"Donatella Galletti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > Kapsberger, and in North America by Kapsperger. But why > > not ditch Kapsb/perger entirely, and play something by > > Biccinini instead?
> Because he's Italian..B/P are phonetically distinctive in Italian. That applies to German, too. There _is_ such thing like standard High German which neatly distinguishes voiced and unvoiced consonants, and in that language the name reads Kapsberger according to its correct etymology (originating from Kapsberg). That notwithstanding, the name will still be pronounced different in different German regions, depending on respective dialects (Gabsbersher would be Upper Saxonian, Kapsperker could be Hassian). -- Mathias > 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
