasi cadenza C Lento, quasi cadenza C LAYN-toh, kooAH-zee kah-DAYN-tsah
Lento religioso C LAYN-toh ray-lee-JO-zo
Lentretien des muses C L’entretien des muses C lah6-truh-teeah6 day müz C (Conversation of
the Muses) 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])
Lenya C Lotte Lenya C LAWT-tuh LENN-yah
Lenz C Der Lenz C dayr LENNTSS C (Spring) C (composition by Hildach [HILL-tahk])
Lenz C Friedrich Lenz C FREET-rihh LENNTSS
Lenz C Wilhelm von Lenz C VILL-hellm fawn LENNTSS
Leo C Leonardo Leo C lay-o-NAR-doh LAY-o
Leo C Magister Leo C mah-JEESS-tehr LEH-o C (known also as Magister Leoninus
[leh-o-NEE-nôôss], Magister Leonini [leh-o-NEE-nih], Magister Leonis [leh-O-niss], and
Leoninus)
Leodiensis C Iacobus Leodiensis C ihah-KO-bôôss lay-o-dihAYN-siss C (known also as
Jacques de Liège [zhack deh leeayzh])
Leon C Tania León C {TA-neeah lee-AHN} TAH-neeah lay-AWN C (known also as Tania
Justina León [TAH-neeah hooss-TEE-nah lay-AWN] and Tania Justina Leon [lay-AWN]) C
(the first name is also spelled Tanya)
Leon C Victor Léon C veek-tawr lay-aw6
Leon and stein C Léon & Stein C Victor Léon & Leo Stein C veek-tawr lay-aw6 (&) LAY-o
SHT¦N
Leonard C Hubert Léonard C ü-behr lay-aw-nar
Leoncavallo C Ruggero Leoncavallo C rood-JAY-ro lay-ohn-kah-VAHL-lo
Leone C Francesco de Leone C frahn-CHESS-ko day lee-OHN C (known also as Francesco
Bartolomeo de Leone [frahn-CHESS-ko bar-TAW-law-may-o day lee-OHN])
Leone C Raphael Leone C RAH-fah-ell lay-O-nay
Leonhard C Julius Emil Leonhard C YOO-lihôôss AY-meel LAY-awn-hart
Leonhardt C Gustav Leonhardt C kü-STAHF LAY-awn-hart C (known also as Gustav
Maria [mah-REE-ah] Leonhardt)
Leonhardt C Marie Leonhardt C mah-REE LAY-awn-hart
Leonhardt consort C Leonhardt-Consort C LAY-awn-hart-(Consort)
Leoni C Franco Leoni C FRAHN-ko lay-O-nee
Leoni C Leone Leoni C lay-O-nay lay-O-nee
Leonini C (see Leoninus)
Leoninus C leh-o-NEE-nôôss C (known also as Magister [mah-JEESS-tehr] Leoninus,
Magister Leonini [leh-o-NEE-nih], Magister Leo [LEH-o], and Magister Leonis [leh-O-niss])
Leonis C Magister Leonis C (see Leoninus)
Leonora C Donna Leonora C DOHN-nah lay-o-NO-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 VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mahREE-ah peeAH-vay] after Angel P. De Saavedra [ahn-HELL (P.) day sah-VAY-drah])
Leonora C lay-o-NO-rah C (character in the opera Il trovatore [eel tro-vah-TOH-ray] — The
Troubadour; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Salvadore
Cammarano [sahl-vah-DOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no] and Leone Emanuele Bardare [lay-Onay ay-mah-nooAY-lay bar-DAH-ray] after Antonio García Gutiérrez [ahn-TOH-neeo garTHEE-ah goo-teeAYR-rehth])
Leonore C Léonore C lay-aw-nawr C (character in the opera La favorite [lah fah-vaw-reet]
— The Favored One; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee];
libretto by Alphonse Royer [ahl-faw6ss r’wah-yay] and Gustave Vaëz [güss-tahv vah-ezz], with
additions by Eugene Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])
Leonova C Darya Leonova C DAR-yah lay-AW-nuh-vuh C (known also as Darya
Mikhailovna [mee-KAHIH-luff-nuh] Leonova)
Leopold C Joseph Leopold, Edler von Eybler C YOHOH-zeff LAY-o-pawlt, ETT-lur fawn ¦blur
Leopold C Rudolf Leopold C ROO-dawlf LAY-o-pawlt
Leopold one C Leopold I C LAY-o-pohld I
Lepine C Margherita de L’Epine C mar-gay-REE-tah day lay-PEE-nay C (known also as
Francesca [frahn-CHAY-skah] Margherita de L’Epine)
Leplin C Emanuel Leplin C ih-MANN-yuh-wull LEPP-lunn
Leporello C lay-po-RAYL-lo C (character in 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])
Leppard C Raymond Leppard C RAY-munnd LEPP-pard C (known also as Raymond John
[JAHN] Leppard)
Leps C Wassili Leps C {wahss-SEE-lee LEPPSS} vahss-SEE-lyee LYEPPSS
Lequien C Colette Lequien C kaw-lett leh-keeah6
Lerberghe C Charles van Lerberghe C SHAR-luh vunn LEHR-ber-guh
Lerchengesang C LEHR-hunn-guh-zahng C (Song of the Larks) C (song by Johannes
Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])
Lerma C Il Conte di Lerma C eel KOHN-tay dee LAYR-mah C (The Count of Lerma
[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])
Lermontov C M. Lermontov C (M.) LYEHR-munn-tuff
Leroux C Xavier Leroux C gzah-veeay luh-rôô C (known also as Xavier Henry Napoléon
[ah6-ree nah-paw-lay-aw6] Leroux)
Leroy C André Leroy C ahn-dray luh-r'wah
Lert C Ernst Lert C EHRNST LEHRT C (known also as Ernst Josef Maria [YOHOH-zeff
mah-REE-ah] Lert)
Lert C Richard Lert C RIH-hart LEHRT C (known also as Richard Johanes [yo-HAH-nuss]
Lert)
Les adieux C leh-zah-deeö C (title given to Piano sonata No. 26 in E flat Major by Ludwig van
Beethoven [LOOT-vihh funn BAYAY-toh-funn])
Les arts florissants C leh-zar flaw-reess-sah6
Les beatitudes C Les béatitudes C leh bay-ah-tih-tüd C (The Beatitudes) C (an oratorio by
César Franck [say-zar frah6k])
Les berceaux C leh behr-so C (The Cradles) C (poem by Sully Prudhomme [sül-lee prüdawm] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Les brigands C leh bree-gah6 C (The Brigands [BRIH-gunndz]) C (an opera, with 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])
Les bulles de savon C leh bül duh sah-vaw6 C (Soap Bubbles) C (excerpt from the suite Jeux
d’enfants [zhö dah6-fah6] — Children’s Games — by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay])
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])
Les 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)
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])
Les cloches de geneve C Les cloches de Genève C leh klawsh duh zheh-nevv C (The Bells of
Geneva) C (excerpt from Années de pèlerinage (première année — Suisse) [ahn-nay duh pehl’ree-nahzh (pruh-meeehr ahn-nay — süeess)] — Years of Pilgrimage (First Year —
Switzerland) — by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
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])
Les 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])
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])
Les 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])
Les deux grenadiers C leh dö gruh-nah-deeay C (The Two Grenadiers [greh-nuh-dihuhrz]) C
(poem by Heinrich Heine [H¦N-rihh H¦-nuh] set to music by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart
VAHG-nur])
Les dieux dans lombre des cavernes C Les dieux dans l'ombre des cavernes C leh deeö dah6
law6-br' day kah-vehrn C (The Gods in the Shadow of the Caves) C (composition by Albert
Roussel [ahl-ber rôôss-sell])
Les enfants C leh-zah6-fah6 C (The children) C (characters in the opera Werther [VEHR-tur];
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 [zhawrzh] Hartmann after Johann Wolfgang
von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh])
Les entretiens de la belle et de la bete C Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête C leh-zah6truh-teeah6 duh lah bell ay duh lah bett C (Conversations Between Beauty and the Beast) C
(excerpt from the suite Ma mère l’oye [mah mehr l’wah] — My Mother Goose — by Maurice
Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])
Les etoiles C Les étoiles C leh-zay-twahl C (The Stars) C (poem by Théodore de Banville
[tay-aw-dawr duh bah6-veel] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Les filles de bordeaux C Les filles de Bordeaux C leh feey’ duh bawr-doh C (The Girls of
Bordeaux) C (song from the opera Marie Galante [mah-ree gah-lah6t], with music by Kurt
Weill [KÔÔRT V¦L]; libretto by Jacques Déval [zhack day-vahl] and Fernay [fehr-nay])
Les filles de cadiz C Les filles de Cadiz C leh feey’ duh kah-deeth C (The Girls of Cadiz
[kuh-DIZZ]) C (song by Léo Delibes [lay-o deh-leeb])
Les fleurs et les arbres C leh flör ay leh-zar-br’ C (The Flowers and Trees) C (song by
Camille Saint-Saëns [{kah-meel seh6-sah6ss} kah-meey’ seh6-sah6ss])
Les fontaines C Les fontaines C leh faw6-tenn C (The Fountains) C (poem by Henri de
Régnier [ah6-ree duh ray-neeay] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Les gars qui vont a la fete C Les gars qui vont à la fête C leh gar kee vaw6 ah lah fett C
(composition by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Les girls C leh görl C (The Girls) C (excerpt from the Music Hall Suite by Joseph Horovitz
[JO-zuff HAW-ruh-vittz)
Les huguenots C Les Huguenots C {(The) h’YOO-guh-nahtss} lay-zü-guh-no C (an opera,
with music by Giacomo Meyerbeer [JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [özhenn skreeb] and Émile Deschamps [ay-meel day-shah6])
Les illuminations C lay-zeel-lü-mee-nah-seeaw6 C (song cycle by Benjamin Britten [BENNjuh-munn BRITT-tunn])
Les indes galantes C Les Indes galantes C leh-zeh6d gah-lah6t C (The Amorous Indies) C (an
opera-ballet [BAL-lay], with music by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo] and
libretto by Louis Fuzelier [lôôee fü-z’leeay])
Les italiens a paris C Les Italiens a Paris C leh-zee-tah-leeah6 ah pah-ree C (The Italians in
Paris)
Les lyriques C leh lee-reek (The romantics) 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])
Les medecins C Les médecins C leh may-d’seh6 C (The doctors) 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])
Les musiciens du louvre C leh mü-zee-seeah6 dü lôô-vr'
Les niais de sologne et two doubles C Les niais de Sologne et 2 doubles C leh neeeh duh sawlawny’ ay 2 dôô-bl’ 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])
Les nuits dete C Les nuits d'été C leh nüee day-tay C (Summer Nights) C (six poems by
Théophile Gautier [tay-aw-feel go-teeay] set to music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz])
Les pecheurs de perles C Les pêcheurs de perles C leh peh-shör duh pehrl C (The Pearl
Fishers) C (an opera, with music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]; libretto by Eugène
Cormon [ö-zhenn kawr-maw6] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray])
Les petits diables C leh puh-tee deeah-bl’ C (The little devils) 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])
Les presents C Les présents C leh pray-zah6 C (The Presents) C (poem by Villiers de l‘IsleAdam [vee-leeay duh leel-ah-dah6] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Les quatre coins C leh kah-tr’ kaweh6 C (excerpt from the suite Jeux d’enfants [zhö dah6fah6] — Children’s Games — by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay])
Les ridicules C leh ree-dee-kül C (The eccentrics) C (characters in the opera L'amour des trois
oranges [lah-môôr day tr’wah aw-rah6zh] — The Love for Three Oranges; music by Serge
Prokofiev [sehr-GAY prah-KAW-fiheff]; libretto by Prokofiev after Carlo Gozzi [KAR-lo
GOHT-tsee])
Les roses dispahan C Les roses d'Ispahan C (leh rawz dee-spah-hahn C (The Roses of Ispahan
[ISS-pah-hahn]) C (poem by Leconte de Lisle [luh-kaw6t duh leel] set to music by Gabriel
Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Les saltimbanques C Les saltimbanques C leh sahl-teh6-bah6k C (an operetta, with music by
Louis Ganne [lôôee gahn] and lyrics by Ordonneau [awr-dawn-no]
Les soirees de nazelles C Les soirées de Nazelles C leh swah-ray duh nah-zell C (Evenings at
Nazelles [nah-zell]) C (compositions by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Les soirees de pausilippe C Les soirées de Pausilippe C leh swah-ray duh po-zee-leep C
(Evenings at Posilippo [po-zee-LEEP-po]) C (known also by the title 24 Pensées musicales [24
pah6-say mü-zee-kahl] — 24 Musical Thoughts C (compositions by Sigismund Thalberg [ZEEghiss-môônt TAHL-pehrk])
Les soldats C leh sawl-dah C (excerpt from the suite Trois variations [tr’wah vah-reeahseeaw6] — Three Variations — by Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-POOO])
Les soupirs tendrement C Les soupirs. Tendrement C leh sôô-peer. tah6-dr’-mah6 C (Sighs.
Tenderly) 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])
Les tendres plaintes rondeau C Les tendres plaintes. Rondeau C leh tah6-dr’ pleh6t. raw6-doh
C (Tender Complaints. Rondo [RAHN-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])
Les tetes vides C Les têtes vides C leh tett veed C (The empty heads) 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])
Les tisserands C leh teess-s’rah6 C (The Weavers Are Worse Than Bishops) C (song from
Chansons françaises [shah6-saw6 frah6-sezz] by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Les tourbillons rondeau C Les tourbillons. Rondeau C leh tôôr-bee-yaw6. raw6-doh C (The
Whirlwinds. Rondo [RAHN-doh]) C (excerpt from the Suite en ré majeur [süeet ah6 ray mahzhör] — Suite in D Major — by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo])
Les tragiques C Les tragiques C leh trah-zheek C (The high-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])
Les trois soeurs aveugles C Les trois sœurs aveugles C leh tr’wah sör ah-vö-gl’ C (The
Three Blind Sisters) C (poem by Maurice Maeterlinck [mo-reess MAHAH-tur-lihngk] set to
music by Jean Sibelius [zhah6 sih-BAY-lihôôss])
Les trompes de france C Les trompes de France C leh traw6p duh frah6ss
Les vepres siciliennes C Les vêpres siciliennes C leh veh-pr’ see-see-leeenn C (The Sicilian
Vespers) C (an opera, with music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by
Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and Charles Duveyrier [sharl dü-vay-reeay]) C (the Italian
version of the opera is known as I vespri siciliani [ee VAY-spree see-chee-leeAH-nee])
Les violons du roy C Les violons du Roy C leh veeaw-law6 dü r’wah C (The King's Violins)
Les voici C Les voici! C leh vwah-see! C (choral 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])
Lescarpolette C L’escarpolette C less-kar-paw-lett C (The Swing) C (excerpt from the suite
Jeux d’enfants [zhö dah6-fah6] — Children’s Games — by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay])
Leschetizky C Theodor Leschetizky C TEH-aw-dawr leh-sheh-TEEZ-kih C
(known also as Teodor [TEH-aw-dawr] Leschetizky)
Leskaya C Anna Leskaya C AHN-nuh LESS-kuh-yuh
Lesne C Gérard Lesne C zhay-rar lenn
Lessel C Franz Lessel C FRAHNZ LESS-sell
Lesson i for maundy thursday C Lesson I for Maundy Thursday C (Lesson I for) MAWN-dee
(Thursday) C (sacred composition by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [jo-VAHN-NEE peeayrlooEE-jee dah pah-lay-STREE-nah])
Lestate C L’estate C lay-STAH-tay C (Summer) C (from Le quattro stagioni [lay kooAHTtro stah-JO-nee] — The Four Seasons — by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHLdee])
Lestringant C Étienne Lestringant C ay-teeenn luh-streh6-gah6
Lestro armonico C L’estro armonico C LAY-stro ar-MAW-nee-ko C (compositions by
Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee])
Lesueur C Jean François Lesueur C zhah6 frah6-swah luh-züör C (known also as Jean
François Le Sueur)
Lesule C L’esule C lay-ZOO-lay C (The Exile) C (poem by Temistocle Solera [tay-MEEstoh-klay so-LAY-rah] set to music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee])
Lesur C Daniel Lesur C dah-neeell luh-zür C (known also as Daniel Jean Yves [zhah6-neev]
Lesur)
Lesur C Daniel-Jean-Yves Lesur C dah-neeell-zhah6-neev leh-zür
Lesure C François Lesure C frah6-swah luh-zür C (known also as François-Marie Lesure
[frah6-swah-mah-ree luh-zür])
Let the bright seraphim C (Let the bright) SEH-ruh-fimm C (excerpt from the oratorio
Samson by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]; libretto adapted
from N. Hamilton [N. HA-m’l-tunn] and in turn from Milton [MILL-tunn])
Letania ad deferemdem difunctos in ecclesia C lay-TAH-nihuh udd day-FAY-remm-demm
dih-FOONK-tawss inn ayk-KLAY-zihuh C (chant from the Cancionero de Segovia [kahntheeo-NAY-ro day say-GO-veeah] — Songbook of Segovia — containing liturgical music from
Spain at the time of Christopher Columbus)
Letelier C Alfonso Letelier C ahl-FAWN-so leh-tuh-leeay C (known also as Alfonso LetelierLlonas [ahl-FAWN-so leh-tuh-leeay-l’YO-nahss])
Lethe C LEE-thuh C (poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay [EDD-nuh SAYNT VINNT-sunnt
mill-LAY] set to music by Rebecca Clark [rih-BECK-kuh KLARK])
Letorey C Omer Letorey C aw-may leh-taw-ray
Lettinga C Bouke Lettinga C BAHOO-kuh LETT-tihng-ah
Lettvin C Theodore Lettvin C THEE-uh-dohuhr LETT-vunn
Letz C Hans Letz C HAHNSS LETTSS
Letzte blatter C Letzte Blätter C LETTS-tuh BLETT-tur C (Last Leaves) C (poems by
Hermann von Gilm [HEHR-mahn fawn GHILLM]
Letzte elegie C Die letzte Elegie C dee LETTSS-tuh ay-lay-GHEE C (The Last Elegy) C
(song by Hanns Eisler [HAHNSS ¦SS-lur])
Letzte hoffnung C Letzte Hoffnung C LETTSS-tuh HAWF-nôông C (Last Hope) C (poem
by Wilhelm Müller [VILL-hellm MÜL-lur] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS
SHOO-bert] in the song cycle Winterreise [VINN-tur-r§-zuh] — The Winter’s Journey)
Letzte rose C Die letzte Rose C dee LETTSS-tuh RO-zuh C (The Last Rose) C (Etude VI by
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst [H¦N-rihh VILL-hellm EHRNST])
Letztes gluck C Letztes Glück C LETTSS-tuss GLÜK C (Last Happiness) C (poem by Max
Kalbeck [MAHKSS KAHL-peck] set to music by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss
{BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])
Leuckart C F. Ernst Christoph Leuckart C (F.) EHRNST KRIH-stawf LOY-kart
Leutgeb C Joseph Leutgeb C YOHOH-zeff LOYT-ghepp C (known also as Joseph Ignaz
[IGG-nahtss] Leutgeb)
Leva C De Leva C day LAY-vah
Leva C Enrico de Leva C ayn-REE-ko day LAY-vah
Levabo oculos meos C leh-VAH-baw AW-kôô-lawss MEH-ohss C (Gregorian chant)
Levade C Charles Levadé C sharl luh-vah-day C (known also as Charles Gaston Levadé
[sharl gahss-taw6 luh-vah-day])
Levallier C Adam Levallier C ah-dah6 luh-vahl-leeay
Levant C Oscar Levant C AWSS-kar luh-VANNT
Levantate y despierta C Levántate y despierta C lay-VAHN-tah-tay ee dayss-peeEHR-tah C
(excerpt from Sonetos Sagrados [so-NAY-tawss sah-GRAH-thawss] by Héctor Campos Parsi
[ECK-tawr KAHM-pawss PAR-see])
Levantisme madre C Levantísme madre C lay-vahn-TEESS-may MAH-dray C (a medieval
wedding song of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Morocco)
Levarie C Siegmund Levarie C {SEEG-munnd LEH-vuh-ree} ZEEK-môônt LAY-vah-ree
Levasseur C Jean-Henri Levasseur C zhah6 ah6-ree luh-vahss-sör
Levasseur C Nicolas Levasseur C nee-kaw-lah luh-vahss-sör C (known also as NicolasProsper Levasseur [nee-kaw-lah-prawss-pay luh-vahss-sör])
Levasseur C Rosalie Levasseur C raw-zah-lee luh-vahss-sör
Levee C Loren Levee C LO-renn LEH-vee
Levens C Charles Levens C sharl leh-vah6
Levenson C Boris Levenson C {BAW-riss LEH-vunn-sunn} bah-REESS lyeh-vyenn-SAWN
Leventhal C Sharan Leventhal C SHA-runn LEH-v’n-thahl
Leverkusen C LAY-fur-koo-zunn C (German City)
Levertin C Oscar Levertin C AWSS-kar leeEH-vur-teen
Levertov C Denise Levertov C duh-NEEZ LEH-vur-tawv
Levi C Hermann Levi C HEHR-mahn LAY-vee
Levi C Yoel Levi C {YOHL LEE-v§} YAW-ell LEH-vee
Levidis C Dimitri Levidis C thee-MEE-tree leh-VEE-thiss C (this Greek
National is known as Dimitrios Levidiss [thee-MEE-tree-uss leh-VEE-thiss] in Greece)
Levin C Philip Levin C FIH-lupp LEH-vinn
Levina C Zara Levina C ZAH-ruh LAY-vih-nuh
Levine C Elliot Z. Levine C ELL-leeutt Z. luh-V¦N
Levine C Gilbert Levine C GHILL-burt luh-V¦N
Levine C Gilbert Isidore Levine C GHILL-burt IH-zih-dawr luh-V¦N
Levine C James Levine C JAYMZ luh-V¦N
Levite C LEE-v§t
Levitzki C Mischa Levitzki C MIH-shuh luh-VITTZ-kee
Levy C Alexandre Lévy C ah-leck-sah6-dr’ lay-vee
Levy C Ernst Lévy C EHRNST lay-vee
Levy C Frank Levy C {FRANGK LEH-vee} frah6k leh-vee
Levy C Heniot Lévy C {HEH-nihutt LEH-vee} HEH-neeawt LEH-vih
Levy C Jules Levy C YOOLZ LEH-vee
Levy C Lazare Lévy C lah-zar lay-vee
Levy C Marvin David Levy C MAR-vunn DAY-vudd LEH-vee
Levy C Michel-Maurice Lévy C mee-shell-mo-reess lay-vee
Lewandowski C Louis Lewandowski C LOO-ee leh-vahn-DAHF-skee
Lewenthal C Raymond Lewenthal C RAY-munnd l’YOO-wunn-thahl
Lewin C David Lewin C DAY-vudd l’YOO-inn C (known also as David Benjamin [BENNjuh-munn] Lewin)
Lewin C Giles Lewin C J¦LZ LOO-inn
Lewinger C Max Lewinger C MAHKSS leh-VIHNG-er
Lewisohn C Adolph Lewisohn C {AY-dawlf LOO-ih-sunn} AH-dawlf LAY-vih-zohn
Lewkowitch C Bernhard Lewkowitch C BEHRN-hart LEVV-ko-vihch
Lextase langoureuse C C’est l’extase langoureuse C sesst leckss-tahz lah6-gôô-röz C (poem
from Ariettes oubliées [ah-reeett ôô-blee-ay] — Forgotten Airs — by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehrlenn] set to music by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Ley C Salvador Ley C sahl-vah-THAWR LAYEE
Leybach C Ignace Leybach C eeg-nahss LAYEE-bahk C (known also as Ignace Xavier Joseph
[gzah-veeay zho-zeff] Leybach)
Leybourne C George Leybourne C JAW-urj LAY-bawrn
Leyden C Norman Leyden C NAWR-munn LAY-d’n
Leygraf C Hans Leygraf C HAHNSS LAY-grahf
Lheritier C Jean Lhéritier C zhah6 lay-ree-teeay
Lheure exquise C L’Heure Exquise C lör eckss-keez C (The Exquisite Hour) C (poem by Paul
Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Lheureu riera C L’heureu Riera C lay-REHOO ree-EH-rah C (Riera the Heir) C (Catalan
[KAH-t’-lunn] folk song arranged by Miguel Llobet [mee-GHELL l’yo-BETT])
Lhevinne C Josef Lhévinne C YAW-seff lyeh-vinn-NEH
Lhevinne C Rosina Lhévinne C rah-SEE-nuh lyeh-vinn-NEH
Lhiver a cesse C L’hiver a cessé C lee-vehr ah sess-say C (Winter Is Over) C (poem by Paul
Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Lhome de laristto C L’Home de l’Aristto C LO-may day lah-REESST-toh C (The Men of
Aristto) C (excerpt from the suite Suburbis [soo-BÔÔR-biss] — Suburbs — by Federico
Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-POOO])
Lhomme C Guy Lhomme C ghüee lawm
Lhorloge comtoise C L'horloge comtoise C lawr-lawzh kaw6-twahz C (The grandfather clock)
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])
Lhotka C Fran Lhotka C FRANN LAWT-kah
Lhotka kalinski C Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski C EE-vaw LAWT-kah-kah-LEEN-skee
Lhotsky C L'Hotský C LAWT-skeeee C (character in the opera Osud [AW-sôôt] — Destiny;
music by Leoš Janá…ek [LEH-awsh yah-NAHAH-check] and libretto by Fedora Bartšová [FEHdaw-ruh BART-shaw-vahah])
Lhuissier C L'Huissier C lüeess-seeay C (The bailiff) 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-dawveek ah-lay-vee])
Li chastelain de couci C Li Chastelain de Couci C lee shahss-tuh-leh6 duh kôô-see C (The
foregoing is the title (Chastelain = Lord); the name of the specific Chastelain was Gui IV de Couci
[güee IV duh kôô-see])
Li jolitz temps destey C Li jolitz temps d’estey C lee zhaw-lee tah6 day-tay C (anonymous
13th-century composition)
Li nouviauz tanz C Li nouviauz tanz C lee nôô-veeo tah6ss C (The New Season) C
(composition by Li Chastelain de Couci [lee shahss-tuh-leh6 duh kôô-see] C (Li Chastelain was
the title (Chastelain = Lord); the name of the individual was Gui IV de Couci [güee IV duh kôôsee])
Liadov C Anatoli Liadov C ah-nah-TAW-lyee lihAH-duff C (known also as Anatoli
Konstantinovich [kahn-stahn-TYEE-nuh-vihch] Liadov)
Liadov C Konstantin Liadov C kahn-stahn-TYEEN lihAH-duff C (known also as Konstantin
Nikolaievich [nyee-kah-LAHIH-eh-vihch] Liadov)
Liadov glazunov C Liadov-Glazunov C lihAH-duff-glah-zôô-NAWF
Liang C Lin, Cho-Liang C LEEEEN, ZHOO-LEEEEAHNG C (known also as Cho-Liang Lin)
Liapunov C Sergei Liapunov C sehr-GAYEE lihah-pôô-NAWF C (known also as Sergei
Mikhailovich [mee-KAHIH-luh-vihch] Liapunov)
Liatoshinsky C Boris Liatoshinsky C bah-REESS lihah-tah-SHINN-skee C (known also as
Boris Nikolaievich [nyee-kah-LAHIH-eh-vihch] Liatoshinsky)
Libellule C La libellule C lah lee-b’l-lül C (The dragonfly) 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-dawnee gah-breeell go-teeay-veel-lar])
Libenskof C Conte di Libenskof C KOHN-tay dee lee-BAYN-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-SEEnee] and libretto by Luigi Balocchi [looEE-jee bah-LOHK-kee])
Liber scriptus C LEE-behr SKREEP-tôôss C (section of the Messa da Requiem [MAYSS-sah
dah RAY-kooee-aym] — Requiem [{REH-kôôee-umm} REH-kôôih-emm] Mass — by Giuseppe
Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee])
Libera me C LEE-beh-ruh MAY C (section by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]
in the Messa per Rossini [MAYSS-sah payr rohss-SEE-nee] — Mass for Rossini — by 13
composers)
Libera me domine C Libera me, Domine C LEE-beh-ruh MAY, DAW-mih-neh C (motet
[mo-TETT] by Anton Bruckner [AHN-tohohn BRÔÔK-nur])
Liberace C lih-buh-RAH-chee C (known also as Walter [WAWL-tur] Liberace and W»adziu
Valentino Liberace [VWAHD-zeeôô vah-lenn-TEE-no lee-beh-RAH-cheh])
Liberamente or piangi oh nel fuggente nuvolo C Liberamente or piangi ... Oh! nel fuggente
nuvolo C lee-bay-rah-MAYN-tay ohr peeAHN-jee ... O! nayl food-JAYN-tay NOO-vo-lo C
(aria from the opera Attila [aht-TEE-lah]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYRdee] and libretto by Temistocle Solera [tay-MEE-stoh-klay so-LAY-rah])
Liberazione di ruggiero C La liberazione di Ruggiero C lah lee-bay-rah-tseeO-nay dee roodJAY-ro C (full title, La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina [lah lee-bay-rah-tseeO-nay
dee rood-JAY-ro dahl-EE-zo-lah dahl-CHEE-nah] — The Liberation of Ruggiero [roodJAY-ro] From the Island of Alcina [ahl-CHEE-nah]) C (an opera, with music by Francesca
Caccini [frahn-CHAY-skah kah-CHEE-nee] and libretto based on Orlando Furioso [ohrLAHN-doh foo-reeO-zo] by Ludovico Ariosto [loo-doh-VEE-ko ah-reeO-stoh])
Liberi siete addio C Liberi siete. Addio! C lee-BAY-ree seeAY-tay. ahd-DEE-oh! C (excerpt
from Act II of the opera Belisario [bay-lee-ZAH-reeo]; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAHno doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano [sahl-vah-DOH-ray kahm-mahRAH-no] after Luigi Marchionni [looEE-jee mar-keeOHN-nee] and Eduard von Schenk [AYdooart fawn SHEHNGK])
Libert C Henri Libert C ah6-ree lee-behr
Libiamo ne lieti calici C Libiamo, ne' lieti calici C lee-beeAH-mo nay leeAY-tee kah-LEE-chee
C (a duet, with chorus, the Brindisi [BREEN-dee-zee] or "Drinking Song" from 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])
Libiamo nelieti calici brindisi C Libiamo, ne’lieti calici (Brindisi) C lee-beeAH-mo, nay-leeAYtee kah-LEE-chee (BREEN-dee-zee) C (a duet with chorus, the Brindisi [BREEN-dee-zee] or
“Drinking Song” 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-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after Alexandre Dumas [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ dümah])
Libon C Philippe Libon C fee-leep lee-baw6
Libretto C luh-BRETT-toh C (American pronunciation)
Licad C Cecile Licad C say-SEE-lay lee-KAHD
Licet eger C LIH-chett AY-gher C (Allow me) C (excerpt from the 13th-century manuscript
Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah])
Licet eger cum egrotis C LIH-chett AY-gher koom ay-GRO-tiss C (Allow me — though as
sinful as the next man) C (excerpt from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [karMEE-nah boo-RAH-nah])
Lichard C Milan Lichard C MIH-lunn LIH-kart
Lichey C Reinhold Lichey C R¦N-hawlt LIH-h§
Lichnowsky C Prince Karl von Lichnowsky C (Prince) KARL fawn lihh-NAWV-skee
Lichtenberg C Leopold Lichtenberg C LEE-uh-pohld LICK-tunn-burg
Lichtenberger C Hannes Lichtenberger C HAHN-nuss LIHH-tunn-pehr-gur
Lichtenberger C Henri Lichtenberger C ah6-ree LIHH-tunn-pehr-gur
Lichtenstein C Karl August, Freiherr von Lichtenstein C KARL AHÔÔ-gôôst, FR¦-hehr fawn
LIHH-tunn-sht§n
Lichtenthal C Peter Lichtenthal C PAY-tur LIHH-tunn-tahl
Lichtenwanger C William Lichtenwanger C WILL-lihumm LICK-tunn-wang-ur C (known
also as William John [JAHN] Lichtenwanger)
Lichti C Daniel Lichti C DA-nihull LICK-tee
Lichtveld C Lou Lichtveld C LOO LIHKT-vellt
Lichvod hachanukkah C Lichvod Hachanukkah C lihh-VAWD hah-hah-nook-KAH C (For
the Festival of Lights — a Chanukkah [hah-nook-KAH] song)
Lickl C Johann Georg Lickl C YO-hahn GAY-awrk LIH-k’l
Lidholm C Ingvar Lidholm C IHNG-var leed-HAWLM C (known also as Ingvar Natanael
[NAH-tah-nell] Lidholm)
Lidl C Václav Lídl C VAHAHTSS-lahf LEEEE-d’l
Lidoine C Madame Lidoine C mah-dahm lee-dwahn C (New Mother Superior) 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-nohss])
Lidon C José Lidón C ho-SAY lee-THAWN
Lie C Erika Lie C EH-rih-kah LEE C (known also as Erika Lie-Nissen [LEE-NISS-s’n])
Lie C Harald Lie C HAH-rahl LEE
Lie C Sigurd Lie C SEE-ghewr LEE
Lie nissen C Erika Lie-Nissen C EH-rih-kah LEE-NISS-s’n C (known also as Erika Lie)
Lieb liebchen C Lieb Liebchen C LEEP LEEP-hunn C (Dear Love) C (poem by Heinrich
Heine [H¦N-rihh H¦-nuh] set to music by Robert Schumann [ROHOH-behrt SHOO-mahn] in
the song cycle Liederkreis [LEE-dur-kr§ss])
Lieb so lang du lieben kannst C O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst C O LEEP, zo LAHNG doo
LEE-bunn kahnst C (O Love as Long as You Can) C (composition by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ
LISST])
Liebe C Eduard Ludwig Liebe C AY-dooart LOOT-vihh LEE-buh
Liebe C LEE-buh C (Love) C (song by Alban Berg [AHL-pahn BEHRK]) C poem by
Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur] set to music by Franz Schubert
[FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Liebe dir ereb ich mich C Liebe, dir ereb' ich mich! C LEE-buh, deer AY-rupp ihh mihh! C
(choral song by Peter Cornelius [PAY-tur kawr-NAY-lihôôss])
Liebe farbe C Die liebe Farbe C dee LEE-buh FAR-puh C (The Favorite Color) C (poem by
Wilhelm Müller [VILL-hellm MÜL-lur] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOObert] in the song cycle Die schöne Müllerin [dee SHÖ-nuh MÜL-luh-rinn] — The Miller’s
Lovely Daughter)
Liebe hat gelogen C Die Liebe hat gelogen C dee LEE-buh HAHT guh-LO-gunn C (Love
Has Told Lies) C (poem by August Graf von Platen-Hallermünde [AHÔÔ-gôôst GRAHF fawn
PLAH-tunn-HAHL-lur-mün-tuh] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Liebe kam aus fernen landen C Liebe kam aus fernen Landen C LEE-buh KAHM ahôôss
FEHR-nunn LAHN-tunn C (Love Came from Far-off Lands) C (poem by Johann Ludwig
Tieck [YO-hahn LOOT-vihh TEEK] set to music by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss
{BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS] in the song cycle Die schöne Magelone [dee SHÖ-nuh mah-guhLO-nuh] — The Beautiful Magelone)
Liebe schwarmt auf allen wegen C Liebe Schwärmt auf allen Wegen C LEE-buh SHVEHRMT
ahôôf AHL-lunn VAY-gunn C (poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLFgahng fawn GÖ-tuh] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Lieber gott du weisst C Lieber Gott, du weisst C LEE-bur GAWT, doo V¦ST C (Dear God,
You Know) C (Hungarian poem translated to German by Hugo Conrat [HOO-go KAWN-raht]
and set to music by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])
Liebermann C Rolf Liebermann C RAWLF LEE-bur-mahn
Lieberson C Goddard Lieberson C GAHD-durd LEE-bur-sunn
Lieberson C Peter Lieberson C PEE-tur LEE-bur-sunn
Liebesbotschaft C LEE-buss-pawt-shahft C (Message of Love) C (poem by Ludwig Rellstab
[LOOT-vihh RELL-shtahp] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert] in his
Schwanengesang [SHVAH-nunn-guh-zahng] — Swan Song)
Liebesbriefchen C LEE-buss-breef-hunn C (poem by Elisabeth Honold [ay-LEE-zah-bett
HO-nawlt] set to music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold [{EH-rick WÔÔLF-gang KAWRNgohld} AY-rihh VAWLF-gahng KAWRN-gawlt])
Liebesfreud C LEE-buss-froyt C (Love’s Joy) C (song by Fritz Kreisler [FRITTSS KR¦SSlur])
Liebesgarten C LEE-buss-gar-tunn C (Love Garden) C (poem by Robert Reinick [ROHOHbert R¦-nick] set to music by Robert Schumann [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Liebesgram C LEE-buss-grahm C (Love's Affliction) C (composition by Robert Schumann
[ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Liebesgruss C Liebesgrüss C LEE-buss-grüss C (Love’s Greeting) C (composition by
Edward Elgar [EDD-wurd ELL-gar])
Liebeshymnus C LEE-buss-hüm-nôôss C (Hymn of love) C (composition by Richard Strauss
[RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS])
Liebeskind C Joseph Liebeskind C YOHOH-zeff LEE-buss-kinnt
Liebesklage des madchens C Liebesklage des Mädchens C LEE-buss-klah-guh dess METThunnss C (The Maiden’s Love Lament) C (poem from Des Knaben Wunderhorn [dess
k’NAHAH-bunn VÔÔN-tur-hawrn] — The Youth’s Magic Horn — set to music by Johannes
Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])
Liebesleid C LEE-buss-l§t C (Love’s Sorrow) C (composition by Fritz Kreisler [FRITTSS
KR¦SS-lur])
Liebeslied C LEE-buss-leet C (Love Song) C (poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YOhahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh] set to music by Robert Schumann [ROHOH-bert SHOOmahn])
Liebeslieder C LEE-buss-lee-dur C (Love Songs) C (compositions by Johann Strauss [YOhahn SHTRAHÔÔSS])
Liebeslieder walzer C Liebeslieder-Walzer C LEE-buss-lee-dur VAHL-tsur C (Love songs in
waltz form) C (verses from Polydora [paw-lü-DOH-ruh] set to music by Johanness Brahms
[yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])
Liebesode C LEE-buh-zo-duh C (Ode to Love) C (poem by Otto Erich Hartleben [AWT-toh
AY-rihh HART-lay-bunn] set to music by Alban Berg [AHL-pahn BEHRK] in Sieben frühe
Lieder [ZEE-bunn FRÜ-uh LEE-dur] — Seven Early Songs)
Liebestreu C LEE-buss-troy C (True Love) C (poem by Robert Reinick [ROHOH-bert R¦nick] set to music by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])
Liebhaber in allen gestalten C Liebhaber in allen Gestalten C LEEP-hah-bur inn AHL-lunn
guh-SHTAHL-tunn C (song by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Liebhabers standchen C Liebhabers Ständchen C LEEP-hah-burss SHTENNT-hunn C
(Lover's Serenade) C (poem by Robert Burns set to music by Robert Schumann [ROHOH-bert
SHOO-mahn])
Liebich C Ernst Liebich C EHRNST LEE-bihh C (known also as Ernst Johann Gottlob
Liebich [EHRNST YO-hahn GAWT-lawp LEE-bihh])
Liebig C Karl Liebig C KARL LEE-bihh
Liebling C Emil Liebling C {AY-mull LEEB-lihng} AY-meel LEEP-lihng
Liebling C Estelle Liebling C ess-TELL LEEB-lihng
Liebling C Georg Liebling C {JAW-urj LEEB-lihng} GAY-awrk LEEP-lihng
Liebling C Leonard Liebling C LEH-nurd LEEB-lihng
Liebling mein herz lasst dich grussen C Liebling, mein Herz lässt dich grüssen C LEEP-lihng,
m§n HEHRTSS lesst dihh GRÜSS-sunn C (excerpt by Werner Richard Heymann [VEHR-nur
RIH-hart H¦-mahn] and Robert Gilbert [ro-behr zheel-behr] from the film Die drei von der
Tankstelle [dee DR¦ fawn dayr TAHNK-shtell-luh])
Liebst du um schonheit C Liebst du um Schönheit C LEEPST doo oom SHÖN-h§t C (If It’s
for Beauty That You Love) C (poem by Friedrich Rückert [FREET-rihh RÜ-kert] set to music
by Gustav Mahler [GÔÔ-stahf MAHAH-lur])
Liebsten schwur C Des Liebsten Schwur C dess LEEP-shtunn SHVOOR C (The Lover’s
Vow) C (Bohemian poem translated to German by Josef Wenzig [YOHOH-zeff VENN-tsihh]
and set to music by Johanness Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])
Liebster gott wenn werd ich sterben C Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben C LEEP-shtur
GAWT, venn VEHRT ihh SHTEHR-punn C (cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] by Johann Sebastian
Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Lied C LEET C (Song) C (composition from Spanische Liebes-Lieder [SHPAHAH-nih-shuh
LEE-buss-LEE-dur] — Spanish Love Songs — by Robert Schumann [ROHOH-bert SHOOmahn]) C (poem attributed to Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur] set to
music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Lied beim rundetanz C Lied beim Rundetanz C leet b§m RÔÔN-tuh-tahntss C (Song for a
Round Dance) C (poem by Johann Gaudenz von Salis [YO-hahn GAHÔÔ-dunntss fawn ZAHliss] set to music by Ludwig Spohr [LOOT-vihh SHPOHR] — also known as Louis Spohr
[lôôee spawr])
Lied der mignon iii C Lied der Mignon III C LEET dayr mee-n’yaw6 III C (Song of Mignon
[mee-n’yaw6] III) C (poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn
GÖ-tuh] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Lied der mignon iv C Lied der Mignon IV C LEET dayr mee-n’yaw6 IV C (Song of Mignon
[mee-n’yaw6] IV) C (poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn
GÖ-tuh] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Lied des lotterieagenten C Lied des Lotterieagenten C LEET dess LAWT-tuh-ree-ah-gunntunn C (Song of the Lottery Agent) C (excerpt from the opera Der Silbersee [dayr ZILL-purzay] — The Silver Lake; music by Kurt Weill [KÔÔRT V¦L] and libretto by Georg Kaiser
[GAY-awrk KAHIH-zur])
Lied des mephistopheles C Lied des Mephistopheles C LEET dess meh-fih-STAW-fuh-luss C
(Song of Mephistopheles [meh-fuh-STAH-fuh-leez]) C (poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh] set to music by Ferruccio Busoni [fayr-ROO-cho
boo-ZO-nee]) C (poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn
GÖ-tuh] set to music by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Lied des unmuts C Lied des Unmuts C LEET dess ÔÔN-môôtss C (poem from Westöstlicher
Divan [veh-STÖST-lih-hur DEE-fahn] by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLFgahng fawn GÖ-tuh] set to music by Ferruccio Busoni [fayr-ROO-cho boo-ZO-nee])
Lied des verfolgten im turm C Lied des Verfolgten im Turm C LEET dess fehr-FAWLK-tunn
imm TÔÔRM C (Song of the Prisoner in the Tower) C (poem from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
[dess k'NAHAH-bunn VÔÔN-tur-hawrn] — The Youth's Magic Horn — set to music by
Gustav Mahler [GÔÔ-stahf MAHAH-lur])
Lied ihr unsre neuen leiter C Lied: "Ihr unsre neuen Leiter" C LEET: eer ÔÔN-sruh NOYunn L¦-tur C (song by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MOtsart])
Lied im grunen C Das Lied im Grünen C dahss LEET imm GRÜ-nunn C (The Song of
Greenery) C (poem by Friedrich Reil [FREET-rihh R¦L] set to music by Franz Schubert
[FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Lied vom branntweinhandler C Das Lied vom Branntweinhändler C dahss leet fawm
BRAHNT-v§n-hennt-lur C (song from the musical production Happy End, with music by Kurt
Weill [KÔÔRT V¦L]; text by Dorothy Lane [DAW-ruh-thee LAYN] (Elisabeth Hauptmann
[ay-LEE-zah-bett HAHÔÔPT-mahn) and Bertolt Brecht [BEHR-tawlt BREHHT])
Lied vom surabaya johnny C Das Lied vom Surabaya-Johnny C dahss LEET fawm SOO-rahbah-yah-YOHN-nee C (song, with music by Kurt Weill [KOORT V¦L] and words by Bertolt
Brecht [BEHR-tawlt BREHHT])
Lied zerfliesset heut geliebte bruder C Lied: "Zerfliesset heut, geliebte Brüder" C LEET:
"tsehr-FLEESS-sutt HOYT, guh-LEEP-tuh BRÜ-dur” C (song by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Lied zur gesellenreise C Lied zur Gesellenreise C LEET tsoor guh-ZELL-lunn-r§-zuh C
(Song for a Journeyman) C (poem by Joseph Franz von Ratschky [YOHOH-zeff FRAHNTSS
fawn RAHTSH-kee] set to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mahDAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Lieder C LEE-dur C (Songs)
Lieder der maria stuart C Lieder der Maria Stuart C LEE-dur dayr mah-REE-ah SHTOOart C (Songs of Mary Stuart [MEHUH-ree st’YOO-urt) C (songs by Robert Schumann
[ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Lieder der mignon C Lieder der Mignon C LEE-dur dayr meen-yaw6 C (Songs of Mignon)
C (songs by Robert Schumann [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Lieder nach justinus kerner C Lieder nach Justinus Kerner C LEE-dur nahk YÔÔ-stih-nôôss
KEHR-nur C (poems by Justinus Kerner [YÔÔ-stih-nôôss KEHR-nur] set to music by Robert
Schumann [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])
Liederkreis C LEE-dur-kr§ss C (song cycle)
Liederzyklus C LEE-dur-tsü-klôôss C (Song cycle)
Lieg auch du dunkler wurm C Da lieg’ auch du, dunkler Wurm C dah leek ahôôh doo,
DÔÔNGK-lur VÔÔRM C (duet from Act II of the opera Siegfried [ZEEK-freet], music and
libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Liege C Aribon de Liège C ah-ree-baw6 deh leeayzh] C (known also as Aribon, Aribo
Scholasticus [ah-REE-bo sko-LAHSS-tih-küss], Aribon de Freising [freh-sihng], and Aribon
d’Orléans [dawr-lay-ah6])
Liege C Jacques de Liège C zhack deh leeayzh C (known also as Iacobus Leodiensis [eeahKO-bôôss leh-o-dihAYN-siss]
Lienau C Emil Robert Lienau C AY-meel ROHOH-bert LEE-nahôô
Liepe C Emil Liepe C AY-meel LEE-puh
Lier C Bertus van Lier C BEHR-tüss funn LEER
Lier C Jacques van Lier C ZHACK funn LEER
Lierhammer C Theodor Lierhammer C TAY-o-dohohr LEER-hahm-mur
Lieta vita C A lieta vita C ah lee-AY-tah VEE-tah C (To Life, Happy and Sweet) C (song by
Giovanni Gastoldi [jo-VAHN-nee gah-STOHL-dee])
Lieurance C Thurlow Lieurance C THUR-low LOO-rahnss C (known also as Thurlow Weed
[WEED] Lieurance)
Lieutenant kije C Lieutenant Kijé C (Lieutenant) KEE-zhay C (film based on a story by Yuri
Tynyanov [YÔÔ-ree TEEN-yuh-nuff], with music by Sergey Prokofiev [sehr-GAY prahKAW-fiheff]; also a symphonic suite arranged by Prokofiev from the film music)
Lifchitz C Max Lifchitz C MACKSS LIFF-chittz
Ligendza C Catarina Ligendza C kah-tah-REE-nah lee-GHENND-sah
Ligeti C György Ligeti C JÖRJ LIH-gheh-tee C (known also as György Sándor [SHAHAHNdawr] Ligeti)
Liivlaste parandus C Liivlaste Pärandus C LEEEEV-lahss-teh PEH-rahn-tôôss C (Livonian
[lih-VO-nihunn] Heritage, a cycle of Balto-Finnic folk songs arranged by Veljo Tormis [VELLyo TOHR-miss])
Like to the damask rose C (Like to the) DA-musk (rose) C (poem by Simon Wastell [S¦munn WAH-st’l] set to music by Edward Elgar [ELL-gar])
Lile heureuse C L'île heureuse C leel ö-röz C (The Isle of Happiness) C (song by Emmanuel
Chabrier [emm-mah-nüell shah-breeay])
Lile inconnue C L'île inconnue C leel eh6-kaw-nü C (The Unknown Island) C (poem by
Théophile Gautier [tay-aw-feel go-teeay] set to music in Les nuits d’été [leh nüee day-tay] —
Summer Nights — by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz])
Liliencron C Rochus, Freiherr von Liliencron C RAW-kôôss, FR¦-hehr fawn LEE-lihunn-
krawn C (known also as Rochus Traugott Ferdinand [TRAHÔÔ-gawt FEHR-tee-nahnt],
Freiherr von Liliencron)
Lilienthal C Abraham W. Lilienthal C AY-bruh-hamm W. LIH-lihunn-thahl
Liliuokalani C Lili’uokalani C lih-lih-ooo-kah-LAH-nee
Liljeblad C Ingeborg Liljeblad C INN-gheh-bawrg LILL-yeh-blahd
Liljefors C Ingemar Liljefors C IHNG-uh-mar LEEL-yuh-fawss C (known also as Ingemar
Kristian [KRISS-tihahn] Liljefors)
Liljefors C Ruben Liljefors C RÜ-benn LEEL-yuh-fawss C (known also as Ruben Mattias
Liljefors [RÜ-benn maht-TEE-ahss LEEL-yuh-fawss])
Lille muko C The University Choir `Lille Muko’ C (The University Choir) LILL-luh MOOko
Lillo C Giuseppe Lillo C joo-ZAYP-pay LEEL-lo
Lillrank C Anja Lillrank C AHN-yah LILL-rahnk
Lily pons C For Lily Pons C (For) LIH-lee PAWNSS C (song by George Gershwin [JAW-urj
GURSH-wunn])
Lima C Carlos Barbosa-Lima C KAH-lôôsh bar-BO-zuh-LEE-muh
Lima siqueira C José de Lima Siqueira C zhôô-ZAY jee LEE-muh see-KAY-ruh
Lima viana C Frutuoso de Lima Viana C froo-too-O-zôô jee LEE-muh vee-A-nuh C (known
also as Fructuoso Vianna [vee-ANN-nuh])
Limantour C José Yves Limantour C zhaw-zay eev lee-mah6-tôôr
Limnander de nieuwenhove C Armand Marie Ghislain Limnander de Nieuwenhove C ar-mah6
mah-ree ghee-leh6 leem-nah6-dehr deh neeôô-weh6-ho-vuh
Limprovviso C L’improvviso C leem-prohv-VEE-zo 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 eel-LEE-kah])
Lin C Lin, Cho-Liang C {LINN, CHO-LANG} LEEEEN, ZHOO-LEEEEAHNG C (known
also as Cho-Liang Lin)
Linay C Samuel Linay C SA-m’yuh-wull lih-NAY
Lincke C Joseph Lincke C YOHOH-zeff LIHNG-kuh
Lincke C Paul Lincke C PAHÔÔL LIHNG-kuh C (known also as Carl Emil [KARL AY-meel]
Paul Lincke)
Lincolnshire C LIHNG-kunn-shur
Lincolnshire poacher C The Lincolnshire Poacher C (The) LIHNG-kunn-shur (Poacher) C
(traditional English song)
Lincredule C L’incrédule C leh6-kray-dül C (The Skeptic) C (poem by Paul Verlaine [pohl
vehr-lenn] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Lind C Eva Lind C AY-fah LINNT
Lind C Jenny Lind C {JENN-nee LINND} YENN-nee LEEND
Linda di chamonix C Linda di Chamonix C leen-dah dee shah-mo-nee C (an opera, with music
by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Gaetano Rossi [gahayTAH-no ROHSS-see] after A. D’Ennery [(A.) denn-n’ree] and Lemoine [leh-m’wahn])
Lindau C LINN-tahôô
Lindberg C Christian Lindberg C KRISS-tihahn LEEND-bary’
Lindberg C Jakob Lindberg C YAH-kawb LEEND-bary’
Lindberg C Magnus Lindberg C MAHG-nooss LINND-bayrg
Lindberg C Oskar Lindberg C AWSS-kar LEEND-bary’ C (known also as Oskar Fredrik
[FRAYUHD-rick] Lindberg)
Lindblad C Adolf Fredrik Lindblad C AH-dawlf FRAYUHD-rick LEEND-blaht
Lindblad C Otto Lindblad C OHT-toh LEEND-blaht C (known also as Otto Jonas [YOOnahss] Lindblad)
Linde C Bo Linde C BO LEEN-duh C (known also as Anders Bo Leif Linde [AHN-derss
BO LAYF LEEN-duh])
Linde C Hans-Martin Linde C HAHNSS-MAR-teen LINN-duh
Lindegren C Johan Lindegren C YOO-hahn LEEN-duh-grenn
Lindeman C Fredrik Christian Lindeman C FREDD-rick KRISS-tihahn LINN-deh-mahn
Lindeman C Just Riddervold Lindeman C YEWST RIDD-dur-vawl LINN-deh-mahn
Lindeman C Kristian Lindeman C KRISS-tihahn LINN-deh-mahn C (known also as Kristian
Theodor Madsen [TEH-o-dohr MAHT-s’n] Lindeman)
Lindeman C Ludvig Mathias Lindeman C LEWD-vigg mah-TEE-ahss LINN-deh-mahn
Lindeman C Ole Andreas Lindeman C OO-luh AHN-dreheh-ahss LINN-deh-mahn
Lindeman C Osmo Lindeman C AWSS-maw LINN-day-mahn C (known also as Osmo Uolevi
[OOAW-lay-vih] Lindeman)
Lindeman C Peter Lindeman C PEHEH-tur LINN-deh-mahn C (known also as Peter Brynie
[BRÜ-niheh] Lindeman)
Linden C Cornelis Van der Linden C kawr-NAY-liss funn der LINN-dunn
Linden C Jaap ter Linden C YAHAHP ter LINN-dunn
Lindenbaum C Der Lindenbaum C dayr LINN-tunn-pahôôm C (The Linden Tree) C (poem by
Wilhelm Müller [VILL-hellm MÜL-lur] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOObert] in the song cycle Winterreise [VINN-tur-r§-zuh] — The Winter’s Journey)
Lindholm C Berit Lindholm C BAYUH-ritt LEEND-hawlm
Lindifferent C L'Indifférent C leh6-deef-fay-rah6 C (excerpt from the orchestral song cycle
Shéhérazade [shay-hay-rah-zahd] by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])
Lindner C August Lindner C AHÔÔ-gôôst LINNT-nur
Lindner C Ernst Otto Timotheus Lindner C EHRNST AWT-toh tee-MO-tay-ôôss LINNTnur
Lindpaintner C Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner C PAY-tur YOHOH-zeff fawn LINNT-pahihntnur
Lindroos C Peter Lindroos C PAY-ter LINNT-rohohss
Lindsley C Celina Lindsley C tsay-LEE-nah LINNDZ-lee
Linette C lee-nett 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-KAWfiheff]; libretto by Prokofiev after Carlo Gozzi [KAR-lo GOHT-tsee])
Lineva C Evgenia Lineva C yevv-GAY-nihah lyih-n’YAW-vuh
Linfinito C L’Infinito C leen-FEE-nee-toh C (composition with music by Tristan Keuris
[TRISS-tahn KÖ-riss] and text by Giacomo Leopardi [JAH-ko-mo lay-o-PAR-dee]
Lingg C Hermann Lingg C HEHR-mahn LIHNG
Linjama C Jouko Linjama C YAWÔÔ-kaw LINN-yah-mah C (known also as Jouko Sakari
[SAH-kah-rih] Linjama)
Linko C Ernst Linko C EHRNST LINN-kaw
Linn C Lucia Lin C LOO-shuh LINN
Linnala C Eino Linnala C EHIH-naw LINN-nah-lah C (known also as Eino Mauno
Aleksanteri [MAHÔÔ-naw AH-leck-sahn-teh-rih] Linnala)
Lins C Heinz Maria Lins C H¦NTSS mah-REE-ah LINNSS
Lins C Martina Lins C mar-TEE-nah LINNSS
Lintermans C François-Joseph Lintermans C frah6-swah-zho-zeff lih6-ter-mah6ss
Linvall C Monique Linvall C maw-neek leh6-vahl
Linverno C L’inverno C leen-VAYR-no C (Winter) C (from Le quattro stagioni [lay
kooAHT-tro stah-JO-nee] — The Four Seasons — by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-neeo veeVAHL-dee])
Linvitation au voyage C L’invitation au voyage C leh6-vee-tah-seeaw6 o vwah-yahzh C
(Invitation to a Journey) C (poem by Charles Baudelaire [sharl bo-duh-lehr] set to music by
Henri Duparc [ah6-ree dü-park])
Linvito C L’invito C leen-VEE-toh C (The Invitation) C (song by Gioachino Rossini [johahKEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
Lioncourt C Guy de Lioncourt C ghüee duh leeaw6-kôôr
Lionel C LEE-o-nell C (character in the opera Martha [{MAR-thuh} MAR-tah]; music by
Friedrich von Flotow [FREET-rihh fawn FLO-tawv] and libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Riese
[FREET-rihh VILL-hellm REE-zuh])
Lipa C LYEE-puh C (The Lime Tree) C (song by Pavel Kulikov [PAH-vell kôô-lyih-KAWF])
Lipatti C Dinu Lipatti C DEE-noo lee-PAHT-tee
Lipavsky C Josef Lipavský C YO-seff LIH-pahv-skeeee C (known also as Joseph Lipawsky
[YOHOH-zeff LIH-pawv-skee])
Lipawsky C Joseph Lipawsky C YOHOH-zeff lih-PAWV-skee C (Germanized version of the
Bohemian name Josef Lipavský [YO-seff LIH-pahv-skeeee])
Lipinsky C Karol Józef Lipi½sky C KAH-rawl YÔÔ-zeff lee-PEE6-skih C (known also as
the Germanized Carl Lipinsky [KARL lee-PINN-skee])
Lipkis C Larry Lipkis C LAR-ree LIPP-kuss
Lipkovska C Lydia Lipkovska C LEE-dihuh lyipp-KAWF-skuh C (known also as Lydia
Yakovlevna [YAH-kuff-lyeff-nuh] Lipkovska)
Lipovsek C Marjana Lipovšek C mar-YAH-nuh lih-PAWV-sheck
Lipowsky C Felix Joseph Lipowsky C FAY-lickss YOHOH-zeff lih-PAWV-skee
Lipowsky C Thaddäus Ferdinand Lipowsky C tahd-DAY-ôôss FEHR-tee-nahnt lih-PAWVskee
Lipp C Wilma Lipp C VILL-mah LIPP
Lippe C Édouard Lippé C ay-dôôar leep-pay
Lippen schweigen C LIPP-punn SHV¦-gunn C (Love Unspoken) C (duet from 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])
Lipphardt C Walther Lipphardt C VAHL-tur LIPP-hart
Lippitz C Isabel Lippitz C EE-zah-bell LIPP-pittss
Lipps C Theodor Lipps C TAY-o-dohohr LIPPSS
Lipsius C Marie Lipsius C mah-REE-uh LIPP-sihôôss
Lirone C lee-RO-nay C (member of the Italian Renaissance family of bowed viols)
Lirou C Jean François Espic, Chevalier de Lirou C zhah6 frah6-swah ess-peek, shuh-vahleeay duh lee-rôô
Lisa C LEE-zah 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])
Lischke C André Lischke C ahn-dray LIHSH-kuh
Lisette C lee-ZETT C (character in the opera La rondine [lah ROHN-dee-nay] — The
Swallow; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Giuseppe Adami
[joo-ZAYP-pay ah-DAH-mee] after Dr. A. M. Willner [VILL-nur] and Heinz Reichert
[H¦NTSS R¦-hert])
Lisette C Ma Lisette C mah lee-zett C (traditional song)
Lishin C Grigori Lishin C gree-GAW-ree LYEE-shinn
Lisinski C Vatroslav Lisinski C VAH-traw-slahf lih-SINN-skee
Lisitsyan C Pavel Lisitsyan C PAH-vell lyih-sittss-YAHN C (known also as Pavel
Gerasimovich [gheh-RAH-sih-muh-vihch] Lisitsyan)
Liska C Roman Liška C RAW-munn LIHSH-kah
Liska C Zdenk Liška C ZDEH-nyeck LIHSH-kah
Lisle C Claude-Joseph Rouget de l’Isle C klohd-zho-zeff rôô-zheh duh leel C (l’Isle is also
spelled Lisle [leel])
Lisle C Leconte de Lisle C luh-kaw6t duh leel
Lisle adam C Villiers de l'Isle-Adam C vee-leeay duh leel-ah-dah6
Lisle joyeuse C L’isle joyeuse C leel zh’wah-yöz C (The Happy Isle) C (composition by
Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Lissa C Zofia Lissa C ZAW-feeah LEESS-sah
Lissauer C Péter Lissauer C PAY-ter LIHSH-shahôô-ehr
Lissenko C Nikolai Lissenko C nyee-kah-LAHIH lyiss-SENN-kuh C (known also as Nikolai
Vitalievich [vee-TAH-liheh-vihch] Lissenko)
List C Emanuel List C {ih-MANN-yuh-wull LISST} ay-MAHAH-nooayl LISST
List C Kurt List C KÔÔRT LISST
Listemann C Bernhard Listemann C {BURN-hard LISS-tuh-munn} BEHRN-hart LISStuh-mahn
Listemann C Franz Listemann C FRAHNZ LISS-tuh-munn
Listemann C Fritz Listemann C FRITTSS LISS-tuh-mahn
Listemann C Paul Listemann C PAWL LISS-tuh-munn
Listesso tempo C L’istesso tempo C lee-STAYSS-so taym-po
Listov C Konstantin Listov C kahn-stahn-TYEEN lyiss-TAWF
Liszt C Ferenc Liszt C FEH-renntss LISST C (Franz Liszt)
Liszt C Franz Liszt C FRAHNZ LISST
Liszt ferenc chamber orchestra C Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra C LISST FEH-renntss
(Chamber Orchestra) C (Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST] Chamber Orchestra)
Lita karin C LEE-tah KAH-rinn C (Little Karin, a medieval Norwegian song based upon the
legend of St. Katharina of Alexandria)
Litaize C Gaston Litaize C gahss-taw6 lih-tezz C (known also as Gaston Gilbert [zheel-behr]
Litaize)
Litaliana in algeri C L'italiana in Algeri C lee-tah-leeAH-nah een ahl-JAY-ree C (The Italian
Girl in Algiers) C (an opera, with music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]
and libretto by Angelo Anelli [ahn-JAY-lo ah-NAYL-lee])
Litanei auf das fest allerseelen C Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen C LEE-tah-n§ ahôôf dahss
FESST AHL-lur-zay-lunn C (text by Johann Georg Jacobi [YO-hahn GAY-awrk YAH-kobee] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Litaniae C lih-tah-neeay C (Litany) C (composition by Nakamura Hiroshi [nah-kah-moo-lah
hee-lawsh])
Litaniae omnium sanctorum C Litaniae Omnium Sanctorum C lih-TAH-nihay OHM-nih-ôôm
SAHNK-taw-rôôm C (composition by Jan Dismas Zelenka [YAHN DYISS-mahss ZEH-lennkah])
Litanies a la vierge noire C Litanies à la vierge noire C lee-tah-nee ah lah veeehrzh n’war C
(Litanies to the Black Madonna) C (composition by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Literes carrion C Antonio Literes Carrión C ahn-TOH-neeo lee-TAY-rayss kahr-reeAWN
Litinsky C Genrik Litinsky C GHENN-rick lyih-TYINN-skee
Litolff C Henry Litolff C ah6-ree lih-tawlf C (known also as Henry Charles [sharl] Litolff
Litta C Giulio Litta C JOO-leeo LEET-tah
Littel C Manuel Massotti Littel C mah-nooELL mahss-SAWT-tee litt-TELL
Litvinne C Félia Litvinne C FAY-lihuh lyitt-VINN-nuh
Litz C Gisela Litz C GHEE-zuh-lah LITTSS
Litzau C Johannes Barend Litzau C yo-HAHN-nuss BAH-rennt LITT-zo
Litzmann C Berthold Litzmann C BEHR-tawlt LITTSS-mahn
Liuzzi C Fernando Liuzzi C fayr-NAHN-doh leeOOT-tsee
Liverati C Giovanni Liverati C jo-VAHN-nee lee-vay-RAH-tee
Liviabella C Lino Liviabella C LEE-no lee-veeah-BAYL-lah
Livret C lee-vreh C (book, libretto)
Livret de thomas corneille C Livret de Thomas Corneille C lee-vreh duh taw-mah kawr-nehy’
C (Libretto by Thomas Corneille [taw-mah kawr-nehy’])
Ljungberg C Göta Ljungberg C YÖ-tah l’YÜNG-bary’ C (known also as Göta Albertina [ahlber-TEE-nah] Ljungberg)
Ljwof C A. Ljwof C (A.) ly’VAWF C (probably the same person as Alexei Feodorovich Lvov - see Lvov)
Llanos C Santiago Velasco-Llanos C sahn-teeAH-go vay-LAHSS-ko-l’YAH-nawss
Llanto por el chacho C Llanto por El Chacho C l’YAHN-toh pawr ell CHAH-cho C
(Lamentation for General Chacho) C (poem by León Banaros [lay-OHN bah-NAH-rawss]
music from Daniel Alomias Robles [dah-neeELL ah-lo-MEE-ahss RO-vlayss] arranged by
Eduardo Falú [ay-thooAR-doh fah-LOO])
Llanto por el chacho vidala chayera C Llanto por El Chacho (Vidala Chayera) C l’YAHN-toh
pawr ell CHAH-cho (vee-THAH-lah chah-YAY-rah) C (Lamentation for General Chacho
(Carnival Prelude)) C (poem by León Banaros [lay-OHN bah-NAH-rawss]; music from Daniel
Alomias Robles [dah-neeELL ah-lo-MEE-ahss RO-vlayss] arranged by Eduardo Falú [aythooAR-doh fah-LOO])
Llewellyn C Edward Llewellyn C EDD-wurd hluh-WEH-linn
Llibre vermell of montserrat C Llibre vermell of Montserrat C l’YEE-vray vehr-MELL (of)
mawnt-sehr-RAHT C (pilgrim songs and dances associated with the Shrine to the Virgin at
Montserrat [mahnt-sehr-RAHT]) C (literally the orange-red book of Montserrat, but here, in
addition to the color, a gilded and jewel-encrusted book)
Llobet C Miguel Llobet C mee-GHELL l’yo-BETT
Llongueras y badia C Juan Llongueras y Badía C hooAHN l’yawn-GAY-rahss ee bah-THEEah
Lo bchayil C Lo B'chayil C LO b’HAH-eel C (Without Weapons — song by Elliot Z. Levine
[ELL-lihutt Z. luh-V¦N])
Lo calhe C Lo calhé C lo kah-lay 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])
Lo fiolaire C lo feeaw-lehr C (The Spinning Girl) C (composition 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])
Lo presti C Ronald Lo Presti C RAH-nulld lo PRESS-tee
Lo rossinyol C lo rooss-seen-YAHL C (The Nightingale) C (Catalan [KAH-t’-lunn] folk song
arranged by Miguel Llobet [mee-GHELL l’yo-BETT])
Lo schiavo C lo skeeAH-vo C (The Slave) C (an opera, with music by Antônio Carlos Gomes
[ah6-TOH-nihôô KAH-lôôss GO-meess]; libretto by R. Paravicini [pah-rah-vee-CHEE-nee]
after De Taunay [duh toh-nay]) C (Lo schiavo is the Italian version of the opera, which was
based upon a Brazilian subject. The Portuguese title of the opera is O escravo [o ehsh-KRAHvôô])
Lob der tranen C Lob der Tränen C LOHP dayr TRAY-nunn C (In Praise of Tears) C
(composition by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])
Lob des hohen verstandes C Lob des hohen Verstandes C LOHP dess HO-enn fehrSHTAHN-tuss C (Praise From a Lofty Intellect) C (poem from Des Knaben Wunderhorn [dess
k'NAHAH-bunn VÔÔN-tur-hawrn] — The Youth's Magic Horn — set to music by Gustav
Mahler [GÔÔ-stahf MAHAH-lur])
Lob des leidens C Lob des Leidens C LOHP dess L¦-dunnss C (In Praise of Sorrow) C (song
by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS])
Lob und preis mit ehren C Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren C Z¦ LOHP ôônt PR¦S mitt AY-runn
C (Praise, Glory and Honor Be) C (excerpt from Cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] No. 51, Jauchzet
Gott in allen Landen [YAHÔÔK-tsutt GAWT inn AHL-lunn LAHN-tunn] — Sing God's
Praise in Every Land, by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zayBAH-stihahn BAHK])
Lobaczewska C Stefania Lobaczewska C steh-FAH-neeah lo-bah-CHEFF-skah C (known
also as Stefania Lobaczewska Gérard de Festenburg [zhay-rar deh FESS-tunn-pôôrk])
Lobe C Johann Christian Lobe C YO-hahn KRIH-stihahn LO-buh
Lobe den herren den machtigen konig der ehren C Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der
Ehren C LO-buh dayn HEHR-runn, dayn MEHH-tih-gunn KÖ-nihh dayr AY-runn C
(cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK}
zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Lobet den herrn alle heiden C Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden C LO-butt dayn HEHRN, AHLluh H¦-dunn C (motet [mo-TETT] by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn
BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Lobkowitz C Ferdinand Joseph Johann Lobkowitz C FEHR-tee-nahnt YOHOH-zeff YO-hahn
LAWP-kaw-vittss C (Germanized version of the Bohemian name Ferdinand Josef Jan
Lobkowitz [FEHR-dyih-nahnt YO-seff YAHN LAWB-kaw-vittss])
Lobkowitz C Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz C FEHR-tee-nahnt FEE-lipp YOHOH-zeff
LAWP-kaw-vittss C (Germanized version of the Bohemian name Ferdinand Filipp Josef
Lobkowitz [FEHR-dyih-nahnt FIH-lipp YO-seff LAWB-kaw-vittss])
Lobkowitz C Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz C YOHOH-zeff FRAHNTSS mahk-seeMEE-lihahn LAWP-kaw-vittss C (Germanized version of the Bohemian name Josef František
Maximilián Lobkowitz [YO-seff FRAHN-tyih-sheck MAHK-sih-mih-lihahahn LAWB-kawvittss])
Lobkowitz C Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz C FEE-lipp HÜ-ah-tsinnt LAWP-kaw-vittss C
(Germanized version of the Bohemian name Filipp Hyacint Lobkowitz [FIH-lipp HIH-uh-tsinnt
LAWB-kaw-vittss])
Lobo C Alonso Lobo C ah-LAWN-so LO-vo
Lobo C Duarte Lobo C dôôART LO-bôô C (known also in Latinized form as Eduardus Lupus
[ay-dôôAR-dôôss LOO-pôôss])
Lobos C Heitor Villa-Lobos C ay-TAWR VEEL-luh-LO-bôôsh
Locas por amor C Las locas por amor C lahss LO-kahss pawr ah-MAWR C (poem by R. De
Campoamor [(R.) day kahm-po-ah-MAWR] set to music by Joaquín Turina [ho-ah-KEEN
too-REE-nah]
Locatelli C Pietro Antonio Locatelli C peeAY-tro ahn-TAW-neeo lo-kah-TAYL-lee
Loccasione fa il ladro C L’occasione fa il ladro C lohk-kah-zeeO-nay fah eel LAH-dro C
(Opportunity Makes the Thief) C (an opera, with music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no
rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Luigi Prividali [looEE-jee pree-vee-DAH-lee])
Loch lomond C Loch Lomond C LAHK LO-munnd C (traditional Scottish song)
Locke C Matthew Locke C MATH-yoo LAHK
Lockspeiser C Edward Lockspeiser C EDD-wurd LAHK-sp§-zur
Lockung C LAH-kôông C (composition by Miriam Gideon [MIH-rihahm GHEE-dawn])
Lockwood C Annea Lockwood C AHN-nehuh LAHK-wôôd
Locle C Camille du Locle C {kah-meel dü law-kl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’ C (known also as
Camille Théophile Germain du Commun du Locle [{kah-meel tay-aw-feel zher-meh6 dü kawmmü6 dü law-kl’} kah-meey’ tay-aw-feel zher-meh6 dü kawm-mü6 dü law-kl’])
Locus iste C LAW-kôôss EE-steh C (motet [mo-TETT] by Anton Bruckner [AHN-tohohn
BRÔÔK-nur])
Lodovico C lo-doh-VEE-ko 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])
Loeb C John Jacob Loeb C JAHN JAY-kubb LOHB
Loeffler C Charles Martin Loeffler C CHAH-rullz MAR-t’n LEFF-lur C (known also as
Charles Martin Tornow [TAWR-no] Loeffler)
Loeillet C Jacques Loeillet C zhack leh-yeh C (known also as Jacques Jacob [zhack zhakawp] Loellet)
Loeillet C Jean Baptiste Loeillet C zhah6 bah-tee-steh leh-yeh C (known also as John Loeillet
of London [JAHN leh-yeh (of London)])
Loeschhorn C Albert Loeschhorn C AHL-pert LÖSH-hawrn C (known also as Albert
Löschhorn and Carl [KARL] Albert Löschhorn)
Loesser C Arthur Loesser C AR-thur LESS-sur
Loesser C Frank Loesser C FRANGK LESS-sur C (known also as Frank Henry [HENN-ree]
Loesser)
Loevendie C Theo Loevendie C TAY-o LOO-vunn-dee
Loevensohn C Marix Loevensohn C MAH-rickss LOO-vunn-zohn
Loewe C Carl Loewe C KARL LÖ-vuh C (known also as Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe [YOhahn KARL GAWT-freet LÖ-vuh]) C (the last name is also spelled Löwe [LÖ-vuh])
Loewe C Ferdinand Loewe C FEHR-tee-nahnt LÖ-vuh C (known also as Ferdinand Löwe
[LÖ-vuh])
Loewe C Frederick Loewe C {FREH-duh-rick LO} FRAY-duh-rick LÖ-vuh
Loewe C Sophie Loewe C zo-FEE-uh LÖ-vuh C (known also as Sophie Johanna Loewe [zoFEE-uh yo-HAHN-nah LÖ-vuh])
Loewenberg C Alfred Loewenberg C {AL-frudd LO-wunn-burg} AHL-frayt LÖ-vunnpehrk
Loewengard C Max Julius Loewengard C MAHKSS YOO-lihôôss LÖ-vunn-gart
Lofficier C L'officier C lawf-fee-seeay C (The officer) 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])
Logar C Mihovil Logar C MEE-haw-vill LAW-gar
Loge C LO-guh C (character in the opera Das Rheingold [dahss R¦N-gawlt], music and
libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Logemann C Sally Logemann C SAL-lee LO-guh-munn
Loges C Karl Heinz Loges C KARL H¦NTSS LO-guss
Logge C Thomas Logge C TAHM-muss LAWG
Logier C Johann Bernhard Logier C YO-hahn BEHRN-hart LO-gheeehr
Logothetis C Anestis Logothetis C ah-NESS-tiss lo-go-THEH-tiss
Logroscino C Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino C nee-KO-lah bo-nee-FAH-cho lo-gro-SHEE-no
Logue C Joan Logue C JOUHN LOHG
Lohengrin C LOHOH-unn-grinn C (an opera, with music and libretto by Richard Wagner
[RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Lohlein C Georg Simon Löhlein C GAY-awrk SEE-mawn LÖ-l§n
Lohmann C Peter Lohmann C PAY-tur LO-mahn
Lohner C Fritz Löhner C FRITTSS LÖ-nur
Lohse C Otto Löhse C AWT-toh LÖ-zuh
Loibner C Wilfriede Loibner C vill-FREE-duh LOYP-nur
Lojarro C Daniela Lojarro C dah-neeAY-lah lo-YAR-ro
Lokshin C Alexander Lokshin C uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r lahk-SHINN
Lola C O Lola C o LO-lah C (excerpt from the opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah-vahl-layREE-ah roo-stee-KAH-nah] — Rustic Chivalry; music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mahSKAH-n’yee]; libretto by Guido Menasci [gooEE-doh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni TargioniTozzetti [jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO-nee-toht-TSAYT-tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee
VAYR-gah])
Lola chai di latti C O Lola, ch’ai di latti C o LO-lah, KAHEE dee LAHT-tee C (excerpt from
the opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah-vahl-lay-REE-ah roo-stee-KAH-nah] — Rustic Chivalry;
music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee]; libretto by Guido Menasci [gooEEdoh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti [jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO-nee-tohtTSAYT-tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee VAYR-gah])
Lola chai di latti la cammisa C O Lola, c’hai di latti la cammisa C o LO-lah, KAHEE dee
LAHT-tee lah kahm-MEE-zah C (excerpt from the opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah-vahl-layREE-ah roo-stee-KAH-nah] — Rustic Chivalry; music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mahSKAH-n’yee]; libretto by Guido Menasci [gooEE-doh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni TargioniTozzetti [jo-VAH-nee tar-JO-nee-toht-TSAYT-tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee
VAYR-gah]
Lola chhai di latti C O Lola ch’hai di latti C o LO-lah KAHEE dee LAHT-tee C (excerpt from
the opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah-vahl-lay-REE-ah roo-stee-KAH-nah — Rustic Chivalry;
music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee]; libretto by Guido Menasci [gooEEdoh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti [jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO-nee-tohtTSAYT-tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee VAYR-gah])
Lolita C lo-LEE-tah C (composition by Buzzi [BOOT-tsee] and Peccia [PAY-chah])
Loliya C lo-LEE-yah C (character in the opera El gato montés [ell GAH-toh mawn-TAYSS]
— The Wildcat; music and libretto by Manuel Penella [mah-nooELL pay-NAY-l’yah])
Lolli C Antonio Lolli C ahn-TAW-neeo LOHL-lee
Lollini C Gianna Lollini C JAHN-nah lohl-LEE-nee
Lomakin C Gavriil Yakimovich Lomakin C gah-VREE-eel YAH-kih-muh-vihch lah-MAHkinn
Lomax C Alan Lomax C A-lunn LO-mackss
Lomax C John Avery Lomax C JAHN AY-vuh-ree LO-mackss
Lombana C Sergio Lombana C SEHR-joh lohm-BAH-nah
Lombard C Alain Lombard C ah-leh6 law6-bar
Lombardi C Giannina Arangi-Lombardi C jahn-NEE-nah ah-RAHN-jee-lohm-BAR-dee
Lombardi C Luca Lombardi C LOO-kah lohm-BAR-dee
Lombardi alla prima crociata C I Lombardi alla prima crociata C ee lohm-BAR-dee AHL-lah
PREE-mah kro-CHAH-tah C (The Lombards on the First Crusade) C (an opera, with music
by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Temistocle Solera [tay-MEE-stohklay so-LAY-rah] after Tommaso Grossi [tohm-MAH-zo GROHSS-see])
Lombardini sirmen C Maddalena Laura Lombardini-Sirmen C mahd-dah-LAY-nah LAHOOrah lohm-bar-DEE-nee-SEER-mayn
Lombardo C Carmen Lombardo C KAR-m’n lahm-BAR-doh
Lombardo C Guy Lombardo C GH¦ lahm-BAR-doh
Lombre des arbres C L’ombre des arbres [law6-br’ day-zar-br’] C (The shade of the trees) C
(poem from Ariettes oubliées [ah-reeett ôô-blee-ay] — Forgotten Airs — by Paul Verlaine [pohl
vehr-lenn] set to music by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Lombre dun buissonet C En l’ombre d’un buissonet C ah6 law6-br’ d’ü6 büeess-saw-neh C
(In the Shade of a Little Bush) C (three-voice song from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz
[zhawss-keh6 day-pray])
Lombre dung buissonet C A l’ombre d’ung buissonet C ah law6-br’ d’ü6 büeess-saw-neh C (In
the Shade of a Little Bush) C (three-voice song from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz
[zhawss-keh6 day-pray])
Lomon C Ruth Lomon C ROOTH lo-MOHN
Lonati C Carlo Ambrogio Lonati C KAR-lo ahm-BRO-jo lo-NAH-tee
London sinfonietta C London Sinfonietta C (London) sinn-fuh-nihETT-tuh
Long C Karen Jean Griebling-Long C KA-runn JEEN GREEB-lihng-LAWNG
Long C Marguerite Long C mar-gö-reet loh6 C (known also as Marguerite Marie Charlotte
Long [mar-gö-reet mah-ree shar-lawt loh6])
Longas C Federico Longas C fay-thay-REE-ko LAWN-gahss
Longo C Achille Longo C ah-KEEL-lay LOHN-go
Longo C Alessandro Longo C ah-layss-SAHN-dro LOHN-go
Longy C Georges Longy C zhawrzh law6-zhee C (known also as Gustave-Georges-Léopold
Longy [güss-tahv-zhawrzh-lay-aw-pawl law6-zhee])
Lonque C Georges Lonque C zhawrzh law6k
Loonen C Bernard Loonen C behr-NART LOHOH-nunn
Loose C Emmy Loose C EMM-mee LOHOH-zuh
Looser C Rolf Looser C RAWLF LOHOH-zur
Loosin yelav C LAW-sinn yeh-LAHF C (song of Armenia by Luciano Berio [loo-CHAH-no
BAY-reeo])
Lopardo C Frank Lopardo C FRANGK lo-PAR-doh
Lopatkowany tanecz C LO-paht-ko-vah-nee TAH-nettss C (dance from Alia chorea No 8
[AH-lihah kaw-RAY-uh (No. 8)] — (anonymous 17th-century Hungarian dances)
Lopatnikoff C Nicolai Lopatnikoff C nih-kuh-LAHIH lah-PAHT-nih-kawf C (known also as
Nikolai Lvovich Lopatnikoff [nyee-kah-LAHIH l’VAW-vihch lah-PAHT-nyih-kuff])
Lopes graca C Fernando Lopes-Graça C fer-NA6-dôô LAWPSS-GRA-suh
Lopes leca C Armando Lopes Leça C ar-MA6-dôô LAWPSS LEH-suh
Lopez C Cecilia López C say-SEE-leeah LO-pess
Lopez C Felipe López C fay-LEE-pay LO-pehth
Lopez C Rhazés Hernández-López C rah-SAYSS ehr-NAHN-dess-LO-pess
Lopez C Vincent Lopez C VINNT-sunnt LO-pezz C (known also as Vincent Joseph [JOzuff] Lopez)
Lopez buchardo C Carlos López-Buchardo C KAR-lawss LO-pess-boo-CHAR-doh
Lopez calo C José López-Calo C ho-SAY LO-pehth-KAH-lo
Lopez cobos C Jesús López Cobos C hay-SOOSS LO-pehth KO-vawss
Lopez galindo C Miguel López Galindo C mee-GHELL LO-pehth gah-LEEN-doh
Loquebantur variis linguis C law-kôôay-BAHN-tôôr VUH-rihiss LEEN-gôôiss C (composition
by Thomas Tallis [TAH-muss TAL-liss])
Lora fatal sappressa giusto ciel in tal periglio C L'ora fatal s'appressa; Giusto ciel! In tal periglio
C LO-rah fah-TAHL sahp-PRAYSS-sah; JOO-sto CHAYL! een tahl pay-REE-leeo C
(excerpt from the opera L'assedio di Corinto [lahss-SAY-deeo dee ko-REEN-toh] — The Siege
of Corinth; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi
Balocchi [looEE-jee bah-LOHK-kee] and A. Soumet [(A.) sôô-meh])
Lorca C Federico García Lorca C fay-thay-REE-ko gar-THEE-ah LAWR-kah
Lorca C Heredos de Federico García Lorca C ay-RAY-thawss day fay-thay- REE-ko garTHEE-ah LAWR-kah
Lorchestre de la suisse romande C L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande C lawr-kess-tr’ duh lah
süeess raw-mah6d
Lord krishna C Lord Krishna C (Lord) KRIHSH-nah C (character in the opera Satyagraha
[sah-t’yee-AH-grah-hah]; music by Philip Glass [FIH-lupp GLASS] and libretto by Constance
DeJong [KAHNT-stunntss duh-ZHAWNG])
Lord rochefort C Lord Rochefort C (Lord) rawsh-fawr C (character in the opera Anna
Bolena [AHN-nah bo-LAY-nah] — Anne Bolyn [bo-LINN]; music by Gaetano Donizetti
[gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee] and libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAHnee])
Lore am tore C Die Lore am Tore C dee LO-ruh ahm TOH-ruh C (German student song)
Loreau C Jacques Loreau C zhack law-ro
Lorelei C The Lorelei C (The) LO-ruh-l§
Loreley C Die Loreley C dee LO-ruh-l§ C (The Lorelei) C (composition by Franz Liszt
[FRAHNZ LISST])
Loreley C LO-ruh-l§ C (an opera, with music by Alfredo Catalani [ahl-FRAY-doh kah-tahLAH-nee]; libretto by Angelo Zanardini [ahn-JAY-lo dzah-nar-DEE-nee] and others after
Carlo D’Ormeville [kar-lo dawrm-veel])
Lorena C lo-REE-nah C (song by H. D. L. Webster [H. D. L. WEBB-stur] and J. P. Webster
[J. P. WEBB-stur])
Lorengar C Pilar Lorengar C pee-LAR lo-rayn-GAR
Lorente C Ruperto Chapí y Lorente C roo-PEHR-toh chah-PEE ee lo-RAYN-tay C (known
also as Ruperto Chapí)
Lorentz C Alfred Lorentz C AHL-frayt LO-renntss
Lorentzen C Bent Lorentzen C BENNT lo-RENNT-sunn
Lorenz C Alfred Lorenz C AHL-frayt LO-renntss C (known also as Alfred Ottokar [AWTtoh-kar] Lorenz)
Lorenz C Franz Lorenz C FRAHNTSS LO-renntss
Lorenz C Julius Lorenz C YOO-lihôôss LO-renntss
Lorenz C Karl Adolf Lorenz C KARL AHAH-dawlf LO-renntss
Lorenz C Max Lorenz C MAHKSS LO-renntss
Lorenzani C Paolo Lorenzani C PAHO-lo lo-rayn-TSAH-nee
Lorenzi fabris C Ausonio de Lorenzi-Fabris C ahoo-ZAW-neeo day lo-RAYN-tsee-FAH-breess
Lorenziti C J. A. Lorenziti C (J. A.) lo-renn-TSEE-tee
Lorenzo C Leonardo de Lorenzo C {leh-NAR-doh day lo-RENN-zo} lay-o-NAR-doh day loRAYN-tso
Lorigin de la harpe C L’origine de la harpe C law-ree-zheen duh lah arp C (The Origin of the
Harp) C (a song from the song cycle Irlande [eer-lah6d], with music by Hector Berlioz [ecktawr behr-leeawz]; text by Thomas Gounet [taw-mah gôô-neh] after Thomas Moore [TAHmuss MÔÔUHR])
Loriod C Yvonne Loriod C ee-vawn law-reeo
Lorphelin C L’orphelin C lawr-fuh-leh6 C (The Orphan) C (poem by Maurice Carême [moreess kah-remm] set to music by Jacques Chailley [zhack shahee-yee])
Lorpheline du tyrol C L’orpheline du Tyrol C lawr-fuh-leen dü tee-rawl C (The Tyrolean
Orphan Girl) C (poem by Emilien Pacini [eh-mee-leeah6 pah-CHEE-nee] set to music by
Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
Lorsque vous naurez rien a faire C Lorsque vous n’aurez rien à faire C lawrsk vôô no-ray
reeah6 ah fehr C (excerpt from the opera Cherubin [sheh-rü-beh6]; music by Jules Massenet
[zhül {mahss-s’nay} mahss-s’neh]; libretto by Henri Cain [ah6-ree keh6] and Francis de
Croisset [frah6-seess duh kr’wahss-seh] after the latter)
Lortzing C Albert Lortzing C AHL-pert LAWRT-tsihng C (known also as Gustav Albert
Lortzing [GÔÔ-stahf AHL-pert LAWRT-tsihng])
Los angeles C Victoria de Los Angeles C veek-TOH-reeah day lawss ahn-HAY-layss
Los bilbilicos C lawss beel-bee-LEE-kawss C (The Nightingales) C (traditional song of the
Spanish Jews)
Los dos miedos C lawss dawss meeAY-thawss C (The Two Fears) C (poem by R. De
Campoamor [(R.) day kahm-po-ah-MAWR] set to music by Joaquín Turina [ho-ah-KEEN
too-REE-nah]
Los gayos empesan a cantar C lawss GAH-yawss aym-PAY-sahn ah kahn-TAR C (The
Roosters Begin to Sing) C (traditional song of the Spanish Jews)
Los set goyts C lawss SETT GOYTSS 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-sehr-RAHT]) C (literally the orange-red
book of Montserrat, but here, in addition to the color, a gilded and jewel-encrusted book)
Los siete hijos de hanna C Los siete hijos de Hanna C lawss-see-AY-tay EE-hawss day
HAHN-nah C (Hanna’s Seven Sons) C (Sephardic [suh-FAR-dick] song)
Los vareadores C lawss vah-ray-ah-THO-rayss C (The Beaters) C (excerpt from Luisa
Fernanda [loo-EE-sah fehr-NAHN-dah], a Zarzuela [thar-thooAY-lah] by Federico Moreno
Torroba [fay-thay-REE-ko mo-RAY-no tawr-RO-vah])
Losada C Diego Losada C dee-AY-go lo-SAH-thah
Losada C José Losada C ho-SAY lo-SAH-thah
Losada C Tito Losada C TEE-toh lo-SAH-thah
Losantos C Anna Losantos C AHN-nah lo-SAHN-tawss
Loschhorn C Albert Löschhorn C AHL-pert LÖSH-hawrn C (known also as Carl [KARL]
Albert Löschhorn) C (the last name is also spelled Loeschhorn [LÖSH-hawrn])
Lotti C Antonio Lotti C ahn-TAW-neeo LOHT-tee
Lotze C Rudolf Hermann Lotze C ROO-dawlf HEHR-mahn LAWT-tsuh
Lou boussu C Lou boussu C lôô bôôss-sü C (The Hunchback) 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])
Lou 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])
Lou salome C Lou Salomé C LOOO sah-lo-MAY C (an opera, with music by Giuseppe
Sinopoli [joo-ZAYP-pay see-NAW-po-lee] and libretto by Karl Dietrich Gräwe [KARL DEEtrihh GRAY-vuh])
Loucheur C Raymond Loucheur C reh-maw6 lôô-shör
Loudova C Ivana Loudová C IH-vuh-nuh LOHôô-daw-vah
Louel C Jean Louël C zhah6 lohell C (known also as Jean Hippolyte Oscar [eep-paw-litt
awss-kar] Louël)
Loughran C James Loughran C JAYMZ LAHK-runn
Loughton C LAHÔÔ-tunn C (Loughton High School for Girls)
Louiguy C lôôee-ghee
Louis C Rudolf Louis C ROO-dawlf LOO-ee
Louis ferdinand C Louis Ferdinand C LOO-ee FEHR-tee-nahnt
Louis xiii C Louis XIII C lôôee (XIII)
Loulie C Étienne Loulié C ay-teeenn lôô-leeay
Loup C François Loup C frah6-swah lôô
Loure C lôôr C (excerpt from the Partita [par-TEE-tah] Suite in E Major by Johann Sebastian
Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Loure en rondeau C Loure en rondeau C lôôr ah6 raw6-doh C (excerpt 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 fü-z’leeay])
Lourie C Arthur Lourié C AR-thur LOO-ree-ay C (known also as Arthur Vincent [VINNTsunnt] Lourié)
Lovano C Lucien Lovano C lü-seeah6 lo-VAH-no
Lovatt C S. E. Lovatt C (S. E.) LUH-vutt
Lovberg C Aase Løvberg C AW-suh LÖÖV-barg C (known also as Aase Nordmo [NOORmo] Løvberg)
Loveberg C Aase Løveberg C (Løveberg is an incorrect spelling of Løvberg; the name with the
correct spelling is pronounced AW-suh LÖÖV-barg) C (known also as Aase Nordmo Løveberg,
which should be Aase Nordmo [NOOR-mo] Løvberg)
Lovenskjold C Herman Severin Løvenskjold C HEHR-mahn SEH-veh-reen LÖ-vunn-shawl
Lovett C Martin Lovett C MAR-t’n LUH-vutt
Lovy C Heinrich Rietsch Lövy C H¦N-rihh REETSH LÖ-vee C (known also as Heinrich
Rietsch)
Low C Joseph Löw C YO-seff LÖV
Lowe C Carl Gottfried Löwe C KARL GAWT-freet LÖ-vuh C (known also as Johann [YOhahn] Carl Gottfried Löwe) C (the last name is also spelled Loewe [LÖ-vuh])
Lowe C Ferdinand Löwe C FEHR-tee-nahnt LÖ-vuh
Lowens C Irving Lowens C UR-vihng LO-wunnz
Lowenthal C Jerome Lowenthal C juh-ROHM LO-wunn-thahl C (known also as Jerome
Nathaniel [nuh-THA-nihull] Lowenthal)
Lowinsky C Edward E. Lowinsky C {EDD-wurd E. lo-WINN-skee} ETT-vart (E.) lo-VINNskee C (known also as Edward Elias Lowinsky [ETT-vart ay-LEE-ahss lo-VINN-kee])
Lowtzky C Hermann Lowtzky C GHEHR-munn LAWVT-skee
Loy C Max Loy C MAHKSS LOY
Lshanah habaa C L'shanah Habaa C luh-shah-NAH hah-bah-AH C (For the New Year —
Jewish song)
Lualdi C Adriano Lualdi C ah-dree-AH-no loo-AHL-dee
Lubaszenko C Edward Lubaszenko C EDD-vurt lôô-bahss-ZENN-kuh
Lubat C Bernard Lubat C behr-nar lü-bah
Lubeck C Ernst Lübeck C EHRNST LÜ-beck
Lubeck C Johann Heinrich Lübeck C YO-hahn H¦N-rihh LÜ-beck
Lubeck C Louis Lübeck C LOO LÜ-beck
Lubeck C Schmidt von Lübeck C SHMITT fawn LÜ-beck
Lubeck C Vincent Lübeck C FINN-tsennt LÜ-beck C (known also as Vincenz [FINNtsentss] Lübeck)
Lubin C Germaine Lubin C zhehr-menn lü-beh6 C (known also as Germaine Léontine
Angélique [lay-aw6-teen ah6-zhay-leek] Lubin)
Lubin C Léon de Saint-Lubin C lay-aw6 duh seh6-lü-beh6
Lubin C Steven Lubin C STEE-vunn LOO-b’n
Luboff C Norman Luboff C NAWR-munn LOO-bawf
Luboshutz C Léa Luboshutz C LEE-uh lôô-bah-SHOOTZ
Luboshutz Pierre Luboshutz C peeEHR lôô-bah-SHOOTZ
Lubotsky C Mark Lubotsky C MARK lôô-BAWT-skee C (known also as Mark Davidovich
[dah-VIH-duh-vihch] Lubotsky)
Lubrich C Fritz Lubrich C FRITTSS LÔÔ-brihh
Luca C Giuseppe de Luca C joo-ZAYP-pay day LOO-kah
Luca C Sergiu Luca C SEHR-joo LOO-kah
Lucantoni C Giovanni Lucantoni C jo-VAHN-nee loo-kahn-TOH-nee
Lucas C Leighton Lucas C LAY-tunn LOO-kuss
Lucca C Pauline Lucca C pahôô-LEE-nuh LÔÔK-kah
Luccellino C E l'uccellino C ay loo-chayl-LEE-no C (Little Bird) C (song by Giacomo
Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee])
Lucchesi C Andrea Lucchesi C ahn-DRAY-ah look-KAY-zee
Lucchesini C Andrea Lucchesini C ahn-DRAY-ah look-kay-ZEE-nee
Luce di quest anima C O luce di quest’ anima C O LOO-chay dee kooAYST AH-nee-mah C
(passage featuring Linda [LEEN-dah] in the opera Linda di Chamounix [LEEN-dah dee shahmôô-nee] — Linda of Chamonix [shah-maw-nee]; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no
doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Gaetano Rossi [gahay-TAH-no ROHSS-see] after AdolphePhilippe d’Ennery [ah-dawlf-fee-leep denn-n’ree] and Gustave Lemoine [güss-tahv luhmwahn])
Luce langue C La luce langue C lah LOO-chay LAHN-gooay C (excerpt from the opera
Macbeth [muck-BEHTH]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by
Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after William Shakespeare
[WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Lucevan le stelle C E lucevan le stelle C ay loo-CHAY-vahn lay STAYL-lay C (And the stars
were shining) C (aria from the opera Tosca [TOH-skah]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-komo 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])
Luci care C Luci Care C LOO-chee KAH-ray C (song by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Luci care luci belle C Luci care, luci belle C LOO-chee KAH-ray, LOO-chee BAYL-lay C
(nocturne by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Luci serene e chiare C LOO-chee say-RAY-nay ay kee-AH-ray C (madrigal [MADD-rihgull] by Carlo Gesualdo [KAR-lo jay-zooAHL-doh])
Lucia C Fernando de Lucia C fayr-NAHN-doh day loo-CHEE-ah
Lucia C loo-CHEE-ah C (character in the opera La gazza ladra [lah GAHD-tsah LAHDrah] — The Thieving Magpie — by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and
libretto by Giovanni Gherardini [jo-VAHN-nee gay-rar-DEE-nee])
Lucia C loo-CHEE-ah C character in the opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah-vahl-lay-REE-ah
roo-stee-KAH-nah] — Rustic Chivalry; music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-
n’yee]; libretto by Guido Menasci [gooEE-doh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti
[jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO-nee-toht-TSAYT-tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee VAYRgah])
Lucia di lammermoor C Lucia di Lammermoor C loo-CHEE-ah dee LAHM-mer-môôuhr C
(Lucy of Lammermoor [LOO-see of LAMM-mur-môôuhr]) C (an opera, with music by Gaetano
Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano [sahl-vahDOH-ray kah-mah-RAH-no] based on the novel The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
[WAWL-tur SKAHT])
Lucia perdona C Lucia, perdona C loo-CHEE-ah, payr-DOH-nah C (excerpt from the opera
Lucia di Lammermoor [loo-CHEE-ah dee LAHM-mer-môôuhr] — Lucy of Lammermoor
[LOO-see of LAMM-mur-môôuhr]; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-neeTSAYT-tee]; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano [sahl-vah-DOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no]
based on the novel The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott [WAWL-tur SKAHT])
Lucia perdona sulla tomba ah verranno a te C Lucia, perdona ... Sulla tomba ... Ah! Verranno a
te C loo-CHEE-ah, payr-DOH-nah ... SOOL-lah TOHM-bah ... AH! vayr-RAHN-no ah
tay C (excerpt from the opera Lucia di Lammermoor [loo-CHEE-ah dee LAHM-mer-môôuhr]
— Lucy of Lammermoor [LOO-see of LAMM-mur-môôuhr]; music by Gaetano Donizetti
[gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano [sahl-vah-DOH-ray
kahm-mah-RAH-no] based on the novel The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
[WAWL-tur SKAHT])
Luciani C Sebastiano Arturo Luciani C say-bahss-teeAH-no ar-TOO-ro loo-CHAH-nee
Lucier C Alvin Lucier C AL-vunn LOO-shur C (known also as Alvin Augustus [aw-GUSStuss] Lucier, Jr.)
Lucilla C loo-CHEEL-lah C (character in the opera La fiamma [lah feeAHM-mah] — The
Flame; music by Ottorino Respighi [oht-toh-REE-no ray-SPEE-ghee] and libretto by Claudio
Guastalla [KLAHOO-deeo gooah-STAHL-lah])
Luciuk C Juliusz Luciuk C YÔÔ-leeôôsh LÔÔ-tseek C (known also as Juliusz Mieczys»aw
[meeeh-CHISS-wahf] Luciuk)
Lucky C Štpán Lucký C shtYEH-pahahn LÔÔTSS-keeee
Lucrezia C La Lucrezia C lah loo-KRAY-tseeah C (cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] by George
Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l])
Lucrezia borgia C Lucrezia Borgia C loo-KRAY-tseeah BOHR-jah C (an opera, with music by
Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEEchay ro-MAH-nee] after Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go])
Ludgin C Chester Ludgin C CHESS-tur LUH-j'n C (known alo as Chester Hall [HAWL]
Ludgin)
Ludikar C Pavel Ludikar C PAH-vell LÔÔ-dyih-kar
Ludions C lü-deeaw6 C (songs by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee])
Ludkewycz C (see Ludkiewicz)
Ludkiewicz C Stanis»aw Ludkiewicz C stah-NYEESS-wahf lôôt-keeAY-veech C (the name is
also Germanized to Stanislaus Ludkewycz [STAH-niss-lahooss LÔÔT-kuh-vihch])
Ludmila C LÔÔD-mih-luh C (character in the opera Prodaná nevsta [PRAW-dah-nahah
NEH-vyess-tah] — the Bartered Bride; music by BedÍich Smetana [BEDD-rshihk SMEH-tuhnuh] and libretto by Karel Sabina [KAH-rell SAH-bih-nah])
Ludwig C August Ludwig C AHÔÔ-gôôst LOOT-vihh
Ludwig C Christa Ludwig C KRIH-stah LOOT-vihh
Ludwig C Franz Ludwig C FRAHNTSS LOOT-vihh
Ludwig C Friedrich Ludwig C FREET-rihh LOOT-vihh
Ludwig C Hanna Ludwig C HAHN-nuh LOOT-vihh
Ludwig C Leopold Ludwig C LAY-o-pawlt LOOT-vihh
Ludwig C Walther Ludwig C VAHL-tur LOOT-vihh
Ludwig ii C Ludwig II C LOOT-vihh II
Luedeke C Raymond Luedeke C RAY-munnd LOO-duh-kee
Luening C Otto Luening C AHT-toh LOO-nihng C (known also as Otto Clarence [KLArunntss] Luening)
Lugaz C Colette Alliot-Lugaz C kaw-lett ahl-leeaw-lü-gah
Lugert C Josef Lugert C YO-seff LÔÔ-ghehrt
Lugete o veneres C LOO-gheh-teh o VEH-neh-ress C (excerpt from Catulli Carmina [kahTOOL-lee kar-MEE-nah] by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF])
Lui desso linfante C E lui! Desso! L’Infante! C ay looEE! DAYSS-so! leen-FAHN-tay! C
(excerpt from the opera Don Carlos [dohn KAR-lohss]; 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])
Luigi luigi C O Luigi! Luigi! C o looEE-jee! looEE-jee! C (trio from the opera Il tabarro [eel
tah-BAR-ro] — The Cloak; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto
by Giuseppe Adami [joo-ZAYP-pay ah-DAH-mee] after Didier Gold [dee-deeay gawld])
Luigini C Alexandre Luigini C ah-leck-sah6-dr’ looee-zhee-nee C (known also as AlexandreClément-Léon-Joseph Luigini [ah-leck-sah6-dr’-klay-mah6-lay-aw6-zho-zeff looee-zhee-nee])
Luigino C Don Luigino C dohn looee-JEE-no C (character in Il viaggio a Reims [eel veeAHDjo 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])
Luisa miller C Luisa Miller C loo-EE-zah MILL-lur C (an opera, with music by Giuseppe
Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano [sahl-vah-TOH-ray
kahm-mah-RAH-no] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur])
Luise die briefe ihres ungetreuen liebhabers verbrannte C Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen
Liebhabers verbrannte C ahls loo-EE-zuh dee BREE-fuh EE-russ ôôn-guh-TROY-unn
LEEP-hah-burss fehr-BRAHN-tuh C (Luise Burning Her Faithless Lover’s Letters) C (lyric
by Gabriele von Baumberg [gahp-reeAY-luh fawn BAHÔÔM-pehrk] set to music by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Lukacic C Ivan Luka…iƒ C EE-vunn LOO-kaw-chihch C (known also as Marko [MAR-kaw]
Ivan Luka…iƒ)
Lukacs C Ervin Lukacs C EHR-vinn LÔÔ-kahch
Lukacs C Miklós Lukács C MICK-lohohsh LÔÔ-kahahsh
Lukas C Zdenk Lukáš C ZDEH-nyeck lôô-KAHAHSH
Lulajze C Jezuniu Lulajóe C yeh-ZÔÔ-neeôô lôô-LAY-zhay C (the words as given here are in
reverse order)
Lulajze jezuniu C Lulajóe, Jezuniu C lôô-LAY-zhay, yeh-ZÔÔ-neeôô C (Sleep, Little Jesus —
a Polish Christmas carol and lullaby)
Lulle lullay C Lulle, Lullay C lool-LEE, lool-LAY C (ballad [BAL-ludd] from a collection of
Ten Christmas Carols From the Southern Appalachian Mountains by John Jacob Niles [JAHN
JAY-kubb N¦LZ])
Lully C Jean-Baptiste Lully C zhah6-bah-teest lül-lee
Lultima canzone C L’ultima canzone C LOOL-tee-mah kahn-TSO-nay C (The Last Song)
C (song by Francesco Paolo Tosti [frahn-CHAY-sko PAHO-lo TOH-stee])
Lultimo bacio C L'ultimo bacio C LOOL-tee-mo BAH-cho C the Last Kiss) C (song by
Francesco Paolo Tosti [frahn-CHAY-sko PAHO-lo TOH-stee])
Lultimo ricordo C L’ultimo ricordo C LOOL-tee-mo ree-KOHR-doh C (The Last
Remembrance) C (song by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
Lumbye C Hans Christian Lumbye C HAHNSS KRISS-tihunn LUMM-bü
Lummis C Charles F. Lummis C CHAH-rullz F. LUMM-miss C (known also as Charles
Fletcher [FLETT-chur] Lummis)
Lumsdaine C David Lumsdaine C DAY-vudd LUMMZ-dayn C (known also as David
Newton [n’YOO-tunn] Lumsdaine)
Lumsden C Sir David Lumsden C (Sir) DAY-vudd LUMMZ-dunn C (known also as Sir
David James [JAYMZ] Lumsden)
Luna C LOO-nah C (moon, Italian)
Luna destate C Luna d'estate C LOO-nah day-STAH-tay C (Summer Moon) C (song by
Francesco Paolo Tosti [frahn-CHAY-sko PAHO-lo TOH-stee])
Luna marinara C LOO-nah mah-ree-NAH-rah C (song by Simonini [see-mo-NEE-nee] and
Bonagura [bo-nah-GOO-rah])
Lunaire C Pierrot Lunaire C peeehr-ro lü-nehr C (composition by Arnold Schönberg [ARnawlt SHÖN-pehrk])
Lund C Signe Lund C SEENG-nuh LEWN
Lundahl C Steven Lundahl C STEE-vunn LUNN-dahl
Lundin C Kerstin Lundin C SHUSS-tinn LÜN-deen
Lundquist C Torbjörn Lundquist C TÔÔR-b’yörn LÜND-kvisst C (known also as Torbjörn
Iwan [EE-vahn] Lundquist)
Lundsten C Ralph Lundsten C RAHLF LÜND-stenn
Lune C lün C (moon, French)
Lune blanche C La lune blanche C lah lün blah6sh C (The White Moon) C (poem by Paul
Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
Lune descend sur le temple qui fut C Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut C ay lah lün duhsah6 sür luh tah6-pl’ kee fü C (composition by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see] published
in Book 2 of his Images [ee-mahzh])
Lunge da lei C LOON-jay dah LAY-ee C (aria featuring Alfredo [ahl-FRAY-doh] in the
opera La traviata [lah trah-veeAH-tah] — The Worldly Woman; music by Giuseppe Verdi [jooZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah
peeAH-vay] after Alexandre Dumas [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ dü-mah])
Lunge da lei de miei bollenti spiriti C Lunge da lei ... De' miei bollenti spiriti C LOON-jay dah
LAY-ee ... day meeAYEE bohl-LAYN-tee SPEE-ree-tee C (passage featuring Alfredo [ahlFRAY-doh] in 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-CHAYsko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after Alexandre Dumas [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ dü-mah])
Lungi da te C LOON-jee dah TAY C (aria from the opera Mitridate, rè di Ponto [mee-treeDAH-tay, RAY dee POHN-toh] — Mithridates, King of Pontus [mith-rih-DAH-tuss, (King
of) PAWN-tuss]); music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss
MO-tsart]; libretto by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi [veet-TOH-reeo ah-may-DAY-o CHEEn’yah-SAHN-tee] after Giuseppe Parini [joo-ZAYP-pay pah-REE-nee] and Jean Racine [zhah6
rah-seen])
Lungi omai C LOON-jee o-MAHEE C (vocal duet by Giacomo Carissimi [JAH-ko-mo kahREESS-see-mee])
Lunn C Louise Kirkby-Lunn C lôô-EEZ KURK-bee-LUNN
Lunssens C Martin Lunssens C mar-teh6 LÜN-sunnss
Luonnotar kalevala C Luonnotar (Kalevala) C LÔÔ-awn-naw-tar (KAH-leh-vah-lah) C
(song by Jean Sibelius [zhah6 sih-BAY-lihôôss])
Lupi C Johannes Lupi C yo-HAHN-nuss LÜ-pee
Lupi C Roberto Lupi C ro-BAYR-toh LOO-pee
Luporini C Gaetano Luporini C gahay-TAH-no loo-po-REE-nee
Lupu C Radu Lupu C RAH-doo LOO-poo
Lupus C Eduardus Lupus C ay-dôôAR-dôôss LÔÔ-pôôss C (Latinized version of the
Portuguese name Duarte Lobo [dôôARCH LO-bo])
Lusato messo ruiz invia perigliarti ancor C L’usato messo Ruiz invia! ... Perigliarti ancor C looZAH-toh MAYSS-so ROO-eetss EEN-veeah! ... pay-ree-leeAR-tee AHN-kohr C (duet 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-vah-DOH-ray kahmmah-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])
Lussan C Zélie de Lussan C ZAY-lee duh looss-SAHN
Lussy C Mathis Lussy C MAH-tiss LÔÔSS-see
Lustige witwe C Die lustige Witwe C dee LÔÔ-stih-guh VITT-vuh C (The Merry Widow)
C (an operetta, with 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])
Lustigen weiber von windsor C Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor C dee LÔÔ-stih-gunn V¦bur fawn VINNT-zur C (The Merry Wives of Windsor) C (an opera, with music by Otto
Nicolai [AWT-toh NEE-ko-lahee]; libretto by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal [ZAHAH-lo-mawn
HEHR-mahn MO-zunn-tahl] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Lutgendorff C Willibald Leo Lütgendorff C VILL-lee-bahlt LAY-o LÜT-gunn-tawrf
Luth C lüt C (lute)
Luther C lü-tur 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 kar-ray])
Lutkin C Peter Christian Lutkin C PEE-tur KRISS-tihunn LUTT-k’n
Luto carens et latere C LÔÔ-toh KUH-rennss ett luh-TEH-reh C (Free of Clay and Brick)
C (composition by Philippe le Chancelier [fee-leep luh shah6-s’leeay])
Lutoslawski C Witold Lutos»awski C VEE-tawlt lôô-tah-SWAHF-skee
Lutschg C Karl Lütschg C KARL LÜTSHK
Lutyens C Elisabeth Lutyens C ih-LIH-zuh-buhth LUTT-yunnz C (known also as Agnes
[AGG-nuss] Elisabeth Lutyens)
Lutz C Meyer Lutz C {M¦-ur LOOTZ} M¦-ur LÔÔTSS C (known also as Wilhelm [VILLhellm] Meyer Lutz)
Lutzke C Myron Lutzke C M¦-runn LUTTSS-kee
Lutzow C Anja Lützow C AHN-yah LÜT-tsawv
Luvisi C Lee Luvisi C LEE loo-VEE-zee
Lux C Friedrich Lux C FREET-rihh LOOKSS
Lux aeterna C LOOKSS ay-TAYR-nah C (section of the Latin requiem [{REH-kôôee-umm}
REH-kôôih-emm] set to music by various composers)
Lux beata trinitas C O lux beata trinitas C o lookss beh-AH-tah TREE-nih-tahss 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)
Lux et gloria C LOOKSS ett GLO-rihuh C (motet [mo-TETT] by an anonymous composer
from the 13th or 14th century)
Lux polis refulgens C LOOKSS PAW-liss reh-FOOL-jennz C (motet [mo-TETT] by an
anonymous composer from the 13th or 14th century)
Lux polis refulgens lux et gloria C Lux polis refulgens/Lux et gloria C LOOKSS PAW-liss
reh-FOOL-jennz/LOOKSS ett GLO-rihuh C (motet [mo-TETT) by an anonymous composer
from the 13th or 14th century)
Luxon C Benjamin Luxon C BENN-juh-munn LUCK-s'n
Luython C Charles Luython C shar-luh lüee-taw6
Luzzaschi C Luzzasco Luzzaschi C loot-TSAH-sko loot-TSAH-skee
Luzzi C Luigi Luzzi C looEE-jee LOOT-tsee
Lvov C Alexei Feodorovich Lvov C ah-lyick-SAYEE fehAW-duh-ruh-vihch ly’VAWF C (other
transliterations give the first name as Alexey [ah-lyick-SAY], the second as Fyodorovich
[f’YAW-duh-ruh-vihch], and the last as L’vov [ly’VAWF] and probably Ljwof [ly’VAWF])
Lybbert C Donald Lybbert C DAH-nulld LIBB-burt
Lyford C Ralph Lyford C RALF L¦-furd
Lygia C LEE-jihah C (song from Quo Vadis [kooo VAH-diss] by Rózsa-Webster [RO-zhahWEBB-stur])
Lyk as the dum solsequium C L¦K (as the) DUMM sawl-SEH-kooee-umm C (Like the Mute
Sunflower) C (anonymous early Scottish tune)
Lympany C Moura Lympany C MÔÔUH-rah LIMM-puh-nih C (known also as Dame Moura
Lympany)
Lyne C Felice Lyne C fuh-LEESS LINN
Lynes Frank Lynes C FRAHNGK L¦NZ
Lyonnel C lee-awn-nell C (character in the lyric drama Le roi Arthus [luh r'wah ar-tüss] —
King Arthur; words and music by Ernest Chausson [ehr-nesst shohss-saw6])
Lyons C Lisa Sandow Lyons C LEE-suh SANN-d"w L¦-unnz
Lyra C Justus Wilhelm Lyra C YÔÔSS-tôôss VILL-hellm LÜ-rah
Lyra C LÜ-rah C (lyre, harp)
Lyre C L¦-ur C (lyre, ancient Greek instrument of the harp class)
Lyriques C Les lyriques C leh lee-reek C (The romantics) 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])
Lysander C l§-SANN-dur C (character in the opera A Midsummer Night's Dream; music by
Benjamin Britten [BENN-juh-munn BRITT-tunn]; libretto by Britten and Peter Pears [PEEtur PIHUHRZ] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Lysander i pursue in vain C Lysander I Pursue in Vain C l§-SANN-dur (I Pursue in Vain) C
(song by John Blow [JAHN BLO])
Lysander i pursue C Lysander I Pursue C l§-SANN-dur (I Pursue) C (song by John Blow
[JAHN BLO])
Lysberg C Charles-Samuel Bovy-Lysberg C sharl-sah-mü-ell baw-vee-LÜSS-pehrk C
(known also as Charles-Samuel Lysberg)
Lysberg C Charles-Samuel Lysberg C sharl-sah-mü-ell LÜSS-pehrk C (known also as
Charles-Samuel Bovy-Lysberg [sharl-sah-mü-ell baw-vee-LÜSS-pehrk])
Lytle C Cecil Lytle C SEE-sull L¦-t’l