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C C (composition from Deux poemes de Louis Aragon [dö paw-emm duh l ôô -ee ah-rah-gaw6] 

— Two Poems by Louis Aragon — set to music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k]) 

C dur C C Dur C TSAY DOOR C (key of C major, German designation) 

C moll C c Moll C TSAY MAWL C (key of c minor, German designation) 

Ca the yowes C Ca’ the Yowes C KAH (the) YOHZ C (poem by Robert Burns [RAH-burt 

BURNZ] set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams [RA L F VAWN WILL-l ih ummz]) C (In 

Britain, Ralph may be pronounced RAYF) 

Caamano C Roberto Caamaño C ro-VEHR-toh kah-MAH-n’yo 

Caba C Eduardo Caba C ay-d oo AR-doh KAH-vah 

Cabaletta C {kah-bah-LETT-tah} kah-bah-LAYT-tah 

Caballe C Montserrat Caballé C mawnt-sehr-RAHT kah-vah-l’YAY 

Caballero C Manuel Fernández Caballero C mah-n oo ELL fehr-NAHN-dehth kah-vah-l’YAYro 

Cabanilles C Juan Bautista José Cabanilles C h oo AHN bah oo -TEESS-tah ho-SAY kah-vah- 

NEE-l’yayss 

Cabecon C Antonio de Cabeçon C ahn-TOH-n ee o day kah-vay-SAWN C known also as 

Antonio de Cabezon [kah-vay-THAWN]) 

Cabello mas sutil C Del cabello más sutil C dell kah-VELL-l’yo MAHSS soo-TEEL C (Of 

That Softest Hair) C (song by Fernando J. Obradors [fehr-NAHN-doh (J.) o-VRAH-thawrss]) 

Cabezon C Antonio de Cabezón C ahn-TOH-n ee o day kah-vay-THAWN C (known also as 

Antonio de Cabeçon [ahn-TOH-n ee o day kah-vay-SAWN]) 

Cabrito C Un cabrito C oon kah-VREE-toh C (a medieval song of the Passover sung by the 

Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Morocco) 

Caccia C La caccia C lah KAH-chah C (The Hunt) C (allegro [ahl-LAY-gro] number in 

L’autunno [lah oo -TOON-no] — Autumn) C (from Le quattro stagioni [lay k oo AHT-tro stah- 

JO-nee] — The Four Seasons — by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-n ee o vee-VAHL-dee]) 

Caccini C Francesca Caccini C frahn-CHAY-skah kah-CHEE-nee 

Caccini C Giulio Caccini C JOO-l ee o kah-CHEE-nee C (known also as Romano Caccini [ro- 

MAH-no kah-CHEE-nee])

Cachemaille C Gilles Cachemaille C zheel kahsh-mah y’ 

Cacilie C Cäcilie C tseh-TSEE-l ih uh C (Cecilia) C (poem by Heinrich Hart [H��N-rihh HART] 

set to music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAH ÔÔ SS]) 

Cacioppo C George Cacioppo C JAW-urj kah-CHOHP-po C (known also as George 

Emanuel [ih-MANN-yuh-wull] Cacioppo) 

Cadeac C Pierre Cadéac C p ee ehr kah-day-ahk 

Cadena C Candelario Huízar García de la Cadena C kahn-day-LAH-r ee o OO EE-sar gar-SEEah 

day lah kah-THAY-nah C (known also as Candelario Huízar) 

Cadenza C kah-DAYN-zuh C (excerpt from Cello Concerto No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich 

[d’MEE-tree shuss-tah-KAW-vihch]) 

Cadenza finale C Cadenza Finale C kah-DAYN-tsah fee-NAH-lay C (excerpt from the 

Serenade in A by Igor Stravinsky [EE-gur strah-VINN-skee]) 

Cadenza on the night plain C Cadenza on the Night Plain C kuh-DENN-zuh (on the Night 

Plain) C (composition by Terry Riley [TEHR-ree R��-lee]) 

Cadicamo C E. Cadícamo C (E.) kah-THEE-kah-mo 

Cadiz C Cádiz C KAH-dihth C (composition from Suite Española [s ü eet ayss-pah-n’YOlah] 

— Spanish Suite — by Isaac Albéniz [ee-SAHK ahl-VAY-neeth]) 

Cadoni C Fernanda Cadoni C fayr-NAHN-dah kah-DOH-nee 

Caduca fiamma C kah-DOO-kah f ee AHM-mah C (song by Giulio Caccini [JOO-l ee o kah- 

CHEE-nee]) 

Caduff C Sylvia Caduff C SÜL-f ih ah KAH-dôôf 

Caecilia virgo et martyr C Caecilia, virgo et martyr C chay-CHIH-l ih uh, VEER-go ett MARtür 

C (Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr) C (an oratorio by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6twahn 

shar-pah6-t ee ay]; also a character in the oratorio) 

Caesar C Irving Caesar C UR-vihng SEE-zur 

Cafaro C Pasquale Cafaro C pah-sk oo AH-lay kah-FAH-ro C (known also as Pasquale Caffaro 

[kahf-FAH-ro]) 

Caffarelli C kahf-fah-RAYL-lee C (known also as Gaetano Majorano [gah ay -TAH-no mahjo-RAH-no])

Caffaro C Pasquale Caffaro C pah-sk oo AH-lay kahf-FAH-ro C (known also as Pasquale 

Cafaro [kah-FAH-ro]) 

Caffi C Francesco Caffi C frahn-CHAY-sko KAHF-fee 

Caffrey C Greg Caffrey C GREGG KAFF-ree 

Cage aux folles C La cage aux folles C lah kahzh o fawl C (Broadway show, with music by 

Jerry Herman [JEHR-ree HUR-munn]) 

Cagnoni C Antonio Cagnoni C ahn-TAW-n ee o kah-n’YO-nee 

Cahier C Mme. Charles Cahier C mah-dahm sharl kah-yay 

Cahn C Sammy Cahn C SAMM-mee KAHN 

Cahn speyer C Rudolf Cahn-Speyer C ROO-dawlf KAH AH N-SP��-ur 

Cailliet C Lucien Cailliet C {LOO-sh’n KAH EE -l ee ett} lü-s ee ah6 keh-yeh 

Caine C Hugh Le Caine C h’YOO luh KAYN 

Caiphas C KAH ih -fuss C (character in the cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] Forsaken of Man by Leo 

Sowerby [LEE-o S!W-ur-bee]) C (character in the Brockes [BRAW-kuss] Passion by George 

Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]) 

Caireles C kah ee -RAY-layss C (character in the opera El gato montés [ell GAH-toh mawn- 

TAYSS] — The Wildcat; words and music by Manuel Penella [mah-n oo ELL pay-NAY-l’yah]) 

Cairns C David Cairns C DAY-vudd KEHRNZ C (known also as David Adam [A-dumm] 

Cairns) 

Caissons go rolling along C The Caissons Go Rolling Along C (The) KAYSS-sahnz (Go 

Rolling Along) C (march by Gruber [GROO-bur]) 

Caius C Dr. Caius C (Dr.) KAH EE -ooss C (character in the opera Falstaff [FAHL-stahf]; 

music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo- 

EE-toh] after William Shakespeare [WILL-l ih umm SHAYK-spih uh r]) 

Caix dhervelois C Louis de Caix d’Hervelois C l ôô -ee duh keh dehr-vuh-l’wah 

Cajus C Dr. Cajus C (Dr.) KAH-yooss C (character in the opera Die lustigen Weiber von 

Windsor [dee LÔÔ-stih-gunn V��-bur fawn VINNT-zur] — The Merry Wives of Windsor; 

music by Otto Nicolai [AWT-toh NEE-ko-lah ih ]; libretto by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal 

[ZAH AH -lo-mawn HEHR-mahn MO-zunn-tahl] after William Shakespeare [WILL-l ih umm

SHAYK-spih uh r]) 

Calabrese C Franco Calabrese C FRAHN-ko kah-lah-BRAY-zay 

Calabro C Louis Calabro C LOO-uss kah-LAH-bro 

Calaf C KAH-lahf C (character in the opera Turandot [TOO-rahn-doht]; music by Giacomo 

Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Giuseppe Adami [joo-ZAYP-pay ah-DAHmee] 

and Renato Simoni [ray-NAH-toh see-MO-nee] after Carlo Gozzi [KAR-lo GOHT-tsee]) 

Calamnius C Ilmari Calamnius C ILL-mah-rih KAH-lahm-n ih ooss 

Caland C Elisabeth Caland C ay-LEE-zah-bett KAH-lahnt 

Calatrava C Il Marchese di Calatrava C eel mar-KAY-zay dee kah-lah-TRAH-vah C (The 

Marquis of Calatrava) C (character in the opera La Forza del Destino [lah FOHR-tsah dayl 

day-STEE-no] — The Force of Destiny; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYRdee]; 

libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah p ee AH-vay] after 

Angel P. De Saavedra [ahn-HELL (P.) day sah-VAY-drah]) 

Calbo C KAHL-bo C (character in the opera Maometto secondo [mah-o-MAYT-toh say- 

KOHN-doh] — Mahomet [mah-HO-mett] II; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no 

rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Cesare della Valle [chay-ZAH-ray dayl-lah VAHL-lay]) 

Calcabigi C Ranieri di Calcabigi C rah-n ee AY-ree dee kahl-kah-BEE-jee C (known also as 

Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-n ee AY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee], Raniero de’ Calzabigi [rahn 

ee AY-ro day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee] , and Ranieri Simone Francesco Maria di Calzabigi [rahn 

ee AY-ree see-MO-nay frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah dee kahl-tsah-BEE-jee]) 

Calcano C José Antonio Calcaño C ho-SAY ahn-TOH-n ee o kahl-KAH-n’yo 

Calchas C kahl-shahss C (character in the opera La belle Hélène [lah bell ay-lenn] — The 

Fair Helen; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac 

[ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee]) 

Caldara C Antonio Caldara C ahn-TAW-n ee o kahl-DAH-rah 

Caldicott C Alfred James Caldicott C A L -frudd JAYMZ KAHL-dih-kaht 

Calegari C Antonio Calegari C ahn-TAW-n ee o kah-lay-GAH-ree 

Caletti C Pier Francesco Cavalli Caletti C p ee AYR frahn-CHAY-sko kah-VAHL-lee kah- 

LAYT-tee C (known also as Pier Francesco Cavalli) 

Calhe C Lo calhé C lo kah-yay C (The Quail) C (excerpt from Chants d'Auvergne [shah6

doh-vehrn y’ ] — Songs of the Auvergne [o-vehrn y ’], French folk songs collected by Joseph 

Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb]) 

Calistratus C kah-l Y ih-STRAH-tôôss C (song by Modest Moussorgsky [mah-D Y ESST 

MOOSS-surk-skee]) 

Calkin C John Baptiste Calkin C JAHN BAPP-tusst KAHL-k’n 

Callaerts C Joseph Callaerts C YO-zeff KAHL-lartss 

Callas C Maria Callas C mah-REE-ah KAHL-lahss 

Callcott C John Callcott C JAHN KAHL-kaht 

Calle C Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle C ah-LEE-th ee ah day lar-RO-chah ee day lah KAHl’yay 

C (known also as Alicia de Larrocha) 

Calleja C Gómez Rafael Calleja C GO-mehth rah-fah-ELL kah-l’YAY-hah 

Calligaris C Sergio Calligaris C SAYR-jo kahl-lee-GAH-reess 

Callinet C François Callinet C frah6-swah kahl-lee-neh 

Callinet C Louis Callinet C l ôô -ee kahl-lee-neh 

CallinicosC Constantine Callinicos C kohn-stahn-DEEN kahl-LEE-nee-kawss C (in Greece, 

the first name of this Greek national is known as Constantinos [kohn-stahn-DEE-nawss]) 

Calm C Birgit Calm C BIHR-ghitt KAHLM 

Calma C La calma C lah KAHL-mah C (Calm) C (excerpt from Colectici intim [ko-leck- 

TEE-see EEN-teem] — Personal Collection — by Vicente Ascencio [vee-SENN-teh ahss- 

SENN-s ee o]) 

Calmatevi idol mio non mi dir C Calmatevi, idol mio — Non mi dir C kahl-mah-TAY-vee, 

EE-dohl MEE-o — NOHN mee DEER C (recitative [reh-suh-tuh-TEEV] and aria from the 

opera Don Giovanni [dohn jo-VAHN-nee]; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng 

ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah 

POHN-tay]) 

Calme des nuits C kahlm day n ü ee C (Nocturnal Calm) C (composition by Camille Saint-Saëns 

[{kah-meel seh6-sah6ss} kah-mee y’ seh-sah6ss]) 

Calo C José López-Calo C ho-SAY LO-pehth-KAH-lo

Calunnia C La calunnia C lah kah-LOON-n ee ah C (aria from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia 

[eel bar-b ee AY-ray dee see-VEE-l ee ah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by 

Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray 

stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 

duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee]) 

Calunnia e un venticello C La calunnia è un venticello C lah kah-LOON-n ee ah ay oon vayntee-CHAYL-lo 

C (aria from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-b ee AY-ray dee see-VEEl 

ee ah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss- 

SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin 

Caron de Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe 

Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee]) 

Calve C Emma Calvé C emm-mah kahl-vay C (known also as Rosa-Noémie [raw-zah-naway-mee] 

Emma Calvé) 

Calvisius C Sethus Calvisius C SEH-tôôss kahl-VIH-s ih ôôss 

Calvocoressi C Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi C mee-SHELL thee-MEE-tree kahl-vo-ko- 

RESS ss C (the first name of this Greek National is known in Greece as Michalis [mee-KAH-liss] 

or Michail [mee-kah-EEL]) 

Calzabigi C Ranieri de’ Calzabigi C rah-n ee AY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee C (known also as 

Ranieri di Calcabigi [rah-n ee AY-ree dee kahl-kah-BEE-jee], Raniero de’ Calzabigi [rah-n ee AYro 

day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee], and Ranieri Simone Francesco Maria di Calzabigi [rah-n ee AY-ree 

see-MO-nay frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah dee kahl-tsah-BEE-jee]) 

Camarata C Salvador Camarata C SA L -vah-dohr ka-muh-RAH-tuh 

Camargo guarnieri C Mozart Camargo Guarnieri C maw-ZAR-chee kah-MAH-gôô g oo ahn 

ih EH-ree 

Cambert C Robert Cambert C ro-behr kah6-behr 

Cambini C Giuseppe Maria Cambini C joo-ZAYP-pay mah-REE-ah kahm-BEE-nee C 

(known also as Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino [j oh ahk-KEE-no] Cambini) 

Cambreling C Sylvain Cambreling C seel-veh6 kah6-br'-leeng 

Cambridge singers C Cambridge Singers C KAYM-bridj (Singers) 

Cameran singers C Cameran Singers C kah-meh-RAHN (Singers) 

Camerata C kah-may-RAH-tah

Camerata academica C Camerata Academica C kah-may-RAH-tah ah-kah-DAY-mee-kah 

Camerata academica des mozarteums salzburg C Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg 

C kah-may-RAH-tah ah-kah-DAY-mee-kah dess mo-TSAR-tay-ôômss ZAHLTSS-poork 

Camerata bern C Camerata Bern C kah-may-RAH-tah BEHRN 

Camerata cassovia C Camerata Cassovia C kah-may-RAH-tah kahss-SO-v ee ah C (Košice 

[KAW-shih-tseh] Teachers' Choir) 

Cameron C Basil Cameron C BA-zull KA-muh-runn C (known also as George [JAW-urj] 

Basil Cameron]) 

Cametti C Alberto Cametti C ahl-BAYR-toh kah-MAYT-tee 

Camidge C Matthew Camidge C MATH-yoo KA-midj 

Camille C {kah-meel} kah-mee y’ C (character in the operetta Die lustige Witwe [dee LÔÔstih-guh 

VITT-vuh] — The Merry Widow; music by Franz Lehár [FRAHNZ leh-HAH AH R]; 

libretto by Victor Léon [veek-tawr lay-aw6] and Leo Stein [LAY-o SHT��N] after Henri Meilhac 

[ah6-ree meh-yack]) 

Camilo C Michel Camilo C mih-SHELL kah-MEE-lo 

Caminito C kah-mee-NEE-toh C (composition by J. de D. Filiberto [(J.) day (D.) fee-lee- 

VEHR-toh] and G. C. Peñaloza [(G. C.) pay-n’yah-LO-thah] 

Cammarano C Salvadore Cammarano C sahl-vah-DOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no C (known 

also as Salvatore [sahl-vah-TOH-ray] Cammarano) 

Campagnoli C Bartolommeo Campagnoli C bar-toh-lohm-MAY-o kahm-pah-n’YO-lee 

Campana C Fabio Campana C FAH-b ee o kahm-PAH-nah 

Campanari C Giuseppe Campanari C joo-ZAYP-pay kahm-pah-NAH-ree 

Campanari C Leandro Campanari C lay-AHN-dro kahm-pah-NAH-ree 

Campanella C Bruno Campanella C BROO-no kahm-pah-NAYL-lah 

Campanella C Michele Campanella C mee-KAY-lay kahm-pah-NAYL-lah 

Campanello del sagrestano C kahm-pah-NAYL-lo dayl sah-gray-STAH-no C (Sacristy 

[SAY-kriss-tee] Bell) C (composition after Giovanni Gabrieli [jo-VAHN-nee gahb-r ee AY-lee])

Campanini C Cleofonte Campanini C klay-o-FOHN-tay kahm-pah-NEE-nee 

Campanini C Italo Campanini C ee-TAH-lo kahm-pah-NEE-nee 

Campbell C Enrique Bátiz Campbell C ayn-REE-kay BAH-teess KAMM-buhl C (known 

also as Enrique Bátiz) 

Campbell C William Campbell C WILL-l ih umm KAMM-buhl 

Campenhout C François van Campenhout C frah6-SWAH vunn KAHM-penn-hoht 

Campi C Enrico Campi C ayn-REE-ko KAHM-pee 

Campi C Flos Campi C FLOHSS KAHM-pee 

Campina C Eduardo Granados y Campiña C ay-th oo AR-doh grah-NAH-thawss ee kahm- 

PEE-n’yah C (known also as Eduardo Granados) 

Campina C Enrique Granados y Campiña C ayn-REE-kay grah-NAH-thawss ee kahm-PEEn’yah 

C (known also as Enrique Granados) 

Campion C François Campion C frah6-swah kah6-p ee aw6 

Campion C Thomas Campion C TAH-muss KAMM-p ih unn C (known also as Thomas 

Campian [KAMM-p ih unn]) 

Campioni C Carlo Antonio Campioni C KAR-lo ahn-TAW-n ee o kahm-p ee O-nee 

Campo C Conrado del Campo C kawn-RAH-tho dell KAHM-po C (known also as Conrado 

del Campo y Zabaleta [kawn-RAH-tho dell KAHM-po ee thah-vah-LAY-tah]) 

Campo C Frank Campo C FRANGK KAMM-po 

Campo tasso C Le Baron de Campo Tasso C luh bah-raw6 duh KAHM-po TAHSS-so C 

(character in the opera Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] — The Brigands [BRIH-gunndz]; music by 

Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] 

and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee]) 

Campoamor C R. de Campoamor C (R.) duh kah6-p’wah-mawr 

Campora C Giuseppe Campora C joo-ZAYP-pay kahm-PO-rah 

Campos parsi C Héctor Campos Parsi C ECK-tawr KAHM-pawss PAR-see C (known also 

as Héctor Campos-Parsi)

Campra C André Campra C ah6-dray kah6-prah 

Camps C Pompeyo Camps C pawm-PAY-yo KAHMPSS 

Camussi C Ezio Camussi C AY-ts ee o kah-MOOSS-see 

Canal C Marguerite Canal C mar-gö-reet kah-nahl 

Canali C Anna-Maria Canali C AHN-nah-mah-REE-ah kah-NAH-lee 

Canareis C kah-NAH-r��ss C (anonymous early Scottish tune) 

Canario C kah-NAH-r ee o C (excerpt from Fantasia para un gentilhombre [fahn-tah-SEE-ah 

PAH-rah oon hayn-tee-LAWM-bray] by Joaquín Rodrigo [ho-ah-KEEN rohd-REE-go]; 

composition by Francisco Guerau [frahn-THEESS-ko GAY-rah oo ]) 

Canarios C kah-NAH-r ee awss C (composition by Gaspar Sanz [gahss-PAR SAHNTH]) 

Cancao do poeta do seculo C Canção do poeta do sêculo C kah6-SAH6ôô dôô po-EH-tuh 

dôô SEH-koo-lôô C (Song of the Poet of the Century) C (composition by Heitor Villa-Lobos 

[ay-TAWR VEEL-luh-LO-bôôsh]) 

Cancion C Canción C kahn-thee-AWN C (Song) C (folk song set to music by Manuel de Falla 

[mah-n oo ELL day {FAH-yah} FAH-l’yah]) C (excerpt from the Suite compostelana [s ü eet 

kawm-pawss-tay-LAH-nah], pertaining to the people of Santiago de Compostela [sahn-t ee AHgo 

day kawm-pawss-TAY-lah], a small administrative district in northwestern Spain, by 

Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-PO OO ]) 

Cancion al arbol del olvido C Canción al árbol del olvido C kahn-s’YAWN ahl ar-VAWL 

dell awl-VEE-tho C (Song to the Tree of Oblivion) C (poem by Fernán Silva y Valdés [fehr- 

NAHN SEEL-vah ee vahl-DAYSS] set to music by Alberto Ginastera [ahl-VEHR-toh heenahss-TAY-rah]) 

Cancion de jinete C kahn-th ee AWN day hee-NAY-tay C (Song of the Rider) C (excerpt from 

Madrigals [MADD-rih-gullz] by George Crumb [JAW-urj KRUMM]) 

Cancion de la paloma C Canción de la paloma C kahn-th ee AWN day lah pah-LO-mah C 

(Song of the Dove) C (excerpt from the zarzuela [thar-th oo AY-lah] El barberillo de Lavapiés 

[ell bar-bay-REE-l’yo day lah-vah-p ee AYSS]; music by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri [frahn- 

THEESS-ko ah-SAYN-ho bar-v ee AY-ree] and libretto by Larra [LAR-rah]) 

Cancion del beso robado C Canción del beso robado C kahn-s ee AWN dell BAY-so ro-VAHthoh 

C (The Stolen Kiss) C (song attributed to Alberto Ginastera [ahl-VEHR-toh hee-nahss- 

TAY-rah])

Cancion del carretero C Canción del carretero C kahn-s ee AWN dell kah-ray-TAY-ro C (The 

Wagoner’s Song) C (poem by Gustavo Caraballo [gooss-TAH-vo kah-rah-VAHL-lo] set to 

music by Carlos López Buchardo [KAR-lawss LO-pess boo-CHAR-doh]) 

Cancion del emperador C La canción del emperador C lah kahn-th ee AWN dell aym-pay-rah- 

THAWR C (The Song of the Emperor) C (composition by Luis de Narváez [l oo EESS day nar- 

VAH-ehth]) 

Cancion del naranjo secoC Canción del naranjo seco C kahn-th ee AWN dell nah-RAHN-ho 

say-ko C (Song of the Withered Orange) C (excerpt from Madrigals [MADD-rih-gullz] by 

George Crumb [JAW-urj KRUMM]) 

Cancion del sembrador C Canción del sembrador C kahn th ee AWN dell saym-vrah-THAWR 

C (The Sower's Song) C (excerpt from La rosa del azafrán [lah RO-sah dell ah-thah- 

FRAHN] by Jacinto Guerrero [hah-THEEN-toh gayr-RAY-ro]) 

Cancion hungara C Canción húngara C kahn-th ee AWN OON-gah-rah C Hungarian Song 

from the zarzuela [thar-th oo AY-lah] Alma de Dios [AHL-mah day DEE-awss]; music by José 

Serrano [ho-SAY sehr-RAH-no]; libretto by Carlos Arniches [KAR-lawss ar-NEE-chayss] and 

Enrique García Alvarez [ayn-REE-kay gar-THEE-ah ahl-vah-REHTH]) 

Cancion ranchera C Canción ranchera C kahn-s ee AWN rahn-CHAY-rah C (Ranch Song) C 

(generic description of a group of Mexican songs) 

Cancion vals C Canción vals C kahn-s ee AWN VAHLSS C (Waltz Song) C (a Mexican song) 

Cancionero de segovia C Cancionero de Segovia C kahn-th ee o-NAY-ro day say-GO-v ee ah C 

(Songbook of Segovia [suh-GO-v ee ah]) 

Canciones C kahn-th ee O-nayss C (excerpt from the suite Marizápalos [mah-ree-THAH-pahlawss] 

by Gaspar Sanz [gahss-PAR SAHNTH]) 

Canciones espanolas C Canciones españolas C kahn-th ee O-nayss ayss-pah-n’YO-lahss C 

(Spanish Songs) C (compositions by Manuel de Falla [mah-n oo ELL day {FAH-yah} FAHl’yah]) 

Canco de lladre C KAHN-ko day l’YAH-dray C (Catalan [KAH-t’-lunn] folk song arranged 

by Miguel Llobet [mee-GHELL l’yo-BETT]) 

Candia C Giovanni Matteo Mario, Cavaliere de Candia C jo-VAHN-nee maht-TAY-o MAHr 

ee o, kah-vah-l ee AY-ray day KAHN-d ee ah 

Candide C kahn-DEED C (an operetta, with music by Leonard Bernstein [LEH-nurd BURNst��n] 

and libretto by R. Wilbur [R. WILL-bur], J. Latouche [J. lah-TOOSH], D. Parker [D. 

PAR-kur], and Leonard Bernstein after L. Hellman [L. HELL-munn] after Voltaire [vawl-

tehr]; also a character in the operetta) 

Caniglia C Maria Caniglia C mah-REE-ah kah-NEE-l ee ah 

Canino C Bruno Canino C BROO-no kah-NEE-no 

Canio pagliaccio C Canio (Pagliaccio) C KAH-n ee o (pah-l ee AH-cho) C (character in the opera 

Pagliacci [pah-l ee AH-chee]; libretto and music by Ruggero Leoncavallo [rood-JAY-ro lay-ohnkah-VAHL-lo]) 

Cannabich C Christian Cannabich C KRIH-st ih ahn KAHN-nah-bihh C (known also as 

Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich [YO-hahn KRIH-st ih ahn INN-no-tsenntss 

bo-nah-fenn-TOO-rah KAHN-nah-bihh]) 

Cannaregio C Andrea di Cannaregio C ahn-DRAY-ah dee kahn-nah-RAY-jo C (known also 

as Andrea Gabrieli [ahn-DRAY-ah gahb-r ee AY-lee]) 

Cannio o surdato nnammurato C Cannio - O Surdato ’nnammurato C KAHN-n ee o - o soor- 

DAH-toh ’n-nahm-moo-RAH-toh C (aria from the opera La Gioconda [lah jo-KOHN-dah] 

— The Smiling One; music by Amilcare Ponchielli [ah-meel-KAH-ray pohn-k ee AYL-lee]; 

libretto by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] under the pseudonym of Tobia Gorrio [TAWb 

ee ah GAWR-r ee o]) 

Cannone del porto C Il cannone del porto C eel kahn-NO-nay dayl POHR-toh C (flower duet 

from the opera Madama [mah-DAH-mah] Butterfly — Madam [MA-dumm] Butterfly; music 

by Giacomo Puccini [jah-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEEkah] 

and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after David Belasco [DAY-vudd 

buh-LASS-ko] and John Luther Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG]) 

Canon CKUH-nohn C (composition by Johann Pachelbel [YO-hahn pah-KELL-b’l] — the 

pronunciation of the title of this well-known composition is Americanized to KA-nunn) C 

(composition by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAHst 

ih ahn BAHK]) C (composition from Notturni per due flauti e due corni [no-TOOR-nee payr 

DOO-ay flah oo -tee ay DOO-ay KOHR-nee] — (Nocturnes for Two Flutes and Two Horns) — 

by Franz Joseph Haydn [FRAHNTSS YOH OH -zeff H��-d’n]) 

Canon a four quaerendo invenientis C Canon a 4 quaerendo invenientis C KUH-nohn ah 4 

k oo ay-RENN-doh een-veh-n ih AYN-tiss C (Four-Part Canon) C (excerpt from Musikalisches 

Opfer [moo-zee-KAH AH -lih-shuss AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by Johann Sebastian Bach 

[YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) 

Canon a two cancrizans C Canon a 2 cancrizans C KUH-nohn ah 2 KAHN-krih-dzahnss C 

(Two-Part “Crab” Canon) C (composition from Musikalisches Opfer [moo-zee-KAH AH -lihshuss 

AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASSt 

ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK])

Canon a two per augmentationem contrario motu C Canon a 2 per augmentationem, contrario 

motu C KUH-nohn ah 2 pehr ah oo g-mayn-TAH-t ih o-nemm, kohn-TRAH-r ih o MO-too C 

(Two-Part Canon in Augmentation, Contrary Motion) C (composition from Musikalisches Opfer 

[moo-zee-KAH AH -lih-shuss AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by Johann Sebastian Bach [YOhahn 

{suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) 

Canon a two per motum contrarium C Canon a 2 per motum contrarium C KUH-nohn ah 2 

pehr MO-tôôm kohn-TRAH-r ih ôôm C (Two-Part Canon in Contrary Motion) C (composition 

from Musikalisches Opfer [moo-zee-KAH AH -lih-shuss AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by 

Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) 

Canon a two per tonos C Canon a 2 per tonos C KUH-nohn ah 2 pehr TAW-nohss C (Two- 

Part Modulating Canon) C (composition from Musikalisches Opfer [moo-zee-KAH AH -lih-shuss 

AWP-fur] by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn 

BAHK]) 

Canon a two quaerendo invenientis C Canon a 2 quaerendo invenientis C KUH-nohn ah 2 

k oo ay ee -RENN-doh een-vee-n ih AYN-tiss C (Two-Part Canon) C (composition from 

Musikalisches Opfer [moo-zee-KAH AH -lih-shuss AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by Johann 

Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) 

Canon a two violini in unisono C Canon a 2 violini in unisono C KUH-nohn ah 2 vee-o-LEEnee 

een oo-nih-ZAW-no C (Canon for 2 violins in unison C (composition from Musikalisches 

Opfer [moo-zee-KAH AH -lih-shuss AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by Johann Sebastian Bach 

[YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) 

Canon perpetuus C KUH-nohn payr-PEH-tôô-ôôss C (composition from Musikalisches Opfer 

[moo-zee-KAH AH -lih-shuss AWP-fur] — Musical Offering — by Johann Sebastian Bach [YOhahn 

{suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) 

Canon perpetuus super thema regium C KUH-nohn payr-PEH-tôô-ôôss SÔÔ-pehr TEHmuh 

RAY-jôôm C (composition from Musikalisches Opfer [moo-zee-KAH AH -lih-shuss AWPfur] 

— Musical Offering — by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} 

zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) 

Canon und gigue C KUH-nohn ôônt ZHEEG C (Canon and Gigue) C (compositions by 

Johann Pachelbel [YO-hahn pah-KELL-b’l]) 

Cant dels ocells C El cant dels ocells C ell KAHNT dellss o-SELLSS C (The Song of the 

Birds, an anonymous Catalonian carol) 

Cantabile C kahn-TAH-bee-lay 

Cantabile ed espressivo C kahn-TAH-bee-lay ayd ay-sprayss-SEE-vo

Cantabile senza accompagnamento C kahn-TAH-bee-lay SAYN-tsahk-kohm-pah-n’yah- 

MAYN-toh C (excerpt from the Konzert für 2 Cembali und Orchester Es-dur [KAWN-tsehrt 

für 2 TSEMM-bah-lee ôônt awr-KEH-stur Es-DOOR] — Concerto for 2 Harpsichords and 

Orchestra in E Flat Major — by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach [KARL FEE-lipp ay-MAH AH - 

n oo ayl BAHK]) 

Cantai hor piango C kahn-TAH ih hawr p ih AHN-go C (I Sung Sometime the Freedom of My 

Fancy) C (composition by Orlando de Lassus) [awr-lah6-doh duh lahss-sü]) 

Cantares C kahn-TAH-rayss C (song by Joaquín Turina [ho-ah-KEEN too-REE-nah]) 

Cantata C {kunn-TAH-tuh} kahn-TAH-tah 

Cantata a voce sopra la ciaccona C Cantata a voce sopra la ciaccona C kahn-TAH-tah ah 

VO-chay SO-prah lah chahk-KO-nah C (song by Giovanni Felice Sances [jo-VAHN-nee fay- 

LEE-chay SAHN-chayss]) 

Cantata a voce sopra la passacaglia C kahn-TAH-tah ah VO-chay SO-prah lah pahss-sah- 

KAH-l’yah C (song by Giovanni Felice Sances [jo-VAHN-nee fay-LEE-chay SAHN-chayss]) 

Cantata criolla C La cantata criolla C lah kahn-TAH-tah kr ee O-l’yah C (music by Antonio 

Estévez [ahn-TOH-n ee o ayss-TAY-vehth] and libretto by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba [ahl- 

VEHR-toh ar-VAY-lo tohr-ray-AHL-vah]) 

Cantata criolla florentino el que canto con el diablo C La cantata criolla, “Florentino, el que cantó 

con el diablo” C lah kahn-TAH-tah kr ee O-l’yah, “flo-rayn-TEE-no, ell kay kahn-TOH kohn 

ell dee-AHV-lo” C (a cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh], with music by Antonio Estévez [ahn-TOHn 

ee o ayss-TAY-vehth] and libretto by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba [ahl-VEHR-toh ar-VAY-lo 

tohr-ray-AHL-vah]) 

Cantate C kahn-TAH-tuh C (Latin spelling and pronunciation) 

Cantate C kah6-taht C (cantata) C (French spelling and pronunciation) 

Cantate con me C kahn-TAH-tay kohn MAY C (song by Cherubini [kay-roo-BEE-nee] and 

Bixio [BEEK-s ee o]) 

Cantate domino C Cantate Domino C kahn-TAH-tuh DOH-mih-no C (Sing to the Lord) C 

(title used by various composers) 

Cantate profane C kah6-taht praw-fahn C (secular cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh]) 

Cantelli C Guido Cantelli C g oo EE-doh kahn-TAYL-lee 

Cantelo C April Cantelo C AY-prull kahn-TEH-lo C (known also as April Rosemary

[ROHZ-meh-ree] Cantelo) 

Canteloube C Joseph Canteloube C zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb C (known also as Joseph Canteloube 

de Malaret [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb duh mah-lah-reh], Marie-Joseph Canteloube [mah-ree-zhozeff 

kah6-t’lôôb], and Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret [mah-ree-zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb duh 

mah-lah-reh]) 

Canterbury C KANN-tur-buh-rih 

Canterbury clerkes C Canterbury Clerkes C KANN-tur-buh-rih KLARKS C (musical group) 

Canti del sole C Canti del Sole C KAHN-tee dayl SO-lay C (song cycle by Bernard Rands 

[BUR-nurd RANNDZ) 

Canti lunatici C KAHN-tee loo-nah-TEE-chee C (song cycle by Bernard Rands [BUR-nurd 

RANNDZ]) 

Cantiam la bella clori C Cantiam la bella Clori C KAHN-t ee ahm lah BAYL-lah KLO-ree C 

(composition by Luca Marenzio [LOO-kah mah-RAYN-ts ee o]) 

Cantico di san francesco C Cantico di San Francesco C kahn-TEE-ko dee SAHN frahn- 

CHAY-sko C (composition by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST]) 

Cantiga de santa maria C Cantiga de Santa Maria C kahn-TEE-gah day SAHN-tah mah- 

REE-ah C (sacred music from 13th-century Spain) 

Cantiga no forty eight C Cantiga No. 48 C kahn-TEE-gah (No. 48) C (song from the Court of 

Alfonso [ahl-FAWN-so] the 10th) 

Cantiones profanae C kahn-t ih AW-ness praw-FAH-nay C (poems from the 13th-century 

manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl Orff [KARL 

AWRF]) 

Cantique C kah6-teek C (Religious Chant) C (poem by Jean Racine [zhah6 rah-seen] set to 

music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN]) 

Cantique de jean racine C Cantique de Jean Racine C kah6-teek duh zhah6 rah-seen C 

(requiem [REH-k ôô ee-umm] composed by Gabriel Fauré [gah-br ee ell fo-ray]) 

Cantique de noel C Cantique de Noël C kah6-teek duh naw-ell C (composition by Adolphe 

Adam [ah-dawlf ah-dah6]) 

Cantique sur le bonheur des justes et sur le malheur des reprouves C Cantique sur le bonheur des 

justes et sur le malheur des réprouvés C kah6-teek sür luh baw6-nör day zhüst ay sür luh 

mah-lör day ray-prôô-vay C (Canticle on the Happiness of the Righteous and the Unhappiness

of the Sinners) C (poem by Jean Racine [zhah6 rah-seen] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray- 

NAHL-doh HAHN]) 

Canto a murcia C Canto a Murcia C KAHN-toh ah MOOR-th ee ah C (Song of Murcia) C 

(excerpt from La parranda [lah pah-RAHN-dah] — The Party — by Francisco Alonso [frahn- 

THEESS-ko ah-LAWN-so]) 

Canto de entrada C KAHN-toh day ayn-TRAH-thah C (Entrance song from the Misa 

flamenca [MEE-sah flah-MAYN-kah] — Flamenco [flah-MENN-ko] Mass — by Paco Peña 

[PAH-ko PAY-n’yah]) 

Canto del cigno C Il canto del cigno C eel KAHN-toh dayl CHEE-n’yo C (The Song of the 

Swan) C (song by Camille Saint-Saens [{kah-meel seh6-sah6ss} kah-mee y’ seh6-sah6ss]) 

Canto eucaristico y despedida C Canto eucaristico y despedida C KAHN-toh ay oo -kah- 

REESS-tee-ko ee dayss-pay-THEE-thah C (section of the Misa flamenca [MEE-sah flah- 

MAYN-kah] — Flamenco [flah-MENN-ko] Mass — set to music by Paco Peña [PAH-ko 

PAY-n’yah]) 

Canto in modo nono C Canto in modo nono C KAHN-toh een MO-doh NO-no C 

(composition by Konrad Boehmer [KAWN-raht BÖ-mur]) 

Canto penitencial tientos C Canto penitencial — tientos C KAHN-toh pay-nee-tayn-th ee AHL 

— t ee AYN-tawss C (section of the Misa flamenca [MEE-sah flah-MAYN-kah] — Flamenco 

[flah-MENN-ko] Mass — set to music by Paco Peña [PAH-ko PAY-n’yah]) 

Canto popolare C KAHN-toh po-po-LAH-ray C (excerpt from In the South by Edward Elgar 

[EDD-wurd ELL-gar]) 

Canto popolare in moonlight from in the south C Canto popolare (In moonlight) from In the 

South C KAHN-toh po-po-LAH-ray (In Moonlight) (from) In the South C (composition by 

Edward Elgar [EDD-wurd ELL-gar]) 

Canto rapsodico C Canto: rapsodico C KAHN-toh: rahp-so-DEE-ko C (excerpt from 

Sonata [so-NAH-tah] by Alberto Ginastera [ahl-VEHR-toh hee-nahss-TAY-rah]) 

Cantor C Philippe Cantor C fee-leep kah6-tawr 

Cantore C kahn-TOH-ray C (character in the opera La Gioconda [la jo-KOHN-dah] — The 

Smiling One; music by Amilcare Ponchielli [ah-meel-KAH-ray pohn-k ee AYL-lee]; libretto by 

Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] under the pseudonym of Tobia Gorrio [TAW-b ee ah 

GAWR-r ee o]) 

Cantos de espana C Cantos de España C KAHN-tawss day ayss-PAH-n’yah C (Songs of 

Spain) C (compositions by Isaac Albéniz [ee-SAHK ahl-VAY-neeth])

Cantus contra cantum iv C Cantus Contra Cantum IV C KAHN-tôôss KOHN-trah KAHNtôôm 

IV C (poem by Andreas Gryphius [ahn-DRAY-ahss GREE-f ee üss] set to music by 

Jacques Louis Monod [zhack l ôô -ee maw-no]) 

Canzon francese del principe C Canzon francese del principe C kahn-TSOHN frahn-CHAYzay 

dayl PREEN-chee-pay C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Carlo Gesualdo [KAR-lo jayz 

oo AHL-doh]) 

Canzon la lusignuola C Canzon “La lusignuola” C kahn-TSOHN “lah loo-zee-n oo O-lah” C 

(composition by Tarquinio Merula [tar-k oo EE-n ee o may-ROO-lah]) 

Canzon prima C kahn-TSOHN PREE-mah C (composition by Girolamo Frescobaldi [jee-ROlah-mo 

fray-sko-BAHL-dee]) 

Canzona C kahn-TSO-nah 

Canzona la novellaC Canzona - La novella C kahn-TSO-nah - lah-no-VAYL-lah C 

(composition by Andrea Cima [ahn-DRAY-ah CHEE-mah]) 

Canzona per sonare no one C Canzona per sonare No. 1 C kahn-TSO-nah payr so-NAH-ray 

(No. 1) C (composition by Giovanni Gabrieli [jo-VAHN-nee gahb-r ee AY-lee]) 

Canzone a otto voci per suonar a four liutti overo fantasia C kahn-TSO-nay ah OHT-toh VOchee 

payr s oo O-nar ah 4 l ee OOT-tee o-VAY-ro fahn-tah-ZEE-ah C (composition by Giovanni 

Antonio Terzi [jo-VAHN-nee ahn-TAW-n ee o TAYR-tsee]) 

Canzone a tre liuti C Canzone a tre liuti C kahn-TSO-nay ah TRAY l ee OO-tee C 

(composition by Alessandro Piccinini C ah-layss-SAHN-dro pee-chee-NEE-nee 

Canzone choir C Canzone Choir C kahn-TSO-nay (Choir) 

Canzone dellamore C La canzone dell'amore C lah kahn-TSO-nay dayl-lah-MO-ray C 

(song by Cherubini [kay-roo-BEE-nee] and Bixio [BEEK-s ee o]) 

Canzonet C kahn-tso-NAYT C (song) 

Canzonetta C kahn-tso-NAYT-tah C (Little Song) C (composition by Carl Loewe [LÖ-vuh]) 

C (composition by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chah ih -KAWF-skee} 

chay-KAWF-skee] from the Concerto in D) C (excerpt from the Suite Concertante [s ü eet kaw6sehr-tah6t] 

for Violin and Orchestra by César Cui [say-zar k ü ee]) 

Canzonetta luci care C Canzonetta: Luci Care C kahn-tso-NAYT-tah: LOO-chee KAH-ray 

C (song by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]) 

Canzonetta piu non si trovano C Canzonetta: Piu non si trovano C kahn-tso-NAYT-tah:

p ee OO NOHN see tro-VAH-no C (song by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ahmah-DAY-ôôss 

MO-tsart]) 

Canzonetta spagnuola C kahn-tso-NAYT-tah spah-n oo O-lah C (A Little Spanish Song) C 

(song by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]) 

Canzonetta veneziana C Canzonetta veneziana C kahn-tso-NAYT-tah vay-nay-ts ee AH-nah C 

(A Little Venetian Song) C (composition by Ludwig van Beethoven [LOOT-vihh funn BAY AY - 

toh-funn]) 

Capacelli C Pirro Albergati Capacelli C PEER-ro ahl-bayr-GAH-tee kah-pah-CHAYL-lee C 

(known also as Pirro d’Albergati Capacelli [dahl-bayr-GAH-tee] Capacelli, and Pirro, Conte 

[KOHN-tay] d’Albergati Capacelli) 

Capderou C Janine Capderou C zhah-neen kahp-duh-rôô 

Capdevielle C Pierre Capdevielle C p ee ehr kahp-duh-v ee ell 

Cape C Safford Cape C SAFF-furd KAYP 

Capecchi C Renato Capecchi C ray-NAH-toh kah-PAYK-kee 

Capell C Richard Capell C RIH-churd kuh-PELL 

Capella fidicinia leipzigC Capella Fidicinia Leipzig C kuh-PAYL-luh fih-dih-CHIH-n ih uh 

L��P-tsihh 

Capella istropolitana C Capella Istropolitana C kuh-PAYL-luh iss-tro-paw-lih-TAH-nuh C 

(Slovak Philharmonic Choir) 

Capella sagittariana dresden C Capella Sagittariana Dresden C kuh-PAYL-luh suh-gheet-tahr 

ih AH-nuh DRESS-tunn 

Capella savaria C Capella Savaria C kah-PELL-lah suh-VAH-r ih uh C (chamber ensemble) 

Capellen C George Capellen C GAY-awrk KAH AH -puhl-lunn 

Capellio generosi amiciC O di capellio generosi amici C o dee kah-PAYL-l ee o jay-nay-RO-zee 

ah-MEE-chee C (excerpt from the opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi [ee kah-poo-LAY-tee ay ee 

mohn-TAYK-kee] — The Capulets [KA-p’yuh-luttss] and the Montagues [MAHN-tuhgh’yooz]; 

music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice 

Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee]) 

Capet C Lucien Capet C lü-s ee ah6 kah-peh

Capim di pranta C kah-PEEM dee PRAHN-tah C (song by Francisco Ernani Braga [frah6- 

SEESS-kôô ehr-NAH-nee BRAH-guh]) 

Capitaine dapertutto C Le capitaine Dapertutto C luh kah-pee-tenn dah-pehr-tüt-toh C (a 

magician) C (character in the opera Les contes d'Hoffmann [leh kaw6t dawf-mahn] — The 

Tales of Hoffmann; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-f'n bahk]; libretto by Jules 

Barbier [zhül bar-b ee ay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray]) 

Capitan sevillano C Un capitán sevillano C oon kah-pee-TAHN say-vee-l’YAH-no C (a 

medieval song of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Morocco) 

Capitano C kah-pee-TAH-no C (Captain) C (character in the opera Simon Boccanegra [SEEmohn 

bohk-kah-NAY-grah]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto 

by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah p ee AH-vay] and G. Montanelli [(G.) 

mohn-tah-NAYL-lee] after Antonio García Gutiérrez [ahn-TOH-n ee o gar-THEE-ah goot 

ee AYR-rehth]) 

Capitulum audite insulae C Capitulum: Audite insulae C kuh-PIH-tôô-lôôm: ah oo -DEE-tay 

EEN-sôô-lay C (composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAH OO -d ee o mohn-tay-VAYR-dee]) 

Caplet C André Caplet C ah6-dray kahp-leh 

Capocci C Gaetano Capocci C gah ay -TAH-no kah-PO-chee 

Capoianu C Dumitru Capoianu C doo-MEE-troo kah-paw- ee AH-noo 

Capone C Gloria Capone C GLO-ree-uh kuh-POHN 

Capoul Victor Capoul C veek-tawr kah-pôôl C (known also as Joseph-Amédée-Victor 

Capoul [zho-zeff-ah-may-day-veek-tawr kah-pôôl]) 

Cappella C a cappella C {ah kahp-PELL-lah} ah kahp-PAYL-lah 

Cappuccilli C Piero Cappuccilli C p ee AY-ro kahp-poo-CHEEL-lee 

Capraro che dorme C Il capraro che dorme C eel kah-PRAH-ro kay DOR-may C (Largo e 

pianissimo sempre [LAR-go ay p ee ah-NEESS-see-mo saym-pray] number in La primavera [lah 

pree-mah-VAY-rah] — Spring — from Le quattro stagioni [lay k oo AHT-tro stah-JO-nee] — 

The Four Seasons — by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-n ee o vee-VAHL-dee]) 

Capriccio C kah-PREE-cho C (an opera, with music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart 

SHTRAH ÔÔ SS]; libretto by Strauss and Clemens Krauss [KLAY-mennss KRAH ÔÔ SS]) C 

(excerpt by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAH AH MSS] from the series of 

compositions entitled Fantasien [fahn-tah-ZEE-unn]) C (composition from Partita No. 2 by 

Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) C

(composition by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAH AH MSS]) C (excerpt 

from Three Pieces for Flute and Piano by Rosy Wertheim [RO-zee WERT-h��m]) 

Capriccio sinfonico C Capriccio sinfonico C kah-PREE-cho seen-FO-nee-ko C (composition 

by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]) 

Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo C kah-PREE-cho SO-prah lah lohn-tah- 

NAHN-tsah dayl frah-TAYL-lo dee-layt-TEESS-see-mo C (composition by Johann Sebastian 

Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) 

Capricciosa partite diverse sopra una aria dinventione C La capricciosa — partite diverse sopra 

una aria d’inventione C lah kah-pree-CHO-zah — par-teet dee-verss SO-prah oo-nah AHr 

ee ah deen-vayn-t ee O-nay C (Diverse Variations on an Invented Air) C (composition by 

Dietrich Buxtehude [DEE-trihh BÔÔK-stuh-hoo-duh]) 

Caprice C kah-preess C (composition by Camille Saint-Saëns [{kah-meel seh6-sah6ss} kahmee 

y’ seh6-sah6ss]) 

Caprice dapres letude en forme de valse de saint saens C Caprice d'après l’étude en forme de 

valse de Saint-Saens C kah-preess dah-preh lay-tüd ah6 fawrm duh vahlss duh seh6-sah6ss 

C (Caprice on a) seh6-sah6ss (waltz) ay-tüd) 

Caprice viennois C kah-preess v ee enn-n’wah C (composition by Fritz Kreisler [FRITTSS 

KR��SS-lur]) 

Capricieuse C La capricieuse C lah kah-pree-s’yöz C (composition by Sir Edward Elgar 

[EDD-wurd ELL-gar]) 

Capriol suite C KA-pree-ohl sweet C (suite of instrumental music by Peter Warlock [PEE-tur 

WAWR-lahk]) 

Caprioli C Alberto Caprioli C ahl-BAYR-toh kah-pree-O-lee 

Capron C Henri Capron C {HENN-ree kah-PROHN} ah6-ree kah-praw6 

Captain balstrode C (Captain) BA L -strohd C (character in the opera Peter Grimes [PEE-tur 

GR��MZ], with music by Benjamin Britten [BENN-juh-munn BRITT-tunn] and libretto by 

Montagu Slater [MAHN-tah-gh’yoo SLAY-tur]) 

Captif C Un Captif C ü6 kahp-teef C (A prisoner) C (character in the opera Médée [mayday], 

with music by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-t ee ay] and libretto 

by Pierre Corneille [p ee ehr kawr-neh y’ ]) 

Captive C La captive C lah kahp-teev C (The Captive Maid (Oriental Song)) C (poem by 

Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go] set to music by Hector Berlioz [eck-

tawr behr-l ee awz]) 

Captive orientale C La captive (orientale) C lah kahp-teev (aw-r ee ah6-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-l ee awz]) 

Capture of bacchus C The Capture of Bacchus C (The Capture of) BACK-kuss C (a song, 

with music by Dudley Buck [DUDD-lee BUCK] and lyric by Charles Swain [CHAH-rullz 

SWAYN]) 

Capua C Eduardo di Capua C ay-d oo AR-doh dee KAH-p oo ah 

Capua C Rinaldo di Capua C ree-NAHL-doh dee KAH-p oo ah C (known also as Rinaldo da 

[dah] Capua) 

Capuana C Franco Capuana C FRAHN-ko kah-p oo AH-nah 

Capurro C Giovanni Capurro C jo-VAHN-nee kah-POOR-ro 

Caput ejus C KUH-pôôt AY-yooss C (motet [mo-TETT] by Giovanni da Palestrina [jo- 

VAHN-nee dah pah-lay-STREE-nah]) 

Cara armonia C O cara armonia C o KAH-rah ar-MO-n ee ah C (variations by Fernando Sor 

[fehr-NAHN-doh SAWR] on a theme from the opera Die Zauberflöte [dee tsAH OO -bur flötuh] 

— The Magic Flute; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah- 

DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder [ay-MAH AH -n oo ayl SHEE-kah-naydur]) 

Cara immagine ridente C Cara immágine ridente C KAH-rah eem-MAH-jee-nay ree-DAYNtay 

C (excerpt from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-b ee AY-ray dee see-VEE-l ee ah] — 

The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; 

libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de 

Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo- 

ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee]) 

Carabella C Ezio Carabella C AY-ts ee o kah-rah-BAYL-lah 

Carabiniers C Le chef des carabiniers C luh sheff day kah-rah-bee-n ee ay 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 


Carabiniers C Les carabiniers C leh kah-rah-bee-n ee ay C (The police) C (characters in the 

opera Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] — The Brigands [BRIH-gunndz]; music by Jacques 

Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and

Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee]) 

Caracciolo C Franco Caracciolo C FRAHN-ko kah-rah-CHO-lo 

Caracciolo C Luigi Caracciolo C l oo EE-jee kah-rah-CHO-lo 

Carafa C Michele Carafa C mee-KAY-lay kah-RAH-fah C (known also as Michele Enrico- 

Francesco-Vincenzo-Aloisio-Paolo Carafa de Colobrano [mee-KAY-lay ayn-REE-ko-frahn- 

CHAY-sko-veen-CHAYN-tso-ah-LOY-z ee o-PAH O -lo kah-RAH-fah day ko-lo-BRAH-no], 

Michele Carafa de Colobrano, and Michele Enrico-Francesco-Vincenzo-Aloisio-Paolo Carafa) 

Carafon C Le carafon C luh kah-rah-faw6 C (The Little Water Jug) C (poem by Maurice 

Carême [mo-reess kah-remm] set to music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k]) 

Caramello C kah-rah-MAYL-lo C (character in the operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig [��-nuh 

NAHKT inn fay-NAY-dihh] — A Night in Venice; music by Johann Strauss II [YO-hahn 

SHTRAH ÔÔ SS II]; libretto by Camillo Walzel [kah-MEEL-lo VAHL-tsull] and Richard Genée 

[RIH-hart zhuh-nay]) 

Carapetyan C Armen Carapetyan C {AR-munn kah-ruh-PETT-yunn} ar-MENN kah-ruhpett-YAHN 

Carbonari C Virgilio Carbonari C veer-JEE-l ee o kar-bo-NAH-ree 

Carbonell C Juan Vert Carbonell C h oo AHN VEHRT kar-vo-NELL 

Carceriere C kar-chay-r ee AY-ray C (jailer) C (character in the opera Tosca [TOH-skah]; 

music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel- 

LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree 

mür-zhay]) 

Carceriere C Un carceriere C oon kar-chay-r ee AY-ray C (jailer) C (character in the opera 

Tosca [TOH-skah]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi 

Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri 

Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay]) 

Cardellino C Il cardellino C eel kar-dayl-LEE-no C (song by Saverio Mercadante [sah-VAYr 

ee o mayr-kah-DAHN-tay]) C (known also as Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante [joo- 

ZAYP-pay sah-VAY-r ee o rahf-fah-AY-lay mayr-kah-DAHN-tay]) 

Cardenal C Peire Cardenal C pehr kar-d’nahl 

Cardew C Cornelius Cardew C KAWR-nee-l ih uss KAR-d’yoo 

Cardillo C Salvatore Cardillo C sahl-vah-TOH-ray kar-DEEL-lo

Cardoso C Manuel Cardoso C mah-n oo ELL kar-DOH-zôô 

Care compagne come per me sereno sovra il sen C Care compagne ... Come per me sereno ... 

Sovra il sen C KAH-ray kohm-PAH-n’yay ... KO-may payr MAY say-RAY-no ... SO-vrah 

eel SAYN C (Dear companions ... How brightly this day ... Place your hand) C (recitative [rehsuh-tuh-TEEV], 

aria, and cabaletta [kah-bah-LETT-tah) featuring Amina [ah-MEE-nah] in 

Act I of the opera La sonnambula [lah sohn-NAHM-boo-lah — The Sleepwalker]; music by 

Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEEchay 

ro-MAH-nee]) 

Carelli C Gabor Carelli C GAH-bor kah-RAYL-lee 

Carestini C Giovanni Carestini C jo-VAHN-nee kah-ray-STEE-nee 

Carewe C John Carewe C JAHN kah-ROO C (known also as John Maurice Foxall Carewe 

[JAHN MAW-russ FAHK-sull kah-ROO]) 

Carey C Henry Carey C HENN-ree KEH-ree 

Cari amici C KAH-ree ah-MEE-chee C (excerpt from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel 

bar-b ee AY-ray dee see-VEE-l ee ah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino 

Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr- 

BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bomar-sheh] 

and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee]) 

Cari musici C Cari musici C KAH-ree MOO-zee-chee C (solo motet [mo-TETT] for soprano, 

violins, and continuo [kunn-TIH-n’yuh-wo] by Bianca Maria Meda [b ee AHN-kah mah-REEah 

MAY-dah]) 

Caridis C Miltiades Caridis C meel-tee-AH-thayss kah-REE-thiss 

Carissimi C Giacomo Carissimi C JAH-ko-mo kah-REESS-see-mee 

Caritas C kah-REE-tahss C (character in Ordo virtutum [OHR-doh veer-TOO-tôôm], a 

musical drama by Hildegard von Bingen [HILL-tuh-gart fawn BIHNG-unn]) 

Caritas dei C Caritas Dei C kah-REE-tahss DAY EE C (Gregorian [grih-GO-r ee unn] chant) 

Carlid C Göte Carlid C YÖ-tuh KAR UH -leed 

Carlin C Mario Carlin C MAH-r ee o KAR-leen 

Carlo C Don Carlo C dohn KAR-lo C (an opera, with music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYPpay 

VAYR-dee]; libretto by François Méry [frah6-swah may-ree] and Camille Du Locle [{kahmeel 

dü law-kl’} kah-mee y’ dü law-kl’] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn

SHILL-lur]; also a character in the opera) 

Carlo ascolta C O Carlo, ascolta C o KAR-lo, ah-SKOHL-tah C (O Charles, listen) C (aria 

from the opera Don Carlos [dohn KAR-lohss]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay 

VAYR-dee]; libretto by François Méry [frah6-swah may-ree] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel 

dü law-kl’} kah-mee y’ dü law-kl’] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur]) 

Carlo di vargas C Don Carlo di Vargas C dohn KAR-lo dee VAR-gahss C (character in the 

opera La forza del destino [lah FOHR-tsah dayl day-STEE-no] — The Force of Destiny; 

music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave 

[frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah p ee AH-vay] after Angel P. De Saavedra [ahn-HELL (P.) day 

sah-VAY-drah]) 

Carlo vive C KAR-lo VEE-vay C (excerpt from the opera I Masnadieri [ee mahss-nahd 

ee AY-ree] — The Bandits; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by 

Andrea Maffei [ahn-DRAY-ah mahf-FAY EE ] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn 

SHILL-lur]) 

Carlos C Don Carlos C dohn KAR-lohss C (an opera, with music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo- 

ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by François Méry [frah6-swah may-ree] and Camille Du Locle 

[{kah-meel dü law-kl’} kah-mee y’ dü law-kl’] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn 

SHILL-lur]; also a character in the opera) C (Note: Don Carlos is an opera about a Spaniard, 

Carlos. The original libretto in French was later translated to Italian. The Italian version is 

generally known as Don Carlo. The usual pronunciation in the United States, given here, 

combines the Italian pronunciation of Don with an Italianized pronunciation of Carlos. The Don 

Carlo version would be pronounced dohn KAR-lo.) 

Carlstedt C Jan Carlstedt C YAHN KARL-stett 

Carlyss C Earl Carlyss C URL KAR-liss 

Carmagnola C kar-mah-n’YO-lah C (character in the opera Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] — 

The Brigands [BRIH-gunndz]; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; 

libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee]) 

Carmen C KAR-m’n C (an opera, with music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]; libretto by 

Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee]) 

Carmen carmela C Carmen-Carmela C KAR-mayn-kar-MAY-lah C (Spanish-Californian 

folk song harmonized and set for piano by Gertrude Ross [GUR-trood RAWSS]) 

Carmichael C Hoagy Carmichael C HO-ghee KAR-m��-k’l 

Carmignola C Giuliano Carmignola C joo-l ee AH-no kar-mee-n’YO-lah

Carmina burana C Carmina Burana C kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah C (a 13th-century 

manuscript containing medieval poetry from various sources) 

CarmirelliC Pina Carmirelli C PEE-nah kar-mee-RAYL-lee 

Carnaval C kar-nah-vahl C (Carnival) C (suite by Robert Schuman [ROH OH -bert SHOOmahn]) 

Carnaval des animauxC 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} kahmee 

y’ seh6-sahss]) 

Carnaval romain C Le carnaval romain C luh kar-nah-vahl raw-meh6 C (Roman Carnival) C 

(overture, orchestral composition by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-l ee awz]) 

Carner C Mosco Carner C MAWSS-ko KAR-nur 

Carnero C Count Carnero C (Count) kar-NAY-ro C (character in the operetta Der 

Zigeunerbaron [dayr tsee-GOY-nur-pah-rohn] — The Gypsy Baron; music by Johann Strauss 

II [YO-hahn SHTRAH ÔÔ SS II], libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer [IGG-nahtss SHNITT-tsur] after 

Mor Jókai [MOHR YOH OH -kah ih ]) 

Carneyro C Claudio Carneyro C KLAH OO -d ih ôô kar-NAY-rôô 

Carnicer C Ramón Carnicer C rah-MAWN kar-nee-THEHR C (known also as Ramón 

Carnicer y Batlle [rah-MAWN kar-nee-THEHR ee BAHT-l’yay]) 

Caro elisir trallarallara esulti pur la barbara C Caro elisir ... Trallarallara ... Esulti pur la barbara 

C KAH-ro ay-lee-ZEER ... TRAHL-lah-rahl-LAH-rah ... ay-ZOOL-tee poor lah bar-BAHrah 

C (duet from the opera L'elisir d'amore [lay-lee-ZEER dah-MO-ray] — The Elixir of 

Love; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gah ay -TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Felice 

Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee] after Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb]) 

Caro mio ben C KAH-ro MEE-o BAYN C (My Dear Love) C (song by Giuseppe Giordani 

(?) [joo-ZAYP-pay jor-DAH-nee]) 

Carol berard C Carol-Bérard C kah-rawl-bay-rahr 

Carolan C Turlough Carolan C TUR-lo KA-ruh-lunn C (known also as Turlough O’Carolan 

[TUR-lo o-KA-ruh-lunn]) 

Carolans concerto C Carolan's concerto C KA-ruh-lunnz kunn-CHER-toh C (composition 

for harp by Turlough Carolan [TUR-lo KA-ruh-lunn]) 

Caroli C Consuelo Caroli C kaw6-s ü ay-lo kah-raw-lee

Carolsfeld C Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld C LOOT-vihh SHNAWR fawn KAH-rawlssfellt 

Carolsfeld C Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld C mahl-FEE-nah SHNAWR fawn KAHrawlss-fellt 

Caron C Philippe Caron C fee-leep kah-raw6 

Caron C Rose Caron C rawz kah-raw6 C (known also as Rose Lucille [lü-seel] Caron) 

Carosio C Margherita Carosio C mar-gay-REE-tah kah-RAW-z ee o 

Carousel C KA-ruh-sell C (musical play by Richard Rodgers [RIH-churd RAHD-jurz] and 

Oscar Hammerstein [AW-skur HAMM-mur-st��n]) 

Carpani C Giuseppe Carpani C joo-ZAYP-pay kar-PAH-nee C (known also as Giuseppe 

Antonio Carpani [joo-ZAYP-pay ahn-TAW-n ee o kar-PAH-nee]) 

Carpe C La carpe C lah karp C (The Carp) C (excerpt from Le bestiaire (ou le cortege 

d'Orphée) [luh bess-t ee ehr (ôô luh kawr-tehzh dawr-fay)] — The Bestiary [BESS-chee-eh-ree] 

(or the Procession of Orpheus [AWR-fee-uss]) — (six songs for voice by Francis Poulenc 

[frah6-seess pôô-lah6k]) 

Carpentier C Adolphe-Clair Le Carpentier C ah-dawlf-klehr luh kar-pah6-t ee ay 

Carpentras C kar-pah6-trah C (known in Italy as Il Carpentrasso [eel kar-payn-TRAHSS-so]) 

Carpentrasso C Il Carpentrasso C eel kar-payn-TRAHSS-so C (known in France as 

Carpentras [kar-pah6-trah]) 

Carpitella C Diego Carpitella C d ee AY-go kar-pee-TAYL-lah 

Carranza C Gustavo Eduardo Carranza C gooss-TAH-vo ay-d oo AR-doh kar-RAHN-tsah 

Carraud C Michel-Gaston Carraud C mee-shell-gahss-taw6 kahr-ro 

Carre C Albert Carré C ahl-ber kar-ray 

Carre C Michel Carré C mee-shell kar-ray 

Carreno C Inocente Carreño C ee-no-SAYN-tay kar-RAY-n’yo 

Carreno C Teresa Carreño C tay-RAY-sah kar-RAY-n’yo C (known also as Maria [mah- 

REE-ah] Teresa Carreño)

Carrer el guitarrista C El carrer el guitarrista C ell kar-REHR ell ghee-tar-REESS-tah C 

(The Street, the Guitarist) C (an excerpt from the suite Suburbis [soo-BÔÔR-biss] — Suburbs 

— by Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-PO OO ]) 

Carreras C José Carreras C ho-SAY kar-RAY-rahss 

Carreras C Nicole Carreras C nee-kawl kar-reh-rah 

Carretieri C kar-ray-t ee AY-ree C (carters) C (characters in the opera La bohème [lah bawemm] 

— Bohemian Life; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by 

Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after 

Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay]) 

Carrillo C Julián Carrillo C hoo-l ee AHN kar-REE-l’yo C (known also as Julián Antonio 

Carrillo-Trujillo [hoo-l ee AHN ahn-TOH-n ee o kar-REE-l’yo-troo-HEE-l’yo]) 

Carrington C Simon Carrington C S��-munn KA R -rihng-t'n 

Carrion C Antonio Literes Carrión C ahn-TOH-n ee o lee-TAY-rayss kar-r ee AWN 

Carrodus C John Carrodus C JAHN kahr-RO-duss C (known also as John Tiplady [TIPPlay-dee] 

Carrodus) 

Carros de galicia C Carros de Galicia C KAR-rohss day gah-LEE-th ee ah C (Carriages of 

Galicia [guh-LIH-shuh]) C (an excerpt from the suite Paisajes [pah ee -SAH-hayss] 

—Landscapes — by Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-PO OO ]) 

Carse C Adam Carse C A-dumm KARSS C (known also as Adam von Ahn Carse [A-dumm 

vahn ahn KARSS]) 

Cartan C Jean Cartan C zhah6 kar-tah 

Carte C Richard D’Oyly Carte C RIH-churd DOY-lee KART 

Cartier C Jean-Baptiste Cartier C zhah-bah-teest kar-t ee ay 

Carturan C Gabriella Carturan C gahb-r ee AYL-lah kar-TOO-rahn 

Carulli C Ferdinando Carulli C fayr-dee-NAHN-doh kah-ROOL-lee 

Carulli C Fernando Carulli C fayr-NAHN-doh kah-ROOL-lee 

Caruso C Enrico Caruso C ayn-REE-ko kah-ROO-zo 

Caruso C J. A. Caruso C (J. A.) kah-ROO-zo

Carvalho C Caroline Carvalho C kah-raw-leen kar-VAH-l’yôô C (known also as Caroline- 

Marie-Félix Carvalho-Miolan [kah-raw-leen-mah-ree-fay-leecks kar-VAH-l’yôô-mee-awlah6]) 

Carvalho C Eleazar de Carvalho C eh-lee-uh-ZAR jee kar-VAH-l’yôô 

Carvalho C João de Sousa Carvalho C zh ôô AH6ôô duh SO-zuh kar-VAH-l’yôô 

Carvalho C Léon Carvalho C lay-aw6 kar-VAH-l’yôô 

Casa C Lisa della Casa C LEE-zah dayl-lah KAH-zah 

Casabona C Francisco Casabona C frah6-SEESS-kôô kah-zuh-BO-nuh 

Casadesus C François Louis Casadesus C frah6-swah l ôô -ee kah-zah-deh-zü 

Casadesus C Gaby Casadesus C gah-bee kah-zah-deh-zü 

Casadesus C Henri Casadesus C ah6-ree kah-zah-deh-zü 

Casadesus C Jean Casadesus C zhah6 kah-zah-deh-zü C (known also as Jean Claude Michel 

Casadesus [zhah6 klohd mee-shell kah-zah-deh-zü]) 

Casadesus C Marius Casadesus C mah-r ee üss kah-zah-deh-zü 

Casadesus C Robert Casadesus C ro-behr kah-zah-deh-zü 

Casals C Pablo Casals C PAHV-lo kah-SAHLSS C (known also as Pablo Pau Carlos Salvador 

Defilló Casals [PAHV-lo PAH OO KAR-lawss sahl-vah-DAWR day-fee-l’YO kah-SAHLSS]) 

Casamorata C Luigi Fernando Casamorata C l oo EE-jee fayr-NAHN-doh kah-zah-mo-RAHtah 

Casanova C André Casanova C ah6-dray kah-zah-naw-vah 

Casanovas C Narciso Casanovas C nar-THEE-so kah-sah-NO-vahss 

Casapietra C Celestina Casapietra C chay-lay-STEE-nah kah-zah-p ee AY-trah 

Casarini C kah-zah-REE-nee 

Casars tod C Cäsars Tod C TSAY-zarss TOHT C (Caesar's Death) C (excerpt from Der 

Silbersee [dayr ZILL-bur-zay] by Kurt Weill [KÔÔRT V��L]) 

Casas C Bartolomeo Pérez Casas C bar-toh-lo-MAY-o PAY-rehth KAH-sahss

Casavola C Franco Casavola C FRAHN-ko kah-zah-VO-lah 

Casazza C Elvira Casazza C ayl-VEE-rah kah-ZAHT-tsah 

Casazza C Giulio Gatti-Casazza C JOO-l ee o GAHT-tee-kah-SAHT-tsah 

Cascada C kahss-KAH-dah C (character in the operetta Die lustige Witwe [dee LÔÔ-stih-guh 

VITT-vuh] — The Merry Widow; music by Franz Lehár [FRAHNZ leh-HAH AH R]; libretto by 

Victor Léon [veek-tawr lay-aw6] and Leo Stein [LAY-o SHT��N] after Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree 

meh-yack]) 

Cascia C Giovanni da Cascia C jo-VAHN-nee dah KAH-sh ee ah C (known also as Giovanni de 

Florentia [jo-VAHN-nee day flo-RAYN-t ee ah]) 

Casella C Alfredo Casella C ahl-FRAY-doh kah-ZAYL-lah 

Casella C Pietro Casella C p ee AY-tro kah-ZAYL-lah 

Caselli C Dario Casselli C DAH-r ee o kahss-SAYL-lee 

Caserta C Anthonello da Caserta C ahn-toh-NAYL-lo dah kah-ZAYR-tah 

Casi C Giambattista Casi C jahm-baht-TEE-stah KAH-zee 

Casida de la mujer tendida C kah-SEE-thah day lah moo-HEHR tayn-DEE-thah C Casida 

[kah-SEE-dah] of the Reclining Woman C (excerpt from Madrigals [MADD-rih-gullz] by 

George Crumb [JAW-urj KRUMM]) 

Casida de los ramos C kah-SEE-thah de lawss RAH-mawss C (Casida [kah-SEE-dah] of the 

Branches) C (excerpt from Madrigals [MADD-rih-gullz] by George Crumb [JAW-urj 

KRUMM]) 

Casimiri C Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri C rahf-fah-AY-lay kah-zee-MEE-ro kah-zee-MEE-ree 

Casinha pequenina C A casinha pequenina C ah kah-ZEE-n’yuh peh-keh-NEE-nuh C (A 

Tiny House) C (song by Francisco Ernani Braga [frah6-SEESS-kôô ehr-NAH-nee BRAHguh]) 

Casini C Giovanni Maria Casini C jo-VAHN-nee mah-REE-ah kah-ZEE-nee 

Caso madama C Se a caso madama C say ah KAH-zo mah-DAH-mah C (arrangement for 

woodwinds and string bass by Johann Nepomuk Wendt [YO-hahn NAY-po-môôk VENNT] of 

an excerpt from the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro] — The 

Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss 

MO-tsart]; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay] after Pierre-Augustin

Caron de Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh]) 

Casper C Bernd Casper C BEHRNT KAHSS-pur 

Cassado C Gaspar Cassadó C gahss-PAR kahss-sah-THO C (known also as Gaspar Cassadó 

Moreau [gahss-PAR kahss-sah-THO maw-ro]) 

Cassado C Joaquín Cassadó C ho-ah-KEEN kahss-sah-THO C (known also as Joaquín 

Cassadó Valls [ho-ah-KEEN kahss-sah-THO VAHLSS]) 

Cassanea de mondonville C Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville C zhah6-zho-zeff kahsssah-nay-ah 

duh maw6-daw6-veel 

Casse noisette / Casse-Noisette / kahss-n’wah-zett / (The Nutcracker) / (ballet [BA L -lay] by 

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chah ih -KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]) 

Cassel C Walter Cassel C WAWL-tur KASS’l C (known also as John [JAHN] Walter Cassel) 

Cassetti C J. Cassetti C (J.) kahss-SAYT-tee 

Cassidy C Patrick Cassidy C PATT-rick KASS’-dee 

Cassilly C Richard Cassilly C RIH-churd KASS-suh-lee 

Cassinelli C Riccardo Cassinelli C reek-KAR-doh kahss-see-NAYL-lee 

Cassio C KAHSS-s ee o 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-l ih umm SHAYK-spih uh r]) 

Cassiodorus C Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus C MAH-n’yôôss ah oo -RAY-l ih ôôss kahss-s ih aw- 

DOH-rôôss 

Cassirer C Fritz Cassirer C FRITTSS KAHSS-sih-rur 

Cassis C Le Comte de Gloria Cassis C luh kaw6t duh glaw-r ee ah kahss-see C (character in the 


Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and 


Cassolas C Constantine Cassolas C kohn-STAHN-tih-nay kahss-SO-lahss 

Cassuto C Alvaro Cassuto C ahl-VAH-rôô kahss-SOO-tôô C (known also as Alvaro Leon 

Cassuto [ahl-VAH-rôô lee-!W6 kahss-SOO-tôô])

Casta diva C kah-stah DEE-vah C (aria from the opera Norma [{NAWR-muh} NOHRmah]; 

music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice 

Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee]) 

Castagna C Bruna Castagna C BROO-nah kah-STAH-n’yah 

Castagnone C Riccardo Castagnone C reek-KAR-doh kah-stah-n’YO-nay 

Castaldi C Alfonso Castaldi C ahl-FOHN-so kah-STAHL-dee 

Castaldo C Joseph Castaldo C JO-zuff kuh-STAHL-doh 

Castan C Comte Armand de Castan C kaw6t ar-mah6 duh kahss-tah6 

Castel C Louis-Bertrand Castel C l ôô -ee-behr-trah6 kass-tell 

Castel C Nico Castel C NEE-ko kass-tell 

Castellanos C Joaquín Nin y Castellanos C ho-ah-KEEN NEEN ee kahss-tay-l’YAH-nawss C 

(known also as Joaquín Nin) 

Castellanos C José Inzenga y Castellanos C ho-SAY een-THAYN-gah ee kahss-tay-l’YAHnawssC 

(known also as José Inzenga) 

Castellar C Francisco Andreví y Castellar C frahn-THEESS-ko ahn-dray-VEE ee kahss-tayl’YAR 

C (known also as Francisco Andreví) 

Castelli C Ignaz Franz Castelli C IGG-nahtss FRAHNTSS kah-STAYL-lee 

Castello C Dario Castello C DAH-r ee o kah-STAYL-lo 

Castello di kenilworthC Il Castello di Kenilworth C eel kah-STAYL-lo dee KEH-null-wurth 

C (Kenilworth Castle) C (an opera, with music by Gaetano Donizetti [gah ay -TAH-no doh-nee- 

TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola [ahn-DRAY-ah lay-O-nay toht-TOH-lah] after 

Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go]) 

Castelmary C kahss-t’l-mah-ree 

Castelnuovo tedesco C Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco C {MEH-r ee o kass-t’l-n ôô O-vo tuh- 

DESS-ko} MAH-r ee o kah-stayl-n oo O-vo tay-DAY-sko 

Castera C René d’Avezac Castéra C ruh-nay dah-vuh-zahk kahss-tay-rah 

Castets C Maryse Castets C mah-reez kahss-teh

Castiglioni C Niccolò Castiglioni C neek-ko-LO kah-stee-l ee O-nee 

Castil blaze C François-Henri-Joseph Castil-Blaze C [frah6-swah-ah6-ree-zho-zeff kahss-teelblahz 

C (known also as François-Henri-Joseph Blaze]) 

Castileti C Johannes Castileti C yo-HAHN-nuss kah-stee-LAY-tee C (known also as Jean de 

Châtelet [zhah6 duh shah-t’leh] and Jean Guyot [zhah6 gü-yo]) 

Castilla C Alberto Castilla C ahl-VEHR-toh kahss-TEE-l’yah 

Castillo C C. Castillo C (C.) kah-STEE-l’yo 

Castillon C Alexis Castillon C ah-leck-see kahss-tee-yaw6 C (known also as Marie Alexis 

Castillon de Saint-Victor [mah-ree ah-leck-see kahss-tee-yaw6 duh seh6-veek-tawr]) 

Castitas C kah-STEE-tahss C (character in Ordo virtutum [OHR-doh veer-TOO-tôôm], a 

musical drama by Hildegard von Bingen [HILL-tuh-gart fawn BIHNG-unn]) 

Caston C Saul Caston C SAWL KASS-t’n 

Castro C Esteban Salas y Castro C ayss-TAY-vahn SAH-lahss ee KAHSS-tro 

Castro C Jean de Castro C zhah6 deh kahss-tro C (known also as Juan de Castro [h oo AHN 

day KAHSS-tro]) 

Castro C José María Castro C ho-SAY mah-REE-ah KAHSS-tro 

Castro C Juan José Castro C h oo AHN ho-SAY KAHSS-tro 

Castro C Ricardo Castro C ree-KAR-doh KAHSS-tro 

Castro C Washington Castro C wah-shihng-TAWN KAHSS-tro 

Castrone C Mathilde Marchesi de Castrone C mah-TILL-duh mar-KAY-zee day kah- 

STRO-nay 

Castrone C Salvatore Marchesi de Castrone C sahl-vah-TOH-ray mar-KAY-zee day kah- 

STRO-nay 

Castrucci C Pietro Castrucci C p ee AY-tro kah-STROO-chee 

Caswell C Edward Caswell C EDD-wurd KAZZ-well 

Catalani C Alfredo Catalani C ahl-FRAY-doh kah-tah-LAH-nee

Catalani C Angelica Catalani C ahn-JAY-lee-kah kah-tah-LAH-nee 

Catalina catalina C Catalina, Catalina! C kah-tah-LEE-nah, kah-tah-LEE-nah! C 

(anonymous song) 

Catel C Charles-Simon Catel C sharl-see-maw6 kah-tell 

Catelani C Angelo Catelani C AHN-jay-lo kah-tay-LAH-nee 

Catemario C Edoardo Catemario C ay-d oh AR-doh kah-tay-MAH-r ee o 

Catharina C Amalia Catharina von Erbach C ah-MAH AH -l ee ah kah-tah-REE-nah fawn EHRpahk 

Cathedrale engloutie C La cathédrale engloutie C lah kah-tay-drahl ah6-glôô-tee C (The 

Submerged Cathedral) C (composition by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see]) 

Catherwood C David Catherwood C DAY-vudd KA-thur-wôôd 

Catlett C Sidney Catlett C SIDD-nee KATT-lutt 

Catoire C Georgi Lvovitch Catoire C gay-AWR-ghee l’VAW-vihch kah-twar 

Catulli carmina C Catulli carmina C kah-TOOL-lee kar-MEE-nah C (a group of 

compositions by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF]) 

Catunda C Eunice Catunda C ay ôô -NEE-say kah-TÔÔ6-duh 

Caturla C Alejandro García Caturla C ah-lay-HAHN-dro gar-SEE-ah kah-TOOR-lah 

Cauchie C Maurice Cauchie C mo-reess ko-shee 

Caudella C Edoardo Caudella C yeh-daw-AR-daw kah oo -DELL-lah 

Caudle C Mark Caudle C MARK KAW-d'l 

Caudle C Theresa Caudle C tuh-REE-suh KAW-d'l 

Caurroy C Eustache du Caurroy C öss-tahsh dü kohr-r’wah C (known also as François- 

Eustache du Caurroy C frah6-swah-öss-tahsh dü kohr-r’wah 

Causley C Charles Causley C CHAH-rullz KAWZ-lee 

Caussade C Georges Caussade C zhawrzh kohss-sahd

Caussade C Simone Plé-Caussade C see-mohn play-kohss-sahd 

Causse C Gérard Caussé C zhay-rar kohss-say 

Cavaccio C Giovanni Cavaccio C jo-VAHN-nee kah-VAH-cho 

Cavaille coll C Aristide Cavaillé-Coll C ah-reess-teed kah-veh-yay-kawl 

Cavalier belfiore C Cavalier Belfiore C kah-vah-l ee ay bell-f ee awr C (character in Il viaggio a 

Reims [eel v ee AHD-jo ah reh6ss] — The Journey to Rheims [REEMZ] — a stage cantata 

[kunn-TAH-tuh] with ballet [BA L -lay]; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEEnee] 

and libretto by Luigi Balocchi [l oo EE-jee bah-LOHK-kee]) 

Cavaliere de candia C Giovanni Matteo Mario, Cavaliere de Candia C jo-VAHN-nee maht- 

TAY-o MAH-r ee o, kah-vah-l ee AY-ray day KAHN-d ee ah 

Cavalieri C Catarina Cavalieri C kah-tah-REE-nah kah-vah-l ee AY-ree 

Cavalieri C Emilio del Cavalieri C ay-MEE-l ee o dayl kah-vah-l ee AY-ree 

Cavalieri C Katharina Cavalieri C kah-tah-REE-nah kah-vah-l ee AY-ree 

Cavalieri C Lina Cavalieri C LEE-nah kah-vah-l ee AY-ree C (known also as Natalina [nahtah-LEE-nah] 

Cavalieri) 

Cavallari C Rina Cavallari C REE-nah kah-vahl-LAH-ree 

Cavalleria rusticana C kah-vahl-lay-REE-ah roo-stee-KAH-nah C (Rustic Chivalry) C (an 

opera, with music by Pietro Mascagni [p ee AY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee]; libretto Giovanni 

Targioni-Tozzetti [jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO-nee-toht-TSAYT-tee] and Guido Menasci [g oo EEdoh 

may-NAH-shee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee VAYR-gah]) 

CavalliC Francesco Cavalli C frahn-CHAY-sko kah-VAHL-lee 

CavalliC Pier Francesco Cavalli C p ee AYR frahn-CHAY-sko kah-VAHL-lee C (known also 

as Pier Francesco Cavalli Caletti [kah-LAYT-tee]) 

Cavallo C Enrica Cavallo C ayn-REE-kah kah-VAHL-lo 

Cavaradossi C Mario Cavaradossi C MAH-r ee o kah-vah-rah-DOHSS-see C (character in the 

opera Tosca [TOH-skah]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by 



Cavatina C ka-vuh-TEE-nuh (American pronunciation) C kah-vah-TEE-nah (Italian and

Spanish pronunciation) C kah-vah-tee-nah (French pronunciation) C (a brief operatic solo) 

Cavatina C kah-vah-TEE-nuh C (melody featuring Rosina [ro-ZEE-nah] in the opera Il 

barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-b ee AY-ray dee see-VEE-l ee ah] — The Barber of Seville [suh- 

VILL], with music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare 

Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [p ee ehro-güss-teh6 

kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-trozayl-LEE-nee]) 

C (composition from Quartet No. 13 for 2 Violins, Viola and ‘Cello in B Flat 

Major by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn 

BAHK]) C (excerpt from the Suite Concertante [s ü eet kaw6-sehr-tah6t] for Violin and 

Orchestra by César Cui [say-zar k ü ee]) 

Cavatine C kah-vah-teen C (composition by Camille Saint-Saëns [{kah-meel seh6-sah6ss} 

kah-mee y’ seh6-sah6ss]) 

Cavazzoni C Girolamo Cavazzoni C jee-RO-lah-mo kah-vaht-TSO-nee 

Cavazzoni C Marco Antonio Cavazzoni C MAR-ko ahn-TAW-n ee o kah-vaht-TSO-nee C 

(known also as Marco Antonio da Bologna [MAR-ko ahn-TAW-n ee o dah bo-LO-n’yah] and 

Marco Antonio d’Urbino [MAR-ko ahn-TAW-n ee o door-BEE-no]) 

Cavendish C Michael Cavendish C M��-kull KA-v'n-dihsh 

Cavos C Catterino Cavos C kaht-tay-REE-no KAH-vohss 

Cawelti C Andrea Cawelti C ahn-DRAY-ah kah-WAYL-tee 

Caxixi C kah-ZEE-zee C (a small wicker basket rattle of Brazil) 

Caya C Patricia Ann Caya C puh-TRIH-shuh ANN KAH-yuh 

Cazade C Alain Cazade C ah-leh6 kah-zahd 

Cazden C Norman Cazden C NAWR-munn KAZZ-d’n 

Ce fut en mai C seh fü ah6 meh C (13th-century composition by Moniot d’Arras [maw-n ee o 

dar-rah]) 

Ce povre pauper sum ego C Ce povre / Pauper sum ego C suh paw-vr’ / po-per sü6-meh-go 

C (This Poor Beggar / I Am Poor C (three-voice song from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz 

[zhawss-keh6 day-pray]) 

Cebotari C Maria Tebotari C MAH-r ih ah CHEH-baw-tah-ree 

Ceccato C Aldo Ceccato C AHL-doh chayk-KAH-toh

Ceely C Robert Ceely C RAH-burt SEE-lee C (known also as Robert Paige [PAYJ] Ceely) 

Cegueta C La cegueta C lah seh-GHEH-tah C (The Little Blind Girl) C (excerpt from the 

suite Suburbis [soo-BÔÔR-biss] — Suburbs — by Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko 

mawm-PO OO ]) 

Cehanovsky C George Cehanovsky C JAW-urj cheh-NAWV-skee C (known also as Georgi 

Cehanovsky [gay-AWR-ghee keh-hah-NAWF-skee]) 

Celan C Paul Celan C pohl seh-lah6 

Celansky C Ludvík Vít�zslav Telanský C LÔÔD-vee ee k VEE EE -t y ezz-slahf CHEH-lahnskee 

ee 

Celarianu C Mihai Mitrea-Celarianu C MEE-hah ee MEET-r ee ah-cheh-lah-r ee AH-noo 

Celenus C Célénus C say-lay-nüss C (character in the opera Atys [ah-teess]; music by Jean- 

Baptiste Lully [zhah6-bah-teest lül-lee]; libretto by Philippe Quinalt [fee-leep kee-nahl] after 

Ovid [AH-vudd]) 

Celesta C suh-LESS-tuh C (the instrument, American pronunciation) 

Celeste aida C Celeste Aida C chay-LAY-stay ah-EE-dah C (aria from the opera Aida [ah- 

EE-dah]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Antonio 

Ghislanzoni [ahn-TAW-n ee o ghee-zlahn-TSO-nee] after Auguste Mariette [o-güst mah-r ee ett] 

and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü law-kl’} kah-mee y’ dü law-kl’]) 

Celia C SEE-l ih uh 

Celibidache C Sergiu Celibidache C SEHR-joo cheh-lee-bee-DAH-keh 

Celis C Frits Celis C FRITTSS SAY-leess 

Celles C Dom François Bedos de Celles C daw6 frah6-swah beh-daw duh sell 

Celletti C Rodolfo Celletti C ro-DOHL-fo chayl-LAYT-tee 

Cellier C Alfred Cellier C {A L -frudd sell-l ih ur} ahl-fredd sell-l ee ay 

Cellini C Benvenuto Cellini C bayn-vay-NOO-toh chayl-LEE-nee C (an opera, with music by 

Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-l ee awz]; libretto by L. De Wailly [(L.) duh vah ee -yee] and A. 

Barbier [(A.) bar-b ee ay]) 

Cellini C Renato Cellini C ray-NAH-toh chayl-LEE-nee

Cellokonzert C TSELL-lo-kawn-TSEHRT C (cello concerto) 

Celui dont la parole il est doux il est bon C Celui dont la parole ... il est doux, il est bon C suhl 

ü ee daw6 lah pah-rawl ... eel esst dôô, eel esst baw6 C (passage featuring Salome [sah-lawm] 

in the opera Hérodiade [ay-raw-d ee ahd]; music by Jules Massenet [zhül {mahss-s’nay} mahsss’neh]; 

libretto by Paul Milliet [pohl mee-y ee eh] and Henri Grémont [ah6-ree gray-maw6] after 

Gustave Flaubert [güss-tahv flo-bay]) 

Celum non animum C Celum, non animum C CHAY-lôôm, nohn UH-nih-môôm C (A man 

that's constant) C (excerpt from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah 

boo-RAH-nah] set to music) 

Cembalo C CHAYM-bah-lo C (cymbal in Italian, Italian pronunciation) 

Cembalo C TSEMM-bah-lo C (harpsichord in German, German pronunciation) 

Cenciaiuolo C Il cenciaiuolo C EEL chayn-chah- ee ooO-lo C (ragman) C (character in the 

opera Iris [{��-russ} EE-reess]; music by Pietro Mascagni [p ee AY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee] and 

libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah]) 

Cenciaiuolo C Un cenciaiuolo C oon chayn-chah- ee ooO-lo C (ragman) C (character in the 

opera Iris [{��-russ} EE-reess]; music by Pietro Mascagni [p ee AY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee] and 

libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah]) 

Cencic C Max Emanuel Cencic C MAHKSS ay-MAH AH -n ôô ayl TSENN-tsick 

Cenerentola C La cenerentola C lah chay-nay-RAYN-toh-lah C (Cinderella) C (an opera, 

with music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Jacopo Ferretti 

[YAH-ko-po fayr-RAYT-tee] after Perrault [pehr-ro]) 

Cenerentola ossia la bonta in trionfo C La cenerentola ossia la bontà in trionfo C lah chay-nay- 

RAYN-toh-lah ohss-SEE-ah lah bohn-TAH een tree-OHN-fo C (Cinderella, or Goodness 

Triumphs, an opera, with music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto 

by Jacopo Ferretti [YAH-ko-po fayr-RAYT-tee] after Perrault [pehr-ro]) 

Ceniceros C Lorna Ceniceros C LAWR-nuh seh-nih-SEH-rawss 

Cenotaph C SEH-nuh-taff C (an elegy; composition by Gordon Langford [GAWR-d’n 

LANG-furd]) 

Cenozoic C see-nuh-ZO-ick C (excerpt from Vox balaenae [VOHKSS bah-L��-n��] — The 

Voice of the Whale — by George Crumb [JAW-urj KRUMM]) 

Ceprano C Il Conte di Ceprano C eel KOHN-tay dee chay-PRAH-no C (The Count of 

Ceprano [chay-PRAH-no] C (character in the opera Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh]; music by

Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAYsko 

mah-REE-ah p ee AH-vay] after Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go]) 

Ceprano C La Contessa di Ceprano C lah kohn-TAYSS-sah dee chay-PRAH-no C The 

Countess of Ceprano [chay-PRAH-no] C (character in the opera Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh]; 


[frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah p ee AH-vay] after Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} 

veek-tawr ü-go]) 

Ceremuga C Josef Teremuga C YO-seff CHEH-reh-môô-guh 

Cererols C Joan Cererols C jo-AHN seh-reh-RAHLSS 

Cerha C Friedrich Cerha C FREET-rihh TSEHR-hah 

Cerinto C chay-REEN-toh C (character in the opera Nerone [nay-RO-nay], words and music 

by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh], edited by Vincenzo Tommasini [veen-CHAYN-tso 

tohm-mah-ZEE-nee] and Arturo Toscanini [ar-TOO-ro toh-skah-NEE-nee]) 

Cermak C Leo Cermak C LAY-o TSEHR-mahk 

Cernohorsky C Bohuslav Ternohorsky C BO-hôô-slahf CHEHR-naw-hawr-skee C (known 

also as Bohuslav Czernohorsky [CHEHR-naw-hawr-skee]) 

Cernusak C Gracian Ternušák C GRAH-ts ih unn CHER-nôô-shah ah k 

Cerny C Ladislav Terný C LAH-d y iss-lahf CHEHR-nee ee 

Cerone C Domenico Pietro Cerone C doh-MAY-nee-ko p ee AY-tro chay-RO-nay 

Cerreto C Scipione Cerreto C shee-p ee O-nay chayr-RAY-toh 

Certon C Pierre Certon C p ee ehr sehr-taw6 

Cervantes C Ignacio Cervantes C eeg-NAH-s ee o sehr-VAHN-tayss C (known also as Ignacio 

Cervantes Kawanag [kah-wah-NAHG]) 

Cervena C Šona Tervená C SHO-nuh CHEHR-veh-nah ah 

Cerveny C Wenzel Franz Tervený C VENN-tsull FRAHNTSS CHEHR-vuh-nee C 

(Germanized version of the Czechoslovakian name Václav František Tervený [VAH AH TSS-lahf 

FRAHN-t y ih-sheck CHEHR-veh-nee ee ]) 

Cervetti C Sergio Cervetti C SEHR-h ee o sehr-VETT-tee

Cervetto C Giacomo Cervetto C JAH-ko-mo chayr-VAYT-toh 

Ces dur C Ces Dur C TSESS DOOR C (key of C flat major, German designation) 

Ces moll C ces Moll C TSESS MAWL C (key of c flat minor, German designation) 

Cesana C Otto Cesana C {AHT-toh seh-SAH-nah} OHT-toh chay-ZAH-nah 

Cesareo C G. A. Cesareo C (G. A.) chay-ZAH-ray-o 

Cesari C Gaetano Cesari C gah ay -TAH-no chay-ZAH-ree 

Cesi C Beniamino Cesi C bay-n ee ah-MEE-no CHAY-zee 

Cessa di piu resistere C Cessa di più resistere C CHAYSS-sah dee p ee OO ray-ZEE-stay-ray 

C (aria from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-b ee AY-ray dee see-VEE-l ee ah] — The 

Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; 




Cessate di piagarmi C O cessate di piagarmi C O chayss-SAH-tay dee p ee ah-GAR-mee C 

(Cease Wounding Me) C (song by Alessandro Scarlatti [ah-layss-SAHN-dro skar-LAHT-tee]) 

Cest ainsi que tu es C C'est ainsi que tu es C sesst eh6-see kuh tü ess C (song by Francis 

Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k]) 

Cest la petit fill du prince C C’est la petit’ fill’ du prince C sesst lah puh-tee fee y’ dü preh6ss 

C (It Was the Prince’s Little Daughter) C (song from Chansons françaises [shah6-saw6 frah6sezz] 

— French Songs — by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k]) 

Cest lextase langoureuse C C’est l’extase langoureuse C sesst leckss-tahz lah6-gôô-röz C 

(poem from Ariettes oubliées [ah-r ee ett ôô-bl ee ay] — Forgotten Airs — by Paul Verlaine [pohl 

vehr-lenn] set to music by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see]) 

Cest lhistoire amoureuse C C’est l’histoire amoureuse C sesst leess-twar ah-môô-röz C (aria 

from the opera Manon Lescaut [mah-naw6 less-ko]; music by Daniel-François Auber [dah-n ee ell 

frah6-swah o-bay]; libretto by Augustin Eugène Scribe [o-güss-teh6 ö-zhenn skreeb] after 

Antoine-François Prévost [ah6-twahn-frah6-swah pray-vo]) 

Cest moi me voici C C’est moi ... Me voici C sesst m’wah ... muh vwah-see C (excerpt from 

the opera Mignon [mee-n’yaw6], with music by Ambroise Thomas [ah6-br’wahz taw-mah]; 

libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-b ee ay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after Johann 

Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh])

Cest une chanson damour C C’est une chanson d’amour C sesst ün shah6-saw6 dah-môôr C 

(duet featuring Hoffmann [HAWF-mahn] and Antonia [ah6-taw-n ee ah] 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-b ee ay] and Michel Carré [meeshell 

kar-ray]) 

Cesti C Antonio Cesti C ahn-TAW-n ee o CHAY-stee C (known also (incorrectly) as Marc’ 

Antonio Cesti) 

Cezar C Corneliu Cezar C kawr-NEH-l ee oo cheh-ZAR 

Ceznja C Težnja C CHEZH-n y ah C (Longing) C (song by Jan Kunc [YAHN KÔÔNTSS]) 

Chabrier C Emmanuel Chabrier C emm-mah-n ü ell shah-br ee ay C (known also as Alexis- 

Emmanuel Chabrier [ah-leck-see-zemm-mah-n ü ell shah-br ee ay]) 

Chacarera C chah-kah-RAY-rah C (traditional Argentinian song arranged by Alberto 

Ginastera [ahl-VEHR-toh hee-nahss-TAY-rah]) 

Chaconne C shah-kawn C (compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASSt 

ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) C (composition by Malcolm Arnold [MA L -kumm 

AR-nulld]) C (excerpt from the First Suite in E Flat by Gustav Holst [GUSS-tuvv HOHLST]) 

C (excerpt from the orchestral suite from the opera-ballet [BA L -lay] Les Indes galantes [lehzeh6d 

gah-lah6t] — The Amorous Indies; music by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rahmo] 

and libretto by Louis Fuzelier [l ôô -ee fü-z’l ee ay]) / (excerpt from the opera The Fairy Queen; 

music by Henry Purcell [HENN-ree PUR-s’l]; libretto by E. Settle (?) after A Midsummer 

Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare [WILL-l ih umm SHAYK-spih uh r]) 

Chacony in g minor C SHAH-kaw-nee (in g Minor) C (composition by Henry Purcell 

[HENN-ree PUR-s’l]) 

Chad gadyo C Chad Gadyo C HAHD GAHD-yah C (Only One Kid — a song by Moishe 

Oysher [mo ih -SHEH OY-shur]) C (“kid” here refers to a young goat) 

Chadabe C Joel Chadabe C JO-ull shah-DAHB 

Chaignaud C Jean-Luc Chaignaud C zhah6-lük sheh-n’yo 

Chaikovsky C Peter Ilyich Chaikovsky C p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chah ih -KAWF-skee} chay- 

KAWF-skee C (Chaikovsky is more commonly spelled Tchaikovsky) 

Chailley C Jacques Chailley C zhack shah ee -yee 

Chailly C Luciano Chailly C loo-ch ee AH-no KAH EE L-lee

Chailly C Riccardo Chailly C reek-KAR-doh KAH EE L-lee 

Chaix C Charles Chaix C sharl sheh 

Chajes C Julius Chajes C {JOO-l ih uss CHAH-juss} YÔÔ-l ee ôôss HAH-yess 

Chalabala C Zden�k Chalabala C ZDEH-n y eck KAH-luh-buh-luh 

Chaliapin C Feodor Chaliapin C f eh AW-dur shah-l ih AH-pinn C (known also as Feodor 

Ivanovich [f eh AW-dur ee-VAH-nuh-vihch] Chaliapin) C (the first name is also transliterated as 

Fedor [f’YAW-dur] and the last as Chaliapine [shah-l ih AH-pinn]) 

Chalumeau C shah-lü-mo C (primitive clarinet) 

Chalupt C René Chalupt C ruh-nay shah-lüpt 

Cham ber C Huang, Cham-Ber C H OO AHNG, TSHAH AH NG-BAH EE C (known also as Cham- 

Ber Huang) 

Chamber orchestra of lausanne C Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne C (Chamber Orchestra of) 

lo-zahn 

Chambon C Jacques Chambon C zhack shah6-baw6 

Chambonnieres C Jacques Champion Chambonnières C zhack shah6-p ee aw6 shah6-bawnn 

ee ehr C (known also as Champion de [duh] Chambonnières) 

Chaminade C Cécile Chaminade C say-seel shah-mee-nahd C (known also as Cécile Louise 

Stéphanie Chaminade [say-seel l ôô eez stay-fah-nee shah-mee-nahd]) 

Chamine C Jorge Chaminé C zhawrzh shah-mee-nay 

Chamisso C Adalbert von Chamisso C AH AH -dahl-pehrt fawn hah-MISS-so 

Chamlee C Mario Chamlee C MA-r ih o SHAMM-lee 

Chamo il mio ben cosi C KAH-mo eel MEE-o bayn KO-zee C (excerpt from the opera Orfeo 

ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ay oo -ree-DEE-chay]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck 

[KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-n ee AYree 

day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee]) 

Champagne C Claude Champagne C {KLAWD shamm-PAYN} klohd shah6-pah-n y’ C 

(known also as Claude Adonaï Desparois dit Champagne [klohd ah-daw-nah ee deh-pah-r’wah 

dih shah6-pah-n y’ ])

Champein C Stanislas Champein C stah-neess-lahss shah6-peh6 

Champion C Jacques Champion C zhack shah6-p ee aw6 C (known also as Jacques Champion 

Chambonnières [shah6-bawn-n ee ehr] and Champion de [duh] Chambonnières) 

Champion C Marguerite Roesgen-Champion C mar-gö-reet RÖSS-gunn-shah6-p ee aw6 

Champion C Thomas Champion C taw-mah shah6-p ee aw6 

Chancelier C Philippe le Chancelier C fee-leep luh shah6-s’l ee ay 

Chandos anthems C Chandos anthems C CHAHN-dohss (anthems) C (numbered anthems by 

George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]) 

Chandos concert orchestra C Chandos Concert Orchestra C CHAHN-dohss (Concert 

Orchestra) 

Chanot C François Chanot C frah6-swah shah-no 

Chanson C shah6-saw6 C (song by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee]) 

Chanson a boire C Chanson à boire C shah6-saw6-nah bwar C (Drinking Song) C (song 

from the collection Don Quichotte a Dulcinée [daw6 kee-shawt ah dül-see-nay], with music by 

Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell] and words by Paul Morand [pohl maw-rah6]) 

Chanson damour C Chanson d'amour C shah6-saw6 dah-môôr C (Song of Love) C (song, 

title used by various composers) 

Chanson dautomne C Chanson d’automne C shah6-saw6 doh-tawn C (Autumn Song) C 

(poem by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh 

HAHN]) 

Chanson davril C Chanson d'Avril C shah6-saw6 dah-vreel C (Song of April) C (poem by 

Louis Bouilhet [l ôô -ee bôô-yeh] set to music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]) 

Chanson de berceau C shah6-saw6 duh behr-so C (Lullaby) C (composition by Federico 

Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-PO OO ]) 

Chanson de florian C Chanson de Florian C shah6-saw6 duh flaw-r ee ah6 C (song by Charles 

Ives [CHAH-rullz ��VZ]) 

Chanson de la grenouillère C shah6-saw6 duh lah gruh-nôô-yehr C (folk song of the Métis 

[may-tee] — descendents of French fur traders and their native wives in communities in the 

Qu’appelle [kahp-pell] Valley in Saskatchewan)

Chanson de la mort de don quichotte C Chanson de la mort de Don Quichotte C shah6-saw6 

duh lah mor duh daw6 kee-shawt C (composition by Jacques Ibert [zhack ee-behr]) C (music 

for the film Don Quichotte) 

Chanson de ladieu C Chanson de l’adieu C shah6-saw6 duh lah-d ee ö C (song by Francesco 

Paolo Tosti [frahn-CHAY-sko PAH O -lo TOH-stee]) 

Chanson de matin C shah6-saw6 duh mah-teh6 C (composition by Edward Elgar [EDD-wurd 

ELL-gar]) 

Chanson de nuit C shah6-saw6 duh n ü ee C (Song of the Night) C (composition by Edward 

Elgar [EDD-wurd ELL-gar]) 

Chanson de printemp C shah6-saw6 duh preh6-tah6 C (Song of Springtime) C (song by 

Charles Gounod [sharl gôô-no]) 

Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques C shah6-saw6 day kö-yöz duh lah6-teesk C (excerpt 

from Cinq mélodies populaires grecques [seh6k may-law-dee paw-pü-lehr greck] — Five 

Popular Greek Melodies — by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell]) 

Chanson dorkenise C Chanson d’Orkenise C shah6-saw6 dawr-k’neez C (Song of Orkenise 

[awr-k’neez]) C (poem by Guillaume Apollinaire [ghee-yohm ah-pawl-lee-nehr] set to music 

by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k]) 

Chanson du fou C La chanson du fou C lah shah6-saw6 dü fôô C (Song of the Madman) C 

(poem by Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go] set to music by Georges Bizet 

[zhawrzh bee-zay]) 

Chanson du toreador C Chanson du Toréador C shah6-saw6 dü taw-ray-ah-dawr C 

(Toreador [TAW-ray-uh-daw uh r] Song) C (excerpt from the opera Carmen [KAR-m’n], with 

music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and 


Chanson epique C Chanson épique C shah6-saw6 ay-peek C (song from the collection Don 

Quichotte à Dulcinée [daw6 kee-shawt ah dül-see-nay], with music by Maurice Ravel [moreess 

rah-vell] and words by Paul Morand [pohl maw-rah6]) 

Chanson espagnole C shah6-saw6 ess-pah-n’yawl C (Spanish Song) C (excerpt from a group 

of Chants populaires [shah6 paw-pü-lehr] — Popular Songs — by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess 

rah-vell]) 

Chanson francaise C shah6-saw6 frah6-sezz C (French Song) C (excerpt from a group of 

Chants populaires [shah6 paw-pü-lehr] — Popular Songs — by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rahvell])

Chanson hebraique C Chanson hébraïque C shah6-saw6 ay-brah-eek C (Hebrew Song) C 

(excerpt from a group of Chants populaires [shah6 paw-pü-lehr] — Popular Songs — by 

Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell]) 

Chanson italienne C shah6-saw6 ee-tah-l ee enn C (Italian Song) C (excerpt from a group of 

Chants populaires [shah6 paw-pü-lehr] — Popular Songs — by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rahvell]) 

Chanson perpetuelle C Chanson perpétuelle C shah6-saw6 pehr-pay-tü-ell C (song by Ernest 

Chausson [ehr-nesst shohss-saw6]) 

Chanson pour la route C Chanson pour la route C shah6-saw6 pôôr lah rôôt C (poem by 

Léon Chancerel [lay-aw6 shah6-suh-rell] set to music by Jacques Chailley [zhack shah ee -yee]) 

Chanson romanesque C shah6-saw6 raw-mah-nessk C (song from the collection Don 

Quichotte a Dulcinée [daw6 kee-shawt ah dül-see-nay], music by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess 

rah-vell] and words by Paul Morand [pohl maw-rah6]) 

Chanson triste C shah6-saw6 treest C (Sad Song) C (poem by Jean Lahor [zhah6 lawr] set to 

music by Henri Duparc [ah6-ree dü-park]) 

Chansons de bilitis C Chansons de Bilitis C shah6-saw6 duh bee-lee-teess C (Songs of Bilitis) 

C (songs by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see]) 

Chansons de toile C shah6-saw6 duh twahl C (anonymous 13th-century compositions) 

Chansons francaises C Chansons françaises C shah6-saw6 frah6-sezz C (French Songs by 

Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k]) 

Chansons grises C shah6-saw6 greess C (poems by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to 

music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN]) 

Chansons populaires C shah6-saw6 paw-pü-lehr C (excerpt from the suite Marizápalos [mahree-THAH-pah-lawss] 

by Gaspar Sanz [gahss-PAR SAHNTH]) 

Chant du menestrel C Chant du ménestrel C shah6 dü may-ness-trell C (composition by 

Alexander Glazunov [uh-l y ick-SAHN-d’r gluh-zôô-NAWF]) 

Chant hindou C shah6-teh6-dôô C (Song of India) C (composition by Nicolai Rimsky- 

Korsakov [n y ee-kah-LAH IH REEM-skee-KAWR-suh-kuff]) 

Chantar mer C A chantar m’er C ah shah6-tar mehr C (12th composition by Beatriz de Dia 

[beh-ah-tree duh dee-ah]) 

Chantavoine C Jean Chantavoine C zhah6 shah6-tah-v’wahn C known also as Jean François

Henri Chantavoine [zhah frah6-swah ah6-ree shah6-tah- v’wahn]) 

Chantez a dieu nouveau cantique C Chantez à Dieu nouveau cantique C shah6-tay ah d ee ö 

nôô-vo kah6-teek C (Sing to the Lord a new song) C (psalm set to music by Jan Pieterszoon 

Sweelinck [YAHN PEE-turss-zoh oh n SWAY AY -lihngk]) 

Chanticleer C CHANN-tuh-klih uh r C (vocal music group) 

Chantilly codex C shahn-tee-YEE KO-deckss 

Chants dauvergne C Chants d'Auvergne C shah6 doh-vehrn y’ C (Songs of the Auvergne [ovehrn 

y’ ] C (French folk songs collected by Joseph Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb]) 

Chants populaires C shah6 paw-pü-lehr C (Popular Songs) C (songs by Maurice Ravel [moreess 

rah-vell]) 

Chanukkah oy chanukkah C Chanukkah, oy Chanukkah C hah-nook-KAH, oy hah-nook- 

KAH C (Festival of Lights — Chassidic [hahss-SIH-dick] melody) 

Chaparro C El Chaparro C ell chah-PAR-ro C (apparently a nickname for Rafael Montilla 

[rah-fah-ELL mawn-TEE-l’yah] in the Misa flamenca [MEE-sah flah-MAYN-kah] — 

Flamenco [flah-MENN-ko] Mass — by Paco Peña [PAH-ko PAY-n’yah]) 

Chapelier C Le Chapelier C luh shah-p’l ee ay C (composition by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee]) 

Chapelle dans les pinsC La chapelle dans les pins C lah shah-pell dah6 leh peh6 C (excerpt 

from Par monts et par vaux [par maw6 ay par vo] C (composition by Michel Leclerc [mee-shell 

luh-klehr]) 

Chapelle de guillaume tell C Chapelle de Guillaume Tell C shah-pell duh ghee-yohm tell C 

(Chapel of William Tell) C (excerpt from Années de pèlerinage (première année — Suisse) [ahnnay 

duh peh-l’ree-nahzh (pruh-m ee ehr ahn-nay — s ü eess)] — Years of Pilgrimage (First Year 

— Switzerland) — by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST]) 

Chapelle royale C La chapelle royale C lah shah-pell r’wah-yahl C (Chapel Royal) 

Chapelle royale C shah-pell r’wah-yahl C (Chapel Royal) 

Chapi C Ruperto Chapí C roo-PEHR-toh chah-PEE C (known also as Ruperto Chapí y 

Lorente [roo-PEHR-toh chah-PEE ee lo-RAYN-tay] 

Chapin C Harry Chapin C HA R -ree CHAY-p’n 

Chapin C Schuyler G. Chapin C SK��-lur G. CHAY-p’n C (known also as Schuyler Garrison 

[GA R -rih-s’n] Chapin)

Chaplitsky C chah-PL Y EET-skee C character in the opera Pique dame [peek dahm] — The 

Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chah ih -KAWFskee} 

chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mah-D Y ESST {chah ih -KAWFskee} 

chay-KAWF-skee] after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-l y ick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAYyeh-vihch 

POOSH-kinn]) 

Chapman C Kirsten Lokvam Chapman C KEER-stunn LAHK-vumm CHAPP-munn 

Chapuis C Auguste Chapuis C o-güst shah-p ü ee C (known also as Auguste Paul Jean-Baptiste 

Chapuis [o-güst pohl zhah6-bah-teest shah-p ü ee] 

Char C Friedrich Ernst Char C FREET-rihh EHRNST KAR C (known also as Friedrich Ernst 

Fritz [FRITTSS] Char) 

Charango C chah-RAHN-go C (a musical instrument) 

Charbonnier C Bernadette Charbonnier C behr-nah-dett shar-bawn-n ee ay 

Chardavoine C Jehan Chardavoine C zh eh ah6 shar-dah-vwahn 

Chardavoyne C Jehan Chardavoyne C zh eh ah6 shar-dah-vwahn 

Chardevoine C Jehan Chardevoine C zh eh ah6 shar-duh-vwahn 

Charles C Charles, Duke of Orléans C SHARL, (Duke of) awr-lay-ah6 

Charles C Monsieur Charles C maw6-s ee ör sharl C (pen name of Max Chop [MAHKSS 

KOHP]) 

Charlie rutlage C Charlie Rutlage C CHAR-lee RUTT-layj C (cowboy ballad [BA L -ludd] 

published in 1891, later arranged by Charles Ives [CHAH-rullz ��VZ]) 

Charlotte C shar-lawt C (character in the opera Werther [VEHR-tur] (French version); music 

by Jules Massenet [zhül {mahss-s’nay} mahss-s’neh]; libretto by Édouard Blau [ay-d ôô ar blo], 

Paul Milliet [pohl mee-y ee eh], and Georges Hartmann [zhawrzh HART-mahn] after Johann 

Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh]) 

Charodeika C chah-rah-DAY EE -kuh C (The Enchantress) C (an opera, with music by Peter 

Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chah ih -KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee] and 

libretto by Ippolit Vasil’yevich Shpazhinsky [ipp-pah-L Y EET vah-SEEL-yeh-vihch shpah- 

ZHEEN-skee]) 

Charpentier C Gustave Charpentier C güss-tahv shar-pah6-t ee ay 

Charpentier C Jacques Charpentier C zhack shar-pah6-t ee ay

Charpentier C Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier C zhah6-zhack bo-var-leh-shar-pah6t 

ee ay 

Charpentier C Marc-Antoine Charpentier C mark-ah6-twahn shar-pah6-t ee ay 

Charpentier C Raymond Charpentier C reh-maw6 shar-pah6-t ee ay C (known also as Raymond 

Louis Marie [l ôô -ee mah-ree] Charpentier) 

Charteris C Richard Charteris C RIH-churd char-TEH-riss 

Charwoche C kah ah r-VAW-kuh C (composition by Hugo Wolf [HOO-go VAWLF]) 

Chasins C Abram Chasins C AY-brumm CHAY-s’nz 

Chasse neige C shahss nehzh C composition from Études d’exécution transcendante [ay-tüd 

degg-zay-kü-s ee aw6 trah6-sah6-dah6t] by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST]) 

Chastelain de couci C Li Chastelain de Couci C lee shahss-t’leh6 duh kôô-see C (Gui [ghee] 

IV (Lord of) Couci [kôô-see]) 

Chat C Le chat C luh shah C (The tomcat) C (character in the opera L'enfant et les sortileges 

[lah6-fah6 ay leh sawr-tee-lehzh] — The Child and the Fantasies; music by Maurice Ravel [moreess 

rah-vell] and libretto by Sidonie Gabrielle Gauthiers-Villars [see-daw-nee gah-br ee ell got 

ee ay-veel-lar]) 

Chateauneuf C Paula Chateauneuf C poh-lah shah-toh-nöf 

Chatelet C Jean de Châtelet C zhah6 duh shah-t’leh C (known also as Jean Guyot [zhah6 güyo] 

and Johannes Castileti [yo-HAHN-nuss kah-stee-LAY-tee]) 

Chatte C La chatte C lah shaht C (The white cat) C (character in the opera L'enfant et les 

sortileges [lah6-fah6 ay leh sawr-tee-lehzh] — The Child and the Fantasies; music by Maurice 

Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell] and libretto by Sidonie Gabrielle Gauthiers-Villars [see-daw-nee gahbr 

ee ell go-t ee ay-veel-lar]) 

Chaucer C CHAW-sur 

Chaumet C William Chaumet C WILL-l ih umm sho-meh 

Chaun C František Chaun C FRAHN-t y ih-sheck KAH ÔÔ N 

Chausson C Carlos Chausson C KAR-lawss shohss-saw6 

Chausson C Ernest Chausson C ehr-nesst shohss-saw6 C (known also as Amédée [ah-mayday] 

Ernest Chausson)

Chauve souris C La chauve-souris C lah shohv-sôô-ree C (The bat) C (character in the opera 

L'enfant et les sortileges [lah6-fah6 ay leh sawr-tee-lehzh] — The Child and the Fantasies; 

music by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell] and libretto by Sidonie Gabrielle Gauthiers-Villars 

[see-daw-nee gah-br ee ell go-t ee ay-veel-lar]) 

Chauvet C Charles-Alexis Chauvet C sharl-ah-leck-see sho-veh 

Chaux de fonds C La Chaux-de-Fonds C lah sho-duh-faw6 C (Swiss city) 

Chaux de fonds suisse C La Chaux-de-Fonds, Suisse C lah sho-duh-faw6, s ü eess C (Swiss 

city) 

Chavanne C Irene von Chavanne C ee-RAY-nuh fawn kah-VAHN 

Chavarri C Eduardo Lopez Chavarri C ay-th oo AHR-doh LO-pehth chah-VAR-ree 

Chavez C Carlos Chávez C KAR-lawss CHAH-vess C (known also as Carlos Antonio de 

Padua Chávez [KAR-lawss ahn-TOH-n ee o day PAH-th oo ah CHAH-vess], Carlos Chávez y 

Ramírez [ee rah-MEE-ress], and Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez) 

Chaynes C Charles Chaynes C sharl shayn 

Che ascolto ahime C Che ascolto ahimè C kay ah-SKOHL-toh ah ee -MAY C (Alas, what’s 

this I hear) C (aria from the opera Othello [o-TAYL-lo]; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah- 

KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by F. Beriodi Salsa [(F.) bay-r ee O-dee SAHL-sah] after 

William Shakespeare [WILL-l ih umm SHAYK-spih uh r]) 

Che cosa accadde C kay KO-zah ahk-KAHD-day C (excerpt from the opera Il barbiere di 

Siviglia [eel bar-b ee AY-ray dee see-VEE-l ee ah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by 

Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray 

stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 

duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee]) 

Che dar piu vi possio C Che dar più vi poss'io C kay DAR p ee OO vee PAWSS-s ee o C (What 

More Can I Give You) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAH OO -d ee o 

mohn-tay-VAYR-dee]) 

Che disse che ascoltai C Che disse? che ascoltai? C kay DEESS-say? kay ah-SKOHL-tah ee ? 

C (excerpt from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ay oo -ree-DEE-chay]; music by 

Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by 

Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-n ee AY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee]) 

Che fa il mio bene C Che fa il mio bene? C kay fah eel MEE-o BAY-nay? C (What Is My 

Love Doing? C (poem by Pietro Metastasio [p ee AY-tro may-tah-STAH-z ee o] set to music by 

Ludwig van Beethoven [LOOT-vihh funn BAY AY -toh-funn])

Che fa il mio bene lamante impaziente one C Che fa il mio bene? (L’amante impaziente 1) C 

kay fah eel MEE-o BAY-nay? (lah-MAHN-tay eem-pah-ts ee AYN-tay 1) C (What Is My 

Love Doing? (The Impatient Lover 1)) C (poem by Pietro Metastasio [p ee AY-tro may-tah- 

STAH-z ee o] set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven [LOOT-vihh funn BAY AY -toh-funn]) 

Che fa il mio bene lamante impaziente two C Che fa il mio bene? (L’amante impaziente 2) C 

kay fah eel MEE-o BAY-nay? (lah-MAHN-tay eem-pah-ts ee AYN-tay 2) C (What Is My 

Love Doing? (The Impatient Lover 2)) C (poem by Pietro Metastasio [p ee AY-tro may-tah- 

STAH-z ee o] set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven [LOOT-vihh funn BAY AY -toh-funn]) 

Che faro C Che farò C kay fah-RO C (aria from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o 

ayd ay oo -ree-DEE-chay]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-leebahlt 

fawn GLÔÔK]; libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-n ee AY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEEjee]) 

Che faro senza euridice C Che farò senza Euridice? C kay fah-RO SAYN-tsah ay oo -ree-DEEchay? 

C (excerpt from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ay oo -ree-DEE-chay]; 

music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and 

libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-n ee AY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee]) 

Che fiero momento C kay f ee AY-ro mo-MAYN-toh C (excerpt from the opera Orfeo ed 

Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ay oo -ree-DEE-chay]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck 

[KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-n ee AYree 

day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee]) 

Che gelida manina C kay JAY-lee-dah mah-NEE-nah C (duet from the opera La bohème [lah 

baw-emm] — Bohemian Life; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; 

libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KOzah] 

after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay]) 

Che giova posseder cittadi et regni C kay JO-vah pohss-SAY-dayr cheet-TAH-dee ett RAYn’yee 

C (composition by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck [YAHN PEE-turss-zoh oh n SWAY AY - 

lihngk]) 

Che interminabile andirivieni C Che interminabile andirivieni! C KAY een-tayr-mee-NAH-beelay 

ahn-dee-ree-v ee AY-nee! C (Servants' Chorus from the opera Don Pasquale [dohn pahsk 

oo AH-lay]; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gah ay -TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by 

Giovanni Ruffini [jo-VAHN-nee roof-FEE-nee] and Donizetti after Angelo Anelli [ahn-JAY-lo 

ah-NAYL-lee]) 

Che intesi oh annunzio C Che intesi, oh, annunzio! C kay een-TAY-zee, o, ahn-NOON-ts ee o! 

C (What did I hear, oh, what news!) C (aria from the opera Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra [aylee-zah-BAYT-tah, 

ray-JEE-nah deen-gheel-TAYR-rah] — Elizabeth [ih-LIH-zuh-buth], 

Queen of England; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by 

Giovanni Federico Schmidt [jo-VAHN-nee fay-day-REE-ko SHMITT] after Carlo Federici

[KAR-lo fay-day-REE-chee] and S. Lee [S. LEE]) 

Che invan su questo ciglio C Ah! che invan su questo ciglio C AH! kay een-VAHN soo k oo AYstoh 

CHEE-l ee o C (excerpt from the drama Maometto II [mah-o-MAYT-toh II] featuring Anna 

[AHN-nah]; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and text by Cesare 

della Valle [chay-ZAH-ray dayl-lah VAHL-lay]) 

Che mai veggio infeliceC Che mai vegg’io ... Infelice! C kay mah ee VAYD-jo ... een-fay-LEEchay! 

C (excerpt from the opera Ernani [ayr-NAH-nee], with music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo- 

ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah 

p ee AH-vay] after Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go]) 

Che mai veggio infelice e tuo credeviC Che mai vegg'io ... Infelice! E tuo credevi C kay mah ee 

VAYD-jo ... een-fay-LEE-chay! ay TOO-o kray-DAY-vee C (excerpt from the opera Ernani 

[ayr-NAH-nee], with music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by 

Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah p ee AH-vay] after Victor Hugo 

[{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go]) 

Che peca C Che pecà! C kay pay-KAH! C (What a Shame!) C (composition by Reynaldo 

Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN]) 

Che puro ciel che chiaro sol C Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol C kay POO-ro CHAYL, kay 

k ee AH-ro SOHL C (excerpt from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ay oo -ree-DEEchay], 

with music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn 

GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-n ee AY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee]) 

Che tenti oh trema insano tremin glinsani C Che tenti? ... Oh trema insano! ... Tremin gl’insani 

C kay TAYN-tee? ... o TRAY-mah een-SAH-no! ... TRAY-meen l’yeen-SAH-nee C 

(excerpt from the opera Nabucco [nah-BOOK-ko] — King of Babylon; music by Giuseppe 

Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Temistocle Solera [tay-MEE-stoh-klay so- 

LAY-rah] after Antonio Cortesi [ahn-TAW-n ee o kohr-TAY-zee], Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois 

[o-güst ah-nih-seh-bôôr-zhwah], and Francis Cornu [frah6-see kawr-nü]) 

Che vecchio sospettoso C Che vecchio sospettoso! C kay VAYK-k ee o so-spayt-TOH-zo! C 

(excerpt from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-b ee AY-ray dee see-VEE-l ee ah] — The 

Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; 




Checinski C Jan Ch]ci�ski C YAHN heh6-TSEE6-skee 

Cheetham C John Cheetham C JAHN CHEE-tumm 

Cheever C Ezekiel Cheever C ih-ZEE-k ih ull CHEE-vur

Chef de chant janine reiss C Chef de chant: Janine Reiss C sheff duh shah6: zhah-neen ress C 

(chef de chant = singing leader or master) 

Chef de choeur C Chef de choeur C sheff duh kör C (Chorus master) 

Chef de choeurs C Chef de chœurs C sheff duh kör C (Chorus master) 

Chef des carabiniers C Le chef des carabiniers C luh sheff dayss kah-rah-bee-n ee ay C (The 

Chief of Police) C (character in the opera Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] — The Brigands 

[BRIH-gunndz]; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri 

Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee]) 

Chef des choeurs guy lhomme C Chef des chœurs: Guy Lhomme C sheff day kör: gh ü ee lawm 

C (Chorus Master: Guy Lhomme [gh ü ee lawm]) 

Chef du peuple C Chef du peuple C sheff dü pö-pl’ C (Leader of the People) C (character in 

the opera Médée [may-day]; music by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6t 

ee ay] and libretto by Pierre Corneille [p ee ehr kawr-neh y’ ]) 

Chekalinsky C cheh-kah-L Y EEN-skee C character in the opera Pique dame [peek dahm] — 

The Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chah ih - 

KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mah-D Y ESST {chah ih - 

KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee] after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-l y ick-SAHN-d’r 

sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn]) 

Chekeres C chay-KAY-rayss 

Chelard C Hippolyte-André-Baptiste Chélard C eep-paw-leet-ah6-dray-bah-teest shay-lar C 

(known also as Hippolyte-André-Jean-Baptiste Chélard [eep-paw-leet-ah6-dray-zhah6-bahteest 

shay-lar]) 

Chelius C Oskar von Chelius C AWSS-kar fawn KAY-l ih ôôss 

Chella mi creda C Ch'ella mi creda C KAYL-lah mee KRAY-dah C (duet from the opera La 

fanciulla del west [lah fahn-CHOOL-lah dayl WAYST] — The Girl of the West; music by 

Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Guelfo Civinini [g oo AYL-fo cheevee-NEE-nee] 

and Carlo Zangarini [KAR-lo dzahn-gah-REE-nee] after David Belasco [DAYvudd 

buh-LASS-ko]) 

Chella mi creda liberoC Ch'ella mi creda libero C KAYL-lah mee KRAY-dah LEE-bay-ro C 

(duet from the opera La fanciulla del west [lah fahn-CHOOL-lah dayl WAYST] — The Girl 

of the West; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Guelfo 

Civinini [g oo AYL-fo chee-vee-NEE-nee] and Carlo Zangarini [KAR-lo dzahn-gah-REE-nee] 

after David Belasco [DAY-vudd buh-LASS-ko])

Chelleri C Fortunato Chelleri C fohr-too-NAH-toh kayl-LAY-ree 

Chemin petit C Hans Chemin-Petit C HAHNSS shuh-meh6-puh-tee C (known also as Hans 

Helmuth Chemin-Petit C HAHNSS HELL-môôt shuh-meh6-puh-tee 

Chemins de sion C Les chemins de Sion C leh shuh-meh6 duh s ee aw6 C (The Ways of Zion do 

Mourn) C (Funeral hymn composed by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick 

HANN-d’l] in honor of Caroline, deceased queen of England) 

Chenier C Andrea Chénier C ahn-dray-ah shay-n ee ay C (an opera, with music by Umberto 

Giordano [oom-BAYR-toh jor-DAH-no] and libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah]; 

also a character in the opera) 

Chenoweth C Wilbur Chenoweth C WILL-bur CHEH-no-wehth 

Cherbuliez C Antoine-Élisée Cherbuliez C ah6-twahn-ay-lee-zay shehr-bü-l ee ay 

Chere blessure C La chère blessure C lah shehr bless-sür C (The Beloved Wound) C (poem 

by Mme. Blanchecotte [mah-dahm blah6sh-kawt] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHLdoh 

HAHN]) 

Chereau C Patrice Chéreau C pah-treess shay-ro 

Cherepnin C Alexander Cherepnin C {a-ligg-ZANN-dur cheh-REPP-ninn} uh-l y ick-SAHNd’r 

cheh-repp-N Y EEN C (known also as Alexander Tcherepnin [cheh-repp-N Y EEN], 

Alexander Nikolaievich [n y ee-kah-LAH IH -eh-vihch] Tcherepnin, and Alexander Nikolaievich 

Cherepnin) 

Cherkassky C Shura Cherkassky C {SHOO-ruh chehr-KAHSS-kee} C (known also as 

Alexander Isaakovich [uh-l y ick-SAHN-d’r ee-SAH-kuh-vihch] Cherkassky) 

Cherl C Johann Kaspar Cherl C YO-hahn KAHSS-par KEHRL C (the last name is also 

spelled Kerl, Kerll, Kherl, and Gherl) 

Cherney C Brian Cherney C BR��-unn CHUR-nee 

Cherub and seraphim unbodied forms C Cherub and Seraphim, Unbodied Forms C CHEHrubb 

(and) SEH-ruh-fimm, (Unbodied Forms) C (excerpt from the oratorio Jephtha [JEFFthuh]; 

music by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l], libretto by 

Thomas Morell [TAH-muss maw-RELL] after Judges XI and G. Buchanan [G. buh-KAnunn]) 

Cherubin C sheh-rü-beh6 C (an opera, with music by Jules Massenet [zhül {mahss-s’nay} 

mahss-s’neh]; libretto by F. de Croisset [(F.) duh kr’wahss-seh] and Henri Cain [ah6-ree keh6])

Cherubini C Luigi Cherubini C l oo EE-jee kay-roo-BEE-nee C (known also as Maria Luigi 

Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini [mah-REE-ah l oo EE-jee KAR-lo dzay-NAW-b ee o sahl-vah- 

TOH-ray kay-roo-BEE-nee]) 

Cherubino C kay-roo-BEE-no C (character in the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay 

dee FEE-gah-ro] — The Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng 

ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart], libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHNtay] 

after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-marsheh]) 

Chevalier C Maurice Chevalier C mo-reess shuh-vah-l ee ay 

Chevalier C shuh-vah-l ee ay C (knight) C (character in the lyric drama Le roi Arthus [luh r'wah 

ar-tüss] — King Arthur; libretto and music by Ernest Chausson [ehr-nesst shohss-saw6]) 

Chevalier C Un chevalier C ü6 shuh-vah-l ee ay C (A knight) C (character in the lyric drama Le 

roi Arthus [luh r'wah ar-tüss] — King Arthur; libretto and music by Ernest Chausson [ehr-nesst 

shohss-saw6]) 

Chevalier de la force C Le chevalier de la force C luh shuh-vah-l ee ay duh lah fawrss C 

(character in the opera Dialogues des Carmélites [d ee ah-lawg day kar-may-leet] — Dialogues 

of the Carmelites [KAR-muh-l��tss]; music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k], libretto 

by Poulenc after Georges Bernanos [zhawrzh behr-nah-nawss]) 

Chevalier de lirou C Jean François Espic, Chevalier de Lirou C zhah6 frah6-swah ess-peek, 

shuh-vah-l ee ay duh lee-rôô 

Chevaliers mult estes guarizC Chevaliers, mult estes guariz C shuh-vah-l ee ay, mül-tesst g oo ahree 

C (anonymous 12th composition) 

Chevaliers C shuh-vah-l ee ay C (knights) C (characters in the opera Le Comte Ory [luh kaw6t 

aw-ree] — Count Ory; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by 

Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson [sharl-gahss-par d’lesstr’-pwar-saw6]) 

Chevaux de bois C Les chevaux de bois C leh shuh-vo duh bwah C (Wooden Horses) C 

(excerpt from the suite Jeux d’enfants [zhö dah6-fah6] — Children’s Games — by Georges 

Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]) 

Chevaux de bois C shuh-vo duh bwah C (Wooden Horses) C (poem from Ariettes Oubliées 

[ah-r ee ett ôô-bl ee ay] — Forgotten Airs — by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to music by 

Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see]) 

Cheve C Émile-Joseph-Maurice Chevé C ay-meel-zho-zeff-mo-reess shuh-vay

Chevelure C La chevelure C lah shuh-v’lür C (excerpt from Trois chansons de Bilitis 

[tr’wah shah6-saw6 duh bee-lee-teess] — Three Songs of Bilitis — by Claude Debussy [klohd 

deh-büss-see]) 

Chevillard C Camille Chevillard C {kah-meel shuh-vee-yar} kah-mee y’ shuh-vee-yar C 

(known also as Paul Alexandre [pohl ah-leck-sah6-dr’] Camille Chevillard) 

Chevre du thibet C La chèvre du Thibet C lah sheh-vr’ dü tee-beh C (The Tibetan [tih- 

BETT’n] Goat) C (excerpt from Le bestiaire (ou le cortege d'Orphée) [luh bess-t ee ehr (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]) 

ChevreuilleC Raymond Chevreuille C ray-moh6 shuh-vrö y’ 

Chi chilichiC KEE kee-LEE-kee C (Who's There?) C (composition by Orlando de Lassus) 

[awr-lah6-doh duh lahss-sü]) 

Chi e piu felice di me C Chi è più felice di me? C KEE ay p ee OO fay-LEE-chay dee MAY? C 

(song by C. A. Bixio [(C. A.) BEEK-s ee o]) 

Chi la gagliarda C KEE lah gah-l ee AR-dah C (song by Giovanni Domenico da Nola [jo- 

VAHN-nee doh-MAY-nee-ko dah NO-lah] 

Chi mai dellerebo C Chi mai dell'erebo C KEE MAH-ee dayl-lay-RAY-bo C (excerpt from 

the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ay oo -ree-DEE-chay]; music by Christoph Willibald 

von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi 

[rah-n ee AY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee]) 

Chi mai idol mio C Chi mai ... Idol mio C KEE MAH-ee ...EE-dohl MEE-o C (excerpt from 

the opera Idomeneo, rè di Creta [ee-doh-may-NAY-o, RAY dee KRAY-tah] — Idomeneo, 

King of Crete; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MOtsart]; 

libretto by Giovanni Battista Varesco [jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah vah-RAY-sko] 

after Antoine Danchet [ah6-twahn dah6-sheh]) 

Chi mi dira C Chi mi dirà C KEE mee dee-RAH C (excerpt from the opera Marta [MARtah]; 

music by Friedrich Flotow [FREET-rihh FLO-tawv] and libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm 

Riese [FREET-rihh VILL-hellm REE-zuh]) 

Chi mi frena in tal momentoC Chi mi frena in tal momento? C KEE mee FRAY-nah een tahl 

mo-MAYN-toh? C (excerpt from the opera Lucia di Lammermoor [loo-CHEE-ah dee LAHMmer-môô 

uh r] — Lucy of Lammermoor [LOO-see of LAMM-mur-môô uh r]; music by Gaetano 

Donizetti [gah ay -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])

Chi passa per sta strada C Chi passa per ’sta strada C kee PAHSS-sah payr stah STRAHdah 

C (anonymous song) 

Chi sa chi sa qual sia C Chi sa, chi sa, qual sia C kee SAH, kee SAH, k oo ahl SEE-ah C (aria 

contributed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] to 

the opera Il burbero di buon cuore [eel boor-BAY-ro dee b oo OHN k oo O-ray]; music by Vicente 

Martín y Soler [vee-THAYN-tay MAR-teen ee so-LEHR]; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo- 

RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay] after Goldoni [gohl-DOH-nee]) 

Chi sei che ardisci C Chi sei, che ardisci C kee SAY EE , kay ar-DEE-shee C (excerpt from the 

opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi [ee kah-poo-LAY-tee ay ee mohn-TAYK-kee] — The Capulets 

[KA-p’yuh-luttss] and the Montagues [MAHN-tuh-gh’yooz]; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen- 

CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee]) 

Chi vuol la zingarella C kee VWOHL lah tseen-gah-RAYL-lah C (Who Wants the Gypsy 

Girl?) C (song by Giovanni Paisiello [jo-VAHN-nee pah ee -z ee AYL-lo]) 

Chiang C Chiang, Ch'ing C DZ IH AHNG, TSHIHNG C (Madame Mao, Tse-Tung [ma- 

DAMM MAH O , ZEH-DAWNG]) C (character in the opera Nixon in China; music by John 

Adams [JAHN A-dummz] and libretto by Alice Goodman [A-luss GÔÔD-munn]) C (preferred 

spelling and pronunciation, Ze Dong [ZEH-DAWNG]) 

Chiara C Maria Chiara C mah-REE-ah k ee AH-rah C (known also as Maria-Rita [mah-REEah-REE-tah] 

Chiara) 

Chiaramello C Giancarlo Chiaramello C jahn-KAR-lo k ee ah-rah-MAYL-lo 

Chiari C Giuseppe Chiari C joo-ZAYP-pay k ee AH-ree 

Chiarina C sh ee ah-ree-nah C (excerpt from the suite Carnaval [kar-nah-vahl] — Carnival — 

by Robert Schuman [ROH OH -bert SHOO-mahn]) 

Chichagov C Igor Chichagov C EE-gur chih-HAH-guff 

Chichester psalms C Chichester psalms C CHIH-chuh-stur SALMZ C (compositions by 

Leonard Bernstein [LEH-nurd BURN-st��n]) 

Chichi bunichiC CHEE-chee boo-NEE-chee C (a medieval children’s song of the Jews who 

were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Yugoslavia) 

Chiesa C Maria Tibaldi Chiesa C mah-REE-ah tee-BAHL-dee k ee AY-zah 

Chignell C Robert Chignell C RAH-burt CHIGG-null 

Chihara C Paul Chihara C PAWL chee-HAH-rah C (known also as Paul Seiko [seh ee -kaw]

Chihara) 

Chiil bel sogno di doretta C Chi’il bel sogno di Doretta C kee ee l bayl SO-n’yo dee doh- 

RAYT-tah C (aria featuring Magda [MAHG-dah] in the opera La rondine [lah ROHN-deenay] 

— The Swallow; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by 

Giuseppe Adami [joo-ZAYP-pay ah-DAH-mee] after Dr. A. M. Willner [VILL-nur] and Heinz 

Reichert [H��NTSS R��-hert]) 

Chil il bel sogno di dorettaC Chil il bel sogno di Doretta C keel eel bayl SO-n’yo dee doh- 

RAYT-tah C (aria from the opera La rondine [lah ROHN-dee-nay] — The Swallow; music by 

Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Giuseppe Adami [joo-ZAYP-pay 

ah-DAH-mee] after Dr. A. M. Willner [VILL-nur] and Heinz Reichert [H��NTSS R��-hert]) 

Chilcott C Robert Chilcott C RAH-burt CHILL-kaht 

Chilesotti C Oscar Chilesotti C O-skar kee-lay-ZOHT-tee 

Chilingirian C Levon Chilingirian C LEH-vunn chee-leen-ghee-r ee AHN 

Ching C Chiang, Ch’ing C DZ IH AHNG, TSHIHNG C (Madame Mao, Tse-Tung [ma- 

DAMM MAH O , ZEH-DAWNG]) C (preferred spelling and pronunciation Ze Dong [ZEH 

DAWNG]) 

Ching C I-Ching C YEE EE -JEENG C (a classic Chinese book) 

Chingari C Marco Chingari C MAR-ko cheen-GAH-ree 

Chio mi scordi di te non temer amato bene C Ch'io mi scordi di te? ... Non temer, amato bene C 

KEE-o mee SKOHR-dee dee tay? ... NOHN TAY-mayr, ah-MAH-toh BAY-nay C (To put 

you from my mind? ... Do not fear, beloved) C (concert aria from the opera Idomeneo, rè di 

Creta [ee-doh-may-NAY-o, ray dee KRAY-tah] — Idomeneo, King of Crete; music by 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by 

Giovanni Battista Varesco [jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEESS-tah vah-RAY-sko] after Antoine 

Danchet [ah6-twahn dah6-sheh]) 

Chio non tami cor mio C Ch’io non t’ami, cor mio? C KEE-o nohn TAH-mee, kohr MEE-o? 

C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Johann Grabbe [YO-hahn GRAHB-buh]) 

Chio tami C Ch'io t'ami C KEE-o TAH-mee C (If Thou Knowest Not) C (madrigal [MADDrih-gull] 

by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAH OO -d ee o mohn-tay-VAYR-dee]) 

Chio vorrei morire C Sì ch’io vorrei morire C SEE KEE-o vor-RAY-ee mo-REE-ray C (Yes! 

I Wish to Die) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAH OO -d ee o mohntay-VAYR-dee])

Chiquitita la novia C chee-kee-TEE-tah lah NO-v ee ah C (anonymous song arranged by 

Fernando J. Obradors [fehr-NAHN-doh (J.) o-VRAH-thawrss]) 

Chiriac C Mircea Chiriac C MEER-ch ee ah kee-r ee AHK 

ChiribiribinC KEE-ree-bee-ree-BEEN C (song by James [JAYMZ], Lawrence [LAWrunntss], 

and Pestalozza [pay-stah-LOHT-tsah]) 

Chirico C Giorgio de Chirico C JOHR-jo day kee-REE-ko 

Chirurgo C Un chirurgo C oon kee-ROOR-go C (A surgeon) C (character in the opera La 

forza del destino [lah FOHR-tsah dayl day-STEE-no] — The Force of Destiny; music by 

Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAYsko 

mah-REE-ah p ee AH-vay] after Angel P. De Saavedra [ahn-HELL (P.) day sah-VAYdrah]) 

Chirurgus C shee-rür-güss C (character in Le malade imaginaire [luh mah-lahd ee-mah-zheenehr] 

— The Hypochondriac, a play by Jean-Baptiste Molière [zhah6-bah-teest maw-l ee ehr], 

with music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier [mark-ah6-twahn shar-pah6-t ee ay]) 

Chisholm C Erik Chisholm C EH-rick CHIH-zumm 

Chitaronne C kee-tah-ROHN-nay C (long-necked, lute-like, plucked member of the viol 

family) 

Chitarra C kee-TAR-rah C (a musical instrument) 

Chitarra batente C kee-TAR-rah bah-TAYN-tay C (guitar of Southern Italy) 

Chitarra damor C Chitarra d’amor C kee-TAR-rah dah-MOR C (Guitar of Love) C (song by 

Ludwig Schmidseder [LOOT-vihh SHMITT-say-dur] and Ralph Siegel [RA L F SEE-gull]) 

Chitarra nella notte C Una chitarra nella notte C oo-nah kee-TAR-rah NAYL-lah NOHT-tay 

C (song by Bonagura [bo-nah-GOO-rah] and Ruccione [roo-chO-nay]) 

Chitarrone C kee-tar-RO-nay C (long-necked, lute-like, plucked member of the viol family) 

Chladni C Ernest Chladni C EHR-nesst KLAHD-nee C (known also as Ernest Florens 

Friedrich Chladni [EHR-nesst FLO-rennss FREET-rihh KLAHD-nee]) 

Chloe C An Chloe C ahn KLÖ C (To Chloe [KLO-ee] C (poem by Johann Georg Jacobi 

[YO-hahn GAY-awrk YAH-kaw-bee] set to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng 

ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]) 

Chloris C A Chloris C ah klaw-reess C (To Chloris) C (poem by Théophile de Viau [tay-aw-

feel duh v ee o] set to music by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN]) 

Chlubna C Osvald Chlubna C AWSS-vahlt KLÔÔB-nuh 

Chmura C Gabriel Chmura C GAHB-r ee ell hMÔÔ-rah 

Cho liang C Lin, Cho-Liang C LEE EE N, ZHOO-LEE EE AHNG C (known also as Cho-Liang 

Lin) 

Chodila chodila C Chodila, chodila C KO-dih-lah, KO-dih-lah C (dance from U naseho Barty 

[ÔÔ NAH-sheh-ho BAR-tee] — (Anonymous 17th Hungarian Dances) 

Chodzko C Aleksa�der Chod�ko C ah-leck-SAH6-der HAHDZH-kaw 

Choeur a bouche fermee C Chœur à bouche fermée C kör ah bôôsh fehr-may C (Humming 

Chorus) C (excerpt from the opera Madame [mah-dahm] Butterfly — Madam [MA-dumm] 

Butterfly; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica 

[l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after David 

Belasco [DAY-vudd buh-LASS-ko] and John Luther Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG]) 

Choeur de la corrida C kör duh lah kawr-REE-thah C (Bullfight Chorus) C (excerpt from 

the opera Carmen [KAR-m’n]; music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]; libretto by Henri 

Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee]) 

Choeur de la rtf et orchestre lyrique C Chœuer de la RTF et Orchestre Lyrique C kör duh lah 

RTF ay awr-kess-tr’ lee-reek C (French Radio and Television Chorus and Lyric Orchestra) 

Choeur de lorchestre de paris C Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris C kör duh lawr-kess-tr' duh 

pah-ree C (Chorus of the Paris Orchestra) 

Choeur de lorchestre symphonique de montreal C Choeur de l'orchestre symphonique de 

Montréal C kör duh lawr-kess-tr’ seh6-faw-neek duh maw6-ray-ahl C (Choir of the Montréal 

[mahn-tree-AHL] Symphony Orchestra) 

Choeur denfants C Chœur d'enfants C kör dah6-fah6 C (Children's chorus) 

Choeur des bohemiens C Chœur des Bohémiens C kör day baw-ay-m ee ah6 C (Gypsy Chorus) 

C (excerpt from the opera Il trovatore [eel tro-vah-TOH-ray] — The Troubadour; music by 

Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano [sahl-vah- 

DOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no] and Leone Emanuele Bardare [lay-O-nay ay-mah-n oo AY-lay 

bar-DAH-ray] after Antonio García Gutiérrez [ahn-TOH-n ee o gar-THEE-ah goo-t ee AYRrehth]) 

Choeur des bohemiens et des matadors C Chœur des Bohémiens et des matadors C kör day 

baw-ay-m ee ah6 ay day mah-tah-dawr C (Bohemians' and Matadors' Chorus) C (excerpt from

the opera La traviata [lah trah-v ee AH-tah] — The Worldly Woman; music by Giuseppe Verdi 

[joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REEah 

p ee AH-vay] after Alexandre Dumas [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ dü-mah]) 

Choeur des enfants C Chœur des enfants C kör day-zah6-fah6 C (Children's Chorus) C 

(excerpt from the opera Carmen [KAR-m’n]; music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]; 

libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee]) 

Choeur des esclaves C Chœur des esclaves C kör day-zess-klahv C (Slaves' Chorus) C 

(excerpt from the opera Nabucco [nah-BOOK-ko] — King of Babylon; music by Giuseppe 

Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Temistocle Solera [tay-MEE-stoh-klay so- 

LAY-rah] after Antonio Cortesi [ahn-TAW-n ee o kohr-TAY-zee], Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois 

[o-güst ah-nih-seh-bôôr-zhwah], and Francis Cornu [frah6-see kawr-nü]) 

Choeur des fiancaillesC Chœur des fiançailles C kör day f ee ah6-sah y’ C (Bridal Chorus) C 

(excerpt from the opera Lohengrin [LOH OH -unn-grinn], music and libretto by Richard Wagner 

[RIH-hart VAHG-nur]) 

Choeur des fileuses C Chœur des fileuses C kör day fee-löz C (Spinning Chorus) C (excerpt 

from the opera Der fliegende Holländer [dayr FLEE-gunn-tuh HAWL-lenn-tur] — The 

Flying Dutchman; music and libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur], libretto after 

Heinrich Heine [H��N-rihh H��-nuh) 

Choeur des inities C Chœur des initiés C kör day ee-nee-s ee ay C (Initiates Chorus) C (excerpt 

from La flüte enchantée [lah flüt ah6-shah6-tay] — The Magic Flute; music by Wolfgang 

Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Emanuel 

Schikaneder [ay-MAH AH -n oo ayl SHEE-kah-nay-dur]) 

Choeur des janissaires C Chœur des janissaires C kör day zhah-neess-sehr C (Janissaries' 

[JA-nuh-seh-reez’] chorus) C (excerpt from the musical play L'enlèvement au sérail [lah6-lehv’mah6 

o say-rah y’ ] — The Abduction from the Harem; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

[VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie [GAWT-leep 

SHTEH-fah-nee] after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner [KRIH-stawf FREET-rihh BRETTSSnur]) 

Choeur des prisonniers C Chœurs des prisonniers C kör day pree-zawn-n ee ay C (Prisoners' 

Chorus) C (excerpt from the opera Fidelio [fee-DAY-l ih o]; music by Ludwig van Beethoven 

[LOOT-vihh funn BAY AY -toh-funn]; libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner [YOH OH -zeff ZAWN-l��tnur], 

Stephan von Breuning [SHTEH-fahn fawn BROY-nihng], and Georg Friedrich 

Treitschke [GAY-awrk FREET-rihh TR��TSH-kuh]) 

Choeur des soldats C Chœur des soldats C kör day sawl-daht C (Soldiers' Chorus) C (excerpt 

from the opera La damnation de Faust [lah dahm-nah-s ee aw6 duh fah oo st] — The Damnation of 

Faust [FAH OO ST]; music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-l ee awz]; libretto by Berlioz and 

Almire Gandonnière [ahl-meer gah6-dawn-n ee ehr] after Gérard de Nerval [zhay-rahr duh

nehr-vahl] and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh]) 

Choeur du feu C Chœur du feu C kör dü fö C (Bonfire Chorus) C (excerpt from the opera 

Otello [o-TAYL-lo]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Arrigo 

Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] after William Shakespeare [WILL-l ih umm SHAYK-spih uh r]) 

Choeur et maitrise de radio france C Chœur et maîtrise de Radio France C kör ay meh-treez 

duh rah-d ee o frah6ss C (French Radio Chorus and Children’s Chorus) 

Choeur et orchestre radio lyrique C Chœur et orchestre Radio-Lyrique C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ 

rah-d ee o lee-reek C (Lyric Radio Chorus and Orchestra) 

Choeur et orchestre regional de cannes provence alpes cote dazur C Chœur et orchestre régional 

de Cannes-Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ ray-zh ee aw-nahl duh kahnpraw-vah6ss-ahlp-koht 

dah-zür C ((Chorus and Orchestra of the) kahn-praw-vah6ss-ahlpkoht 

dah-zür) 

Choeur et orchestre symphonique de montreal C Chœur et orchestre symphonique de Montréal 

C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ seh6-faw-neek duh maw6-ray-ahl C (Montreal [mahn-tree-AWL] 

Chorus and Symphony Orchestra) 

Choeur et orchestre symphonique du theatre san carlos de lisbonne C Chœur et orchestre 

symphonique du Théâtre San Carlos de Lisbonne C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ seh6-faw-neek dü tayah-tr’ 

sah6 kar-lawss duh leess-bawn C (Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the San Carlos 

(sann KAR-lawss] Theater of Lisbon [LIZZ-bunn]) 

Choeur symphonique et orchestre de la fondation gulbenkian de lisbonne C Chœur symphonique 

et orchestre de la Fondation Gulbenkian de Lisbonne C kör seh6-faw-neek ay awr-kess-tr’ duh 

lah faw6-dah-shaw6 gül-bah6-k ee ah6 duh leess-bawn C (Symphony Chorus and Orchestra of 

the Gulbenkian [gôôl-BEHNG-k ih unn] Foundation of Lisbon [LIZZ-bunn]) C (in Portugal, the 

foundation is known as the Fundação Gulbenkian [fôô6-duh-SAH6ôô gôô-beh6-k ee EH6]) 

Choeurs and orchestre national de lyon C Choeurs & Orchestre National de Lyon C kör & 

awr-kess-tr' nah-s ee o-nahl duh lee-aw6 C (Lyon [lee-aw6] National Chorus and Orchestra) 

Choeurs de la rtf et orchestre radio lyrique C Chœurs de la RTF et Orchestre Radio Lyrique C 

kör duh lah RTF ay awr-kess-tr’ rah-d ee o lee-reek C (French Radio and Television Chorus and 

Radio-Lyric Orchestra) 

Choeurs de lopera de berlin C Chœurs de l'Opéra de Berlin C kör duh law-pay-rah duh behrleh6 

C (Berlin Opera Chorus) 

Choeurs de lopera de lyon C Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon C kör duh law-pay-rah duh lee-aw6 

C (Choir of the Lyon [lee-aw6] Opera)

Choeurs de lopera de vienne C Chœurs de l'Opéra de Vienne) C kör duh law-pay-rah duh 

v ee enn C (Vienna Opera Chorus) 

Choeurs de lopera du rhin C Chœurs de l’Opéra du Rhin C kör duh law-pay-rah dü reh6 C 

(Rhine Opera Chorus) 

Choeurs de lopera national de sofia C Chœurs de l'Opéra National de Sofia C kör duh law-payrah 

nah-s ee o-nahl duh saw-f ee ah C (Sofia [{SO-fee-uh} SAW-f ee ah] National Opera Chorus) 

Choeurs de losm C Chœurs de l'OSM C kör duh l’OSM C (Chorus of the Montreal [mahntree-AWL] 

Symphony Orchestra) 

Choeurs de radio france C Chœurs de Radio-France C kör duh rah-d ee o- frah6ss C (Chorus 

of Radio-France) 

Choeurs de toulouse midi pyrenees C Chœurs de Toulouse-Midi-Pyrénées C kör duh tôô-lôôzmee-dee-pee-ray-nay 

C (Central Toulouse-Pyrenees [tôô-LOOZ-PIH-ruh-neez] Chorus) 

Choeurs denfants de la cantoria C Chœurs d'enfants de la Cantoria C kör dah6-fah6 duh lah 

kah6-taw-r ee ah C Cantoria [kann-TAW-r ee uh] Children's Chorus) 

Choeurs du theatre national de lopera de paris C Chœurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris 

C kör dü tay-ah-tr’ nah-s ee o-nahl duh law-pay-rah duh pah-ree C (Paris National Opera 

Theater Chorus) 

Choeurs et maitrise de la r t f C Chœurs et maitrise de la R.T.F. C kör ay meh-treez duh lah 

R.T.F. C (French Radio and Television Choir and Children’s Chorus) 

Choeurs et maitrise de radio france C Chœurs et maitrise de Radio France C kör ay meh-treez 

duh rah-d ee o frah6ss C (Chorus and Children's Chorus of Radio France) 

Choeurs et orchestre C Chœurs et orchestre C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ C (Chorus and orchestra) 

Choeurs et orchestre de lopera de lyon C Chœurs et orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon C kör ay 

awr-kess-tr’ duh law-pay-rah duh lee-aw6 C (Chorus and Orchestra of the Lyon [lee-aw6] 

Opera) 

Choeurs et orchestre de lopera de rome C Chœurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rome C kör ay 

awr-kess-tr’ duh law-pay-rah duh rawm C (Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra) 

Choeurs et orchestre du capitole de toulouse C Chœurs et orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse C 

kör ay awr-kess-tr’ dü kah-pee-tawl duh tôô-lôôz C (Chorus and Orchestra of the Capital of 

Toulouse [tôô-LOOZ]) 

Choeurs et orchestre du mai musical florentin C Chœurs et orchestre du Mai Musical Florentin C

kör ay awr-kess-tr dü meh mü-zee-kahl flaw-rah6-teh6 C (Chorus and Orchestra of the 

Florence [FLAW-runntss] May Festival) 

Choeurs et orchestre du theatre de la scala de milan C Chœurs et orchestre du Théâtre de La 

Scala de Milan C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ dü tay-ah-tr’ duh lah skah-lah duh mee-lah6 C 

(Chorus and Orchestra of the La Scala [lah SKAH-lah] Theater, Milan [mee-LAHN]) 

Choeurs et orchestre du theatre national de lopera comique C Chœurs et orchestre du Théâtre 

National de l'Opéra-Comique C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ dü tay-ah-tr’ nah-s ee o-nahl duh law-payrah-kaw-meek 

C (Chorus and Orchestra of the National Comic-Opera Theater) 

Choeurs et orchestre du theatre national de lopera de paris C Chœurs et orchestre du Théâtre 

National de l'Opéra de Paris C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ dü tay-ah-tr’ nah-s ee o-nahl duh law-payrah 

duh pah-ree C (Chorus and orchestra of the National Theater of the Paris Opera) 

Choeurs et orchestre national de lyon C Chœurs et Orchestre National de Lyon C kör ay awrkess-tr’ 

nah-s ee o-nahl duh lee-aw6 C (Lyon [lee-aw6] National Chorus and Orchestra) 

Choeurs et orchestre symphonique de la radio bavaroise C Chœurs et orchestre symphonique de 

la Radio Bavaroise C kör ay awr-kess-tr’ seh6-faw-neek duh lah rah-d ee o bah-vah-r’wahz C 

(Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphonic Orchestra) 

Choix dairs de lopera zanetta C Choix d’airs de l’opéra “Zanetta” C shwah dehr duh lawpay-rah 

“zah-nett-tah” C (Selected Airs from the Opera Zanetta) C (compositions by Daniel- 

François-Esprit Auber [dah-n ee ell-frah6-swah ess-pree o-bay]) 

Chominski C Józef Micha� Chomi�ski C YÔÔ-zuff MEE-hah w’ kaw-MEE6-skee 

Chong C Prince Sou-Chong C (Prince) SOH OO -CHAWNG C (character in the operetta Das 

Land des Lächelns [dahss LAHNT dess LEH-hullnss] — The Land of Smiles; music by Franz 

Lehár [FRAHNZ leh-HAH AH R]; lyrics by Victor Léon [veek-tawr lay-aw6], Ludwig Herzer 

[LOOT-vihh HEHR-tsur], and Fritz Löhner [FRITTSS LÖ-nur]) 

Chookasian C Lili Chookasian C LILL-lee choo-KAH-s ih ahn 

Chop C Max Chop C MAHKSS KOHP C (known also as Monsieur Charles [muh-s ee ö 

sharl]) 

Chopin C Frédéric Chopin C fray-day-reek shaw-peh6 C (known also as Frédéric-François 

Chopin [fray-day-reek-frah6-swah shaw-peh6] C (the foregoing is the French version of the 

original Polish name Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin [frih-DEH-rick frahn-TSEE-sheck SHAWpenn]) 

Chopin C shaw-peh6 C (excerpt from the suite Carnaval [kar-nah-vahl] — Carnival — by 

Robert Schuman [ROH OH -bert SHOO-mahn])

Choquet C Gustave Chouquet C güss-tahv shôô-keh 

Chor der bayerischen staatsoper munchen C Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München C 

KOH OH R dayr BAH-yuh-rih-shunn SHTAH AH TSS-o-pur MÜN-hunn C (Chorus of the 

Bavarian State Opera of Munich [m’YOO-nick]) 

Chor der deutschen oper berlin C Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin C KOH OH R dayr DOYTshunn 

O-pur behr-LEEN C (Berlin German Opera Chorus) 

Chor der engel C Chor der Engel C KOH OH R dayr EHNG-ull C (composition by Franz 

Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert]) 

Chor der niederlandischen oper C Chor der Niederländischen Oper C KOH OH R dayr NEEder-lenn-tih-shunn 

O-pur C (Choir of the Netherlands Opera) 

Chor der st hedwigs kathedrale berlin C Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin C KOH OH R 

dayr St. HETT-vickss-kah-tay-DRAH-luh behr-LEEN C (St. Hedwig’s Cathedral Choir, 

Berlin) 

Chor der wiener staatsoper C Chor der Wiener Staatsoper C KOH OH R dayr VEE-nur 

SHTAH AH TSS-o-pur (Vienna State Opera Chorus) 

Chor des bayerischen rundfunks C Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks C KOH OH R dess BAHyuh-rih-shunn 

RÔÔNT-fôôngkss C (Bavarian Radio Chorus) 

Chor des ndr hamburg C Chor des NDR Hamburg C KOH OH R dess NDR HAHM-pôôrk C 

(North German Radio Chorus of Hamburg [HAHM-pôôrk]) 

Chor des osterreichischen rundfunks C Chor des Österreichischen Rundfunks C KOH OH R dess 

Ö-stuhr-r��-hih-shunn RÔÔNT-fôôngkss C (Austrian Radio Chorus) 

Chor i orkiestra teatru wielkiego w warszawie C Chór i Orkiestra Teatru Wielkiego w 

Warszawie C HÔÔR ee awr-k ee ESS-trah teh-AH-troo v ee ell-k ee AY-go vuh var-SHAH-v ee eh 

C (Choir and Orchestra of the Warsaw State Opera House) 

Chor kobiet C Chór kobiet C HÔÔR KAH-b ee ett C (Women’s choir) C (choir from the opera 

Straszny Dwór [STRAHSH-nih d’VÔÔR] — The Haunted Manor; music by Stanis�aw 

Moniuszko [stah-N Y EESS-wahf mah-n ee ÔÔSH-kaw] and libretto by Jan Ch]ci�ski [YAHN 

heh6-TSEE6-skee]) 

Chor und orchester der bayreuther festspiele C Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele C 

KOH OH R ôônt awr-KEH-stur dayr B��-roy-tur FESST-shpee-luh C (Chorus and orchestra of 

the Bayreuth [B��-royt] Festival) 

Chor und orchester der kolner kurrende C Chor und Orchester der Kölner Kurrende C

KOH OH R ôônt awr-KEH-stur dayr KÖL-nur kôôr-RENN-tuh C (Cologne [kuh-LOHN] 

Chorus and Orchestra) C (Literally, "Kurrende" means an itinerant children's choir. Since the 

choir now has grown-ups, the title has become a misnomer.) 

Choral C kaw-rahl C (performed by a chorus or choir; hymn or sacred song) C (French 

spelling, pronunciation, and meaning) 

Choral C ko-RAH AH L C hymn or sacred song C (German spelling, pronunciation, and meaning) 

Choral C KO-rull C (relating to, or performed by a chorus or choir) C (American spelling, 

pronunciation, and meaning) 

Choral de la cantate one hundred and forty seven herz und mund und tat und leben C Choral de la 

Cantate 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" C ko-RAH AH L duh lah kah6-taht 147, 

“HEHRTSS ôônt MÔÔNT ôônt TAHT ôônt LAY-bunn” C (Chorale from Cantata [kunn- 

TAH-tuh] 147, “Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life”) C (composition by Johann Sebastian 


Chorale C Choräle C ko-RAY-luh C (hymns or sacred songs) C (German spelling, 


Chorale C kaw-rahl C (choral society, choir) C (French spelling, pronunciation, and meaning) 

Chorale C kuh-RA L C (hymn or sacred song, also a chorus or choir) C (American spelling, 


Chorale wie schon leucht uns der morgenstern C Choräle ‘Wie schön leucht’ uns der 

Morgenstern C ko-RAY-luh ‘vee SHÖN LOYHT’ ôônss dayr MAWR-gunn-shtehrn C 

(composition by Georg Philipp Telemann [GAY-awrk fee-lipp TAY-luh-mahn]) 

Choralschola der niederalteicher scholaren C Choralschola der Niederalteicher Scholaren C 

KO-rahl-sho-lah dayr NEE-dur-ahl-t��-hur SHO-lah-runn 

Choralschola der wiener hofburgkapelle C Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle C KOrahl-sho-lah 

dayr VEE-nur HAWF-pôôrk-kah-pell-luh (Vienna Royal Residence Church 

Choir) 

Chorbajian C John Chorbajian C JAHN chawr-BAH-junn 

Chorea C Alia chorea C AH-l ih ah kaw-RAY-uh C (dance from Olach tancz (lère partie) [Olahk 

TAHNTSS] (First part) — Anonymous 17th Hungarian Dances) 

Chorea alia hungarica C Alia chorea - Alia hungarica C AH-l ih ah kaw-RAY-uh - AH-l ih ah 

hôôn-GAH-rih-kuh C (dance from Alia chorea No 8 [AH-l ih ah kaw-RAY-uh (No. 8)] — 

Anonymous 17th Hungarian Dances)

Chorea hungarica C kaw-RAY-uh hôôn-GAH-rih-kuh C (anonymous 17th Hungarian 

dance) 

Chorea no eight C Alia chorea No 8 C AH-l ih ah kaw-RAY-uh (No. 8) C (Anonymous 17th 

Hungarian Dances) 

Chorea tancz C Chorea Tancz C kaw-RAY-uh TAHNTSS C (anonymous 17th Hungarian 

dance) 

Chorea tantz C Chorea Tantz C kaw-RAY-uh TAHNTSS C (dance from Tantz [TAHNTSS] 

— Anonymous 17th Hungarian Dances) 

Chorley C Henry F. Chorley C HENN-ree F. CHAWR-lee C (known also as Henry Fothergill 

[FAW-thur-ghill] Chorley) 

Choron C Alexandre Choron C ah-leck-sah6-dr’ shaw-raw6 C (known also as Alexandre 

Étienne Choron [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ ay-t ee enn shaw-raw6]) 

Choros C Chôros C SHO-rôôss C (a type of Brazilian music; series of 15 compositions by 

Heitor Villa-Lobos [ay-TAWR VEEL-luh-LO-bôôsh]) 

Chorsolisten und chor des opernhauses zurich C Chorsolisten und Chor des Opernhauses Zürich 

C KOH OH R-zo-lih-stunn ôônt KOH OH R dess O-purn-hah oo -zuss TSÜ-rihh C (Choral 

Soloists and Chorus of the Zurich [ZÔÔ UH -rick] Opera House) 

Chorus of the oprichniki C Chorus of the Oprichniki C (Chorus of the) ah-PREECH-n y ih-kee 

C (excerpt from the film Ivan the Terrible, with music by Sergei Prokofiev [sehr-GAY EE prah- 

KAW-f ih eff]; arranged in the form of an oratorio by Abram Stasevich [ah-BRAHM stah-SAYvihch]) 

Chorus viennensis C Chorus Viennensis C (Chorus) v ee enn-NAYN-siss C (Vienna Chorus) 

Chorzempa C Daniel Chorzempa C DA-n ih ull kawr-ZEMM-puh C (known also as Daniel 

Walter [WAWL-tur] Chorzempa) 

Chotzinoff C Samuel Chotzinoff C {SA-m’yuh-wull CHAHT-zih-nawf} sah-m ôô AYL haht- 

ZEE-nuff 

Chou C Chou, En-Lai C DZ AW OO, UHNG-LAH IH C (character in the opera Nixon in China; 

music by John Adams [JAHN A-dummz] and libretto by Alice Goodman [A-luss GÔÔDmunn]) 

Chou C Chou, Wen-chung C DZ AW OO, WUNN-TSHOONG C (known also as Wen-chung 

Chou)

Chouette C La chouette C lah shôô-ett C (The owl) C (character in the opera L'enfant et les 

sortileges [lah6-fah6 ay leh sawr-tee-lehzh] — The Child and the Fantasies; music by Maurice 

Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell] and libretto by Sidonie Gabrielle Gauthiers-Villars [see-daw-nee gahbr 

ee ell go-t ee ay-veel-lar]) 

Chouquet C Gustave Chouquet C güss-tahv shôô-keh C (known also as Adolphe-Gustave 

Chouquet [ah-dawlf-güss-tahv shôô-keh]) 

Chramer gip die varwe mir C Chramer, gip die Varwe mir C KRA AH -mur, ghipp dee FARvuh 

mihr C (Shopkeeper, give me color) C (excerpt from Primo Vere [PREE-mo VAY-ray] 

— Spring — a series of poems from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo- 

RAH-nah] set to music by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF]) 

Chramer gip die varwe mir C Chramer, gip die Varwe mir C KRAH AH -mur, ghipp dee FARvuh 

mihr C (excerpt from Uf dem Anger [OOF daym AHNG-ur] — On the Green — a series 

of poems from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to 

music by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF]) 

Christ C Peter Christ C PEE-tur KRISST 

Christ C Rudolf Christ C ROO-dawlf KRISST 

Christ C Wolfram Christ C VAWL-frahm KRISST 

Christe jesu pastor bone C Christe Jesu, pastor bone C KREE-stay YAY-zoo, PAH-stawr 

BAW-neh C (motet [mo-TETT] by John Taverner [JAHN TA-vur-nur]) 

Christensen C Dieter Christensen C DEE-tur KRIH-stunn-sunn 

Christian grube und dem staats und domchor berlin gewidmet C Christian Grube und dem Staatsund 

Domchor Berlin gewidmet C KRIH-st ih ahn GROO-buh ôônt daym SHTAH AH TSS- ôônt 

DAWM-kawr behr-LEEN guh-VITT-mutt C (Dedicated to Christian Grube [KRISS-t ih unn 

GROO-buh] and the Berlin State and Cathedral Choirs) 

Christiansen C Fredrik Melius Christiansen C {FREDD-rick MEE-l ih uss KRISS-t ih unn-s’n} 

FREDD-rick MEH EH -l ih ewss KRISS-t ih ahn-s’n 

Christiansen C Olaf Christiansen C O-luff KRISS-t ih unn-s’n 

Christie C William Christie C WILL-l ih umm KRISS-tee C (known also as William Lincoln 

[LIHNG-kunn] Christie) 

Christoff C Boris Christoff C baw-REESS KREESS-tawf C (known also as Boris Kirilov 

[KEE-ree-lôôf] Christoff)

Christoff C Dimiter Christoff C DEE-mee-tur KREESS-tawf 

Christoskov C Peter Christoskov C PAY-tur kreess-TAWSS-kawf 

Christou C Jani Christou C YAH-nee KRISS T’ 

Christov C Dobri Christov C DAH-bree KREESS-tawf 

Christus C KRIH-stôôss C (an oratorio [aw-ruh-TOH-r ee o] by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ 

LISST]) 

Christus C KRIH-stôôss (German pronunciation); KREESS-tôôss (Latin pronunciation) 

Christus factus est C Christus Factus est C KRIH-stôôss FAHK-tôôss esst C (motet [mo- 

TETT] by Anton Bruckner [AHN-toh oh n BRÔÔK-nur]) 

Christus factus est kyrie qui passurus C Christus factus est. Kyrie — Qui passurus C KREESStôôss 

FAHK-tôôss esst. KÜ-r ee ay — k ôô EE PAHSS-sôô-rôôss C (anonymous composition 

from the Cancionero de Segovia [kahn-th ee o-NAY-ro day say-GO-v ee ah] — Songbook of 

Segovia — containing liturgical music from Spain at the time of Christopher Columbus) 

Christus factus est pro nobis C KREESS-tôôss FAHK-tôôss esst pro NO-biss C (anonymous 

sacred composition) 

Christus resurgens C KREESS-tôôss reh-SOOR-jenss C (motet [mo-TETT] by William Byrd 

[WILL-l ih umm BURD]) 

Christus resurgens ex mortuis C Christus resurgens ex mortuis C KREESS-tôôss reh-SOORjenss 

eckss MOHR-tôô-iss C (composition by Orlande de Lassus [awr-lah6d duh lahss-sü]) 

Chromatic fantasia and fugue C Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue C (Chromatic) fann-TAY-zhah 

(and) f’YOOG C (composition by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ih unn 

BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) 

Chrysander C Friedrich Chrysander C FREET-rihh KRÜ-sahn-tur C (known also as Karl 

Franz Friedrich Chrysander [KARL FRAHNTSS FREET-rihh KRÜ-sahn-tur]) 

Chrysanthos of madytos C Chrysanthos of Madytos C KREE-sahn-thohss (of) MAH-theetohss 

Chrysorrhoas C Johannes Chrysorrhoas C ee o -AHN-neess kree-sawr-RAW-ahss C (known 

also as John of Damascus [JAHN (of) duh-MASS-kuss]) 

Chto nasha zhizn C Chto nasha zhizn? C SHTAW NAHSH-uh ZHEE-Z’N? C (What is life? 

It is a game) C (aria featuring Hermann [GHEHR-mahn] in the opera Pique dame [peek dahm]

— The Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chah ih - 

KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mah-D Y ESST {chah ih - 

KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee] after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-l y ick-SAHN-d’r 

sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn]) 

Chuchro C Josef Chuchro C YO-seff KÔÔ-kro 

Chudskoye C Lake Chudskoye C (Lake) chôôt-SKAW-yeh 

Chueca C Federico Chueca C fay-thay-REE-ko ch oo AY-kah 

Chulapona C La chulapona C lah choo-lah-PO-nah C (an opera, with music by Federico 

Moreno Torroba [fay-thay-REE-ko mo-RAY-no tawr-RO-vah]; libretto by Romero [ro- 

MAY-ro] and Fernández Shaw [fehr-NAHN-dehth SHAW]) 

Chume, chum geselle min C KOO-muh, KOOM guh-ZELL-luh MEEN C (Come, come, my 

love) C (excerpt from On the Meadow — a group of poems from the 13th manuscript Carmina 

Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF]) 

Chung C Chou, Wen-chung C DZ AW OO, WUNN-TSHOONG C (known also as Wen-chung 

Chou) 

Chung C Chung, Kyung-Wha C CHUHNG, K’YAHNG-HWAH 

Chung C Chung, Myung-Wha C CHUHNG, M’YUHNG-HWAH 

Chung C Chung, Myung-Whun C CHUHNG, M’YUHNG-HWEE6 

Chusid C Martin Chusid C MAR-t’n CHOO-sudd 

Chut chut C Chut, Chut C shü, shü C (Hush, Hush) C (excerpt from Chants d'Auvergne 

[shah6 doh-vehrn y’ ] — Songs of the Auvergne [o-vehrn y ’], French folk songs collected by 

Joseph Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb]) 

Chvala C Emanuel Chvála C EH-mah-nôô-ell KVAH AH -lah 

Chwatal C Franz Xaver Chwatal C FRAHNZ ZAH-vehr KWAH-tull 

ChybinskiC Adolf Chybi�ski C AH-dawlf hih-BEE6-skee C (known also as Adolf Eustachy 

[eh ôô -STAH-kih] Chybi�ski) 

Ci darem la mano C Là ci darem la mano C lah chee dah-RAYM lah MAH-no C (duet from 

the opera Don Giovanni [dohn jo-VAHN-nee]; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng 


POHN-tay])

Ciacona C chah-KO-nah C (composition by Silvius Leopold Weiss [ZILL-v ih ôôss LAY-opawlt 

V��SS]) 

Ciacona fur orgel C Ciacona für Orgel C chah-KO-nah für AWR-gull C (Ciacona [chah-KOnah] 

for Organ) C (composition by Dietrich Buxtehude [DEE-trihh BÔÔK-stuh-hoo-duh]) 

Ciaia C Azzolino Bernardino della Ciaia C aht-tso-LEE-no bayr-nar-DEE-no dayl-lah 

CHAH EE -ah 

Ciamaga C Gustav Ciamaga C GUSS-tuvv chah-MAH-gah 

Ciampolini C Daniel Ciampolini C dah-n ee ell chahm-po-LEE-nee 

Ciarola C Giovanni Ciarola C jo-VAHN-nee chah-RO-lah 

Cibavit eos C chih-BAH-vitt AY-ohss C (motet [mo-TETT] by William Byrd [WILL-l ih umm 

BURD]) 

Ciboletta C chee-bo-LAYT-tah C (character in the operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig [�-nuh 

NAHKT inn fay-NAY-dihh] — A Night in Venice; music by Johann Strauss II [YO-hahn 

SHTRAH ÔÔ SS II]; libretto by Camillo Walzel [kah-MEEL-lo VAHL-tsull] and Richard Genée 

[RIH-hart zhuh-nay]) 

Ciccolini C Aldo Ciccolini C AHL-doh cheek-ko-LEE-nee 

Cicinella C La Marquise, Cicinella C lah mar-keez, chee-chee-NAYL-lah C (character in the 


Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and 


Cicogna C Alvise Cicogna C ahl-VEE-zay chee-KO-n’yah 

Ciconia C Jean Ciconia C zhah6 see-ko-n ee ah C (known also as Johannes [yo-ahn-nuss] 

Ciconia) 

Cid C Le cid C luh seed C (an opera, with music by Jules Massenet [zhül {mahss-s’nay} 

mahss-s’neh]; libretto by Adolphe d’Ennery [ah-dawlf denn-n’ree], Édouard Blau [ay-d ôô war 

blo], and Louis Gallet [l ôô -ee gahl-leh] after Pierre Corneille [p ee ehr kawr-neh y’ ]) 

Cieco C Il cieco C EEL CHAY-ko C (character in the opera Iris [{��-russ} EE-reess]; music 

by Pietro Mascagni [p ee AY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee] and libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel- 

LEE-kah]) 

Ciel aer et vens C Ciel, ær, et vens C s ee ell, ehr, ay vah6 C (poem by Pierre de Ronsard [p ee ehr 

duh raw6-sar] set to music by Albert Roussel [ahl-ber rôôss-sell])

Cielo e mar C CHAY-lo ay MAR C (aria from the opera La gioconda [lah jo-KOHN-dah] 

— The Smiling One; music by Amilcare Ponchielli [ah-meel-KAH-ray pohn-k ee AYL-lee]; 

libretto by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] under the pseudonym of Tobia Gorrio [TAWb 

ee ah GAWR-r ee o]) 

Ciesca C La ciesca C lah CHAY-skah C (character in the opera Gianni Schicchi [JAHN-nee 

SKEEK-kee]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee] and libretto by 

Giovacchino Forzano [jo-vahk-KEE-no fohr-TSAH-no]) 

Ciesinski C Katherine Ciesinski C KA-thu-runn sih-ZINN-skee 

Ciesinski C Kristine Ciesinski C kriss-TEEN sih-ZINN-skee 

Cieszyn C ts ih EH-shinn C (Polish city) 

Cifra C Antonio Cifra C ahn-TAW-n ee o CHEEF-rah 

Cigna C Gina Cigna C JEE-nah CHEE-n’yah 

Cigna santi C Cigna-Santi C CHEE-n’yah-SAHN-tee 

Cikker C Ján Cikker C YAH AH N TSICK-kehr 

Cilea C Francesco Cilèa C frahn-CHAY-sko chee-LAY-ah 

Cillario C Carlo Felice Cillario C KAR-lo fay-LEE-chay cheel-LAH-r ee o 

Cilley C Ulrik Cilley C ÔÔL-rick TSILL-yee C (character in the opera Hunyadi László 

[HÔÔN-yah-dee LAH AH SS-loh oh ]; music by Ferenc Erkel [FEH-renntss EHR-kell]; libretto by 

Béni Egressy [BAY-nee EGG-rehsh-shee] after L�rinc Tóth [LÖ Ö -rinntss TOH OH T]) 

Cima C Giovanni Paolo Cima C jo-VAHN-nee PAH O -lo CHEE-mah 

Cimadoro C Giovanni Battista Cimadoro C jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah chee-mah-DOHro 

Cimaglia C Lia Cimaglia C LEE-ah chee-MAH-l ee ah 

Cimara C Pietro Cimara C p ee AY-tro chee-MAH-rah 

Cimarosa C Domenico Cimarosa C doh-MAY-nee-ko chee-mah-RO-zah 

Cimbal C N. Cimbal C (N.) CHEEM-bahl 

Cimento dellarmonia e dellinvenzione C Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’invenzione C eel chee-

MAYN-toh dayl-lar-MAW-n ee ah ay dayl-leen-vayn-ts ee O-nay C (compositions, including The 

Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-n ee o vee-VAHL-dee]) 

Cinq contredanses quadrille menuetC Cinq contredanses, quadrille, menuet C seh6k kaw6-tr’dah6ss, 

kah-dree y’ , muh-n ü eh C (Five Contradances, Quadrille [k oo ah-DRILL], Minuet [min’yoo-ETT]) 

C (compositions by Franz Joseph Haydn [FRAHNTSS YOH OH -zeff H��-d’n]) 

Cinq hymnesC Cinq hymnes C seh6k eem-n’ C (Five Hymns) C (composed by Ton de Leeuw 

[TAWN duh LAY AY ôô]) 

Cinq melodies populaires grecques C Cinq mélodies populaires grecques C seh6k may-law-dee 

paw-pü-lehr greck C (Five Popular Greek Melodies) C (compositions by Maurice Ravel [moreess 

rah-vell]) 

Cinque dieci C Cinque-Dieci C CHEEN-k oo ay-d ee AY-chee C (arrangement for woodwinds and 

string bass by Johann Nepomuk Wendt [YO-hahn NAY-po-môôk VENNT] of an excerpt from 

the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro] — The Marriage of Figaro; 

music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto 

by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de 

Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh]) 

Cinta de fiori C CHEEN-tah day f ee O-ree C (aria from the opera I puritani [ee poo-ree-TAHnee] 

— The Puritans; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto 

by Carlo Pepoli [KAR-lo pay-PO-lee]) 

Cinti damoreau C Laure Cinti-Damoreau C lohr seen-tee-dah-maw-ro 

Cio cio san C Cio-Cio-San C cho-cho-sahn C (Madama Butterfly [mah-DAH-mah 

(Butterfly)], a character in the opera Madama Butterfly — Madam [MA-dumm] Butterfly; 


LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after David Belasco [DAYvudd 

buh-LASS-ko] and John Luther Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG]) 

Ciome erranti C O ciome erranti C O CHO-may ayr-RAHN-tee C (madrigal [MADD-rihgull] 

by Johann Grabbe [YO-hahn GRAHB-buh]) 

Ciortea C Tudor Ciortea C too-DAWR CHOHR-t ee ah 

Cipra C Milo Cipra C MEE-law SEE-prah 

Circa mea pectora C KEER-kah MEH-ah PAYK-taw-rah C (In my heart) C (excerpt from 

Cour d’amours [kôôr dah-môôr] — The Court of Love — a series of poems from the 13th 

manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl Orff [KARL 

AWRF])

Circundederunt me C cheer-kôôn-DAY-deh-rôônt may C (chant from the Cancionero de 

Segovia [kahn-th ee o-NAY-ro day say-GO-v ee ah] — Songbook of Segovia — containing 

liturgical music from Spain at the time of Christopher Columbus) 

Cirino C Giulio Cirino C JOO-l ee o chee-REE-no 

Cis dur C Cis Dur C TSISS DOOR C (key of C sharp major, German designation) 

Cis moll C cis Moll C TSISS MAWL C (key of c sharp minor, German designation) 

Cisneros C Eleanora de Cisneros C eh-luh-NAW-rah day seess-NAY-rawss 

Cita C THEE-tah C (The Tryst) C (poem by Lorenzo Varela [lo-RAYN-tho vah-RAY-lah] 

set to music by Carlos Guastavino [KAR-lawss g oo ahss-tah-VEE-no]) 

Citkowitz C Israel Citkowitz C {IZZ-ree-ull SITT-kuh-wittz} eess-RAH-ell tseet-KAW-veetz 

Cittern C SITT-turn C (a type of guitar especially popular in Renaissance England) 

City of london sinfonia C City of London Sinfonia C (City of London) sinn-fuh-NEE-uh 

Ciuciura C Leoncjusz Ciuciura C leh-AWN-ts’yôôsh ts ee ôô-ts ee ÔÔ-rah 

Ciudad juarez C En ciudad Juarez C ayn see oo -THAHD h oo ah-RESS C (excerpt from Three 

Country Fiddle Pieces by Paul Schoenfield [PAWL SHOHN-feeld]) 

Ciurlionis C Mikolajus Karstantinas Tiurlionis C mee-kaw-LAH-yôôss kar-stahn-TEE-nahss 

ch ih ôôr-l ih O-niss 

Claassen C Arthur Claassen C AR-thur KLAHSS-sunn 

Clabassi C Plinio Clabassi C PLEE-n ee o klah-BAHSS-see 

Claflin C Avery Claflin C AY-vuh-ree KLAFF-linn C (known also as Alan [A-lunn] Avery 

Claflin) 

Claggart C John Claggart C JAHN KLAGG-gurt C (character in the opera Billy Budd; music 

by Benjamin Britten [BENN-juh-munn BRITT-tunn]; libretto by E. M. Forster [E. M. 

FAWRSS-tur] and Eric Crozier [EH-rick kro-zhur] after Herman Melville [HUR-munn 

MELL-vill]) 

Clair de lune C klehr duh lün C (Moonlight) C (poem by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to 

music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-br ee ell fo-ray]) C (composition from Suite Bergamasque [s ü eet 

behr-gah-mahsk] by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])

Claire C Robert Claire C RAH-burt KLEHR 

Clapham C John Clapham C JAHN KLAPP-umm 

Clapton C Eric Clapton C EH-rick KLAPP-tunn C (known also as Eric Patrick [PATT-rick] 

Clapton) 

Clari C Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari C jo-VAHN-nee KAR-lo mah-REE-ah KLAH-ree 

Claribel C KLA-rih-bell C (pen name used by Charlotte Barnard [SHAR-lutt BAR-nard]) 

Clarice C La Princesse Clarice C lah preh6-sess klah-reess C (Princess Clarice [KLA-russ]) 

C (character in the opera L'amour des trois oranges [lah-môôr day tr’wah aw-rah6zh] — The 

Love for Three Oranges; music by Serge Prokofiev [sehr-GAY prah-KAW-f ih eff]; libretto by 

Prokofiev after Carlo Gozzi [KAR-lo GOHT-tsee]) 

Clarifica me pater C Clarifica me Pater C klah-RIH-fih-kah may PUH-tehr C (motet [mo- 

TETT] by William Byrd [WILL-l ih umm BURD]) 

Clark C Alicia Clark C uh-LIH-shuh KLARK 

Clark C Fiona Clark C f ih O-nuh KLARK 

Clarke C Rhona Clarke C RO-nuh KLARK 

Clarus C Max Clarus C MAHKSS KLAH AH -rôôss 

Claudius C M. Claudius C (M.) KLAH OO -d ee ôôss 

Clausen C René Clausen C ruh-NAY KLAW-sunn 

Clauso cronos C Clauso Cronos C KLAH OO -zo KRO-nawss C (Chronos is firmly under lock 

and key) C (excerpt from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAHnah]) 

Claussen C Julia Claussen C YÜ-l ih ah KLAH Ü SS-sunn 

Clave C José Anselmo Clavé C ho-SAY ahn-SELL-mo klah-VAY 

Clavecin C klah-v’seh6 C (harpsichord) 

Clavecin bien tempere C Clavecin bien tempéré C klah-v’seh6 b ee ah6 tah6-pay-ray C (The 

Well-Tempered Clavier [kluh-VIH UH R]) C (compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn 

{suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK])

Claves C KLAH-vayss C (“concussion idiophones” — sticks) 

Clavier C kluh-VIH UH R C (keyboard of a musical stringed instrument or the instrument) 

Clavus pungens acumine C KLAH-vôôss POON-jennss uh-KOO-mih-neh C (The Nail 

Stabbing With Sharp Point) C (composition by Philippe le Chancelier [fee-leep luh shah6s’l 

ee ay]) 

Clay C Frédéric Clay C fray-day-reek KLAY C (known also as Frédéric Emes [EEMZ] Clay) 

Cleary C Siobhán Cleary C shuh-VOHN KLEH-ree 

Clemencic C René Clemencic C reh-nay KLAY-munn-tsick 

Clemens C Hans Clemens C HAHNSS KLAY-munnss 

Clemens C Jacobus Clemens C yah-KO-büss KLAY-mennss C (known also as Jacobus 

Clement [KLAY-mennt], Jacob Clemens non Papa [YAH-kawp KLAY-mennss nawn PAHpah] 

and non Papa) 

Clemens C O Clemens C O KLAY-maynss C (excerpt from Salve Regina [SAHL-vay ray- 

JEE-nuh] by Giovanni Baptista Pergolesi [jo-VAHN-nee bahp-TEE-stah payr-go-LAY-zee]) 

Clemens non papa C Clemens non Papa C KLAY-mennss nawn PAH-pah C (known also as 

Jacobus [yah-KO-büss] Clemens, Jacobus Clement [KLAY-mennt], and Jacob Clemens non 

Papa [YAH-kawp KLAY-mennss nawn PAH-pah]) 

Clement C Edmond Clément C edd-maw6 klay-mah6 C (known also as Edmond Frédéric-Jean 

Clément [edd-maw6 fray-day-reek-zhah6 klay-mah6]) 

Clement C Félix Clément C fay-leeks klay-mah6 C (known also as Jacques Félix Alfred 

Clément [zhack fay-leeks ahl-fredd klay-mah6]) 

Clement C Franz Clement C FRAHNTSS KLAY-mennt 

Clement C Jacob Clement C YAH-kohp KLAY-mennt 

Clement C Jacobus Clement C yah-KO-büss KLAY-mennt C (known also as Jacobus 

Clemens [KLAY-mennss], Jacob non Papa [YAH-kawp KLAY-mennss nawn PAH-pah], 

and non Papa) 

Clementi C Aldo Clementi C AHL-doh klay-MAYN-tee 

Clementi C Muzio Clementi C MOO-ts ee o klay-MAYN-tee

Clemenza di tito C La Clemenza di Tito C lah klay-MAYN-tsah dee TEE-toh C (The 

Clemency of Titus) C (an opera, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ahmah-DAY-ôôss 

MO-tsart]; libretto by Caterino Mazzolà [kah-tay-REE-no maht-tso-LAH] 

after Pietro Metastasio [p ee AY-tro may-tah-STAH-z ee o]) 

Cleminson C Nicola Cleminson C NEE-ko-lah KLEH-minn-sunn 

Clemm C John Clemm C JAHN KLEMM C (known also as Johann Gottlob Clemm [YOhahn 

GAWT-lawp KLEMM] and Johann Gottlob Klemm) 

Cleobury C Nicholas Cleobury C NIH-kuh-luss KL!W-buh-rih C (known also as Nicholas 

Randall [RANN-d’l] Cleobury) 

Cleobury C Stephen Cleobury C STEE-vunn KL!W-buh-rih / (known also as Stephen John 

[JAHN] Cleobury) 

Cleone C Cléone C klay-awn C (character in the opera Médée [may-day]; music by Marc 

Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-t ee ay] and libretto by Pierre Corneille [p ee ehr 

kawr-neh y’ ]) 

Cleonides C klay-o-NEE-theess 

Clerambault C Louis Nicolas Clérambault C l ôô ee nee-kaw-lah klay-rah6-bo 

Clercx C Suzanne Clercx C sü-ZAHN KLEHRKSS 

Clereau C Pierre Clérau C p ee ehr klay-ro 

Clerice C Justin Clérice C zhüss-teh6 klay-reess 

Cleva C Fausto Cleva C {FAH OO -stoh KLEE-vah} FAH OO -stoh KLAY-vah C (known also 

as Fausto Angelo [ahn-JAY-lo] Cleva) 

Cleve C Halfdan Cleve C HAHLF-dahn KLEH EH -vuh 

Cleverdon C Roger Cleverdon C RAH-jur KLEH-vur-d'n 

Cliburn C Van Cliburn C VANN KL��-burn C (known also as Harvey Lavan, Jr. [HAR-vee 

luh-VANN (Jr.)]) 

Clic clac dansez sabots C Clic, clac, dansez sabots C click, clack, dah6-say sah-bo C (Click, 

Clack, Hear the Clogs Dance) C (song from Chansons françaises [shah6-saw6 frah6-sezz] by 

Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k]) 

Clicquot C François-Henri Clicquot C frah6-swah-ah6-ree klee-ko

Clicquot C Jean-Baptiste Clicquot C zhah6-bah-teest klee-ko 

Clicquot C Louis-Alexandre Clicquot C l ôô ee-ah-leck-sah6-dr’ klee-ko 

Clicquot C Robert Clicquot C ro-behr klee-ko 

Clienti C klee-AYN-tee C (customers) C (characters in the opera La bohème [lah baw-emm] 

— Bohemian Life; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi 

Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri 

Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay]) 

Cliffe C Frederic Cliffe C FREH-duh-rick KLIFF 

Climene C Climène C klee-menn C (character in Le malade imaginaire [luh mah-lahd eemah-zhee-nehr] 

— The Hypochondriac; C (a play by Jean-Baptiste Molière [zhah6-bah-teest 

maw-l ee ehr], with music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier [mark-ah6-twahn shar-pah6-t ee ay]) 

Climent C Angel Climent C ANG-ghell KLIH-mennt 

Cloche a sonne C La cloche a sonné C lah klawsh ah saw-nay C (chorus of the cigarette girls 

from the opera Carmen [KAR-m’n]; music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]; libretto by 


Cloches a travers les feuilles C Cloches à travers les feuilles C klawsh ah trah-vehr leh fö y’ C 

(Bells Through the Leaves) C (composition by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see] published 

in Book 2 of Images [ee-mahzh]) 

Clokey C Joseph Waddell Clokey C JO-zuff WAHD-dell KLO-kee 

Clori son fido amante C KLO-ree sohn FEE-doh ah-MAHN-tay C (Cloris, I Am Your 

Faithful Lover) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Alessandro Stradella [ah-layss-SAHN-dro 

strah-DAYL-lah]) 

Clorinda C klo-REEN-dah C (character in the opera La cenerentola [lah chay-nay-RAYNtoh-lah] 

— Cinderella; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by 

Jacopo Ferretti [YAH-ko-po fayr-RAYT-tee] after Perrault [pehr-ro]) 

Closson C Ernest Closson C ehr-nesst klawss-saw6 

Clough leighter C Henry Clough-Leighter C HENN-ree KLUFF-LAY ih -tur 

Clovis et clotilde C Clovis et Clotilde C klaw-vee ay klaw-teeld C (cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] 

by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]) 

Cluer C John Cluer C JAHN KLOO’r

Cluny C Odo de Cluny C aw-doh duh klü-nee 

Clutsam C George Clutsam C JAW-urj KLUTT-summ C (known also as George Howard 

[H!W-urd] Clutsam) 

Cluytens C André Cluytens C AHN-dray KLÜ EE -tunnss 

Cluzeau mortet C Luis Cluzeau-Mortet C l oo EESS kloo-zo-mawr-teh 

Coates C Albert Coates C A L -burt KOHTSS 

Coates C Edith Coates C EE-duth KOHTSS C (known also as Edith Mary [MEH UH -ree] 

Coates) 

Coates C Eric Coates C EH-rick KOHTSS 

Coates C Gloria Coates C GLO-ree-ah KOHTSS 

Coates C John Coates C JAHN KOHTSS 

Cobbett C Walter Willson Cobbett C WAWL-tur WILL-sunn KAHB-bett 

Cobian C J. C. Cobián C (J. C.) ko-v ee AHN 

Cobos C Jesús López Cobos C hay-SOOSS LO-pehth KO-vawss 

Cocchi C Gioacchino Cocchi C j oh ahk-KEE-no KOHK-kee 

Coccia C Carlo Coccia C KAR-lo KAW-chah 

Cochenille C kawsh’-nee y’ C (character in the opera Les contes d'Hoffmann [leh kaw6t dawfmahn] 

— The Tales of Hoffmann; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; 

libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-b ee ay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray]) 

Cochereau C Pierre Cochereau C p ee ehr kaw-sh’ro 

Cochlaeus C KAWK-lay-ôôss 

Coclet C Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet C ah6-r ih ett vunn denn BOH OH RN kaw-kleh 

Coclico C Adrianus Petit Coclico C ah-dree-AH-nüss peh-tee ko-KLEE-ko 

Cocq C Jean le Cocq C zhah6 luh kawk C (known also as Johannes Gallus [yo-HAHN-nuss 

GAHL-lüss], Maître Jean [may-tr’ zhah6] Gallus, and Mestre Jhan [mess-tr’ zhah6] Gallus)

Cocteau C Jean Cocteau C zhah6 kawk-toh 

Codex kajoni C Codex Kajoni C KO-deckss KAH-yaw-nee C (collection of 17th Hungarian 

music) 

Codex vietoris C Codex Vietoris C KO-deckss v ih EH-taw-rihsh C (collection of 17th 

Hungarian music) 

Coelho C Ruy Coelho C ROO EE k ôô EH-yôô 

Coelos ascendit C CHAY-lawss ah-SHAYN-ditt C (motet [mo-TETT] by Sir Charles Villiers 

Stanford [CHAH-rullz VILL-l ih -urz STANN-furd]) 

Coene C Annelies Coene C AHN-nuh-leess KOO-neh 

Coene C Pieter Coene C PEE-tur KOO-neh 

Coenen C Franz Coenen C FRAHNZ KOO-nenn 

Coenen C Johannes Coenen C yo-HAHN-nuss KOO-nenn C (known also as Johannes 

Meinardus [may-NAR-düss] Coenen) 

Coenen C Willem Coenen C WILL-lumm KOO-nenn 

Coerne C Louis Coerne C LOO-uss KEHRN C (known also as Louis Adolphe [AY-dawlf] 

Coerne) 

Coertse C Mimi Coertse C MEE-mee KOORT-suh 

Coeuroy C André Coeuroy C ah6-dray kör-wah 

Coghill C Rhoda Coghill C RO-dah KAHG-hill 

Cohan C George M. Cohan C JAW-urj M. KO-hann C (known also as George Michael [M��kull] 

Cohan) 

Cohen C Elie Cohen C EH-lee KO-enn 

Cohen C Harriet Cohen C HA R -ree-utt KO-unn 

Cohen C Isidore Cohen C IH-zih-dawr KO-unn 

Cohen C Joel Cohen C JO-ull KO-unn C (known also as Joel Israel [IZZ-ree-ull] Cohen) 

Cohen C Jules-Émile-David Cohen C zhül-ay-meel-dah-veed kaw-unn

Cohen C Leonard Cohen C LEH-nurd KO-unn 

Cohen C Raymond Cohen C RAY-munnd KO-unn 

Cohen C Robert Cohen C RAH-burt KO-unn 

Cohn C Heinrich Cohn C H��N-rihh KOHN 

Coin C Christophe Coin C kreess-tawf kaw-eh6 

Col sorriso dinnocenza C Col sorriso d'innocenza C kohl sohr-REE-zo deen-no-CHAYN-tsah 

C (aria from the opera Il pirata [eel pee-RAH-tah] — The Pirate; music by Vincenzo Bellini 

[veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAHnee]) 

Colascione C ko-lah-SHO-nay C (song by Alessandro Piccinini [ah-layss-SAHN-dro peechee-NEE-nee] 

Colasse C Pascal Colasse C pahss-kahl kaw-lahss 

Colbran C Isabella Colbran C ee-sah-VELL-lah KAWL-vrahn C (known also as Isabel 

Angela Colbran [ee-sah-VELL ahn-HAY-lah KAWL-vrahn]) 

Cold C Ulrik Cold C ÜL-rick KAWLT 

Colding jorgensen C Henrik Colding-Jørgensen C HENN-rick KAWL-lihng-YÖ-unn-sunn 

Colebault de vitre C Jacques Colebault de Vitré C zhack kaw-luh-bo duh vee-tray C (known 

also as Jachet di Mantua [zhah-keh dee mah6-t ü ah]) 

Coleccion de tonadillas C Colección de Tonadillas C ko-layk-see-AWN day toh-nah-THEEl’yahss 

C (Collection of Little Tunes) C (compositions by Heitor Villa-Lobos [ay-TAWR 

VEEL-luh-LO-bôôsh]) 

Colectici intim C ko-leck-TEE-see EEN-teem C (Personal Collection) C (compositions by 

Vicente Ascencio [vee-SENN-teh ahss-SENN-s ee o]) 

Coleridge C Mary Coleridge C MEH UH -ree KAH OO L-rihj 

Coleridge C Samuel Taylor Coleridge C SA-m’yuh-wull TAY-lur KAH OO L-rihj 

Coleridge taylor C Avril Coleridge Taylor C AY-vrill KAH OO L-rihj TAY-lur 

Coleridge taylor C Samuel Coleridge-Taylor C SA-m’yuh-wull KAH OO L-rihj-TAY-lur

Coleshill C KAH OO LZ-hill 

Colette C kaw-lett 

Coletti C Filippo Coletti C fee-LEEP-po ko-LAYT-tee 

Colgrass C Michael Colgrass C M��-kull KAHL-grass C (known also as Michael Charles 

[CHAR-rullz] Colgrass) 

Colin de blamont C François Colin de Blamont C frah6-swah kaw-leh6 duh blah-maw6 C 

(known also as François Collin [kawl-leh6] de Blamont) 

Colin maillard C Colin-maillard C kaw-leh6-meh-yar C (Blind Man’s Buff) C (excerpt from 

the suite Jeux d’enfants [zhö dah6-fah6] — Children’s Games — by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh 

bee-zay]) 

Collaer C Paul Collaer C pohl kawl-lar 

Collard C Jean-Philippe Collard C zhah6-fee-leep kaw-lar 

Collard C Jeanine Çollard C zhuh-neen sawl-lar 

Collegium musicum C Collegium Musicum C kohl-LAY-gh ih ôôm MOO-sih-kôôm 

Collegium regale C Collegium Regale C kohl-LAY-gh ih ôôm ray-GAH-lay 

Collegium vocaleC Collegium Vocale C kohl-LAY-gh ih ôôm vo-KAH-lay 

Collegium vocale gent C Collegium Vocale, Gent C kohl-LAY-gh ih ôôm vo-KAH-lay, 

KENNT 

Colles C H. C. Colles C H. C. KAHL-liss C (known also as Henry Cope Colles [HENN-ree 

KOHP KAHL-liss]) 

Collet C Henri Collet C ah6-ree kawl-leh 

Collin C Matthäus von Collin C maht-TAY-ôôss fawn KAWL-linn 

Collin de blamont C François Collin de Blamont C frah6-swah kawl-leh6 duh blah-maw6 C 

(known also as François Colin [kaw-leh6] de Blamont) 

Colline C kawl-leen C (character in the opera La bohème [lah baw-emm] — Bohemian Life; 


LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree 

mür-zhay])

Colline aux epilobes C La colline aux epilobes C lah kawl-leen o-zeh-pee-lawb C (excerpt 

from Par monts et par vaux [par maw6 ay par vo] C (compositions by Michel Leclerc [meeshell 

luh-klehr]) 

Collins C Dearbhla Collins C DAR-luh KAHL-linnz 

Collum C Herbert Collum C HEHR-pert KAWL-lôôm 

Collver C Michael Collver C M��-kull KAWL-vur 

Colly C KAWL-lü 

Colobrano C Michele Carafa de Colobrano C mee-KAY-lay kah-RAH-fah day ko-lo-BRAHno 

C (known also as Michele Carafa, Michele Enrico-Francesco-Vincenzo-Aloisio-Paolo Carafa 

de Colobrano [mee-KAY-lay ayn-REE-ko-frahn-CHAY-sko-veen-CHAYN-tso-ah-LO EE - 

z ee o-PAH O -lo kah-RAH-fah day ko-lo-BRAH-no], and Michele Enrico-Francesco-Vincenzo- 

Aloisio-Paolo Carafa) 

Colomb C Madame Colomb C mah-dahm kaw-law6 

Colombo C Pierre Colombo C p ee ehr ko-LOHM-bo 

Colomer C Edmón Colomer C edd-MAWN ko-lo-MEHR 

Colonel of the crimson hussars C The Colonel of the Crimson Hussars C (The Colonel of the 

Crimson) huzz-ZARZ C (excerpt from the operetta Sybil [SIH-b'l], with music by Viktor 

Jacobi [{VICK-tur JAY-kuh-bee} VICK-tawr YAH-kaw-bee]; lyrics by Bródy [BROH OH - 

dee] and Martos [MAR-tawsh]) 

Colonna C Giovanni Paolo Colonna C jo-VAHN-nee PAH O -lo ko-LOHN-nah 

Colonne C Édouard Colonne C ay-d ôô ahr kaw-lawn 

Colpito qui mavete un di allazzurro spazio C Colpito qui m'avete ... Un dì all'azzurro spazio C 

kohl-PEE-toh k oo ee mah-VAY-tay ... oon dee ahl-laht-TSOOR-ro SPAH-ts ee o C (aria from 

the opera Andrea Chénier [ahn-dray-ah shay-n ee ay]; music by Umberto Giordano [oom- 

BAYR-toh jor-DAH-no] and libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah]) 

Coltellini C Celeste Coltellini C chay-LAY-stay kohl-tayl-LEE-nee 

Coltrane C John Coltrane C JAHN KAHL-trayn C (known also as John William [WILLl 

ih umm] Coltrane) 

Com e gentil C Com’ è gentil C KO-may JAYN-teel C (aria from the opera Don Pasquale 

[dohn pah-sk oo AH-lay]; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gah ay -TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee];

libretto by Giovanni Ruffini [jo-VAHN-nee roof-FEE-nee] and Donizetti after Angelo Anelli 

[ahn-JAY-lo ah-NAYL-lee]) 

Combarieu C Jules Combarieu C zhül kaw6-bah-r ee ö C (known also as Jules- Léon-Jean 

Combarieu [zhül-lay-aw6-zhah6 kaw6-bah-r ee ö]) 

Combat del somni C kawm-BAHT dell SAWM-nee C (Dream Conflict) C (a suite by 

Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-PO OO ], lyrics by José Janés [ho-SAY hah- 

NAYSS]) 

Combe C Édouard Combe C ay-d ôô ahr kaw6b 

Comberti C Micaela Comberti C mee-kah-AY-lah kohm-BAYR-tee 

Come away hecate C Come Away, Hecate C (Come Away,) HEH-kutt C (song by Robert 

Johnson [RAH-burt JAHN-sunn]) 

Come back to erin C Come Back to Erin C (Come Back to) EH-rinn C (composition by 

Claribel [KLA-rih-bell)] C (Claribel is a pen name used by Charlotte Barnard [SHAR-lutt 

BAR-nard]) 

Come back to sorrento C Come Back to Sorrento C (Come Back to) sohr-RAYN-toh C 

(song by Ernesto de Cutes [ayr-NAYSS-toh day KOO-tayss]) C (Cutes probably should be 

Curtis [KOOR-teess]) 

Come chiare e belle C O! come chiare e belle C O! KO-may kee-AH-ray ay BAYL-lay C 

Oh! How Bright and Beautiful C (Cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] No. 19 by George Frideric Handel 

[JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]) 

Come e lunga lattesa C Come è lunga l’attesa! C KO-may ay -LOON-gah laht-TAY-zah! C 

(excerpt from the opera Tosca [TOH-skah]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo- 

CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYPpay 

jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay]) 

Come il fosco impetuoso nembo ci separo C Oh come il fosco impetuoso nembo ci separò C O 

KO-mayl FOHSS-ko eem-pay-t oo O-zo NAYM-bo chee say-pah-RO C (Oh, how violently we 

were separated) C (aria from the opera La pietra del paragone [lah p ee AY-trah dayl pah-rah- 

GO-nay] — The Touchstone; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and 

libretto by Luigi Romanelli [l oo EE-jee ro-mah-NAYL-lee]) 

Come la notte ogni fiamella C KO-may lah NOHT-tay O-n’yee f ee ah-MAYL-lah C (As in the 

night every little flame is alive) C (composition by Orlando de Lassus [awr-lah6-doh duh lahsssü]) 

Come mai non senti C Ah, come mai non senti C AH, KO-may MAH EE nohn SAYN-tee C

(Ah, why are you unmoved) C (aria from the opera Othello [o-TAYL-lo]; music by Gioachino 

Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by F. Beriodi Salsa [bay-r ee O-dee SAHL-sah] 

after William Shakespeare [WILL-l ih umm SHAYK-spih uh r]) 

Come my children dere C (Come my children) deer C (anonymous early Scottish tune) 

Come per me sereno C KO-may payr may say-RAY-no C (aria featuring Amina [ah-MEEnah] 

in the opera La sonnambula [lah sohn-NAHM-boo-lah] — The Sleepwalker; music by 


ro-MAH-nee]) 

Come prima C KO-may PREE-mah C (song by Panzeri [pahn-TSAY-ree], Ram [RAHM], 

Taccani [tahk-KAH-nee], and Di Paola [dee PAH O -lah]) 

Come raggio di sol C KO-may RAHD-jo dee SOHL C (song by Antonio Caldara [ahn- 

TAW-n ee o kahl-DAH-rah]) 

Come scoglio C KO-may SKOH-l ee o C (Like a Rock) C (aria featuring Fiordiligi [f ee ohr-dee- 

LEE-jee] in Act I of the opera Così fan tutte [ko-ZEE fahn TOOT-tay] — All Women Do the 

Same; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] 

and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay]) 

Come sei cieco amore C Come sei cieco, amore C KO-may say ee CHAY-ko ah-MO-ray C 

(madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Johann Grabbe [YO-hahn GRAHB-buh]) 

Come un bel di di maggio C Come un bel dì di maggio C KO-may oon bayl DEE dee 

MAHD-jo C (aria from the opera Andrea Chénier [ahn-dray-ah shay-n ee ay]; music by 

Umberto Giordano [oom-BAYR-toh jor-DAH-no] and libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel- 

LEE-kah]) 

Comeaux C Elisabeth Comeaux C ih-LIH-zuh-buth ko-MO C (known also as Elisabeth 

Comeaux Nelson [NELL-sunn]) 

Comes C Juan Bautista Comes C h oo AHN bah oo -TEESS-tah KO-mayss 

Comettant C Oscar Comettant C awss-kar kaw-mett-tah6 C (known also as Jean-Pierre- 

Oscar Comettant [zhah6-p ee ehr-awss-kar kaw-mett-tah6]) 

Comiques C Les Comiques C leh kaw-meek C (The Low-Brows) C (characters in the opera 

L'amour des trois oranges [lah-môôr day tr’wah aw-rah6zh] — The Love for Three Oranges; 

music by Serge Prokofiev [sehr-GAY prah-KAW-f ih eff]; libretto by Prokofiev after Carlo Gozzi 

[KAR-lo GOHT-tsee]) 

Comissiona C Sergiu Comissiona C {SEHR-joo ko-mih-SHO-nuh} SEHR-joo kaw-meesss 

ee O-nah

Comme dieu rayonne C Comme Dieu rayonne C kawm d ee ö rah-yawn C (poem by Charles 

van Lerberghe [SHAR-luh vunn LEHR-ber-guh] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-br ee ell foray]) 

Commendatore C Il Commendatore C eel kohm-mayn-dah-TOH-ray C (character in the 

opera Don Giovanni [dohn jo-VAHN-nee]; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng 


POHN-tay]) 

Comment disaient ils C Comment, disaient-ils C kawm-mah6, dee-zah6-teel C (How, they 

asked) C (poem by Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go] set to music by 

Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST]) 

Commer C Franz Commer C FRAHNTSS KAWM-mur 

Commette C Édouard Commette C ay-d ôô ahr kawm-mett 

CommissaireC kawm-meess-sehr C (Commissioner) C (character in the opera Dialogues des 

Carmélites [d ee ah-lawg day kar-may-leet] — Dialogues of the Carmelites [KAR-muh-l��tss]; 

music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k]; libretto by Poulenc after Georges Bernanos 

[zhawrzh behr-nah-nawss]) 

Commissario C kohm-meess-SAH-r ee o C (character in the opera Madama Butterfly [mah- 

DAH-mah (Butterfly)] — Madam [MA-dumm] Butterfly; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAHko-mo 

poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa 

[joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after David Belasco [buh-LASS-ko] and John Luther Long 

[JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG]) 

Commissionario C kohm-meess-s ee o-NAH-r ee o C (a commissioner) C (character in the opera 

La traviata [lah trah-v ee AH-tah] — The Worldly Woman; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYPpay 

VAYR-dee; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah p ee AHvay] 

after Alexandre Dumas [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ dü-mah]) 

Commovisti domine C Commovisti, Domine C kohm-maw-VEE-stih, DAW-mih-neh C 

(Gregorian chant) 

Communio C kohm-MOO-n ih o C (section of the Latin mass set to music by various composers) 

Como C Perry Como C PEHR-ree KO-mo C (known also as Pierino [p ih ehr-REE-no] Como) 

Comodo C ko-MO-doh C (excerpt from Sonata [suh-NAH-tuh] by Igor Stravinsky [EE-gur 

strah-VINN-skee]) 

Comodo ma burlesco C ko-MO-doh mah boor-LAY-sko

Compere C Loyset Compère C l’wah-seh kaw6-pehr C (known also as Loyset Louis [l ôô ee] 

Compère) 

Compline C KAHM-plunn C (also spelled complin [KAHM-plunn]) 

Comte de gloria cassis C Le Comte de Gloria Cassis C luh kaw6t duh glaw-r ee ah kahss-see C 

(character in the opera Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] — The Brigands [BRIH-gunndz]; music by 

Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] 

and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee]) 

Comte ory C Le Comte Ory C luh kaw6t aw-ree C (Count Ory) C (an opera, with music by 

Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] 

and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson [sharl-gahss-par duh-less-tr’-pwar-saw6]; also a 

character in the opera) 

Comtesse C La Comtesse C lah kaw6-tess C (The Countess, character in the opera La fille du 

régiment [lah fee y’ dü ray-zhee-mah6] — The Daughter of the Regiment; music by Gaetano 

Donizetti [gah ay -TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy Saint-Georges 

[zhül-ah6-ree vehr-n’wah seh6-zhawrzh] and Jean-François-Alfred Bayard [zhah6-frah6-swahahl-fredd 

bah-yar]) 

Comtesse adele C La Comtesse Adèle C lah kaw6-tess ah-dell C (Countess Adele [uh-DELL] 

C (character in the opera Le Comte Ory [luh kaw6t aw-ree] — Count Ory [AW-ree]; music by 

Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] 

and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson [sharl-gahss-par duh-less-tr’-pwar-saw6]) 

Comus C KO-muss C (air from an oratorio by Thomas Augustine Arne [TAH-muss AWguss-teen 

ARN] based upon a play of the same name by John Milton [JAHN MILL-tunn]) 

Comus C KO-muss C (dramatic work, with music by Thomas Augustine Arne [TAH-muss 

AW-guss-teen ARN] and libretto by John Dalton [JAHN DAWL-tunn] after John Milton 

[JAHN MILL-tunn]) 

Con amores la mia madre C Con amores, la mia madre C kawn ah-MO-rayss, lah MEE-ah 

MAH-dray C (With Love, Mother) C (song by Juan de Anchieta [h oo AHN day ahn-ch ee AYtah]) 

Con anima C kohn AH-nee-mah 

Con brio C kohn BREE-o 

Con discrezione C kohn deess-kray-ts ee O-nay 

Con el vito C ¡Con el vito! C ¡kawn ell VEE-toh! C (song by Manuel Massotti Littel [mahn 

oo ELL mahss-SAWT-tee leett-TELL]) C (Vito is an Andalusian dance or its music)

Con onor muore C ko-NO-nor m oo O-ray C (Death of Butterfly) C (aria from the opera 

Madama [mah-DAH-mah] Butterfly — Madam [MA-dumm] Butterfly; music by Giacomo 

Puccini C JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and 

Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after David Belasco [DAY-vudd buh-LASSko] 

and John Luther Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG]) 

Con spirito C kohn SPEE-ree-toh 

Con voce festiva C kohn VO-chay fay-STEE-vah C (With Festive Voice) C (aria with solo 

trumpet from 7 Arie con tromba sola [7 AH-r ee ay kohn TROHM-bah SO-lah] — Seven Arias 

with Solo Trumpet — by Alessandro Scarlatti [ah-layss-SAHN-dro skar-LAHT-tee]) 

Conca C Giuseppe Conca C joo-ZAYP-pay KOHN-kah 

Concedi concedi amor pietoso C Concedi, concedi, amor pietoso C kohn-CHAY-dee, kohn- 

CHAY-dee, ah-MOHR p ee ay-TOH-zoh C (Grant, merciful love, oh grant) C (aria from the 

opera L’Italiana in Algeri [lee-tah-l ee AH-nah ee-nahl-JAY-ree] — The Italian Girl in Algiers; 

music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Angelo Anelli [ahn- 

JAY-lo ah-NAYL-lee]) 

Concento di voci C Concento di Voci C kohn-CHAYN-toh dee VO-chee C (a group of choral 

compositions by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF]) 

Concentus musicus wien C Concentus musicus Wien C kohn-CHAYN-tôôss MOO-zih-kôôss 

VEEN C (Wien = Vienna) 

Concert etude C Concert Étude C (Concert) ay-tüd C (composition by Ernst von Dohnányi 

[EHRNST fawn dohk-NAH AH N-yee] 

Concert pour violon piano et quatuor a cordes C Concert pour violon, piano et quatuor à cordes 

C kaw6-sehr pôôr v ee aw-law6, p ee ah-no ay k ôô ah-t ü awr ah kawrd C (Concert for Violin, Piano 

and String Quartet) C (composition by Ernest Chausson [ehr-nesst shohss-saw6]) 

Concertante no one for trumpet and ten players C Concertante No. 1 for trumpet and 10 players 

C kohn-chayr-TAHN-tay (No. 1 for Trumpet and 10 Players) C (compositions by Ralph 

Shapey [RA L F SHAY-pee]) 

Concertgebouw orchestra C Concertgebouw Orchestra C kawn-SERT-keh-bah oo (Orchestra) 

Concertgebouworkest C kawn-SERT-keh-bah oo -awr-kesst C (Concertgebouw Orchestra, 

Amsterdam {AMM-stur-damm} AHM-ster-dahm) 

Concerti fur streicher und continuo C Concerti für Streicher und Continuo C kawn-TSEHR-tee 

für SHTR��-hur ôônt kawn-TEE-n ôô o C (Concertos for Strings and Continuo [kunn-TIHn’yuh-wo]) 

C (compositions by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-n ee o vee-VAHL-dee])

Concerti grossi C kohn-CHAYR-tee GROHSS-see C (group of six concertos constituting 

Opus 3 by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]) 

Concerto C kohn-CHAYR-toh C (composition by Knechtl [k’NEH-t’l]) C (composition by 

Reinhardt [R��N-hart]) C (composition by Quantz [k’VAHNTSS]) C (composition by Graun 

[GRAH ÔÔ N]) C (composition by Röllig [RÖL-lihh]) 

Concerto a cinque C kohn-CHAYR-toh ah CHEEN-k oo ay C (Concerto for Solo Oboe and 

Strings in d Minor by Tomaso Albinoni [toh-MAH-zo ahl-bee-NO-nee]) 

Concerto a tre C Concerto a tre C kohn-CHAYR-toh ah TRAY C (concerto by Robert Starer 

[RAH-burt STAH-rur]) 

Concerto a two choeurs con violino discordato C Concerto a 2 chœrs “con violino discordato” 

C kaw6-sehr-toh ah 2 kör “kohn v ee o-LEE-no deess-kohr-DAH-toh” C (composition by 

Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-n ee o vee-VAHL-dee]) 

Concerto alla rustica C kohn-CHAYR-toh AHL-lah ROOSS-tee-kah C (concerto by 


Concerto audi coelum C Concerto: Audi coelum C kohn-CHAYR-toh: AH OO -dih CHAYlôôm 

C (composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAH OO -d ee o mohn-tay-VAYR-dee]) 

Concerto duo seraphim C Concerto: Duo seraphim C kohn-CHAYR-toh: DÔÔ-aw SEH-rahfimm 

C (composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAH OO -d ee o mohn-tay-VAYR-dee]) 

Concerto en mi bemol majeur pour trompette et orchestre C Concerto en mi bémol majeur pour 

trompette et orchestre C kaw6-sehr-toh ah6 mee bay-mawl mah-zhör pôôr traw6-pett ay 

awr-kess-tr’ C (Concerto in E Flat Major for Trumpet and Orchestra) C (composition by 

Joseph Haydn [YOH OH -zeff H��-d’n]) 

Concerto en re majeur pour trompette two hautbois cordes et continuo C Concerto en ré majeur 

pour trompette, 2 hautbois, cordes et continuo C kaw6-sehr-toh ah6 ray mah-zhör pôôr traw6pett, 

2 hoht-bwah, kawrd ay kaw6-tee-n ü o C (Concerto in D Major for Trumpet, 2 Oboes, 

Strings and Continuo [kunn-TIH-n’yuh-wo]) C (composition by Johann Friedrich Fasch [YOhahn 

FREET-rihh FAHSH]) 

Concerto en ut majeur pour trompette et orchestre C kaw6-sehr-toh ah6-nüt mah-zhör pôôr 

traw6-pett ay awr-kess-tr’ C (Concerto in C Major for Trumpet and Orchestra) C 

(composition by Joseph Haydn [YOH OH -zeff H��-d’n]) C (composition by Wolfgang Amadeus 

Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]) 

Concerto for two mandolins in g major C Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G Major C (Concerto 

[kohn-CHAYR-toh] for 2 Mandolins [MANN-doh-linnz] in G Major) C (composition by 

Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-n ee o vee-VAHL-dee])

Concerto grosso C Concerto Grosso C kohn-CHAYR-toh GROHSS-so C (generic title given 

to each of a numbered series of compositions by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duhrick 

HANN-d’l) C (generic title given to each of a numbered series of compositions by 

Arcangelo Corelli [ar-KAHN-jay-lo ko-RAYL-lee]) 

Concerto grosso for brass trio and chamber orchestra C Concerto Grosso for Brass Trio and 

Chamber Orchestra C kohn-CHAYR-toh GROHSS-so (for Brass Trio and Chamber 

Orchestra) C (composition by Richard Nanes [RIH-churd NAYNZ]) 

Concerto grosso in c C Concerto Grosso in C C kohn-CHAYR-toh GROHSS-so (in C) C 

(from the oratio-opera Alexander's [a-ligg-ZANN-durz] Feast by George Frideric Handel 

[JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]) 

Concerto grosso in g minor fatto per la notte di natale C Concerto grosso in g minor fatto per la 

notte di Natale C kohn-CHAYR-toh GROHSS-so (in g minor) FAHT-toh payr lah NOHTtay 

dee nah-TAH-lay C (composition by Arcangelo Corelli [ar-KAHN-jay-lo ko-RAYL-lee]) 

Concerto grosso no eight C Concerto Grosso, No. 8 C kohn-CHAYR-toh GROHSS-so, (No. 

8) C (the Christmas Concerto, by Arcangelo Corelli [ar-KAHN-jay-lo ko-RAYL-lee]) 

Concerto grosso no nine in c major a minor C Concerto Grosso No. 9 in C Major/a Minor C 

kohn-CHAYR-toh GROHSS-so (No. 9 in C Major/a Minor) C (composition by Charles 

Avison [CHAH-rullz AY-vuh-s’n] after Domenico Scarlatti [doh-MAY-nee-ko skar-LAHTtee]) 

Concerto in c major con molti stromenti C Concerto in C Major “con molti stromenti” C kohn- 

CHAYR-toh (in C Major)“kohn MOHL-tee stro-MAYN-tee” C (composition by Antonio 

Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-n ee o vee-VAHL-dee]) 

Concerto in g major alla rustica C Concerto in G Major “Alla rustica” C kohn-CHAYR-toh 

(in G Major) “AHL-lah ROO-stee-kah” C (composition by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-n ee o 

vee-VAHL-dee]) 

Concerto in g minor in forma di pastorale per il santissimo natale C kohn-CHAYR-toh (in g 

Minor) een FOHR-mah dee pah-stoh-RAH-lay payr eel sahn-TEESS-see-mo nah-TAH-lay 

C (composition by Giuseppe Torelli [joo-ZAYP-pay toh-RAYL-lee]) 

Concerto in re maggiore per two violini leuto e basso continuo C Concerto in re maggiore per 2 

violini, leuto e basso continuo C kohn-CHAYR-toh een ray mahd-JO-ray payr 2 v ee o-LEEnee, 

lay-OO-toh ay BAHSS-so kohn-TEE-n oo o C (Concerto in D Major for 2 Violins, Lute 

and Continuo [kunn-TIH-n’yuh-wo]) C (composition by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-n ee o vee- 

VAHL-dee]) 

Concerto in re minore per viola damore leuto ed orchestra C Concerto in re minore per viola 

d’amore, leuto ed orchestra C kohn-CHAYR-toh een ray mee-NO-ray payr v ee O-lah dah-

MO-ray, lay-OO-toh ayd ohr-KAY-strah C (Concerto in d Minor for Viola D’amore [dah- 

MO-ray], Lute, and Orchestra) C (composition by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-n ee o vee- 

VAHL-dee]) 

Concerto madrigalesco C kohn-CHAYR-toh mah-dree-gah-LAY-sko C (composition by 


Concerto nigra sum C Concerto: Nigra sum C kohn-CHAYR-toh: NIH-gruh SOOM C 

(composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAH OO -d ee o mohn-tay-VAYR-dee]) 

Concerto pour flute C Concerto pour flûte C kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr flüt C (Concerto for Flute) 

C (composition by Carl Stamitz [KARL SHTAH AH -mittss]) 

Concerto pour flute et harpe C Concerto pour flûte et harpe C kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr flüt ay arp 

C (Concerto for Flute and Harp) C (composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng 


Concerto pour harpe et orchestre C kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr arp ay awr-kess-tr’ C (Concerto for 

Harp and Orchestra) C (composition by François Boieldieu [frah6-swah bwahl-d ee ö]) 

Concerto pour mandoline and cordes C Concerto pour mandoline & cordes C kaw6-sehr-toh 

pôôr mah6-daw-leen & kawrd C (Concerto for Mandolin and Strings) C (composition by 


Concerto pour trompette and orchestre C Concerto pour trompette & orchestre C kaw6-sehrtoh 

pôôr traw6-pett (&) awr-kess-tr’ C (Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra) C (composition 

by Franz Joseph Haydn [FRAHNTSS YOH OH -zeff H��-d’n] C (composition by Léopold Mozart 

[LAY-o-pawlt MO-tsart]) C (composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng 


Concerto pour two mandolines and cordes C Concerto pour 2 mandolines & cordes C kaw6sehr-toh 

pôôr 2 mah6-daw-leen & kawrd C (Concerto for 2 Mandolins & Strings) C 

(composition by Antonio Vivaldi [ahn-TAW-n ee o vee-VAHL-dee]) 

Concerto pour two mandolines two theorbes two flutes two salmo two violons in tromba marina 

and violoncelle C Concerto pour 2 mandolines, 2 théorbes, 2 flûtes, 2 “Salmo,” 2 violons “in 

tromba marina” & violoncelle C kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr 2 mah6-daw-leen, 2 tay-awrb, 2 flüt, 2 

“sahl-mo,” 2 v ee aw-law6 “eh6 traw6-bah mah-ree-nah” & v ee aw-law6-sell C (composition by 


Concerto pour two violons C Concerto pour 2 violons C kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr 2 v ee aw-law6 C 

(Concerto for 2 Violins) C (composition by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASSt 

ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) 

Concerto pour violon C kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr v ee aw-law6 C (composition by Johann Sebastian


Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre no two C Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre N o 2 C 

kaw6-sehr-toh pôôr v ee aw-law6-sell ay awr-kess-tr’ N o 2 C (Concerto for Violoncello and 

Orchestra No. 2) C (composition by Cristóbal Halffter [kreess-TOH-vahl ahlf-TEHR]) C 

(composition by Krzysztof Penderecki [kur-ZIHSH-tahf penn-deh-RETTSS-kee]) 

Concerto pulchra es C Concerto: Pulchra es C kohn-CHAYR-toh: POOL-kruh ayss C 

(composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAH OO -d ee o mohn-tay-VAYR-dee]) 

Concerto symphonique no four C Concerto symphonique No. 4 C kaw6-sehr-toh seh6-fawneek 

No. 4 C (Symphonic Concerto No. 4) C (composition by Henry Litolff [HENN-ree LIHtawlf]) 

Concerts royaux C Concerts royaux C kaw6-sehr r’wah-yo C (Royal Concerts) C (groups of 

compositions termed “concerts” by François Couperin [frah6-swah kôô-p’reh6]) 

Concertstuck pour harpe et orchestre C Concertstück pour harpe et orchestre C KAWN-sehrtshtük 

pôôr arp ay awr-kess-tr’ C (Concert Piece for Harp and Orchestra) C (composition by 

Gabriel Pierné [gah-br ee ell p ee ehr-nay]) 

Concertstucke C Concertstücke C KAWN-tsehrt-shtü-kuh C (Concert Pieces) C 

(compositions by Karl Matys [KARL MAH-tüss]) 

Concierto andaluz C kawn-th ee EHR-toh ahn-dah-LOOTH C (composition by Joaquin 

Rodrigo [h o ah-KEEN rohd-REE-go]) 

Concierto de aranjuez C kawn-th ee EHR-toh day ah-rahn-h oo EHTH C (composition by 

Joaquín Rodrigo [h o ah-KEEN rohd-REE-go]) 

Concone C Giuseppe Concone C joo-ZAYP-pay kohn-KO-nay C (known also as Paolo 

Giuseppe Gioacchino Concone C PAH O -lo joo-ZAYP-pay j oh ahk-KEE-no kohn-KO-nay]) 

Concordia choir C Concordia Choir C kahn-KOHR-dee-uh (Choir) 

Conde claros C Conde Claros C KAWN-day KLAH-rawss C (composition by Luis de 

Narváez [l oo EESS day nar-VAH-ehth] 

Conde de morphy C Guillermo, Conde de Morphy C ghee-l’YEHR-mo, KAWN-day day 

MAWR-fee 

Conditor alme C KOHN-dee-tawr AHL-may C (sacred music by Marturià Prats [mar-toor 

ee AH PRAHTSS]) 

Condor pasa C El condor pasa C ell kawn-DAWR PAH-sah C (The Condor Passes by) C

(Peruvian melody by Daniel Alomisa Robles [dah-n ee ELL ah-lo-MEE-sah RAWV-layss] 

arranged for guitar by Eduardo Falú [ay-th oo AR-doh fah-LOO]) 

Condulmiero C kohn-dool-m ee AY-ro C (character in the opera Maometto Secondo [mah-o- 

MAYT-toh say-KOHN-doh] — Mahomet [mah-HO-mett] II; music by Gioachino Rossini 

[j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Cesare della Valle [chay-ZAH-ray dayl-lah 

VAHL-lay]) 

Confalonieri C Giulio Confalonieri C JOO-l ee o kohn-fah-lo-n ee AY-ree 

Confitebor tibi domine C Confitebor tibi Domine C kohn-FIH-teh-bawr TEE-bih DAW-mihneh 

C (section of the Vesperae solennes de confessore [VAY-speh-ray so-LAYN-ness day 

kohn-FAYSS-saw-reh] by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss 

MO-tsart]) 

Confort damours C Confort d’amours C kaw6-fawr dah-môôr C (anonymous rondo [RAHNdoh]) 

Conforti C Giovanni Luca Conforti C jo-VAHN-nee LOO-kah kohn-FOHR-tee C (known 

also as Giovanni Luca Conforto [kohn-FOHR-toh]) 

Confrey C Zez Confrey C ZEZZ KAHN-free C (known also as Edward Elezaer Confrey 

[EDD-wurd uh-LEE-zur KAHN-free]) 

Confutatis C kohn-foo-TAH-tiss C (section of the Latin mass set to music by various 

composers) 

Confutatis maledictis C kohn-foo-TAH-tiss muh-leh-DEEK-tiss C (from Requiem [{REHk 

ôô ee-umm} REH-k ôô ih-emm] by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]) 

Congie prens C Si congié prens C see kaw6-zh ee ay prah6 C (If I Take Leave) C (six-voice 

song from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz [zhawss-keh6 day-pray]) 

Congreve C William Congreve C WILL-l ih umm KAHN-greev 

Coni C Paolo Coni C PAH O -lo KO-nee 

Conlon C James Conlon C JAYMZ KAHN-lunn 

Connoscudamente mostre miragres C Connosçudamente mostre miragres C kohn-no-soo-thah- 

MAYN-tay MAWSS-tray mee-RAH-grayss C (sacred music from 13th- Spain) 

Conon de bethune C Conon de Bèthune C kaw-naw6 duh beh-tün 

Conrad C Andreas Conrad C ahn-DRAY-ahss KAWN-raht

Conradi C August Conradi C AH OO -gôôst KOHN-rah-dee 

Conrat C Hugo Conrat C HOO-go KAWN-raht 

Conried C Heinrich Conried C {H��N-rick KAHN-reed} H��N-rihh KAWN-reet 

Consoli C Marc-Antonio Consoli C {MARK-ann-TOH-n ee o kahn-SO-lee} MARK-ahn- 

TAW-n ee o kohn-SO-lee 

Consort of musicke C The Consort of Musicke C (The Consort of) m’YOO-zick C (a 

performing group) 

Constable C John Constable C JAHN KAHN-stah-b'l 

Constance C Sœur Constance C sör kaw6-stah6ss C (Sister Constance [KAHNT-stunntss]) 

C (character in the opera Dialogues des Carmélites [d ee ah-lawg day kar-may-leet] — 

Dialogues of the Carmelites [KAR-muh-l��tss]; music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôôlah6k]; 

libretto by Poulenc after Georges Bernanos [zhawrzh behr-nah-nawss]) 

Constant C Franz Constant C FRAHNTSS kawn-STAHNT 

Constant C Marius Constant C mah-r ee OOSS kawn-STAHNT 

Constantia C kohn-STAHN-t ee ah C (anonymous composition) 

Constantinescu C Dan Constantinescu C DAHN kawn-stahn-tee-NESS-koo 

Constantinescu C Paul Constantinescu C PAH OO L kawn-stahn-tee-NESS-koo 

Constanze o wie ängstlich C Constanze ... O wie ängstlich C kawn-SHTAHN-tsuh ... o vee 

EHNGST-lihh C (excerpt from the opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail [dee ennt-FÜ-rôông 

ah ôô ss daym zay-RAH IH L] — The Abduction From the Harem; music by Wolfgang Amadeus 

Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie 

[YO-hahn GAWT-leep SHTEH-fah-nee) after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner [KRIH-stawf 

FREET-rihh BRETTSS-nur]) 

Contadinelle C kohn-tah-dee-NAYL-lay C (peasant girls) C (characters in the opera La 

bohème [lah baw-emm] — Bohemian Life; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo- 

CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYPpay 

jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay]) 

Contamine de la tour C J. P. Contamine de la Tour C (J. P.) kaw6-tah-meen duh lah tôôr 

Contate con me C kohn-TAH-tay kohn may C (song by Bixio [BEEK-s ee o] and Cherubini 

[kay-roo-BEE-nee])

Contate domino C Contate Domino C kohn-TAH-tay DAW-mih-naw C (sacred composition 

by Hans Leo Hassler C HAHNSS LAY-o HAHSS-lur 

Conte C Christian Conte C kreess-t ee ah6 kaw6t 

Conte C David Conte C DAY-vudd KAHN-tee 

Conte ah che mai sento C Il Conte! Ah, che mai sento C eel KOHN-tay! AH, kay mah ee 

SAYN-toh C (excerpt from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-b ee AY-ray dee see-VEEl 

ee ah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss- 

SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin 

Caron de Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe 

Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee]) 

Conte dalmaviva C Il Conte d'Almaviva C eel KOHN-tay d'ahl-mah-VEE-vah C (Conte = 

Count) C (character in the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro] — The 

Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss 

MO-tsart]; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay] after Pierre-Augustin 

Caron de Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh]) 

Conte dalmaviva C Il Conte d'Almaviva C eel KOHN-tay d'ahl-mah-VEE-vah C (Conte = 

Count) C (character in the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-b ee AY-ray dee see-VEE-l ee ah] 

— The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEEnee]; 




Conte di ceprano C Il Conte di Ceprano C eel KOHN-tay dee chay-PRAH-no C (character in 

the opera Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; 

libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah p ee AH-vay] after Victor 

Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go]) 

Conte di lerma C Il Conte di Lerma C eel KOHN-tay dee LAYR-mah C (character in the 

opera Don Carlo [dohn KAR-lo]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; 

libretto by François Méry [frah6-swah may-ree] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü law-kl’} 

kah-mee y’ dü law-kl’] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur]) 

Conte di libenskof C Conte di Libenskof C KOHN-tay dee lee-BENN-skohf C (character in Il 

viaggio a Reims [eel v ee AHD-jo ah reh6ss] — The Journey to Rheims [REEMZ] — a stage 

cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] with ballet [BA L -lay]; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no 

rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Luigi Balocchi [l oo EE-jee bah-LOHK-kee]) 

Conte di luna C Il Conte di Luna C eel KOHN-tay dee LOO-nah C (character in the opera Il 

trovatore [eel tro-vah-TOH-ray] — The Troubadour; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay 

VAYR-dee]; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano [sahl-vah-DOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no] and

Leone Emanuele Bardare [lay-O-nay ay-mah-n oo AY-lay bar-DAH-ray] after Antonio García 

Gutiérrez [ahn-TOH-n ee o gar-THEE-ah goo-t ee AYR-rehth] 

Conte di monterone C Il Conte di Monterone C eel KOHN-tay dee mohn-tay-RO-nay C 

(character in the opera Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay 

VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah p ee AH-vay] 

after Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go]) 

Contemptus mundi C Contemptus Mundi C kohn-TAYMP-tôôss MOON-dih C (character in 

Ordo virtutum [OHR-doh veer-TOO-tôôm], a musical drama by Hildegard von Bingen [HILLtuh-gahrt 

fawn BIHNG-unn]) 

Contentatevi o fidi pensieri C Contentatevi, o fidi pensieri C kohn-tayn-tah-TAY-vee, o FEEdee 

payn-s ee AY-ree C (Be content, oh faithful thoughts) C (aria from the cantata [kunn-TAHtuh] 

Su le sponde de Tebro [soo lay SPOHN-day day TAY-bro] — On the Banks of the Tiber 

— by Alessandro Scarlatti [ah-layss-SAHN-dro skar-LAHT-tee]) 

Contento amor y paz C Contento, amor y paz C kohn-TAYN-toh, ah-MAWR ee PAHTH C 

(excerpt from Sonetos Sagrados [so-NAY-tawss sah-GRAH-thawss] by Héctor Campos Parsi 

[ECK-tor KAHM-pawss PAR-see]) 

Contes dhoffmann C Les contes d’Hoffmann C leh kaw6t dawf-mahn C (The Tales of 

Hoffmann) C (an opera, with music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto 

by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-b ee ay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray]) 

Contes espagnol C Contes Espagnol C kaw6t ess-pah-n’yawl C (Tales of Spain) C (stories by 

Jean Richepin [zhah6 reesh-peh6], which served as the conceptual source of the series of songs 

entitled Coplas [KAWP-lahss] by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco [{MEH-r ee o kass-t’l-n ôô O-vo 

tuh-DESS-ko} MAH-r ee o kah-stayl-n oo O-vo tay-DAY-sko]) 

Contessa dalmaviva C La Contessa d'Almaviva C lah kohn-TAYSS-sah dahl-mah-VEE-vah 

C (Contessa = Countess) C (character in the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee 

FEE-gah-ro] — The Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng 

ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHNtay] 


Contessa di almaviva C La Contessa di Almaviva C lah kohn-TAYSS-sah dee ahl-mah-VEEvah 

C (Contessa = Countess) C (character in the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee 

FEE-gah-ro] — The Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLFgahng 

ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHNtay] 


Contessa di ceprano C La Contessa di Ceprano C lah kohn-TAYSS-sah dee chay-PRAH-no

C (character in the opera Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYPpay 

VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah p ee AHvay] 

after Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go]) 

Contessa di folleville C Contessa di Folleville C kohn-TAYSS-sah dee fawl-veel C (character 

in Il viaggio a Reims [eel v ee AHD-jo ah reh6ss] — The Journey to Rheims [REEMZ] — a stage 

cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] with ballet [BA L -lay]; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no 

rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Luigi Balocchi [l oo EE-jee bah-LOHK-kee]) 

Conti C Carlo Conti C KAR-lo KOHN-tee 

Conti C Francesco Bartolomeo Conti C frahn-CHAY-sko bar-toh-lo-MAY-o KOHN-tee 

Conti C Gioacchino Conti C j oh ahk-KEE-no KOHN-tee 

Conti C Max Conti C mahkss kaw6-tee 

Conti guglia C John Conti-Guglia C JAHN KAHN-tee-GOO-l ee ah C (the family name is 

known also as Contiguglia [kahn-tee-GOO-l ee ah]) 

Conti guglia C Richard Conti-Guglia C RIH-churd KAHN-tee-GOO-l ee ah C (the family name 

is known also as Contiguglia [kahn-tee-GOO-l ee ah]) 

Contiguglia C John Contiguglia C JAHN kahn-tee-GOO-l ee ah C (the family name is known 

also as Conti-Guglia [KAHN-tee-GOO-l ee ah]) 

Contiguglia C Richard Contiguglia C RIH-churd kahn-tee-GOO-l ee ah C (the family name is 

known also as Conti-Guglia [KAHN-tee-GOO-l ee ah]) 

Contilli C Gino Contilli C JEE-no kohn-TEEL-lee 

Continuo C kohn-TEE-n oo o (Italian pronunciation) C kaw6-tee-n ü o (French pronunciation) C 

kunn-TIH-n’yuh-wo (American pronunciation) C kawn-TEE-n ôô o (German pronunciation: 

spelling Kontinuo) 

Contrabass C KAHN-truh-bayss C (string bass, American spelling and pronunciation) 

Contrabasso C KOHN-trah-bahss-so C (string bass, Italian spelling and pronunciation) C 

(sometimes shown as contrabbasso [KOHN-trahb-bahss-so]) 

Contre dolour C kaw6-tr’ daw-lôôr C (Against Pain) C (anonymous rondo [RAHN-doh] from 

medieval Cyprus) 

Contrebasse C kaw6-tr’-bahss C (string bass, French spelling and pronunciation)

Contredanses C kaw6-tr’-dah6ss C (Contradances) C (excerpts from the orchestral suite from 

the opera-ballet [BA L -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 [l ôô ee füz’l 

ee ay]) 

Contro un cor che accende amore C KOHN-tro oon KOHR kay ah-CHAYN-day ah-MO-ray 

C (Against a Heart Where Love Burns) C (aria from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel barb 

ee AY-ray dee see-VEE-l ee ah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino 

Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr- 

BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bomar-sheh] 

and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee]) 

Conus C Georgi Conus C gay-AWR-ghee KAW-nôôss C (known also as Georgi Eduardovich 

[eh-d ôô AR-duh-vihch] Conus and Georgi Konius [KAW-n ih ôôss]) 

Conus C Julius Conus C YOO-l ih ôôss KAW-nôôss 

Conus C Sergei Conus C {sehr-GAY KO-nuss} sehr-GAY EE KAW-nôôss 

Conyngham C Barry Conyngham C BA R -ree KUH-nihng-umm C (known also as Barry 

Ernest [UR-nusst] Conyngham) 

Cooke C Deryck Cooke C DEH-rick KÔÔK C (known also as Deryck Victor [VICK-tur] 

Cooke) 

Cools C Eugène Cools C ö-zhenn kôôl 

Cooper C Emil Cooper C yeh-MEEL KOO-per C (known also as Emil Albertovich Cooper 

[yeh-MEEL ahl-BEHR-tuh-vihch KOO-per]) 

Cooper C Martin Cooper C MAR-t’n KOO-pur C (known also as Martin Du Pré [doo pray] 

Cooper) 

Coperari C Giovanni Coperari C jo-VAHN-nee ko-pay-RAH-ree 

Coperario C Giovanni Coperario C jo-VAHN-nee ko-pay-RAH-r ee o C (known also as 

Giovanni Coprario [ko-PRAH-r ee o]) 

Copla C KO-plah C (poem by Luís Franco [l oo EESS FRAHN-ko] set to music by Abraham 

Jurafsky [ah-br’AHM hoo-RAHF-skee]) 

Copland C Aaron Copland C A-runn KOHP-lunnd 

Coplas C KAWP-lahss C (a series of compositions by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco [{MEH-r ee o 

kass-t’l-n ôô O-vo tuh-DESS-ko} MAH-r ee o kah-stayl-n oo O-vo-tay-DAY-sko])

Copley C John Copley C JAHN KAHP-lee C (known also as John Michael [M��-kull] 

Copley) 

Coppee C François Coppée C frah6-swah kawp-pay 

Coppelia C Coppélia C kawp-pay-l ee ah C (ballet [BA L -lay] by Léo Delibes [lay-o duh-leeb] 

Coppelius C Coppélius C kawp-pay-l ee üss 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-b ee ay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell karray]) 

Coppens C Claude A. Coppens C klohd (A.) kawp-pennss C (known also as Claude Albert 

[ahl-behr] Coppens) 

Coppet C Edward J. de Coppet C EDD-wurd J. dee KAHP-putt 

Coppock C Bruce Coppock C BROOSS KAHP-puck 

Coppola C Piero Coppola C p ee AY-ro kohp-PO-lah 

Coppola C Pietro Antonio Coppola C p ee AY-tro ahn-TAW-n ee o kohp-PO-lah C (known 

also as Pierantonio [p ee ayr-ahn-TAW-n ee o] Coppola) 

Coprario C Giovanni Coprario C jo-VAHN-nee ko-PRAH-r ee o C (known also as Giovanni 

Coperario [jo-VAHN-nee ko-pay-RAH-r ee o]) 

Coptishes lied C Coptishes Lied C KAWP-tih-shuss LEET C (Coptic [KAHP-tick] Song) C 

(two different poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖtuh] 

set to music by Hugo Wolf [HOO-go VAWLF]) 

Coquard C Arthur Coquard C ar-tür kaw-kar C (known also as Arthur-Joseph [ar-tür-zhozeff] 

Coquard) 

Coquette C kaw-kett C (excerpt from the suite Carnaval [kar-nah-vahl] — Carnival — by 

Robert Schuman [ROH OH -bert SHOO-mahn]) 

Coquina francesa C La coquina francesa C lah ko-KEE-nah frahn-THAY-sah C (excerpt 

from the suite Marizápalos [mah-ree-THAH-pah-lawss] by Gaspar Sanz [gahss-PAR 

SAHNTH]) 

Cor anglais C kawr ah6-gleh C (English horn) 

Cor mio deh non languire C Cor mio, deh non languire C kohr MEE-o, day nohn lahn-g oo EEray 

C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Johann Grabbe [YO-hahn GRAHB-buh])

Cor mio mentre vi miro C kohr MEE-o MAYN-tray vee MEE-ro C (Dear heart while I gaze 

at you) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAH OO -d ee o mohn-tay- 

VAYR-dee]) 

Coral C ko-RAHL C (number from the Suite Compostelana [s ü eet kawm-pawss-tay-LAHnah], 

pertaining to the people of Santiago de Compostela [sahn-tee-AH-go day kawm-pawss- 

TAY-lah], a small administrative district in northwestern Spain, by Federico Mompou [feh-theh- 

REE-ko mawm-PO OO ]) 

Coral salve de laredo C Coral Salvé de Laredo C ko-RAHL sahl-VAY day lah-RAY-tho C 

(Laredo Chorus) 

Corale C ko-RAH-lay C (hymn or sacred song) C (Italian spelling, pronunciation, and 

meaning) 

Coranda C KO-rahn-dah C (dance from Pargamasca [par-gah-MAHSS-kah] — 

Anonymous 17th Hungarian Dances) 

Corant C KAW-rahnt C (dance from Pargamasca [par-gah-MAHSS-kah] — Anonymous 

17th Hungarian Dances) 

Corato C Luigi De Corato C l oo EE-jee day ko-RAH-toh 

Corazon porque pasais C Corazón, porqué pasáis ...? C ko-rah-THAWN, pawr-KAY pah- 

SAH-eess ...? C (Why, Oh Heart?) C (composition by Fernando Obradors [fehr-NAHN-doh o- 

VRAH-thawrss]) 

Corbeau et le renard C Le corbeau et le renard C luh kawr-bo ay luh ruh-nar C (song by 

André Caplet [ah6-dray kahp-leh]) 

Corbeil C Richard Corbeil C RIH-churd KAWR-b��l 

Corbelli C Alessandro Corbelli C ah-layss-SAHN-dro kohr-BAYL-lee 

Corboz C Michel Corboz C mee-shell kawr-baw C (known also as Michel-Jules Corboz 

[mee-shell-zhül kawr-baw]) 

Corcoran C Frank Corcoran C FRANGK KAWR-k’runn 

Cordero C Roque Cordero C RO-kay kawr-DAY-ro 

Cordero de dios bulerias C Cordero de Dios — bulerías C kawr-DAY-ro day DEE-awss — 

boo-lay-REE-ahss C (section of the Misa flamenca [MEE-sah flah-MAYN-kah] — Flamenco 

[flah-MENN-ko] Mass — set to music by Paco Peña [PAH-ko PAY-n’yah])

Cordier C Baude Cordier C bohd kawr-d ee ay 

Cordier C David Cordier C dah-veed kawr-d ee ay 

Cordiferro C R. Cordiferro C (R.) kohr-dee-FAYR-ro 

Cordoba C Córdoba C KAWR-doh-vah C (excerpt from Cantos de España [KAHN-tawss 

day ayss-PAH-n’yah] by Isaac Albéniz [ee-SAHK ahl-VAY-neeth]) 

Cordoba C Sebastián de Córdoba C say-vahss-t ee AHN day KAWR-doh-vah 

Core ngrato C Core 'ngrato C KO-ray n’GRAH-toh C (Ungrateful Heart) C (lyric by R. 

Cordiferro [kohr-dee-FAYR-ro] set to music by Salvatore Cardillo [sahl-vah-TOH-ray kar- 

DEEL-lo]) 

Corea C Chick Corea C CHICK kaw-REE-uh C (known also as Armando Anthony Corea 

[ar-MANN-doh ANN-thuh-nee kaw-REE-uh]) 

Corelli C Arcangelo Corelli C ar-KAHN-jay-lo ko-RAYL-lee 

Corelli C Franco Corelli C FRAHN-ko ko-RAYL-lee C (known also as Franco Dario [DAHr 

ee o] Corelli) 

Corena C Fernando Corena C fayr-NAHN-doh ko-RAY-nah 

Corentin C Saint Corentin C seh6 kaw-rah6-teh6 C (character in the opera Le Roi D'Ys [luh 

r'wah deess] — The King of Ys [EESS]; music by Édouard Lalo [ay-d ôô ar lah-lo] and libretto by 

Édouard Blau [ay-d ôô ar blo]) 

Corera C Pascual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera C pahss-k oo AHL h oo -AHN ay-MEE-l ee o arr 

ee AY-tah ee ko-RAY-rah 

Corette C Michel Corrette C mee-shell kawr-rett 

Corey C Giles Corey C J��LZ KAW-ree 

Coria C Miguel Angel Coria C mee-GHELL ahn-HELL ko-REE-ah 

Corigliano C John Corigliano C JAHN kaw-rih-l ih AH-no 

Corigliano C John Paul Corigliano C JAHN PAWL kaw-rih-l ih AH-no 

Corinna C ko-REEN-nah C (character in Il viaggio a Reims [eel v ee AHD-jo ah reh6ss] — The 

Journey to Rheims [REEMZ] — a stage cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] with ballet [BA L -lay]; music 

by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Luigi Balocchi [l oo EE-jee

ah-LOHK-kee]) 

Cormier C Robert de Cormier C ro-behr duh kawr-m ee ay 

Cormon C kawr-maw6 

Corneille C Pierre Corneille C p ee ehr kawr-neh y’ 

Corneille C Thomas Corneille C taw-mah kawr-neh y ’ 

Cornelis C Evert Cornelis C AY-vert kawr-NAY-liss 

Cornelius C Peter Cornelius C PAY-tur kawr-NAY-l ih ôôss C (German composer and writer) 

Cornelius C Peter Cornelius C PEE-tuh kaw-NEE-l ih ôôss C (Danish tenor) 

Cornet C Severin Cornet C seh-v’reh6 kawr-neh 

Cornett C kawr-NETT C (a wood, lip-vibrated wind instrument with finger holes and a cupshaped 

mouthpiece) 

Cornetto C kohr-NETT-toh C (a cornett (Italian name) — a wood, lip-vibrated wind 

instrument with finger holes and a cup-shaped mouthpiece) 

Cornford C Frances Cornford C FRANNT-suss KAWRN-furd 

Corno da caccia C KOHR-no dah KAH-chah 

Cornopean C kawr-NO-p ee unn C (early name for the cornet) 

Cornysh C William Cornysh C WILL-l ih umm KAWR-nihsh 

Coro C KO-ro C (chorus) 

Coro a bocca chiusa C KO-ro ah BOHK-kah k ee OO-zah C (Humming Chorus from the opera 

Madama [mah-DAH-mah] Butterfly — Madam [MA-dumm] Butterfly; music by Giacomo 

Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and 

Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after David Belasco [DAY-vudd buh-LASSko] 

and John Luther Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG]) 

Coro dei malammogliati C Il coro dei malammogliati C eel KO-ro DAY mah-lahm-mo-l ee AHtee 

C (The Chorus of Unhappy Wives) C (poem by Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane [meekay-LAHN-jay-lo 

b oo o-nar-RO-tee eel jo-VAH-nay] — Michelangelo Buonarroti the younger 

— set to music by Luigi Dallapiccola [l oo EE-jee dahl-lah-PEEK-ko-lah])

Coro del gran teatro de cordoba C Coro del Gran Teatro de Córdoba C KO-ro dell GRAHN 

tay-AH-tro day KAWR-doh-vah C Córdova [KAWR-doh-vah] Theater Chorus) 

Coro del teatro alla scala milano C Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano C KO-ro dayl tay-AHtro 

AHL-lah SKAH-lah, mee-LAH-no C (chorus of the La Scala [lah SKAH-luh] Theater, 

Milano [mee-LAH-no] — called Milan [muh-LANN] in the United States) 

Coro delle malmaritate C Il coro delle malmaritate C eel KO-ro DAYL-lay mahl-mah-ree- 

TAH-tay C (The Chorus of Unhappy Husbands) C (poem by Michelangelo Buonarroti il 

Giovane [mee-kay-LAHN-jay-lo b oo o-nar-RO-tee eel jo-VAH-nay] — Michelangelo 

Buonarroti the younger — set to music by Luigi Dallapiccola [l oo EE-jee dahl-lah-PEEK-kolah]) 

Coro e orchestra del teatro alla scala C Coro e orchestra del Teatro alla Scala C KO-ro ay or- 

KAY-strah dayl tay-AH-tro AHL-lah SKAH-lah C (Chorus and Orchestra of the La Scala 

[lah SKAH-luh] Theater) 

Coro filarmonico di praga C Coro filarmonico di Praga C KO-ro fee-lar-MO-nee-ko dee 

PRAH-gah C (Prague [PRAHG] Philharmonic Chorus) 

Coro titular del teatro lirico nacional la zarzuela C Coro titular del Teatro Lírico Nacional "La 

Zarzuela" C KO-ro tee-too-LAR dell tay-AH-tro LEE-ree-ko nah-s ee o-NAHL "lah tharth 

oo AY-lah" C (National Zarzuela [thar-th oo AY-lah] Lyric Theater Chorus) 

Coronaro C Gellio Coronaro C JAYL-l ee o ko-ro-NAH-ro C (known also as Gellio Benvenuto 

[bayn-vay-NOO-toh] Coronaro) 

Coronini C Carl Coronini C KARL ko-ro-NEE-nee 

Corpus christi C Corpus Christi C KOHR-pôôss KREESS-tih C (Latin pronunciation) C 

(U.S. city, KAWR-puss KRISS-tee) 

Correa C Roberto Falabella Correa C ro-VEHR-toh fah-lah-VEH-l’yah kawr-RAY-ah C 

(known also as Roberto Falabella) 

Correa de araujo C Francisco Correa de Araujo C frahn-THEESS-ko kawr-RAY-ah day ahr 

ah OO-ho C (known also as Francisco Araujo, Francisco Arauxo [ah-r ah OOK-so], Francisco 

Correa de Arauxo, and Francisco Correa de Azavedo [ah-thah-VAY-tho]) 

Correa de arauxo C Francisco Correa de Arauxo C frahn-THEESS-ko kawr-RAY-ah day ahr 

ah OOK-so C (known also as Francisco Arauxo, Francisco Araujo [ah-r ah OO-ho], Francisco 

Correa de Araujo, and Francisco Correa de Azavedo [ah-thah-VAY-tho]) 

Correa de azavedo C Francisco Correa de Azavedo C frahn-THEESS-ko kawr-RAY-ah day 

ah-thah-VAY-tho C (known also as Francisco Correa de Araujo [ah-r ah OO-ho], Francisco

Correa de Arauxo [ah-r ah OOK-so], Francisco Arauxo, and Francisco Araujo) 

Correa de azevedo C Luis Heitor Correa de Azevedo C l oo WEEZ ay-TAWR ko-HAY-uh jahzeh-VAY-dôô 

Correas C Jérôme Corréas C zhay-rohm kawr-ray-ah 

Corrente C kohr-RAYN-tay C (composition from Partitas No. 1, 3, 5, and 6 by Johann 

Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ee unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) C 

(composition by Michelangelo Galilei [mee-kay-LAHN-jay-lo gah-lee-LAY EE ]) 

Correte amanti C Correte, amanti C kohr-RAY-tay, ah-MAHN-tee C (madrigal [MADDrih-gull] 

by Carlo Gesualdo C [KAR-lo jay-z oo AHL-doh]) 

Corri C Domenico Corri C doh-MAY-nee-ko KOHR-ree 

Corsaire C Le corsaire C luh kawr-sehr C (The Corsair [kawr-sa uh r) C (overture, orchestral 

composition by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-l ee awz]) 

Corsaro C Il corsaro C eel kohr-SAH-ro C (The Corsair [KAWR-sa uh r]) C (an opera, with 


[frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah p ee AH-vay] after Byron [B��-runn]) 

Corselli C Francesco Corselli C frahn-CHAY-sko kohr-SAYL-lee 

Corsi C Antonio Pini-Corsi C ahn-TAW-n ee o PEE-nee-KOHR-see 

Corsi C Giuseppe Corsi C joo-ZAYP-pay KOHR-see C known also as Giuseppe Corso [joo- 

ZAYP-pay KOHR-so]) 

Corsi C Jacopo Corsi C YAH-ko-po KOHR-see 

Corso C Giuseppe Corso C joo-ZAYP-pay KOHR-so C known also as Giuseppe Corsi [joo- 

ZAYP-pay KOHR-see]) 

Cortazar C Ernesto M. Cortázar C ehr-NAYSS-toh (M.) kawr-TAH-thar 

Corte C Andrea della Corte C ahn-DRAY-ah DAYL-lah KOHR-tay 

Corteccia C Francesco Bernardo Corteccia C frahn-CHAY-sko bayr-NAR-doh kohr-TAYchah 

Cortege C cortège C kawr-tehzh C (Procession) C (excerpt from the Petite suite [p’teet 

s ü eet] by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])

Cortege des marionettes C Cortège des marionettes C kawr-tehzh day mah-r ee -aw-nett C 

(Procession of the Marionettes) C (excerpt from Three Pieces for Flute and Piano by Rosy 

Wertheim [RO-zee WERT-h��m]) 

Corten espadas afiladas C KOHR-tay-nayss-PAH-thahss ah-fee-LAH-thahss C (anonymous 

song) 

Cortes C Ramiro Cortés, Jr. C rah-MEE-ro kawr-TAYSS, JOO-n’yur 

Cortese C Luigi Cortese C l oo EE-jee kohr-TAY-zay 

Cortesi C Francesco Cortesi C frahn-CHAY-sko kohr-TAY-zee 

Cortigiani C kohr-tee-JAH-nee C (aria featuring Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh] in the opera 

Rigoletto; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria 

Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah p ee AH-vay] after Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} 


Cortigiani del principe e dame C kohr-tee-JAH-nee dayl PREEN-chee-pay ay DAH-may C 

(Ladies and gentlemen of the Prince's Court) C (excerpt from the opera La cenerentola [lah 

chay-nay-RAYN-toh-lah] — Cinderella; music by Gioachino Rossini [j oh ah-KEE-no rohss- 

SEE-nee]; libretto by Jacopo Ferretti [YAH-ko-po fayr-RAYT-tee] after Perrault [pehr-ro]) 

Cortigiani vil razza dannata C Cortigiani, vil razza dannata C kohr-tee-JAH-nee, veel RAHTtsah 

dahn-NAH-tah C (aria featuring Rigoletto [ree-go-LAYT-toh] in the opera Rigoletto; 


[frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah p ee AH-vay] after Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} 


Cortis C Antonio Cortis C ahn-TOH-n ee o KAWR-teess 

Cortolezis C Fritz Cortolezis C FRITTSS kawr-toh-LAY-tsiss 

Cortot C Alfred Cortot C ahl-fredd kawr-toh C (known also as Alfred Denis [deh-nee] 

Cortot) 

Corydon singers C Corydon Singers C KAH-rih-dunn (Singers) 

Cosi a poc a poco C E così a poc' a poco C ay ko-ZEE ah POHK ah PO-ko C (So, gradually 

I flutter) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAH OO -d ee o mohn-tay- 

VAYR-dee]) 

Cosi amor mi fai languir C Così amor mi fai languir C ko-ZEE ah-MOR mee fah ee lahng 

oo EER C (song by Alessandro Stradella [ah-layss-SAHN-dro strah-DAYL-lah])

Cosi fan tutte ossia la scuola degli amanti C Così fan tutte, ossia la scuola degli amanti C ko- 

ZEE fahn TOOT-tay, OHSS-s ee ah lah sk oo O-lah DAY-l’yee ah-MAHN-tee C (All Women 

Do the Same, or ‘The School for Lovers’) C (an opera, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus 

Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo- 

RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay]) 

Cosma C Viorel Cosma C v ee o-RELL KAWSS-mah 

Cosroe C kohss-RO-ay C (character in the opera Siroe [see-RO-ay]; music by George Frideric 

Handel; libretto by Pietro Metastasio [p ee AY-tro may-tah-STAH-z ee o], revised by Nicola 

Francesco Haym [NEE-ko-lah frahn-CHAY-sko ��M]) 

Cossa C Dominic Cossa C DAH-mih-nick KAHSS-sah 

Cossetto C Emil Cossetto C AY-mill kawz-ZETT-taw 

Cossmann C Bernhard Cossmann C BEHRN-hart KAWSS-mahn 

Cossotto C Fiorenza Cossotto C f ee o-RAYN-tsah kohss-SOHT-toh 

Cossutta C Carlo Cossutta C KAR-lo kohss-SOOT-tah 

Costa C Don Costa C DAHN KAW-stuh 

Costa C Fernanda Costa C fayr-NAHN-dah KOHSS-tah 

Costa C Mary Costa C MEH UH -ree KAW-stuh 

Costa C Sir Michael Costa C (Sir) M��-kull KAW-stuh C (known also as Sir Michael Andrew 

Agnus Costa [M��-kull ANN-droo A G -nuss KAW-stuh] and Michele Andrea Agniello Costa 

[mee-KAY-lay ahn-DRAY-ah ah-n ee AYL-lo KO-stah]) 

Costales C Luis Alfonso de Pablo Costales C l oo EESS ahl-FAWN-so day PAHV-lo kawss- 

TAH-layss C (known also as Luis de Pablo) 

Costeley C Guillaume Costeley C ghee-yohm kaw-tuh-lay 

Costello C Elvis Costello C ELL-vuss kaw-STELL-lo 

Coster C C. De Coster C (C.) duh kawss-tay 

Costume est bien C kawss-tüm esst b ee ah6 C (13th dance song by Thibaut de Navarre [tee-bo 

duh nah-var]) 

Cotapos C Acario Cotapos C ah-KAH-r ee o ko-TAH-pawss C (known also as Acario Cotapos

Baeza [bah-AY-sah]) 

Cotek C Pavel Totek C PAH-vell CHAW-teck 

Cotogni C Antonio Cotogni C ahn-TAW-n ee o ko-TOH-n’yee 

Cotrubas C Ileana Cotruba� C ee-l ee AH-nah kaw-troo-BAHSH 

Cottet C Olivier Cottet C aw-lee-v ee ay kawt-teh 

Cottonis C Johannis Cottonis C yo-HAHN-niss kawt-TOH-niss C (known also as John 

Cotton [JAHN KAHT-t’n], Joannes Musica [yo-AHN-nuss MOO-zee-kah], Johannes filius 

Dei [yo-HAHN-nuss FEE-l ih ôôss DAY EE ], and Johannes of Afflighem [yo-HAHN-nuss (of) 

AHF-flih-ghemm]) 

Cottrau C Guglielmo Louis Cottrau C goo-l ee AYL-mo LOO-ee KOHT-trah oo 

Cottrau C Teodoro Cottrau C tay-o-DOH-ro KOHT-trah oo 

Coucher du soleil reverieC Le coucher du soleil (rêverie) C luh kôô-shay dü saw-leh y’ (rehv’ree) 

C (The Setting of the Sun (Dream)) C poem by Thomas Gounet [taw-mah gôô-neh], 

after Thomas Moore [TAH-muss MÔÔ UH R]; set to music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behrl 

ee awz]) 

Coucut C Lou coucut C lôô kôô-kü C (The Cuckoo) C (excerpt from Chants d'Auvergne 

[shah6 doh-vehrn y’ ] — Songs of the Auvergne [o-vehrn y ’], French folk songs collected by 

Joseph Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb]) 

Coulthard C Jean Coulthard C zhah6 kôôl-tar 

Count carnero C Count Carnero C (Count) kar-NAY-ro C (character in the operetta Der 

Zigeunerbaron [dayr tsee-GOY-nur-pah-rohn] — The Gypsy Baron; music by Johann Strauss 

II [YO-hahn SHTRAH ÔÔ SS II]; libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer [IGG-nahtss SHNITT-tsur] after 

Mor Jókai [MOHR YOH OH -kah ih ]) 

Count gil C Count Gil C (Count) zheel 

Count tomsky C Count Tomsky C (Count) TAWM-skee C character in the opera Pique dame 

[peek dahm] — The Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill- 

YEECH {chah ih -KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mah- 

D Y ESST {chah ih -KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee] after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uhl 

y ick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn]) 

Coupe C In un coupé? C een oon kôô-PAY? C (duet from the opera La bohème [lah bawemm] 

— Bohemian Life; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by



Coupe o mimi tu piu C In un coupé? ... O Mimì, tu più C een oon kôô-PAY? ... o mee-MEE, 

too p ee OO C (duet from the opera La bohème [lah baw-emm] — Bohemian Life; music by 

Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [l oo EE-jee eel-LEE-kah] 

and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay]) 

Couperin C Armand-Louis Couperin C ar-mah6-l ôô ee kôô-p’reh6 

Couperin C Charles Couperin C sharl kôô-p’reh6 

Couperin C François Couperin C frah6-swah kôô-p’reh6 

Couperin C Gervais-François Couperin C zhehr-veh-frah6-swah kôô-p’reh6 

Couperin C Louis Couperin C l ôô ee kôô-p’reh6 

Couperin C Nicolas Couperin C nee-ko-lah kôô-p’reh6 

Couperin C Pierre-Louis Couperin C p ee ehr-l ôô ee kôô-p’reh6 

Couppey C Félix Le Couppey C fay-leekss luh kôôp-pay 

Cour C Niels la Cour C NEELSS lah KOO UH 

Cour damour C Cour d'amour C kôôr dah-môôr C (Court of Love) C (a group of poems 

from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl 

Orff [KARL AWRF]) 

Cour damours C Cour d'amours C kôôr dah-môôr C (Court of Love) C (a group of poems 

from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl 

Orff [KARL AWRF]) 

Courante C kôô-rah6t C (composition from Suite No. 5 in g Minor by Matthew Locke 

([MATH-yoo LAHK]) C (composition from Suite in g Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach [YOhahn 

{suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK) C (composition from Ouvertüre 

nach französischer Art [ôô-vehr-TÜ-ruh nahk frahn-TSÖ-zih-shur ART] — Overture in the 

French Style — by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAHst 

ih ahn BAHK]) C (composition by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick 

HANN-d’l]) C (composition from Partitas 2 and 4 by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh- 

BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) C (third number in each of Suites 1-6 for 

Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay- 

BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) C (excerpt from each of Suites V, VII, XI, and XIX by Dietrich 

Buxtehude [DEE-trihh BÔÔK-stuh-hoo-duh]) C (excerpt from each of Englische [EHNG-

lih-shuh] suites — English Suites — No. 2 and 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh- 

BASS-t ih unn BAHK} zay-BAH-st ih ahn BAHK]) C (excerpt from the Suite en mi mineur [s ü eet 

ah6 mee mee-nör]— Suite in e Minor — by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo]) 

Courante de mars C Courante de mars C kôô-rah6t duh mar C (excerpt from Suite [s ü eet] by 

Nicolas Vallet [nee-kaw-lah vahl-leh]) 

Couraud C Marcel Couraud C mar-sell kôô-ro 

Courboin C Charles Courboin C {CHAH-rullz koor-BOYN} sharl kôôr-bweh6 C (known 

also as Charles Marie [mah-ree] Courboin) 

Courreges C Mireille Courrèges C mee-reh y' kôôr-rehzh 

Court il court le furet C Il court, il court le furet C eel kôôr, eel kôôr luh fü-reh C (children’s 

song) 

Courtis C Jean-Philippe Courtis C zhah6-fee-leep kôôr-tee 

Courtisans C Les courtisans C leh kôôr-tee-zah6 C (The Courtesans [KOHR-tuh-zunnz]) C 

(characters in the opera L'amour des trois oranges [lah-môôr day tr’wah aw-rah6zh] — The 

Love for Three Oranges; music by Serge Prokofiev [sehr-GAY prah-KAW-f ih eff]; libretto by 

Prokofiev after Carlo Gozzi [KAR-lo GOHT-tsee]) 

Courtois C Jean Courtois C zhah6 kôôr-twah 

Courtoisie C kôôr-twah-zee C (Courtesy) C (excerpt from the suite Trois variations [tr’wah 

vah-r ee ah-s ee aw6] — Three Variations — by Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm- 

PO OO ]) 

Courvoisier C Karl Courvoisier C KARL kôôr-vwah-s ee ay 

Courvoisier C Walter Courvoisier C VAHL-tur kôôr-vwah-s ee ay 

Coussemaker C Edmond de Coussemaker C edd-maw6 duh kôôss-suh-mah-kur C (known 

also as Charles-Edmond-Henri de Coussemaker [shar-ledd-maw6-ah6-ree duh kôôss-suh-mahkur]) 

Cousser C Johann Sigismund Cousser C YO-hahn ZEE-gheess-môônt KÔÔSS-sur C 

(known also as Johann Sigismund Kusser [KÔÔSS-sur]) 

Couture C Jean Papineau-Couture C zhah6 pah-pee-no-kôô-tür 

Covent garden C Covent Garden C KAH-vunnt (Garden)

Coverdale C Miles Coverdale C M��LZ KUH-vur-dayl 

Coverly C Robert Coverly C RAH-burt KUH-vur-lee 

Covey crump C Rogers Covey-Crump C RAH-jurz KUH-vee-KRUMMP 

Coviello C Roberto Coviello C ro-BAYR-toh ko-v ee AYL-lo 

Cowan C Richard Cowan C RIH-churd K!W-unn 

Coward C Noel Coward C NO-ull K!W-urd 

Cowdery C Jim Cowdery C JIMM K!W-d’ree 

Cowdery C Lauren Cowdery C LAW-runn K!W-d’ree 

Cowell C Henry Cowell C HENN-ree K!W-uhl C (known also as Henry Dixon [DICK-s’n] 

Cowell) 

Cowen C Sir Frederic Cowen C (Sir) FREH-duh-rick K!W-unn C (known also as Sir 

Frederic Hymen [H��-munn] Cowen) 

Cowie C Edward Cowie C EDD-wurd K!W-ee 

Cox C Jean Cox C JEEN KAHKSS 

Coxe C Nigel Coxe C N��-j’l KAHKSS 

Cozette C Michael Cozette C M��-kull kaw-ZETT 

Crabbe C Armand Crabbé C ar-mah6 krahb-bay C (known also as Armand Charles [sharl] 

Crabbé) 

Crabbe C George Crabbe C JAW-urj KRABB 

Cracow C KRAH-kawf C (Polish City) 

Cracow boys choir C Cracow Boys' Choir C KRAH-kawf (Boys' Choir) 

Crader C Jeannine Crader C juh-NEEN KRAY-dur 

Cramer C Johann Baptist Cramer C YO-hahn BAHP-tisst KRAH AH -mur 

Cramer C Wilhelm Cramer C VILL-hellm KRAH AH -mur

Craney C Trudy Ellen Craney C TROO-dee ELL-lunn KRAY-nee 

Cranz C August Cranz C AH OO -gôôst KRAHNTSS 

Cras C Jean Émile Paul Cras C zhah6-nay-meel pohl krah 

Crashaw C Richard Crashaw C RIH-churd KRA-shaw 

Crass C Franz Crass C FRAHNTSS KRAHSS 

Crasselius C Bartolomäus Crasselius C bar-toh-lo-MAY-ôôss krahss-SAY-l ih ôôss 

Creatore C Giuseppe Creatore C {joo-SEPP-pee kree-TAWR} joo-ZAYP-pay kray-ah- 

TOH-ray 

Crecquillon C Thomas Crécquillon C taw-mah kray-k ee aw6 C (known also as Thomas 

Créquillon [kray-k ee aw6]) 

Credea mirarti C Ah! Non credea mirarti C AH, nohn kray-DAY-ah mee-RAR-tee C (aria 

from the opera La sonnambula [lah sohn-NAHM-boo-lah] — The Sleepwalker; music by 


ro-MAH-nee]) 

Credete al mio dolore C kray-DAY-tay ahl MEE-o doh-LO-ray C (Believe this suffering of 

mine) C (excerpt from the opera Alcina [ahl-CHEE-nah]; music by George Frideric Handel 

[JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]; libretto adapted from L’isola di Alcina [lee-ZO-lah dee 

ahl-CHEE-nah], after Ariosto [ah-r ee O-stoh]) 

Credico C Oslavio di Credico C o-SLAH-v ee o dee KRAY-dee-ko 

Credo C KRAY-doh C (section of the Latin mass set to music by various composers) 

Credo in un dio crudel C Credo in un Dio crudel C KRAY-doh een oon DEE-o kroo-DAYL 

C (excerpt from the opera Otello [o-TAYL-lo]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay 

VAYR-dee]; libretto by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] after William Shakespeare 

[WILL-l ih umm SHAYK-spih uh r]) 

Credo messe C Credo-Messe C KRAY-doh-MAYSS-suh C (section of the Latin mass set to 

music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]) 

Credo peteneras jaleos C Credo — Peteneras — Jaleos C KRAY-doh — pay-tay-NAY-rahss 

— hah-LAY-ohss C (section of the Misa flamenca [MEE-sah flah-MAYN-kah] — Flamenco 

[flah-MENN-ko] Mass — set to music by Paco Peña [PAH-ko PAY-n’yah]) 

Crees C Eric Crees C EH-rick KREEZ

Cremona C kray-MO-nah 

Creole love call C Creole Love Call C KREE-ohl (Love Call) C (composition by Duke 

Ellington [d’YOOK ELL-lihng-tunn]) 

Creon C Créon C kray-aw6 C (character in the opera Médée [may-day]; music by Marc 


kawr-neh y ’]) 

Crepuscule C Crépuscule C kray-püss-küll C (Twilight) C (poem by Charles van Lerberghe 

[SHARL vunn LEHR-ber-kuh] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-br ee ell fo-ray]) 

Crepuscule matinal C Crépuscule matinal C kray-püss-küll mah-tih-nahl C (Early Dusk) C 

(excerpt from Heures séculaires et instantanées [ör say-kü-lehr ay eh6-stah6-tah-nay] — 

Secular and Instantaneous Hours — by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee]) 

Crequillon C Thomas Créquillon C taw-mah kray-k ee aw6 C (known also as Thomas 

Crecquillon [kray-k ee aw6]) 

Crescentini C Girolamo Crescentini C jee-RO-lah-mo kray-shayn-TEE-nee 

Crescenzo C Vincenzo de Crescenzo C veen-CHAYN-tso day kray-SHAYN-tso 

Creser C William Creser C WILL-l ih umm KREE-zur 

Crespel C kress-puhl C (character in the opera Les contes d'Hoffmann [leh kaw6t dawfmahn] 

— The Tales of Hoffmann; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; 

libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-b ee ay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray]) 

Crespin C Régine Crespin C ray-zheen kress-peh6 

Creuse C Créuse C krayüz C (character in the opera Médée [may-day]; music by Marc 


kawr-neh y’ ]) 

Creuziger C Elisabeth Creuziger C ay-LEE-zah-bett KROY-tsih-gur 

Crimi C Giulio Crimi C JOO-l ee o KREE-mee 

Crimond C kree-maw6 

Cris dans la rue C (see “Bris dans la rue” [bree dah6 lah rü]) 

Crisafulli C Robert Crisafulli C ro-behr kree-zah-füll-lee

Crist C Bainbridge Crist C BAYN-briddj KRISST 

Criste eleison C KREE-stay eh-LAY IH -zahn C (section of the Messa solenne [MAYSS-sah 

so-LAYN-nay] — Solemn Mass — by Giovanni Baptista Pergolesi [jo-VAHN-nee bahp-TEEstah 

payr-go-LAY-zee]) 

Cristoforeanu C Florica Cristoforeanu C flaw-REE-kah kreess-taw-faw-ray-AH-noo 

Cristofori C Bartolomeo Cristofori C bar-toh-lo-MAY-o kree-stoh-FO-ree 

Crivelli C Giovanni Battista Crivelli C jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah kree-VAYL-lee 

Croce C Giovanni Croce C jo-VAHN-nee KRO-chay 

Croce C Jim Croce C JIMM KRO-chee 

Crocodile la bonne odile C Le crocodile (la bonne odile) C luh kraw-kaw-deel (lah bawn awdeel) 

C (poem by Maurice Carême [mo-reess kah-remm] set to music by Jacques Chailley 

[zhack shah ee -yee]) 

Croes C Henri-Jacques de Croes C ah6-ree-zhack deh krohss 

Crofut C Bill Crofut C BILL KRO-futt 

Croissy C Madame de Croissy C mah-dahm duh kr'wahss-see C (Mother Superior of Carmel 

[kar-mell]) C (character in the opera Dialogues des Carmélites [d ee ah-lawg day kar-may-leet] 

— Dialogues of the Carmelites [KAR-muh-l��tss]; music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôôlah6k]; 

libretto by Poulenc after Georges Bernanos [zhawrzh behr-nah-nawss]) 

Crolius C Ross Crolius C RAWSS KRO-l ih uss 

Crone C Tan Crone C TAHN KRO-nuh 

Croner de vasconcelos C Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos C ZHAWRZH KRAH-ner duh 

vahsh-koh6-SEH-lôôsh 

Croonenborgh C Dirk van Croonenborgh C DIHRK funn KROH OH -nunn-bawrk 

Crosse C Gordon Crosse C GAWR-d’n KRAWSS 

Crotales C kro-TAH-layss C (small cymbals) 

Crowleys reel C Crowley's Reel C KR!W-leez REEL 

Crozier C Catharine Crozier C KA-thuh-runn KRO-zhur

Crucem tuam C KRÔÔ-chemm TOO-umm C (Gregorian chant — antiphon [ANN-tuhfunn]) 

Crucifigat omnes C krôô-CHIH-fih-gaht OHM-ness C (Our Lord's New Cross) C (excerpt 

from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah]) 

Crucifixus C krôô-chih-FEEK-sôôss C (section of the Latin mass, set to music by various 

composers) 

Cruda amarilli C Cruda Amarilli C KROO-dah ah-mah-REEL-lee C (Cruel Amaryllis) C 

(madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAH OO -d ee o mohn-tay-VAYR-dee]) 

Crudel perche finora C Crudel! Perché finora C kroo-DAYL! payr-KAY fee-NO-rah C 

(arrangement for woodwinds and string bass by Johann Nepomuk Wendt [YO-hahn NAY-pomôôk 

VENNT] of an excerpt from the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEEgah-ro] 

— The Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ahmah-DAY-ôôss 

MO-tsart]; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay] after 

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh]) 

Crudel perche finora C Crudel! Perchè finora C kroo-DAYL! PAYR-kay fee-NO-rah C 

(duet from the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro] — The Marriage of 

Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; 

libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de 

Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh]) 

Crudele acerba C kroo-DAY-lay ah-CHAYR-bah C (O Cruel Bitter) C (madrigal [MADDrih-gull] 

by Luca Marenzio [LOO-kah mah-RAYN-ts ee O]) 

Crudele non mi dir C Crudele? ... Non mi dir C kroo-DAY-lay? ... nohn mee deer C (You call 

me cruel? ... Do not tell me ) C (excerpt from the opera Don Giovanni [dohn jo-VAHN-nee]; 

music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and 

libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay]) 

Cruger C Johann Crüger C YO-hahn KRÜ-gur 

Crump C Rogers Covey-Crump C RAH-jurz KUH-vee-krump 

Crusaders in pskov C The Crusaders in Pskov C (The Crusaders in) p’SKAWF C (excerpt 

from the cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] Alexander Nevsky [uh-l y ick-SAHN-d’r N Y EFF-skee] by 

Sergey Prokofiev [sehr-GAY prah-KAW-f ih eff]) 

Crusell C Bernhard Henrik Crusell C BAYRN-hart HAYN-rick KROO-sayl 

Crux C O crux C O KROOKS C (Hail, O Cross) C (motet [mo-TETT] by Marc Antoine 

Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-t ee ay] C (same title used by other composers)

Crux fidelis pange linguaC Crux fidelis/Pange lingua C KROOKS fih-DAY-liss/PAHN-jeh 

LEEN-g ôô uh C (Gregorian chant) 

Cruz C Celia Cruz C SEE-l ee ah KROOSS 

Cruz C Domingo Santa Cruz C doh-MEEN-go SAHN-tah KROOSS C (known also as 

Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson [WILL-sunn]) 

Cruz C Ivo Cruz C EE-vôô KROOZH 

Cruz romo C Gilda Cruz-Romo C HEEL-dah KROOSS-RO-mo 

Crzellitzer C Franz Crzellitzer C FRAHNTSS kur-TSELL-litt-tsur 

Csanyi C Tamás Csányi C tah-MAH AH SH CHAH AH -n’yee 

Csardas C Csárdás C CHAH AH R-dah ah sh C (excerpt from the operetta Die Fledermaus [dee 

FLAY-dur-mah ôô ss] — The Bat; music by Johann Strauss II [YO-hahn SHTRAH ÔÔ SS II]; 

libretto by Carl Haffner [KARL HAHF-nur] and Richard Genée [RIH-hart zhuh-nay] after 


Csardas furstin C Die Csárdás Fürstin C dee CHAH AH R-dah ah sh FÜR-stinn C (The Gypsy 

Princess) C (an operetta, with music by Emmerich Kálmán [EMM-meh-rihh KAH AH Lmah 

ah n]; lyrics by Stein [SHT��N] and Jenbach [YENN-bahk]) 

Csibi C Elizabeth Csibi C ih-LIH-zuh-buhth CHIH-bee 

Csiky C Boldizsár Csiky C BOHL-dih-zhah ah r CHIH-kee 

Ctesibius C k’tee-SEE-v ih ôôss 

Cuando daifo fueron salidos C Cuando d'Aifo Fueron Salidos C k oo AHN-doh DAH EE -fo 

f oo AY-rawn sah-LEE-thawss C (Sephardic [seh-FAR-dick] song) 

Cuando el juez me demando C k oo AHN-doh ell h oo EHTH may day-MAHN-doh C (When the 

judge asked me) C (excerpt from Coplas [KAWP-lahss] by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco 

[{MEH-r ee o kass-t’l-n ôô O-vo-tuh-DESS-ko} MAH-r ee o kah-stayl-n oo O-vo-tay-DAY-sko]) 

Cuando el rey nimrod C Cuando el rey Nimrod C k oo AHN-doh ell ray NEEM-rawd C (When 

King Nimrod) C (traditional song of the Spanish Jews) 

Cuberli C Lella Cuberli C LAYL-lah koo-BAYR-lee 

Cubiles C José Cubiles C ho-SAY koo-VEE-layss

Cuclin C Dimitrie Cuclin C dee-MEE-tr ee eh kook-LEEN 

Cudek C Mark Cudek C MARK KOO-deck 

Cudworth C Charles Cudworth C CHAH-rullz KUDD-wôôrth C (known also as Charles 

Cyril Leonard Cudworth [CHAH-rullz SIH-rull LEH-nurd KUDD-wôôrth]) 

Cuenod C Hugues Cuénod C üg’ k ü ay-no C (known also as Hugues-Adhémar [üg’-ah-daymar] 

Cuénod) 

Cuer me fait tous dis penser C Mon cuer me fait tous dis penser C maw6 kör muh feh tôô dee 

pah6-say C (My heart makes me think continually) C (rondeau [RAHN-doh] by Guillaume 

Dufay [ghee-yohm dü-f��]) 

Cuesta C Dom Ismael Fernández de la Cuesta C dohm eess-mah-ELL fehr-NAHN-dehth day 

lah k oo AYSS-tah C ("Dom" = dominus (lord), i.e., the head of the monastery in this case) 

Cuesta C Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta C eess-mah-ELL fehr-nahn-DEHTH day lah 

k oo AYSS-tah 

Cuesta abajo C Cuesta Abajo C k oo AYSS-tah ah-VAH-ho C (composition by C. Gardel [(C.) 

gar-DELL] and A. Le Pera [(A.) lay PAY-rah]) 

Cugat C Xavier Cugat C KSAH-v ee ur KOO-gaht 

Cugley C Ian Cugley C EE-unn KUGG-lee C (known also as Ian Robert Cugley [EE-unn 

RAH-burt KUGG-lee]) 

Cui C Cesar Cui C (see César Cui) 

Cui C César Cui C say-zar k ü ee C (known also as César Antonovich [ahn-tah-NAW-vihch] 

Cui ) 

Cui C Sasha Cui C SAH-shah k ü ee C (son of César Cui) 

Cuidad juarez C En Cuidad Juarez C (erroneous spelling of En Ciudad Juarez [ayn see oo - 

THAHD h oo ah-RESS]) 

Cuiller C Daniel Cuiller C dah-n ee ell k ü ee-yay 

Cuisiniere C La cuisinière C lah k ü ee-zee-n ee ehr 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-f ih eff]; libretto by Prokofiev after Carlo Gozzi 

[KAR-lo GOHT-tsee])

Cujus animam gementem C KOO-yôôss UH-nih-mumm jeh-MENN-temm C (section of the 

Stabat Mater [STAH-baht MAH-tehr] set to music by various composers) 

Cullis C Rita Cullis C REE-tuh KULL-liss 

Cullivan C Tom Cullivan C TAHM KULL-luh-vunn 

Culmell C Joaquín Nin-Culmell C ho-ah-KEEN NEEN-kool-MELL C (known also as 

Joaquín María [mah-REE-ah] Nin-Culmell) 

Culp C Julia Culp C YÜ-l ih ah KÜLP 

Cum fabricator mundi C koom fah-brih-KAH-tawr MOON-dee C (Gregorian chant — 

antiphon [ANN-tuh-funn]) 

Cum sanctis tuis C koom SAHNK-tiss TÔÔ-iss C (section of the Latin requiem [{REH-k ôô eeumm} 

REH-k ôô ih-emm] set to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah- 

DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]) 

Cum sancto spiritu C koom SAHNK-toh SPEE-rih-tôô C (section of the Latin mass set to 

music by various composers) 

Cumdebat C Et cumdebat C ett KOOM-deh-baht C (excerpt from Laudate Pueri [lah oo - 

DAH-tay p ôô EH-rih] by Giovanni Baptista Pergolesi [jo-VAHN-nee bahp-TEE-stah payr-go- 

LAY-zee]) 

Cuna C KOO-nah C (Cradle) C (an excerpt from the Suite compostelana [s ü eet kawm-pawsstay-LAH-nah], 

pertaining to the people of Santiago de Compostela [sahn-tee-AH-go day 

kawm-pawss-TAY-lah], a small administrative district in northwestern Spain, by Federico 

Mompou [feh-theh-REE-ko mawm-PO OO ]) C (excerpt from the suite Impresiones intimas 

[eem-pray-s ee O-nayss een-TEE-mahss] — Intimate Impressions — by Federico Mompou [fehtheh-REE-ko 

mawm-PO OO ]) 

Cuncti simus concanentes C KOONK-tih SEE-môôss kohn-kuh-NAYN-tayss C (excerpt 

from the Llibre vermell of Montserrat [l’YEE-vray vehr-MELL (of) mawnt-sehr-RAHT] — 

pilgrim songs and dances associated with the Shrine to the Virgin at Montserrat [mahnt-sehr- 

RAHT]) 

Cundell C Edric Cundell C EDD-rick KUNN-d’l 

Cundick C Robert Cundick C RAH-burt KUNN-dick 

Cunegonde C kü-nuh-gaw6d C (character in Candide [kahn-DEED], an operetta with music 

by Leonard Bernstein [LEH-nurd BURN-st��n]; libretto by R. Wilbur [R. WILL-bur], J. 

Latouche [J. lah-TOOSH], D. Parker [D. PAR-kur] and Leonard Bernstein after L. Hellman [L.

HELL-munn] after Voltaire [vawl-tehr]) 

Cura C Domingo Cura C doh-MEEN-go KOO-rah 

Curas hominum C O curas hominum C O KOO-russ HAW-mih-nôôm C (O careworn 

mankind) C (excerpt from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAHnah]) 

Curci C Giuseppe Curci C joo-ZAYP-pay KOOR-chee 

Curiel C Nicoletta Curiel C nee-ko-LAYT-tah koo-r ee AYL 

Curlew C The Curlew C (The) KUR-l’yoo C (poems by William Yeats [WILL-l ih umm 

YAYTSS] set to music in a song cycle by Peter Warlock [PEE-tur WAWR-lahk]) 

Curra C KOOR-rah C (character in the opera La forza del destino [lah FOHR-tsah dayl 

day-STEE-no] — The Force of Destiny; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYRdee]; 

libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah p ee AH-vay] after 

Angel P. De Saavedra [ahn-HELL (P.) day sah-VAY-drah]) 

Curran C J. P. Curran C J. P. KUR-runn 

Curritur ad vocem C KOOR-rih-tôôr ahd VAW-chemm C (Everyone’s running) C (excerpt 

from the 13th manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music) 

Curschmann C Karl Friedrich Curschmann C KARL FREET-rihh KÔÔRSH-mahn 

Curti C Franz Curti C FRAHNTSS KÔÔR-tee 

Curtis C B. G. de Curtis C (B. G.) day KOOR-teess 

Curtis C Edward De Curtis C AYD-ward day KOOR-teess 

Curtis C Ernesto de Curtis C ayr-NAY-stoh day KOOR-teess 

Curzio C Don Curzio C dohn KOOR-ts ee o C (character in the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay 

NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro] — The Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

[VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso 

dah POHN-tay] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [p ee ehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 

duh bo-mar-sheh]) 

Curzon C Henri de Curzon C ah6-ree duh kür-zaw6 C (known also as Emmanuel-Henri- 

Parent de Curzon C emm-mah-nü-ell ah6-ree-pah-rah6 duh kür-zaw6]) 

Curzon C Sir Clifford Curzon C (Sir) KLIFF-furd KUR-zunn / (known also as Sir Clifford

Michael [M��-kull] Curzon 

Cusins C Sir William Cusins C (Sir) WILL-l ih umm KOO-sinnz C (known also as Sir William 

George [JAW-urj] Cusins) 

Cuvillier C Charles Cuvillier C sharl kü-vee-yay C (known also as Charles Louis Paul 

Cuvillier [sharl l ôô ee pohl kü-vee-yay]) 

Cuyler C Louise Cuyler C lôô-EEZ K��-lur C (known also as Louise Elvira [ell-V��-ruh] 

Cuyler) 

Cuzzoni C Francesca Cuzzoni C frahn-CHAY-skah koot-TSO-nee 

Cybele C Cybèle C see-bell C (character in the opera Atys [ah-teess]; music by Jean-Baptiste 

Lully [zhah6-bah-teest lüll-lee] and libretto by Philippe Quinault [fee-leep kee-no]) 

Cyclopes rondeau C Les cyclopes. Rondeau C leh see-klawp. raw6-doh C (excerpt from the 

Suite en ré majeur [s ü eet ah6 ray mah-zhör] — Suite in D Major — by Jean-Philippe Rameau 

[zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo] 

Cygne C Le cygne C luh seen y’ C (The Swan) C (composition by Camille Saint-Säens [{kahmeel 

seh6-sah6ss} kah-mee y’ seh6-sah6ss]) 

Cygne sur leau C Cygne sur l’eau C seen y’ sür lo C (Swan on the Water) C (excerpt from the 

song cycle Mirages [mee-rahzh] by Gabriel Fauré [gah-br ee ell fo-ray]) 

Cymbales C seh6-bahl 

Czapek C Leupold Eustache Czapek C LOY-pawlt oyss-TAH-kuh CHAH-peck 

Czardas C TSAH AH R-dah ah sh C (excerpt from the operetta Die Fledermaus [dee FLAY-durmah 

ôô ss] — The Bat; music by Johann Strauss II [YO-hahn SHTRAH ÔÔ SS II]; libretto by Carl 

Haffner [KARL HAHF-nur] and Richard Genée [RIH-hart zhuh-nay] after Henri Meilhac 


Czarskoye selo C The Statue of Czarskoye-Selo C (The Statue of) SAR-skuh-yuh-sih-LAW 

C (poem by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-l y ick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch 

POOSH-kinn] set to music by César Antonovich Cui [say-zar unn-tah-NAW-vihch k ü ee]) 

Czarth C Georg Czarth C GAY-awrk CHART C (Bohemian violinist with a nonbohemian 

name, Germanized to Georg Tzarth [TSART] C (known also as Georg Zarth [TSART]) C (the 

last name is also spelled Czard, Szarth, Tzarth, and Zardt) 

Czeczot C Jan Czeczot C YAHN CHEH-chawt

Czekanowska C Anna Czekanowska C AH AH N-n’nah cheh-kah-NAWF-skah 

Czernohorsky C Bohuslav Czernohorsky C BO-hôô-slahf CHEHR-naw-hawr-skee C (known 

also as Bohuslav Ternohorsky [CHEHR-naw-hawr-skee]) 

Czerny C Carl Czerny C KARL CHEHR-nee 

Czerwenka C Oskar Czerwenka C AWSS-kar CHEHR-vehng-kah 

Czesnikowa C Cze�nikowa C chehsh-n y ee-KAW-vah C (character in the opera Straszny 

Dwór [STRAHSH-nih d’VÔÔR] — The Haunted Manor; music by Stanis�aw Moniuszko 

[stah-N Y EESS-wahf mah-n ee ÔÔSH-kaw] and libretto by Jan Ch]ci�ski [YAHN heh6-TSEE6skee]) 

Czibulka C Alphons Czibulka C AHL-fawnss TSIH-bôôl-kah 

Cziffra C György Cziffra C JÖRJ TSIFF-frah 

Czipra C TSIH-prah C (character in the operetta Der Zigeunerbaron [dayr tsee-GOY-nurpah-rohn] 

— The Gypsy Baron; music by Johann Strauss II [YO-hahn SHTRAH ÔÔ SS II]; 

libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer [IGG-nahtss SHNITT-tsur] after Mor Jókai [MOHR YOH OH - 

kah ih ]) 

Czirok C György Czirok C JÖRJ TSIH-rawk 

Cztery pory roku C Cztery Pory Roku C ch’TEH-ree PAW-ree RAW-kôô C (The Four 

Seasons) C (poem by Alexander Michaux [ah-leck-sah6-d’r mee-sho] set to music by Stanis�aw 

Moniuszko [stah-N Y EESS-wahf mah-n ee ÔÔSH-kaw]) 

Czukay C Holger Czukay C HAWL-gur TSOO-kah ee 

Czyz C Henryk Czy� C HENN-rick CHIZH

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