Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:46 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Kapsperger or Kapsberger?
> Kapsberger, and in North America by Kapsperger. But why > not ditch Kapsb/perger entirely, and play something by > Biccinini instead? > > ajn. Because he's Italian..B/P are phonetically distinctive in Italian. Maybe K. pronunciation was just to take after the German pronunciation of the name, as voiced consonants are pronounced as unvoiced by German speaking people, or at least they are perceived as such by Italians. Something interesting: http://www.acoustics.hut.fi/publications/files/theses/lemmetty_mst/chap3.html Donatella To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
