Name Pronunciation Resources -> Arts / Literature / Music

Authors

• Pronouncing Dictionary of Author's Names
  mainst.monterey.k12.ca.us/library/libpg/Dictionary/dict.html
• Pronouncing Author's Names - hundreds of phonetic pronunciations of author's names
  www.geocities.com/apetalous/
• Author Name Pronunciation Guide - An online collection of author's and illustrators saying their names.
  www.teachingbooks.net/pronunciations.cgi
• www.swisseduc.ch: Authors & Books - Have pronunciations for the names of over 70 authors-- including audio of many authors pronouncing their own names.
  www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/

Classical Music

• A Guide for Classical Radio Announcers - several hundred names related to classical music with phonetic and audio pronunciations. Also has helpful pronunciation tips for many European languages.
  http://www.pronunciationguide.info/
• Pronouncing Dictionary of Music and Musicians - a resource developed for use by the staff of WOI Radio at Iowa State University for the pronunciation of composers, music performers, and the titles of musical works. The dictionary has over 30,000 entries. The dictionary is not searchable and is provided in PDF format.
  iowapublicradio.org/dictionary/
• FAQ: rec.music.classical - has phonetic pronunciations for major names in classical music
  www.faqs.org/faqs/music/classical-faq/
• MUSIClassical.com Composers Page - audio pronunciations of Dutch composers and performers
  members.tripod.com/musiclassical/compa.html

Other Music

• Pronunciation Guide - Folk Musicians - a short pronunciation guide of phonetic pronunciations
  nwfolk.com/songlists/pronunciation_guide.html
• The Ever-Controversial NEJRC Pronunciation Guide - a phonetic pronunciation guide to names in Jazz
  www.wwuh.org/program/music/jazz/nejrc/pron.htm

Literature

• How to Pronounce the Names in Shakespeare
  Author: Theodora Ursula Irvine. This book was published in 1919. It is now in the public domain and Google has it online at books.google.com. The online edition is searchable.
  books.google.com/books?id=HOoUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR13&dq=pronunciation#PPP1,M1

Suggestions for additional websites to add to the directory are welcomed. Please send email to stuyoder@inogolo.com (link).