V Molcani Noci Tajnoj C V Mol…An'i No…I Tajnoj C V'mahl-CHAY-Nyih NAW

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V molcani noci tajnoj C V mol an’i no i tajnoj C v’mahl-CHAY-nyih NAW-chih T¦-nee C (In the Silence of the Secret Night) C (poem by Afansij Afanas’evi Fet [ah-fah-NAH-see ah- fah-NAH-s’yeh-vihch FETT] set to music by Sergei Rachmaninov [sehr-GAYEE rahk-MAH- nyih-nuff]) C (Afansij is probably a misspelled version of Afanasij)

V tak mnohem srdci mrtvo jest C V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest C v’TAHK m’NAW-hehehm SURD-tsih MURT-vaw YESST C (Death reigns in many a human breast) C (song by Antonín DvoÍák [AHN-taw-nyeeeen d’VAW-rshahahk])

V te sladke moci oci tvych C V té sladké moci o i tvých C v'TYEHEH SLAHD-keheh MAW- tsih AW-chih t’VEEEEK C (When Thy Sweet Glances on Me Fall) C (song by Antonín DvoÍák [AHN-taw-nyeeeen d’VAW-rshahahk])

V woyna C F. v. Woyna C (F.) fawn VOY-nah

Va je tai pardonne nuit dhymenee C Va! je t'ai pardonné ... Nuit d'hyménée C vah! zhuh teh par-dawn-nay ... nüee dee-may-nay C (duet from the opera Roméo et Juliette [raw-may-o ay zhü-leeett]; music by Charles Gounod [sharl gôô-no]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK- spihuhr])

Va pensiero C Va, pensiero C VAH, payn-seeAY-ro C (Fly, thought) / (chorus of the Hebrew slaves from the opera Nabucco [nah-BOOK-ko] — King of Babylon; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee] and libretto by Temistocle Solera [tay-MEE-stoh-klay so-LAY- rah] after Antonio Cortesi [ahn-TAW-neeo kohr-TAY-zee], Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois [o-güst ah-nih-seh-bôôr-zhwah], and Francis Cornu [frah6-see kawr-nü])

Va pensiero sullali dorate C Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate C VAH, payn-seeAY-ro, sool-LAH- lee doh-RAH-tay C (Fly, thought, on wings of gold) C (chorus of the Hebrew slaves from Act III of 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-neeo kohr-TAY-zee], Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois [o-güst ah-nih- seh-bôôr-zhwah], and Francis Cornu [frah6-see kawr-nü])

Va ten mon cuer avent mes yeux C Va t'en, mon cuer, avent mes yeux C vah tah6, maw6 kör, ah-vah6 meh-z'yö C (Go forth, my heart, before my eyes) C (rondeau [RAHN-doh] by Gacien Reyneau [gah-seeah6 ray-no])

Va tent souspir C Va t’ent souspir C vah tah6 sôô-peer C (composition by Estienne Grossin [ay-teeenn grawss-seh6])

Va va lerror mio palesa C Va, va, l’error mio palesa C VAH, VAH, LAYR-rohr MEE-o pah- LAY-zah C (aria featuring Farnace [far-NAH-chay] in the opera Mitridate, rè di Ponto [mee- tree-DAH-tay, RAY dee POHN-toh] — Mithridates, King of Pontus [mith-rih-DAH-tuss, (King of) PAWN-tuss]); music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY- ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi [veet-TAW-reeo ah-may-DAY-o CHEE-n’yah-SAHN-tee] after Giuseppe Parini [joo-ZAYP-pay pah-REE-nee] and Jean Racine [zhah6 rah-seen])

Vaccai C Nicola Vaccai C nee-KO-lah vahk-KAHee

Vacek C Miloš Vacek C MIH-lawsh VAH-tseck

Vach C Ferdinand Vach C FEHR-tee-nahnt VAHK

Vachon C Pierre Vachon C peeehr vah-shaw6

Vacillantis trutine C vuh-cheel-LAHN-tiss TRÔÔ-tih-neh C (Hovering in a dangerously unsteady balance) C (excerpt from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE- nah boo-RAH-nah])

Vackar C Dalibor Cyril Va káÍ C DAH-lih-bawr TSIH-rill VAHCH-kahrzh

Vackar C Tomáš Va káÍ C TAW-mahahsh VAHCH-kahrzh

Vackar C Václav Va káÍ C VAHAHTSS-lahf VAHCH-kahrzh

Vactor C David Van Vactor C DAY-vudd vann VACK-tur

Vade C Jean-Joseph Vadé C zhah6-zho-zeff vah-day

Vado ma dove oh dei C Vado, ma dove? oh Dei! C VAH-doh, mah DOH-vay? o DAYEE! C (I shall go, but where, oh gods!) C (an aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah- mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] interpolated in the comic opera Il burbero di buon core [eel boor- BAY-ro dee booOHN KO-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])

Vadoro pupille C V’adoro, pupille C vah-DOH-ro poo-PEEL-lay C (I adore you, dear eyes) C (aria from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto [JOO-leeo chay-ZAH-ray een ay-JEET-toh] — Julius Caesar in Egypt; music by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN- d’l]; libretto by Nicola Haym [nee-KO-lah ¦M] after Giacomo Francesco Bussani [JAH-ko-mo frahn-CHAY-sko booss-SAH-nee])

Vaet C Jacobus Vaet C yah-KO-büss VATT

Vaez C Gustave Vaëz C güss-tahv vah-ezz

Vaga luna che inargenti C VAH-gah LOO-nah kay ee-nar-JAYN-tee C (composition by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee]) Vagans C VAH-gahnss

Vaghissima sembianza C vah-GHEESS-see-mah saym-beeAHN-tsah C (composition by Stefano Donaudy [STEH-fah-no daw-no-dee])

Vague et la cloche C La vague et la cloche C lah vahg ay lah klawsh C (The Wave and the Bell) C (poem by François Coppée [frah6-swah kawp-pay] set to music by Henri Duparc [ah6- ree dü-park])

Vainberg C Moisei Vainberg C MOEE-say VAHEEN-berk

Vaine vaine vaine C Vaine, vaine, vaine C VAYN, VAYN, VAYN C (16th-century English composition by John Sheppard [JAHN SHEPP-purd])

Vainement ma bien aimee C Vainement, ma bien aimée C veh-nuh-mah6, mah beeah6-neh- may C (aria from the opera Le Roi d’Ys [luh r’wah deess] — The King of Ys [EESS]; music by Édouard Lalo [ay-dôôar lah-lo] and libretto by Édouard Blau [ay-dôôar blo])

Vaisseau fantome C Le vaisseau fantôme C luh vess-so fah6-tohm C (The Phantom Ship) C (an opera, with music by Pierre-Louis Dietsch [peeehr-lôôee DEETSH]; libretto by Paul Foucher [pohl fôô-shay] and Bénédict-Henry Révoil [bay-nay-deekt-ah6-ree ray-v’wahl] after various sources, including the original prose scenario by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur] for his opera Der Fliegende Holländer [dayr FLEE-gunn-tuh HAWL-lenn-tur] — The Flying Dutchman)

Vajda C János Vajda C YAHAH-nawsh V¦-dah

Vajda C Jaroslav Vajda C YAH-raw-slahf V¦-dah

Vajda C Otto Vajda C AWT-toh V¦-dah

Vajda pulmalaulud C Vajda Pulmalaulud C V¦-tah PÔÔL-mah-lahôô-lôôt C Votic [VO-tick] Wedding Songs C (cycle of Balto-Finnic folk songs arranged by Veljo Tormis [VELL-yo TOHR-miss])

Valabrega C Cesare Valabrega C chay-ZAH-ray vah-lah-BRAY-gah

Valcarcel C Edgar Valcárcel C EDD-gar vahl-KAR-sell

Valcarcel C Teodoro Valcárcel C tay-o-THO-ro vahl-KAR-sell

Valdenassi C Cecilia Valdenassi C chay-CHEE-leeah vahl-day-NAHSS-see

Valdengo C Giuseppe Valdengo C joo-ZAYP-pay vahl-DAYN-go Valderrama C Carlos Valderrama C KAR-lawss vahl-dayr-RAH-mah

Valdes C Fernán Silva Valdés C fehr-NAHN SEEL-vah vahl-DAYSS

Valdes C Pedro Valdés C PAY-dro vahl-DAYSS

Valdrighi C Count Luigi Francesco Valdrighi C (Count) looEE-jee frahn-CHAY-sko vahl- DREE-ghee

Valek C JiÍí Válek C YIH-rsheeee VAHAH-leck

Valen C Fartein Valen C FAR-taihn VAH-lunn C (known also as Olav [OO-lahv] Fartein Valen)

Valencia C Antonio María Valencia C ahn-TOH-neeo mah-REE-ah vah-LAYN-seeah

Valencienne C vah-lah6-seeenn C (character in the operetta Die lustige Witwe [dee LÔÔ-stih- guh VITT-vuh] — The Merry Widow; music by Franz Lehár [FRAHNZ leh-HAHAHR]; libretto by Victor Léon [veek-tawr lay-aw6] and Leo Stein [LAY-o SHT¦N] after Henri Meilhac [ah6- ree meh-yack])

Valente C Antonio Valente C ahn-TAW-neeo vah-LAYN-tay

Valente C Benita Valente C buh-NEE-tah vuh-LENN-tee

Valente C Giorgio Valente C JOHR-jiho vah-LENN-teh C (Greek pronunciation of the pen name for George Vitalis [JAW-urj v§-TA-liss], a Greek-American who modified his first name of Georges [YOHR-guss] or Georgios [YOHR-ghihuss or YEHAWR-hihuss] to the American equivalent)

Valente C Vincenzo Valente C veen-CHAYN-tso vah-LAYN-tay

Valenti C Fernando Valenti C fur-NANN-doh vuh-LENN-tee

Valentin C Erich Valentin C AY-rihh FAHAH-lenn-teen

Valentini C Giovanni Valentini C jo-VAHN-nee vah-layn-TEE-nee

Valentini C Giuseppe Valentini C joo-ZAYP-pay vah-layn-TEE-nee

Valentini C Pier Francesco Valentini C peeAYR frahn-CHAY-sko vah-layn-TEE-nee C (known also as Pietro [peeAY-tro] Francesco Valentini)

Valentini terrani C Lucia Valentini-Terrani C loo-CHEE-ah vah-layn-TEE-nee-tayr-RAH- nee Valentino C Henri-Justin-Armand-Joseph Valentino C ah6-ree-zhüss-teh6-ar-mah6-zho-zeff vah-lah6-tee-no

Valerianus maritus caecilia C Valerianus, maritus Caecilia C vuh-leh-rih-AH-nôôss, muh- REE-tôôss chay-CHIH-lihuh C (Cecilia's husband) C (character in the oratorio Caecilia, virgo et martyr [chay-CHIH-lihuh, VEER-go ett MAR-tür] —Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr — by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay])

Valerius C Adrianus Valerius C ah-drihAH-nüss vah-LEH-rihüss C (the first name is known also as Adriaan [ah-drihAHAHN] and Adriaen [ah-drihAHN])

Valery C Violetta Valéry C veeo-LAYT-tah vah-lay-ree C (character in the opera La traviata [lah trah-veeAH-tah] — The Worldly Woman; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after Alexandre Dumas [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ dü-mah])

Valet C Nicolas Valet C nee-kaw-lah vah-leh C (the last name is also spelled Vallet [vahl-leh])

Valis C VA-luss C (an opera, with music by Tod Machover [TAHD MA-kuh-vur]; libretto by Tod Machover and Patrick Mason [PATT-rick MAY-sunn] after a novel by Philip K. Dick [FIH-lupp K. DICK])

Valivan C VAH-lee-vahn C (a song about the knight Valivan)

Valk C Maarten van der Valk C MAHAHR-tenn funn der VAHLK

Valkare C Gunnar Valkare C GÜN-nar VAL-ka-ruh

Valkova C Mila Valková C MIH-luh VAHL-kaw-vahah C (character in the opera Osud [AW- sôôt] — Destiny; music by Leoš Janá ek [LEH-awsh yah-NAHAH-check] and libretto by Fedora Bartšová [FEH-daw-ruh BART-shaw-vahah])

Valkyries C val-KIH-reez C (anglicized version of Walküren [vahl-KÜ-runn]) C (mythical maidens of Odin who choose the heroes to be slain in battle and who conduct their souls into the hall of Odin — characters in the opera Die Walküre [dee vahl-KÜ-ruh], music and libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])

Valladolid C Adolphe de Valladolid C ah-dawlf day vah-l’yah-tho-LEED C (character in Les brigands [leh bree-gah6] — The Brigands [BRIH-gunndz]; an opera, with music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])

Vallas C Léon Vallas C lay-aw6 vahl-lah

Valle C Pietro della Valle C peeAY-tro DAYL-lah VAHL-lay Valle de paz C Edgardo del Valle de Paz C edd-GAR-doh dell VAH-l’yay day PAHTH

Valle riestra C José María Valle-Riestra C ho-SAY mah-REE-ah VAH-l’yay-reeAYSS-trah

Vallecillo C Irma Vallecillo C UR-mah vall-uh-CHILL-lo

Vallee C Rudy Vallee C ROO-dee VAL-lee

Vallee des cloches C La vallée des cloches C lah vahl-lay day klawsh C (The Valley of Bells) C (excerpt from Miroirs [mee-r’war] — Mirrors — by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell])

Vallee dobermann C Vallée d’Obermann C vahl-lay doh-bur-mahn C (Obermann Valley) C (excerpt from Années de pèlerinage (première année — Suisse) [ahn-nay duh peh-l’ree-nahzh (pruh-meeehr ahn-nay — süeess)] — Years of Pilgrimage (First Year — Switzerland) — by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])

Vallerand C Jean Vallerand C zhah6 vahl-l’rah6 C (known also as Jean d’Auray [doh-r§] Vallerand)

Valleria C Alwina Valleria C al-WIH-nuh vahl-LEH-rihah

Vallet C Nicolas Vallet C nee-kaw-lah vahl-leh C (the last name is also spelled Valet [vah- leh])

Valletti C Cesare Valletti C chay-ZAH-ray vahl-LAYT-tee

Vallflickans dans C VAHL-flee-kahnss DAHNSS C (Herdsmaiden’s dance) C (composition by Hugo Emil Alfvén [HÜ-go EHUH-mill AHLF-vayuhn])

Vallin C Marie-Claude Vallin C mah-ree-klohd vahl-leh6

Vallin C Ninon Vallin C nee-naw6 vahl-leh6

Vallon C Marc Vallon C mark vahl-law6

Vallotti C Francesco Antonio Vallotti C frahn-CHAY-sko ahn-TAW-neeo vahl-LOHT-tee

Valls C Joaquín Cassadó Valls C ho-ah-KEEN kahss-sah-THO VAHLSS C (known also as Joaquín Cassadó])

Valmonta C K. Valmonta C (K.) vahl-MAWN-tuh

Valois C Elisabeth de Valois C eh-lee-zah-bett duh vah-l’wah C (Elizabeth [ih-LIH-zuh- buth] of Valois) C (character in the opera Don Carlos [dohn KAR-lawss]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by François Méry [frah6-swah may-ree] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü law-kl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur])

Valois C Elisabetta di Valois C ay-lee-zah-BAYT-tah dee vah-l’wah C (Elizabeth [ih-LIH- zuh-buth] of Valois) C (character in the opera Don Carlo [dohn KAR-lo]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by François Méry [frah6-swah may-ree] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü law-kl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur] — Italian translation of the original French opera)

Valse C vahlss C (Waltz) C (choral excerpt from the opera La damnation de Faust [lah dahm-nah-seeaw6 duh fahôôst] — The damnation of Faust [FAHÔÔST]; music by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz]; libretto by Berlioz and Almire Gandonnière [ahl-meer gah6-dawn- neeehr] after Gérard de Nerval [zhay-rahr duh nehr-vahl] and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh]) C (composition by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])

Valse allemande C vahlss ahl-l’mah6d C (excerpt from the suite Carnaval [kar-nah-vahl] — Carnival — by Robert Schuman [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])

Valse de bravoure C vahlss duh brah-vôôr C (waltz by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])

Valse impromptu C Valse-impromptu C vahlss-eh6-praw6p-tü C (waltz by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])

Valse melancolique C Valse mélancolique C vahlss may-lahn-kaw-leek C (waltz by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])

Valse noble C vahlss naw-bl’ C (excerpt from the suite Carnaval [kar-nah-vahl] — Carnival — by Robert Schuman [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])

Valse oubliee C Valse oubliée C vahlss ôô-bleeay C (Forgotten Waltz) C (composition by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])

Valse sentimentale C Valse sentimentále C vahlss sah6-tee-mah6-tahl C (Sentimental Waltz) C (composition by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee])

Valses nobles et sentimentales C vahlss naw-bl’ ay sah6-tee-mah6-tahl C (Noble and Sentimental Waltzes) C (a group of seven waltzes composed by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah- vell])

Valvasensi C Lazaro Valvasensi C lah-TSAH-ro vahl-vah-ZAYN-see

Valverde C Joaquín Valverde C ho-ah-KEEN vahl-VEHR-day Valzacchi C fahl-TSAHK-kee C (character in the opera Der Rosenkavalier [dayr RO-zunn- kah-fah-leer] — The Knight of the Rose; music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS] and libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal [HOO-go fawn HAWF-mahn-stahl])

Vamuvamba C vah-moo-VAHM-bah C (Kenyan [KENN-yunn] folk melody)

Van aerde C Raymond van Aerde C ray-moh6 vunn ar-duh C (known also as Raymond Joseph Justin [zho-zeff zhüss-teh] van Aerde)

Van altena C Marius van Altena C MAH-rihüss funn AHL-tuh-nah

Van anrooy C Peter van Anrooy C PAY-tur funn AHN-rohohee

Van appledorn C Mary Jeanne van Appledorn C MEH-uh-ree JEEN vann AP-p’l-dawrn

Van asperen C Bob van Asperen C BAHP funn AHSS-peh-runn

Van baaren C Kees van Baaren C KAYAYSS funn BAHAH-renn

Van beethoven C Ludwig van Beethoven C LOOT-vihh funn BAYAY-toh-funn

Van beinum C Eduard van Beinum C AY-düart funn BAY-nüm C (known also as Eduard Alexander [ah-leck-SAHN-dur] van Beinum)

Van berne C Harry van Berne C har-REE funn BEHR-neh

Van blankenburg C Quirin van Blankenburg C KOOIH-rinn funn BLANG-kenn-bürk C (known also as Quirinus Gerbrandszoon [kooih-REE-nôôss ghehr-BRAHNT-sohohn] van Blankenburg)

Van bree C Jean Bernard van Bree C ZHAH6 behr-NARD funn BRAYAY C (known also as Johannes Bernardus [yo-HAHN-nuss behr-NAR-düss] van Bree)

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

Van croonenborgh C Dirk van Croonenborgh C DIHRK funn KROHOH-nunn-bawrk

Van dael C Lucy van Dael C LÜ-see funn DAHL

Van dam C José van Dam C zho-zay vunn DAHM

Van de griend C Koos van de Griend C KOHOHSS funn duh KREENT

Van de moortel C Arie van de Moortel C ah-REE vunn deh MOHOHR-tull Van de poel C Karin van de Poel C KAH-rinn funn duh POOL

Van de sandt C Maximilian van de Sandt C mahk-sih-mih-lihAHN funn duh SAHNT

Van de vate C Nancy Van de Vate C NANNT-see VANN duh VAYT

Van de vyvere C Godfried van de Vyvere C GAWT-freet vunn deh VAY-vur

Van de woestijne C David van de Woestijne C DA-vitt vunn deh wooss-TAY-nuh

Van delden C Lex van Delden C LECKSS funn DELL-dunn

Van demark C James van Demark C JAYMZ funn DAY-mark

Van den booren C Jo van den Booren C YO funn denn BOHOH-renn

Van den boorn coclet C Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet C ah6-rihett vunn denn BOHOHRN- kaw-kleh

Van den borren C Charles van den Borren C shar-luh vunn denn bawr-runn C (known also as Charles-Jean-Eugène [shar-luh-zhah6-nö-zhenn] van den Borren)

Van den bosch C Pieter Joseph van den Bosch C PEE-tur YO-zeff vunn denn BAWSS

Van den brink C Mechiel van den Brink C meh-HEEL funn denn BRIHNGK

Van den doel C Elma van den Doel C ELL-mah funn denn DOOL

Van den gheyn C Matthias van den Gheyn C MAHT-tihahss vunn denn GAYN

Van den hombergh C Antoinette van den Hombergh C ahn-twah-NETT funn denn HAWM- berk

Van den sigtenhorst meyer C Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst-Meyer C BEHRN-hart funn denn SIHK-tunn-hawrst-MAY-ur

Van der bilt C Peter van der Bilt C PAY-ter funn der BILLT

Van der horst C Anthon van der Horst C ahn-TOHN funn der HAWRST

Van der kamp C Harry van der Kamp C HAR-ree funn der KAHMP

Van der linden C Cornelis van der Linden C kawr-NAY-liss funn der LINN-dunn

Van der meel C Nico van der Meel C NEE-ko funn der MAYAYL Van der meer C Jan van der Meer C YAHN funn der MAYAYR

Van der meer C Richte van der Meer C RIHH-tuh funn der MAYAYR

Van der meulen C Henk van der Meulen C HEHNGK funn der MÖ-lunn

Van der slice C John van der Slice C JAHN VANN dur SL¦SS

Van der sluis C Mieke van der Sluis C MEE-keh funn der SLÖIHSS

Van der straeten C Edmond van der Straeten C EDD-mawnt vunn der STRA-tunn C (Belgian music historian)

Van der straeten C Edmund Sebastian Joseph van der Straeten C EDD-môônt zay-BAH- stihahn YOHOH-zeff fahn dayr SHTRAY-tunn C (German cellist)

Van der stucken C Frank van der Stucken C (FRANGK VANN dur STUH-kunn C (known also as Frank Valentin [VA-lunn-tinn] van der Stucken)

Van der valk C Maarten van der Valk C MAHAHR-tenn funn der VAHLK

Van der velden C Renier van der Velden C ruh-NEER vunn der VELL-dunn

Van der zeijst C Maarten van der Zeijst C MAHAHR-tenn funn der ZAYST

Van dieren C Bernard van Dieren C behr-NART funn DEE-renn

Van dijk C Jan van Dijk C YAHN funn DAYK

Van doeselaar C Leo van Doeselaar C LAY-o funn DOO-suh-lahahr

Van doorslaer C Georges van Doorslaer C ZHAWR-zheh vunn DOHOHRSS-lar

Van dresser C Marcia van Dresser C MAR-shuh VANN DRESS-sur

Van durme C Jef van Durme C ZHEFF vunn DÜR-meh

Van duyze C Florimond van Duyze C FLAW-rih-mawnt vunn DÜEE-zeh

Van dyck C Ernest van Dyck C ehr-nesst vunn DAYK C (known also as Ernest Marie Hubert [mah-ree ü-behr] van Dyck)

Van dyck C Stephen van Dyck C STEH-funn funn DAYK

Van egmond C Max van Egmond C MAHKSS funn EHK-mawnt Van eijken C Jan Albert van Eijken C YAHN AHL-bert funn AY-kunn C (known also as Jan Albert van Eyken [AY-kunn])

Van elsacker C Jan van Elsacker C YAHN funn ELL-sah-kur

Van evera C Emily Van Evera C{EH-muh-lee vann EH-veh-rah} AY-mih-lee funn AY- vuh-rah

Van eyken C Jan Albert van Eyken C YAHN AHL-bert funn AY-kenn C (known also as Jan Albert van Eijken [AY-kenn])

Van goudoever C Henri Daniel van Goudoever C HENN-ree DA-nihull funn KO-doo-vur

Van gent C Willemijn van Gent C WILL-luh-mayn funn KENNT

Van gheluwe C Leon van Gheluwe C lay-oh6 vunn gay-lü-wuh

Van gilse C Jan van Gilse C YAHN funn KILL-suh

Van groningen C Stefan van Groningen C steh-FAHN funn KRO-nihng-unn

Van hagen C Peter Albrecht Van Hagen C {PEE-tur AHL-breckt vann HAY-gunn} PAY- tur AHL-brehht funn HAH-kunn

Van hauwe C Walter van Hauwe C WAHL-tur funn HAHÔÔ-weh

Van hemel C Oscar van Hemel C AWSS-kar funn HAY-mull

Van heusen C Jimmy Van Heusen C JIMM-mee vann h’YOO-z’n

Van heyghen C Peter van Heyghen C PAY-tur funn HAY-kunn

Van hoboken C Anthony van Hoboken C AHN-taw-nee funn HO-bo-kunn

Van hoof C Jef van Hoof C ZHEFF vunn HOHOHF

Van hoogstraten C Willem van Hoogstraten C WILL-lumm funn HOHOHK-strah-tunn

Van hoose C Ellison Van Hoose C ELL-luh-sunn vann HOOSS

Van ingen C Ibb van Ingen C IPP funn IHNG-unn

Van kampen C Christopher van Kampen C KRISS-taw-fur funn KAHM-punn

Van katwijk C Paul Van Katwijk C {PAWL vann KATT-wick} PAHÔÔL funn KAHT-wayk Van kempen C Paul van Kempen C PAHÔÔL funn KEMM-punn

Van keulen C Geert van Keulen C KAYAYRT funn KÖ-lunn

Van leer studebaker C Julia van Leer-Studebaker C YÜ-lihah funn LAYAYR-STÜ-duh-bah- kur

Van lerberghe C Charles van Lerberghe C SHAR-luh vunn LEHR-ber-guh

Van lier C Bertus van Lier C BEHR-tüss funn LEER

Van lier C Jacques van Lier C ZHACK funn LEER

Van maldeghem C Robert Julien van Maldeghem C ro-behr zhü-liheh6 vunn MAHL-deh- ghemm

Van maldere C Pierre van Maldere C peeehr funn MAHL-deh-ruh

Van nes C Jard van Nes C YART funn NESS

Van nevel C Paul van Nevel C PAHÔÔL funn NAY-vull

Van nieukerken C Marien van Nieukerken C MAH-rihunn funn nihÜ-ker-kunn

Van oosterzee C Cornelie van Oosterzee C kawr-NAY-lee funn OHOH-stur-zayay

Van otterloo C Willem van Otterloo C WILL-lumm funn AWT-tur-lohoh C (known also as Jan [YAHN] Willem van Otterloo)

Van overstraeten C Hildegarde van Overstraeten C HILL-duh-gar-duh vunn O-vur-strah- tunn

Van paus C Jachet van Paus C zhah-keh vunn pohss C (known also as Jacques Buus [zhack BÜÜSS], Jachet de Buus [zhah-keh deh BÜÜSS], Jachet de Paus [zhah-keh deh pohss], and Jacobus Bohusius [yah-KO-büss bo-HÜ-sihüss])

Van raalte C Albert van Raalte C AHL-bert funn RAHAHL-tuh

Van remoortel C Edouard van Remoortel C EH-dôôar vunn ray-MOHOHR-tull

Van rensselaer key C Pierre van Rensselaer Key C peeehr vann RENN-suh-lur KEE

Van rooy C Anton van Rooy C ahn-TOHN funn ROHOHee C (known also as Antonius Maria Josephus [ahn-TOH-nihüss mah-REE-ah yo-ZEH-füss] van Rooy) Van rossum C Frederik van Rossum C FREH-deh-rick vunn RAWSS-summ C (known also as Frederik Leon Hendrik [LAY-awn HENN-drick] van Rossum)

Van santen kolff C J. van Santen Kolff C (J.) funn SAHN-tunn KAWLF

Van slyck C Nicholas Van Slyck C NIH-kuh-luss vann SL¦K

Van steenhoven C Karel van Steenhoven C KAH-rell funn STAYAYN-ho-vunn

Van swieten C Gottfried, Baron van Swieten C GAWT-freet, bah-ROHN funn SVEE-tenn C (known also as Gottfried Bernhard [BEHRN-hart], Baron van Swieten )

Van swol brouwenstijn C Gré van Swol Brouwenstijn C KRAY funn SWOHL BR!W’n- stayn C (known also as Gré Brouwenstijn)

Van thienen C Marcel van Thienen C mar-sell funn teeeh-nah6

Van tieghem C David Van Tieghem C DAY-vudd vann TEE-gumm

Van turnhout C Gérard van Turnhout C KAY-rart vunn TÜR-nahoot C (known also as Gérard de [deh] Turnhout)

Van vactor C David Van Vactor C DAY-vudd vann VACK-tur

Van vechten C Carl Van Vechten C KARL vann VECK-tunn

Van vleck C Jacob Van Vleck C JAY-kubb vann VLECK

Van vliet C Cornelius van Vliet C kohr-NAY-lihôôss funn FLEET

Van vlijmen C Jan van Vlijmen C YAHN funn VLAY-munn

Van waefelghem C Louis van Waefelghem C lôôEE vunn WAH-fell-kemm

Van waesberghe C Jos Smits van Waesberghe C YOHSS SMITTSS funn WAHSS-behr-kuh C (known also as Joseph Maria Antonius Franciscus [YO-zeff mah-REE-ah ahn-TOH-nihüss frahn-SISS-küss] Smits van Waesberghe)

Van wassenaer C Count Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer C (Count) ü-NEE-ko WILL-hellm funn WAHSS-suh-nar C (the Dutch word for “Count” is “Graf” [GRAHF])

Van weerbeke C Gaspar van Weerbeke C kahss-PAR funn WAYAYR-bay-kuh C (the last name is also spelled Weerbecke [WAYAYR-beh-kuh], Werbecke [WEHR-beh-kuh], Werbeke [WEHR-bay-kuh], and Werbeck [WEHR-beck]) Van werbeck C Gaspar van Werbeck C kahss-PAR funn WEHR-beck C (the last name is also spelled Weerbeke [WAYAYR-bay-kuh], Weerbecke [WAYAYR-beh-kuh], Werbecke [WEHR-beh-kuh], and Werbeke [WEHR-bay-kuh])

Van werbeke C Gaspar van Werbeke C kahss-PAR funn WEHR-bay-kuh C (the last name is also spelled Weerbeke [WAYAYR-bay-kuh], Weerbecke [WAYAYR-beh-kuh], Werbecke [WEHR-beh-kuh], and Werbeck [WEHR-beck])

Van westerhout C Nicola Van Westerhout C NEE-ko-lah funn WESS-tur-hahoot C (the first name is also spelled Niccolò [neek-ko-LO])

Van wijk C Arnold van Wijk C ar-NOHLT funn WAYK C (known also as Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wijk [ar-NOHL-düss KRISS-tihahn VLAWK funn WAYK]) C (the last name is also spelled Wyk [WAYK])

Van wilder C Jérôme Albert Victor van Wilder C zhay-rohm ahl-behr veek-tawr vunn WILL-dur C known also as Victor Wilder)

Van wilder C Philip van Wilder C {FIH-lupp vann W¦L-dur} fee-leep vunn WILL-dur

Van woerden C Machteld van Woerden C MAHK-tullt funn WOOR-dunn

Van wyk C Arnold van Wyk C ar-NOHLT funn WAYK C (known also as Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk [ar-NOHL-düss KRISS-tihahn VLAWK funn WAYK]) C (the last name is also spelled Wijk [WAYK])

Van zandt C Marie Van Zandt C muh-REE vann ZANNT

Van zanten C Cornelie van Zanten C kawr-NAY-lee funn ZAHN-tunn

Vanaud C Marcel Vanaud C mar-sell vah-no

Vancea C Zeno Vancea C ZEH-naw VAHN-chah C (known also as Zeno Octavian Vancea [ZEH-naw awk-tah-veeAHN VAHN-cheeah])

Vandermaesbrugge C Max Vandermaesbrugge C MAHKSS VUNN-der-mahss-brük-kuh

Vandernoot C André Vandernoot C ahn-dray vahn-der-nohoht

Vaness C Carol Vaness C KA-rull vuh-NESS C (known also as Carol Theresa [tuh-REE- suh] Vaness)

Vanessa C vuh-NESS-suh C (an opera, with music by Samuel Barber [SA-m’yuh-wull BAR- bur] and libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti [jahn KAR-lo may-NOHT-tee]) Vanga yohana C Vanga Yohana C VAHN-gah yo-HAH-nah C (Kenyan [KENN-yunn] folk melody)

Vangelis C vah6-zhuh-liss

Vanhal C Johan Baptist Vanhal C YO-hahn BAHP-tisst FAHN-hahl C (the last name is also spelled van Hal, Vanhall, and Wanhal) C (Germanized version of the Czech name Jan KÍtitel Vanhal [YAHN KRSH-tyih-tell VAHN-hahl])

Vanitas vanitatum vanitas C Vanitas! Vanitatum Vanitas C VAH-nih-tahss! vah-nih-TAH- tôôm VAH-nih-tahss C (Vanity! All is Vanity) C (poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh] set to music by Ludwig Spohr [LOOT-vihh SHPOHR] — also known as Louis Spohr [lôôee spawr])

Vanne credo in un dio crudel C Vanne! ... Credo in un Dio crudel C VAHN-nay! ... 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-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])

Vanne lasciami damor sullali rosee C Vanne, lasciami; d’amor sull’ali rosee C VAHN-nay, lah- SHAH-mee; dah-MOHR sool-LAH-lee ro-ZAY 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-nooAY-lay bar-DAH-ray] after Antonio García Gutiérrez [ahn-TOH-neeo gar-THEE-ah goo-teeAYR-rehth])

Vanni marcoux C Vanni-Marcoux C vahn-nee-mar-kôô

Vannuccini C Luigi Vannuccini C looEE-jee vahn-noo-CHEE-nee

Vant kruis C M. H. van’t Kruis C (M. H.) funnt KRÜRSS

Vantoni C Carlotta Vantoni C kar-LOHT-tah vahn-TOH-nee

Var det en drom C Var det en dröm? C VAR DETT enn DRÖM? C (Was It a Dream?) C (poem by Josef Julius Wecksell [YOO-seff YÜ-lihüss VECK-sell] set to music by Jean Sibelius [zhah6 sih-BAY-lihôôss])

Varady C Julia Varady C YÔÔ-lihah VAH-rah-dee

Varangian merchants song C The Varangian Merchant’s song C (The) vah-rahn-ghihAHN (Merchant’s Song) C (excerpt from the opera Sadko [saht-KAW]; music by Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov [nyee-kah-LAHIH REEM-skee-KAWR-suh-kuff]; libretto by Rimsky-Korsakov, Vladimir Stasov [vlah-DYEE-mihr STAH-suff], Vasily Yastrebtsev [vah-SEE-lee YAHSS- trupp-suff], Nikolai Shtrup [nyee-kah-LAHIH SHTROOP], Nikolay Findeyzen [nyee-kah-L¦ finn-DAY-zenn], and Vladimir I. Bel’sky [vlah-DYEE-mihr (I.) BELL-skee])

Varcoe C Stephen Varcoe C STEE-vunn VAR-ko

Vardi C Emanuel Vardi C {ih-MA-n’yuh-wull VAR-dee} eh-ma-n’yoo-ELL var-DEE

Vareadores C Los vareadores C lawss vah-ray-ah-THO-rayss C (The Beaters) C (excerpt from the zarzuela [thar-thooAY-lah] Luisa Fernanda [looEE-sah fehr-NAHN-dah] by Federico Moreno Torroba [fay-thay-REE-ko mo-RAY-no tawr-RO-vah])

Varen flyktar hastigt C Våren flyktar hastigt C VAW-renn FLÜK-tar HAHSS-tickt C (Spring is Flying) C (song by Jean Sibelius [zhah6 sih-BAY-lihôôss])

Varesco C vah-RAY-sko

Varese C Edgard Varèse C {EDD-gard vah-RESS} edd-gar vah-ress C (known also as Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse [edd-gar veek-tawr ah-sheel sharl vah-ress])

Varesi C Felice Varesi C fay-LEE-chay vah-RAY-zee

Varga C Ferenc Varga C FEH-renntss VAR-gah

Varga C Ovidiu Varga C aw-VEE-deeoo VAR-gah

Varga C Tibor Varga C {TEE-bawr VAR-guh} TIH-bohr VAR-gah

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

Vargas C Pedro Vargas C PAY-dro VAR-gahss

Varhany solo C VAR-hah-nih SAW-law C (organ solo from the Glagolitic [gla-go-LIH-tick] Mass by Leoš Janá ek [LEH-awsh yah-NAHAH-check])

Variante pour les paresseux C Variante pour les paresseux! C vah-reeah6t pôôr leh pah-ress- sö! C (excerpt from the suite Prélude, Thème et Variations [pray-lüd, temm ay vah-reeah- seeaw6] by Gioacchino Rossini [johahk-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])

Variationen fur klavier C Variationen für Klavier C fah-rihAH-tsiho-nunn für klah-FEER C (Variations for Piano) C (compositions by Anton Webern [AHN-tohohn VAY-bern])

Variationen fur violine mit orchester begleitung C Variationen für Violine mit Orchester- begleitung C fah-rihAH-tsiho-nunn für fee-o-LEE-nuh mitt awr-KEH-stur-buh-GL¦-tôông C (Variations for Violin With Orchestral Accompaniment by Joseph Joachim [YOHOH-zeff YOHOH-ah-kimm])

Variationen uber einen walzer von anton diabelli C Variationen über einen Walzer von Anton Diabelli C fah-rihAH-tsiho-nunn Ü-ber ¦-nunn VAHL-tsur fawn AHN-tohn dihah-BAYL-lee C (Variations on an Anton Diabelli Waltz by by various composers, including Leupold Eustache Czapek [LOY-pawlt oyss-TAH-kuh CHAH-peck] (variation 3), Carl Czerny [KARL CHEHR-nee] (variation 4 and Coda), Friedrich Kalkbrenner [FREET-rihh KAHLK-brenn- nur] (variation 18), Johann Nepomuk Hummel [YO-hahn NAY-po-môôk HÔÔM-mull] (variation 16), Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST] (variation 24), Ignaz Moscheles [IGG-nahtss MAW-shuh-luss] (variation 26), Joseph Kerzkowsky [YOHOH-zeff kehrtss-KAWV-skee] (variation 20), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] (variation 28), Johann Peter Pixis [YO-hahn PAY-tur PEEK-siss] (variation 31), Wenzel Plachly [VENN-tsell PLAHK-lee] (variation 32), Philipp Jacob Riotte [FEE-lipp YAHAH-kawp reeAWT-tuh] (variation 34), Joseph Huglmann [YO-zeff HÔÔ-g’l-mahn] (variation 15), Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert] (variation 38), Abbé Maximilian Stadler [AH-bay mahk- sih-MEE-lihahn SHTAHT-lur] (variation 41), Wenzel Johann Tomaschek [VENN-tsull YO- hahn TOH-mahah-sheck] (variation 43), Johann Nepomuk August Wittassek [YO-hahn NAY- po-môôk AHÔÔ-gôôst VITT-tahss-seck] (variation 49), and Jan Hugo Worzischek [YAHN HOO-go VAWR-tsih-sheck] (variation 50)) C (Jan Hugo Worzischek is apparently a Germanized version of the Bohemian name Jan Václav VoÍíšek [YAHN VAHAHTSS-lahf VAW- rzheeee-sheck])

Variations brillantes sur deux airs favoris connus C vah-reeah-seeaw6 bree-yah6t sür dö ehr fah- vaw-ree kawn-nü C (Brilliant Variations on Two Well-Known Airs) C (compositions by Joseph Fernando Macari Sor [jo-SEFF fehr-NAHN-doh mah-KAH-ree SAWR])

Variations on a tyrolean theme C Variations on a Tyrolean Theme C (Variations on a) tih-RO- lee-unn (Theme) C (composition by Jean Baptiste Arban [zhah6 bah-teest ar-bah6])

Variations on les folies despagne C Variations on ‘Les Folies d’Espagne’ C (Variations on) leh faw-lee dess-pahny’ C (compositions by Marin Marais [mah-reh6 mah-reh])

Variazioni concertante on a theme of bellini C Variazioni concertante on a theme of Bellini C vah-reeah-tseeO-nee kohn-chayr-TAHN-tay (on a theme of Bellini [bayl-LEE-nee]) C (Concert Variations on a Theme of Bellini) C (composition by Otto Nicolai [AWT-toh NEE-ko- lahih])

Varium fortune lubricum C O varium Fortune lubricum C O VUH-rihôôm fohr-TOO-neh LOO-brih-kôôm C (O dangerous, deceitful Lady Fortune) C (excerpt from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah])

Vargas C Pedro Vargas C PAY-dro VAR-gahss Varkarolla C Varkarólla C var-kah-ROHL-lah C (Barcarolle) C (lyric by Vangelis Goufas [vah6-GAY-liss GOO-fahss] set to music by Stavros Xarhkakos [STAHV-russ ksar-HAH- kuss])

Varkonyi C Béla Varkonyi C BAY-lah VAR-kohn-yee

Varlaams song C Varlaam’s Song C var-LAHMZ (Song) C (excerpt from the opera Boris Godunov [{BAW-riss} bah-REESS gah-DOO-nuff]; music and libretto by Modest Mussorgsky [mah-DYESST MOOSS-surk-skee]; libretto after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick- SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])

Varlamov C Alexander Egorovich Varlamov C uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r yeh-GAW-ruh-vihch var- LAH-muff

Varnai C Péter Várnai C PAY-tehr (P.) VAHAHR-nahih C (known also as Péter Pál [PAHAHL] Várnai)

Varnay C Astrid Varnay C ASS-tridd var-NAY C (known also as Astrid Ibolyka Maria [ee- bo-LÜ-kah mah-REE-ah] Varnay)

Varney C Louis Varney C lôôee var-nay

Varney C Pierre Joseph Alphonse Varney C peeehr zho-zeff ahl-faw6ss var-nay

Varro C Marie-Aimée Varro C mah-ree-eh-may var-ro

Varviso C Silvio Varviso C SEEL-veeo var-VEE-zo

Varvoglis C Mario Varvoglis C MAH-reeo VAR-vaw-gliss

Vasary C Tamás Vásáry C TAH-mahahsh VAHAH-shahah-ree

Vasconcellos C Joaquim de Vasconcellos C zhôô-uh-KEE6 duh vahsh-koh6-SELL-lôôsh C (known also as Joaquim António da Fonseca [ah6-TOH-nihôô duh foh6-SAY-kuh] de Vasconcellos)

Vasconcelos C Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos C ZHAWRZH KRAH-ner duh vahsh-koh6- SEH-lôôsh

Vasek C Vašek C VAH-sheck C (character in the opera Prodaná nevsta [PRAW-dah-nahah NEH-vyess-tah] — The Bartered Bride; music by BedÍich Smetana [BEDD-rshihk SMEH-tuh- nuh] and libretto by Karel Sabina [KA-rell SAH-bih-nah])

Vasilenko C Sergei Vasilenko C sehr-GAYEE vah-sih-LYENN-kaw C (known also as Sergei Nikiforovich [nyih-KEE-faw-raw-vihch] Vasilenko) Vasiliev buglay C Dmitri Vasiliev-Buglay C d’MEE-tree vah-SEE-liheff-bôô-GL¦

Vasquez C Joen Vasquez C JOUHN VAHSS-kezz

Vasquez C Juan Vasquez C hooAHN vahss-KEHTH C (the last name is also spelled Vázquez [VAHTH-kehth] and Vásquez [VAHSS-kehth])

Vassar C Frédéric Vassar C fray-day-reek vahss-sar

Vasseur C Léon Vasseur C lay-aw6 vahss-sör C (known also as Léon Félix Augustin Joseph [fay-leeks o-güss-teh6 zho-zeff] Vasseur)

Vate C Nancy Van de Vate C NANNT-see VANN duh VAYT

Vatergruft C Die Vätergruft C dee FAY-tur-grôôft C (The Ancestral Tomb) C (poem by Ludwig Uhland [LOOT-vihh OO-lahnt] set to music by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])

Vatielli C Francesco Vatielli C frahn-CHAY-sko vah-teeAYL-lee

Vaucorbeil C Auguste-Emmanuel Vaucorbeil C o-güst-emm-mah-nüell vo-kawr-behy’

Vaughan C Denis Vaughan C DEH-nuss VAWN C (known also as Denis Edward [EDD- wurd] Vaughan)

Vaughan C Henry Vaughan C HENN-ree VAWN

Vaughan C Sarah Vaughan C SEH-ruh VAWN C known also as Sarah Lois [LO-uss] Vaughan)

Vaughan williams C Ralph Vaughan Williams C RAYF VAWN WILL-lihummz

Vautor C Thomas Vautor C TAH-muss VAHÔÔ-tur

Vauxhall gardens C Vauxhall Gardens C VAHK-sawl (Gardens)

Vazquez C Juan Vázquez C hooAHN VAHTH-kehth C (the last name is also spelled Vasquez [vahss-KEHTH] and Vásquez [VAHSS-kehth])

Vazsonyi C Bálint Vázsonyi C {BAH-linnt vah-ZOHN-yee} BAHAH-linnt VAHAH-zhohn-yee

Vazzana C Anthony Vazzana C ANN-thuh-nee vuzz-ZA-nuh

Vdol pa ulitse C Vdol’ pa ulitse C v’DAWL pah OO-lyitt-seh C (A Snowstorm Blows) C (Russian folk song) Veasey C Josephine Veasey C JO-zuh-feen VEE-zee

Veau dor C Le veau d’or C luh vo dawr C (aria with chorus from the opera Faust [FAHÔÔST] (French version); music by Charles Gounod [sharl gôô-no]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar- beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh])

Vecchi C Horatio Vecchi C o-RAH-teeo VAYK-kee

Vecchi C Orfeo Vecchi C OHR-fay-o VAYK-kee

Vecchia zimmara C VAYK-keeah dzeem-MAH-rah C (Coat Song) C (excerpt from the opera La bohème [lah baw-emm] — Bohemian Life; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo- CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP- pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])

Vecchiotto cerca moglie C Il vecchiotto cerca moglie C eel vayk-keeOHT-toh CHAYR-kah MO-leeay C (excerpt from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-beeAY-ray dee see-VEE- leeah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss- SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])

Veccie letrose C VAY-chay lay-TRO-zay C (song by Adrian Willaert [ah-drihAHN WILL- lart])

Vechten C Carl Van Vechten C KARL vann VECK-tunn

Vecsei C Desider Josef Vecsei C DEH-sih-der YO-sheff VEH-chay

Vecsey C Franz von Vecsey C FRAHNZ vawn VEH-chay

Vecsey C Jenö Vécsey C YEH-nö VAY-chay

Vedernikov C Alexander Vedernikov C uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r veh-d’YAWR-nyih-kuff

Vedi il mio destinoC Ma vedi il mio destino! C mah VAY-dee eel MEE-o day-STEE-no C (excerpt from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-beeAY-ray dee see-VEE-leeah] — The barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo- ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])

Vedi le fosche notturne C Vedi! Le fosche notturne C VAY-dee! lay FO-skay noht-TOOR- nay C (Gypsies’ Chorus 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-nooAY-lay bar-DAH-ray] after Antonio García Gutiérrez [ahn-TOH-neeo gar- THEE-ah goo-teeAYR-rehth])

Vedi le fosche notturne spoglie C Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie C VAY-dee! lay FO-skay noht-TOOR-nay SPO-leeay C (See! The huge vaults of heaven) C (choral excerpt from Act II of 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 kah-mah- RAH-no] and Leone Emanuele Bardare [lay-O-nay ay-mah-nooAY-lay bar-DAH-ray] after Antonio García Gutiérrez [ahn-TOH-neeo gar-THEE-ah goo-teeAYR-rehth])

Vedi o madre tutto e sciolto C Vedi, o madre ... Tutto è sciolto C VAY-dee, o MAH-dray ... TOOT-toh ay SHOHL-toh C (aria from 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-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee])

Vedi quanto adoro C VAY-dee kooAHN-toh ah-DOH-ro C (You see how I still love you) C (poem by Pietro Metastasio [peeAY-tro may-tah-STAH-zeeo] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])

Vedic hymns C Vedic Hymns C VAY-dick (Hymns) C (music by Gustav Holst [GUSS-tuvv HOHLST] and words from an ancient Hindu text)

Vedrai carino C Vedrai, carino C vay-DRAHEE, kah-REE-no C (You’ll see, my dear) C (aria 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])

Vedrai piccolo amor C Vedrai, piccolo amor C vay-DRAHEE, PEEK-ko-lo ah-MOR C (excerpt 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 [looEE-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])

Vedro mentrio sospiro C Vedrò, mentr’io sospiro C vay-DRO, MAYN-treeo so-SPEE-ro C (aria from the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro]; 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 [peeehr-o-güss- teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh])

Vedrommi intorno C vay-DROHM-mee een-TOHR-no C (Idomeneo’s 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]; libretto by Giovanni Battista Varesco [jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah vah-RAY-sko] after Antoine Danchet [ah6-twahn dah6-sheh])

Veerhoff C Carlos Veerhoff C KAR-lawss FAYR-hawf

Veg C Willem de Veg C WILL-lumm duh VAYG C (known also as Willem de Fesch [FEHSH], Willem Defesch [duh-FEHSH], Willem du Feche [dü FEHSH], and Willem de Feghe [FAY-guh])

Vega C Aurelio de la Vega C {aw-REE-liho day lah VAY-guh} ahoo-RAY-leeo day lay VAY- gah

Vega C Carlos Vega C KAR-lawss VAY-gah

Vega C Lope de Vega C LO-pay day VAY-gah

Vega C Suzanne Vega C soo-ZANN VAY-guh

Vega hall C Vega Hall C VAY-guh (Hall)

Vegh C Sándor Végh C SHAHAHN-dohr VAYG C (known also as Sándor Alexandre [ah- lyeck-SAHN-dr’] Végh)

Veglia o donna questo fiore C Veglia, o donna, questo fiore C VAY-leeah, o DOHN-nah, kooAY-stoh feeO-ray C (excerpt from 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 peeAH-vay] after Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go])

Veiga darneiro C Ferreira Veiga d’Arneiro C f’RAY-ruh VAY-guh dar-NAY-rôô C (known also as José Augusto [zhôô-ZAY ahôô-GÔÔSH-tôô] Ferreira Veiga d’Arneiro)

Veiller sans cesseC veh-yay sah6 sess C (aria from the opera Le Comte Ory [luh kaw6t aw- ree]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö- zhenn skreeb] and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson [sharl-gahss-par d’less-tr’-p’war-saw6])

Veilles tu ma senteur de soleil C Veilles-tu, ma senteur de soleil C vehy’-tu, mah sah6-tör duh saw-lehy’ C (poem by Charles van Lerberghe [SHAR-luh vunn LEHR-ber-guh] set to music by Gabriel Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])

Veinus C Abraham Veinus C AY-bruh-hamm V¦-nuss

Veit C Wenzel Heinrich Veit C VENN-ts’l H¦N-rihh F¦T C (Germanized version of the Bohemian Václav JindÍich Veit [VAHAHTSS-lahf YINN-dr’shihk VEHIHT])

VejvanovskyC Pavel Josef Vejvanovský C PAH-vell YAW-seff VAYAY-vuh-nawv-skee Velasco llanos C Santiago Velasco-Llanos C sahn-teeAH-go vay-LAHSS-ko-l’YAH-nawss

Velasco maidana C José María Velasco Maidana C ho-SAY mah-REE-ah vay-LAHSS-ko mahee-THAH-nah

Velazquez C Consuelo Velázquez C kawn-sooAY-lo vay-LAHSS-kess

Velazquez C Fernando Méndez Velázquez C fehr-NAHN-doh MAYN-dess vay-LAHSS-kess

Velazquez C Higinio Velázquez C ee-HEE-neeo vay-LAHSS-kess

Velden C Renier Van der Velden C ruh-NEER vunn der VELL-dunn

Velimirovic C Miloš Velimirovi C {M¦-lohss veh-lih-MIH-raw-vich} MEE-lawsh veh-lih- MIH-raw-vihch

Vell cavall C I el vell cavall C ee ell VAYL kah-VAHLY’ C (And the Old Horse) C (excerpt from the suite Suburbis [soo-BÔÔR-biss] — Suburbs — by Federico Mompou [feh-theh-REE- ko mawm-POOO])

Velluti C Giovanni Battista Velluti C jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah vayl-LOO-tee

Vels C Henk Vels C HEHNGK VELLSS

Veltri C Michelangelo Veltri C mee-kay-LAHN-jay-lo VAYL-tree

Velum templi scissum est C VAY-lôôm TAYM-plee SHEESS-sôôm ayst C (The Veil of the Temple Is Torn) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Carlo Gesualdo [KAR-lo jay-zooAHL-doh])

Vendedor C vayn-day-DAWR C (character in the opera El gato montés [ell GAH-toh mawn- TAYSS] — The Wildcat; music and libretto by Manuel Penella [mah-nooELL pay-NAY-l’yah])

Vendetta oh la vendetta C La vendetta, oh, la vendetta C lah vayn-DAYT-tah, o, lah vayn- DAYT-tah C (aria from the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro]; 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 [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh])

Venditori ambulanti C vayn-dee-TOH-ree ahm-boo-LAHN-tee C (street vendors) C (characters in the opera La bohème [lah baw-emm] — Bohemian Life; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])

Venegas de henestrosa C Luis Venegas de Henestrosa C looEESS vay-NAY-gahss day ay- nayss-TRO-sah Venerabile o padre C Venerabile, o padre C vay-nay-RAH-bee-lay, o PAH-dray C (excerpt from the opera I masnadieri [ee mahss-nah-deeAY-ree] — The Bandits; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAY-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Andrea Maffei [ahn-DRAY-ah mahf-FAYEE] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur])

Venerabile o padre lo sguardo avea degli angeli C Venerabile, o padre — Lo sguardo avea degli angeli C vay-nay-RAH-bee-lay, o PAH-dray — lo zgooAR-doh ah-VAY-ah DAY-l’yee ahn- JAY-lee C (excerpt from the opera I masnadieri [ee mahss-nah-deeAY-ree] — The Bandits; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAY-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Andrea Maffei [ahn-DRAY-ah mahf-FAYEE] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur])

Venetianisches gondellied C Venetianisches Gondellied C fay-nay-tseeAH-nih-shuss GAWN- tull-leet C (Venetian Gondola Song) C (composition by Felix Mendelssohn [{FEE-lickss MENN-dull-sunn} FAY-lickss MENN-t’llss-zohohn])

Venetsianskaya noch C Venetsianskaya noch' C vyeh-nyett-sih-AHN-skuh-yuh NAWCH C (Venetian Night) C (composition by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka [mee-kahEEL ee-VAH-nuh- vihch GLYINN-kuh])

Venetsiya noch yu C Venetsiya noch'yu C vyeh-NYETT-sih-yuh NAWCH-yôô C (Venice at Night) C (composition by Alexander Sergeievich Taneyev [uh-lyick SAHN-d’r sehr-GAYEE-eh- vihch tah-NYAY-yeff])

Venetus C Andreas de Antiquiis Venetus C ahn-DRAY-ahss day ahn-TEE-kooihiss VEH- neh-tôôss

Venezia chansons en dialecte venitien C Venezia — chansons en dialecte vénitien C veh-neh- zeeah — shah6-saw6 ah6 deeah-leckt vay-nee-seeah6 C (compositions by Reynaldo Hahn [ray- NAHL-doh HAHN])

Veneziani C Vittore Veneziani C veet-TOH-ray vay-nay-tseeAH-nee

Venga pur minacci e frema C Venga pur, minacci e frema C VAYN-gah poor, mee-NAH-chee ay FRAY-mah C (aria featuring Fernace [fayr-NAH-chay] in the opera Mitridate, rè di Ponto [mee-tree-DAH-tay, RAY dee POHN-toh] — Mithridates, King of Pontus [mith-rih-DAH- tuss, (King of) PAWN-tuss]); music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah- DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi [veet-TOH-reeo ah-may-DAY-o CHEE-n’yah-SAHN-tee] after Giuseppe Parini [joo-ZAYP-pay pah-REE-nee] and Jean Racine [zhah6 rah-seen])

Vengeance C La vengeance C lah vah6-zhah6ss C (Vengeance) C (character in the opera Médée [may-day]; music by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay] and libretto by Pierre Corneille [peeehr kawr-nehy’])

Vengerova C Isabelle Vengerova C {IH-zah-bell venn-guh-RO-vuh} ih-sah-BELL-luh venn- GHEH-ruh-vuh

Veni creator C VEH-nih kreh-AH-tawr C (sacred music by Alonso de Alba [ah-LAWN-so day AHL-vah])

Veni creator spiritus C VEH-nih kreh-AH-tawr SPEE-rih-tôôss C (Gregorian chant) C (cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF])

Veni dilecte me C Veni, dilecte me C VEH-nih, dee-LAYK-tay may C (motet [mo-TETT] by Giovanni da Palestrina [jo-VAHN-nee dah pah-lay-STREE-nah])

Veni sancte spiritus C VEH-nih SAHNK-tay SPEE-rih-tôôss C (motet [mo-TETT] by William Byrd [WILL-lihumm BURD]) C (sacred music, title used by various composers)

Veni veni venias C Veni, veni, venias C VEH-nih, VEH-nih, VEH-nih-uss C (Come, come, oh come) C (excerpt from Cour d’amours [kôôr dah-môôr] — The Court of Love — a group of poems from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF])

Venise C vuh-neez C (Venice) C (composition by Charles Gounod [sharl goo-no])

Venite ad me omnes C VEH-nih-tay udd may OHM-ness C (Come Unto Me, All Ye) C (composition by Felice Anerio [fay-LEE-chay ah-NAY-reeo])

Venite exultemus C Venite exultemus C VEH-nih-tay ayk-sôôl-TAY-môôss C (motet [mo- TETT] by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville [zhah6-zho-zeff kah-sah-nay-ah duh maw6- daw6-veel])

Venite inginocchiatevi C Venite ... inginocchiatevi C vay-NEE-tay ... een-jee-nohk-keeah- TAY-vee C (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 [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh])

Venite inginocchiatevi C Venite inginocchiatevi C vay-NEE-tay een-jee-nohk-keeah-TAY-vee 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 [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh])

Venite populi C VEH-nih-tay PAW-pôô-lih C (sacred music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])

Venite signorina C Venite, signorina C vay-NEE-tay, see-n’yo-REE-nah C (excerpt from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-beeAY-ray dee see-VEE-leeah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr- o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro- zayl-LEE-nee])

Ventadorn C Bernart de Ventadorn C bur-nar duh vah6-tah-dawrn C (known also as Bernard de Ventadour [vah6-tah-dôôr])

Ventadour C Bernard de Ventadour C bur-nar duh vah6-tah-dôôr C (known also as Bernart de Ventadorn [vah6-tah-dawrn])

Venth C Carl Venth C {KARL VENNTH} KARL VENNT

Venti scudi C VAYN-tee SKOO-dee C (excerpt from Act II of the opera L’elisir d’amore [lay- lee-ZEER dah-MO-ray] — The Elixir of Love; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee] after Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])

Vento C Ivo de Vento C EE-vo day VAYN-toh

Ventura C Ray Ventura C ray vah6-tü-rah C (known also as Raymond [reh-maw6] Ventura)

Venuti C Joe Venuti C JO vuh-NOO-tee C (known also as Giuseppe Venuti [joo-ZAYP-pay vay-NOO-tee])

Venuti C Maria Venuti C mah-REE-ah vay-NOO-tee

Venzano C Luigi Venzano C looEE-jee vayn-TSAH-no

Vepres C Vêpres C veh-pr’ C (Vespers)

Vepres siciliennes C Les vêpres siciliennes C leh veh-pr’ see-see-leeenn C The Sicilian Vespers C (an opera, with music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and Charles Duveyrier [sharl dü-vay-reeay]) C (the Italian version of the opera is known as I vespri siciliani [ee VAY-spree see-chee-leeAH-nee])

Veprik C Alexander Veprik C uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r VEH-prick C (known also as Alexander Moiseievich [mahih-SAYEE-eh-vihch] Veprik)

Vepsa rajad C VEPP-sah RAH-yaht C Vepsian [VEPP-sihunn] Paths C (cycle of Balto- Finnic folk songs arranged by Veljo Tormis [VELL-yo TOHR-miss])

Ver pacis apperit C vayr PUH-chiss AHP-peh-ritt C (The Springtime of Peace) C (anonymous composition) Vera sophia C VAY-rah SO-feeah C (chant from the Cancionero de Segovia [kahn-theeo- NAY-ro day say-GO-veeah] — Songbook of Segovia — containing liturgical music from Spain at the time of Christopher Columbus)

Veracini C Antonio Veracini C ahn-TAW-neeo vay-rah-CHEE-nee

Veracini C Francesco Maria Veracini C frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah vay-rah-CHEE-nee

Verandan vid havet C På verandan vid havet C PAW veh-RAHN-dahn vidd HAH-vutt C (On a Balcony by the Sea) C (song by Jean Sibelius [zhah6 sih-BAY-lihôôss])

Verbesselt C August Verbesselt C o-güst ver-BESS-sullt

Verborgenheit C fehr-PAWR-gunn-h§t C (Seclusion) C (poem by Eduard Mörike [AY-dooart MÖ-rih-kuh] set to music by Hugo Wolf [HOO-go VAWLF])

Verbrugghen C Henri Verbrugghen C ah6-ree ver-brüg-gunn

Verbum caro factum est C VAYR-bôôm KUH-ro FAHK-tôôm esst C (sacred music, title used by various composers)

Verbum patris C VAYR-bôôm PAH-triss C (monophonic sacred composition from Las cantigas de Santa Maria [lahss kahn-TEE-gahss day SAHN-tah mah-REE-ah] — The Songs of Saint Mary)

Vercoe C Barry Vercoe C BAR-ree vur-KO

Vercoe C Elizabeth Vercoe C ih-LIH-zuh-buth vur-KO

Verd anni miei C O! de’ verd’ anni miei C O! day vayrd AHN-nee meeAYEE C (excerpt from the opera Ernani [ayr-NAH-nee]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee] and libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay])

Verdelot C Philippe Verdelot C fee-leep ver-duh-lo

Verdi C Giuseppe Verdi C joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee C (known also as Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco [fohr-too-NEE-no frahn-CHAY-sko] Verdi)

Verdonck C Cornelis Verdonck C kawr-NAY-liss ver-DAWNK

Vere C Clémentine Duchene de Vere C klay-m’n-teen dü-shenn duh vehr

Vere C Edward Fairfax Vere C EDD-wurd FEHUHR-fackss VEHUHR 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 KROÔÔ-zihur] after Herman Melville [HUR-munn MELL-vill])

Vere o bone C O vere, o bone C o VAY-ray, o BAW-neh C (O True, O Good) C (motet [mo-TETT] by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay])

Verecundia C veh-ray-KOON-dihuh C (character in Ordo virtutum [OHR-doh veer-TOO- tôôm], a musical drama by Hildegard von Bingen [HILL-tuh-gart fawn BIHNG-unn])

Vered C Ilana Vered C ee-LAH-nah VEH-redd

Vereen C Ben Vereen C BENN veh-REEN C (known also as Benjamin Augustus Vereen [BENN-juh-munn aw-GUSS-tuss veh-REEN])

Verekore C Matthias Hermann Verrecore C MAHT-tihahss HEHR-mahn VEH-ruh-ko-ruh C (the last name is also spelled Vercore [VEHR-ko-ruh], Verrechore [VEHR-ruh-ko-ruh], Werrecore [WEHR-ruh-ko-ruh], and Werrekoren [WEHR-ruh-ko-runn])

Veremans C Renaat Veremans C ruh-NAHAHT VEH-ruh-mahnss

Veress C Sándor Veress C SHAHAHN-dawr VEH-rehshsh

Verestaghin C Vassili V. Verestaghin C vahss-SEE-lyee (V.) vyeh-ress-TYAH-ghinn

Veretti C Antonio Veretti C ahn-TAW-neeo vay-RAYT-tee

Verevka C Grigori Verevka C grih-GO-rih vyeh-RAWF-kuh

Verfallene muhle C Die verfallene Mühle C dee fehr-FAHL-luh-nuh MÜ-luh C (The Dilapidated Mill) C (composition by Carl Loewe [KARL LÖ-vuh])

Verfehlte liebe C Verfehlte Liebe C fehr-FAYL-tuh LEE-buh C (Mistaken Love) C (song by Hanns Eisler [HAHNSS ¦SS-lur])

Vergara C Victoria Vergara C veek-TOH-reeah vehr-GAH-rah

Vergebliches standchenC Vergebliches Ständchen C fehr-GAY-plih-huss SHTENNT-hunn C (Profitless Serenade) C (folksong arranged by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])

Vergiftet sind meine liederC Vergiftet sind meine Lieder C fehr-GHIFF-tutt zinnt m§-nuh LEE-dur C (Poisoned Are My Songs) C (poem by Heinrich Heine [H¦N-rihh H¦-nuh] set to music by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST]) C (song by Miriam Gideon [MIH-rihahm GHEE- dawn])

Vergine un angel di dio C Una vergine, un angel di Dio C OO-nah VAYR-jee-nay, oon AHN- jayl dee DEE-o C (aria from the opera La favorita [lah fah-vo-REE-tah] — The Favored One; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Alphonse Royer [ahl-faw6ss r’wah-yay] and Gustave Vaëz [güss-tahv vah-ezz], with additions by Eugene Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])

Vergnet C Edmond-Alphonse-Jean Vergnet C edd-maw6-ahl-faw6ss-zhah6 ver-n’yeh

Vergnugen und lust C Vergnügen und Lust C fehr-g’NÜ-gunn ôônt LÔÔST C (Pleasure and delight) C (aria from the cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] Gott ist unsre Zuversicht [GAWT isst ÔÔN- sruh TSOO-fehr-zihht] by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay- BAH-stihahn BAHK])

Vergnugte ruh beliebte seelenlust C Vergnügte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust C fehr-g’NÜK-tuh ROO, buh-LEEP-tuh ZAY-lunn-lôôst C (Oh Blessed Rest, Oh Welcome Heart's Delight) C (cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])

Vergnugungszug C Vergnügungszug C fehr-g’NÜ-gôôngss-tsôôk C (Excursion Train) C (music by Johann Strauss II [YO-hahn SHTRAHÔÔSS II] and lyric by Walter Brandin [WAWL- tur BRANN-dunn])

Verhagen C Reine-Marie Verhagen C RAYN-mah-REE ver-HAH-kunn

Verheul C Koos Verheul C KOHOHSS ver-HÖL

Verheyden C Edward Verheyden C edd-WART ver-HAY-dunn

Verhoeff C Marcel Verhoeff C mar-SELL ver-HOOF

Verhulst C Johannes Verhulst C yo-HAHN-nuss ver-HÜLST

Veriash a la rana C Si veriash a la rana C see vay-reeAH-shah lah RAH-nah C (a medieval children’s song of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Bulgaria)

Veris dulcis in tempore C VAY-riss DOOL-chiss inn TAYM-paw-ray C (In the season of sweet spring) C (excerpt from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah])

Veris leta facies C VAY-riss LAY-tah FUH-sih-ayss C (The merry face of spring) C (excerpt from Primo Vere [PREE-mo VAY-ray] — Spring — a group of poems from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF])

Veritas equitas C Veritas, equitas C VAY-rih-tahss, EH-kooih-tahss C (Truth, Fairness) C (composition by Philippe le Chancelier [fee-leep luh shah6-s’leeay]) Veritas veritatum VAY-rih-tahss vay-rih-TAH-tôôm C (Thou Truth of Truths) C (excerpt from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah])

Veritch C Alan de Veritch C A-lunn duh VEH-rihch

Verlaine C Paul Verlaine C pohl vehr-lenn

Verlassene magdleinC Das verlassene Mägdlein C dahss fehr-LAHSS-suh-nuh MEHKT-l§n C (The Forsaken Maidservant) C (poem by Eduard Mörike [AY-dooart MÖ-rih-kuh] set to music by Hugo Wolf [HOO-go VAWLF])

Verlorene jugend C Verlorene Jugend C fehr-LO-ruh-nuh YOO-gunnt C (Lost Youth) C (Bohemian poem translated to German by Josef Wenzig [YOHOH-zeff VENN-tsihh] and set to music by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])

Verlorne muh C Verlorne Müh' C fehr-LAWR-nuh MÜ C (Trouble for Nothing) C (poem from Des Knaben Wunderhorn [dess k'NAHAH-bunn VÔÔN-tur-hawrn] — The Youth's Magic Horn — set to music by Gustav Mahler [GÔÔ-stahf MAHAH-lur])

Vermeulen C Matthijs Vermeulen C maht-TAYSS ver-MÖ-lunn

Verne C Adela Verne C ah-DEH-lah VURN

Verne C Mathilde Verne C muh-TILL-duh VURN

Verne bredt C Alice Verne Bredt C A-luss VURN BRETT

Verneuil C Raoul de Verneuil C rah-ôôl duh ver-nöy’

Verney C Giuseppe Ippolito Franchi-Verney C joo-ZAYP-pay eep-po-LEE-toh FRAHN- kee-VAYR-nay C (known also as Giuseppe Ippolito Franchi-Verney, Conte della Valetta [KOHN-tay DAYL-lah vah-LAYT-tah])

Vernoy de saint georges et bayard C Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges [zhül-ah6-ree vehr- n’wah duh seh6-zhawrzh] and Jean-François-Alfred Bayard [zhah6-frah6-swah-ahl-fredd bah- yar] C (authors of the book on which the opera La fille du régiment [lah feey’ dü ray-zhee- mah6] — The Daughter of the Regiment — is based)

Vero non e anima miaC Vero non è, anima mia C VAY-ro NOHN ay, UH-nih-muh MEE-uh C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Johann Grabbe [YO-hahn GRAHB-buh])

Veronika der lenz ist da C Veronika, der Lenz ist da C fay-RO-nee-kah, dayr LENNTSS isst DAH C (Veronica, Spring Has Come) C (composition by Walter Jurmann [VAHL-tur YÔÔR- mahn] and Fritz Rotter [FRITTSS RAWT-tur]) Veronique C Véronique C vay-raw-neek C (an operetta, with music by André Messager [ahn- dray mess-sah-zhay]; lyrics by Vanloo [vahn-lo] and Duval [dü-vahl])

Verrall C John Verrall C JAHN VEHR-rull C (known also as John Weedon [WEE-d’n] Verrall)

Verranno a te sull aure C Verranno a te sull’ aure C vayr-RAHN-no ah tay sool AHÔÔ-ray C (aria from the opera Lucia di Lammermoor [loo-CHEE-ah dee LAHM-mer-môôuhr] — Lucy of Lammermoor [LOO-see of LAMM-mur-môôuhr]; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano [sahl-vah-DOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no] based on the novel The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott [WAWL-tur SKAHT])

Verraten von euch verraten die macht des zepters C Verraten! Von euch verraten ... Die macht des Zepters C fehr-RAH-tunn! fawn oyh fehr-RAH-tunn ... dee MAHKT dess TSEPP-turss C (The Tsar's Song) C (aria from the opera Zar und Zimmermann [TSAR ôônt TSIMM-mur- mahn] — Tsar and Carpenter; music by Albert Lortzing [AHL-pert LAWRT-tsihng]; libretto by Lortzing after Georg Christian Römer [GAY-awrk KRIH-stihahn RÖ-mur], E. C. de Boirie [(E. C.) duh bwah-ree] and J. T. Merle [(J. T.) mehrl])

Verrechore C Matthias Hermann Verrecore C MAHT-tihahss HEHR-mahn VEHR-ruh-ko- ruh C (the last name is also spelled Vercore [VEHR-ko-ruh], Verechore [VEH-ruh-ko-ruh], Werrecore [WEHR-ruh-ko-ruh], and Werrekoren [WEHR-ruh-ko-runn])

Verrett C Shirley Verrett C SHUR-lee VEHR-rutt

Versa est in luctum C VAYR-sah esst inn LOOK-tôôm C (section of the Missa ‘O quam gloriosum’ [MEESS-sah o kôôahm glo-rihO-sôôm] set to music by Tomás Luis de Victoria [toh- MAHSS looEESS day veek-TOH-reeah])

Versailles C ver-sahy’

Verschaeve C M. Verschaeve C mee-shell vur-shevv

Verschweigung C Die Verschweigung C dee fehr-SHV¦-gôông C (Nothing Said) C (poem by Christian Felix Weisse [KRIH-stihahn FAY-lickss V¦SS-suh] set to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])

Verschwiegene liebe C Verschwiegene Liebe C fehr-SHVEE-guh-nuh LEE-buh C (Love That Keeps its Secret) C (poem by Joseph von Eichendorff [YOHOH-zeff fawn ¦-hunn-tawrf] set to music by Hugo Wolf [HOO-go VAWLF])

Versicle and response deus in adiutorium domine ad adiuvandum C Versicle & Response: Deus in adiutorium/Domine ad adiuvandum C (Versicle [VUR-sih-k'l] (and Response): DEH-ôôss inn ah-dihoo-TOH-rihôôm/DAW-mih-neh ahd ah-dihoo-VAHN-dôôm C (section of the First Vespers of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin after Giovanni Gabrieli [jo-VAHN-nee gah- breeAY-lee])

Versiculus and responsorium C Versiculus & Responsorium C vayr-SIH-kôô-lôôss & ray- spohn-SAW-rihôôm C (excerpt from Vespro della beata Vergine [VAY-spro DAYL-lah bay- AH-tah VAYR-jee-nay] — Vespers of the Blessed Virgin — by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHÔÔ- deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])

Versiculus antiphona ad magnificat C Versiculus — Antiphona ad Magnificat C vayr-SIH-kôô- lôôss — ahn-tih-FO-nuh ahd mah-n’YIH-fih-kaht C (antiphon [ANN-tuh-funn] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHÔÔ-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])

Versiculus et responsorium C Versiculus et Responsorium C vayr-SIH-kôô-lôôss ett ray- spohn-SAW-rihôôm C (excerpt from Vespro della Beata Vergine [VAY-spro DAYL-lah bay- AH-tah VAYR-jee-nay] — Vespers of the Blessed Virgin — by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHÔÔ- deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])

Verstovsky C Alexei Verstovsky C ah-lyick-SAYEE vyehr-STAWF-skee C (known also as Alexei Nikolaievich [nyee-kah-LAHIH-eh-vihch] Verstovsky)

Versuchung C fehr-ZOO-koong C (Temptation) C (poem by Hans Kaltneker [HAHNSS KAHLT-neh-kur] set to music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold [{EH-rick WÔÔLF-gang KAWRN-gohld} AY-rihh VAWLF-gahng KAWRN-gawlt] in Drei Gesänge [DR¦ guh- ZEHNG-uh] — Three Songs)

Versunken C fehr-ZÔÔNG-kunn C (Absorbed) C (poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])

Versus responsorium iste puer magnus nam et manus C Versus/Responsorium: Iste puer magnus - Nam et manus C VAYR-sôôss/ ray-spohn-SAW-rihôôm: EE-steh PÔÔ-ehr MAH-n’yôôss - NAHM ett MUH-nôôss C (composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHÔÔ-deeo mohn-tay- VAYR-dee])

Vert C Juan Vert C hooAHN VEHRT

Vert carbonell C Juan Vert Carbonell C hooAHN VEHRT kar-vo-NELL

Veruju C Vruju C VYEH-rôô-yôô C (Credo [KRAY-doh] from the Glagolitic [gla-go-LIH- tick] Mass by Leoš Janá ek [LEH-awsh yah-NAHAH-check])

Verva C VEHR-vuh C (character in the opera Osud [AW-sôôt] — Destiny; music by Leoš Janá ek [LEH-awsh yah-NAHAH-check] and libretto by Fedora Bartšová [FEH-daw-ruh BART-shaw-vahah]) Verzagen C fehr-TSAH-gunn C (Despair) C (poem by Karl von Lemcke [KARL fawn LEMM-kuh] set to music by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])

Verzweiflung C fehr-ts’V¦F-lôông C (Desperation) C (poem by Johann Ludwig Tieck [YO- hahn LOOT-vihh TEEK] set to music by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS] in the song cycle Die schöne Magelone [dee SHÖ-nuh mah-guh-LO-nuh] — The Beautiful Magelone)

Vescovo C Pierre del Vescovo C peeehr dayl vess-KO-vo

Vesela C Marie Veselá C MAH-rih-eh VEH-seh-lahah

Veselka C Josef Veselka C YO-seff VEH-sell-kuh

Vesperae de domenica C Vesperae de Domenica C VAY-speh-ray day daw-MEH-nih-kuh C (vespers composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO- tsart])

Vesperae solennes de confessore C VAY-speh-ray so-LAYN-ness day kohn-FAY-saw-reh C (vespers by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])

Vespetta C vay-SPAYT-tah C (character in the opera Pimpinone [peem-pee-NO-nay]; music by Georg Philipp Telemann [GAY-awrk FEE-lipp TAY-luh-mahn] and libretto by Johann Philipp Praetorius [YO-hahn FEE-lipp pray-TOH-rihôôss] after Pietro Pariati [peeAY-tro pah- reeAH-tee])

Vespri di s giovanni battista C Vespri di S. Giovanni Battista C VAY-spree dee SAHN-toh jo- VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah C (Vespers of St. John the Baptist) C (compositions by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHÔÔ-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])

Vespri siciliani C I vespri siciliani C ee VAY-spree see-chee-leeAH-nee C (The Sicilian Vespers) C (an opera, with music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and Charles Duveyrier [sharl dü-vay-reeay]) C (Italian version of the opera known in French as Les vepres siciliennes [leh veh-pr’ see-see-leeenn])

Vespro della beata vergine C Vespro della beata Vergine C VAY-spro DAYL-lah bay-AH- tah VAYR-jee-nay C (Vespers of the Blessed Virgin) C (vespers by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHÔÔ-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])

Vespro della beata vergine marienvesper C Vespro della beata Vergine/Marienvesper C VAY- spro DAYL-lah bay-AH-tah VAYR-jee-nay/MAH-reeayn-vay-spayr C (vespers by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHÔÔ-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])

Vesque von puttlingen C Johann Vesque von Püttlingen C YO-hahn fessk fawn PÜT-lihng- unn Vessieres C André Vessieres C ahn-dray vess-seeehr

Vesta was C As Vesta Was C (As) VAY-stah (was) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Thomas Weelkes [WILLKSS])

Vestale C La vestale C lah vay-STAH-lay C (The Vestal Virgin) C (an opera, with music by Gaspare Spontini [gah-SPAH-ray spohn-TEE-nee] and libretto by Victor Joseph Étienne de Jouy [veek-tawr zho-zeff ay-teeenn duh zhôôee])

Vesti la giubba C VAY-stee lah JOOB-bah C (aria from the opera Pagliacci [pah-leeAH- chee]; music and libretto by Ruggiero Leoncavallo [rood-JAY-ro lay-ohn-kah-VAHL-lo])

Veto C Tamás Vetö C TAH-mahahsh VEH-tö

Vetter C Michael Vetter C MIH-hah-ell VETT-tur

Vetter C Walther Vetter C VAHL-tur VETT-tur

Vetus abit littera C VEH-tôôss UH-bitt LEET-teh-ruh C (The Old Law Passes Away) C (anonymous composition)

Veuve andalouse chanson espagnole C La veuve andalouse (chanson espagnole) C lah vöv ah6- dah-lôôz (shah6-saw6 ess-pah-n’yawl) C (song by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss- SEE-nee])

Vexilla regis C vayk-SEEL-luh RAY-jiss C (sacred music, title used by various composers)

Veyron lacroix C Robert Veyron-Lacroix C ro-behr vay-raw6-lah-kr’wah

Vezzosi augelli C vayt-TSO-zee ahôô-JAYL-lee C (Lovely Birds) C (madrigal [MADD-rih- gull] with music by Giaches de Wert [ZHAHSH deh VEHRT] and lyric by Torquato Tasso [tohr-kooAH-toh TAHSS-so])

Vhi sheomdo C V'hi Sheomdo C vuh-HEE sheh-AHM-dah C (a prayer said at Passover)

Viadana C Lodovico Viadana C lo-doh-VEE-ko veeah-DAH-nah

Viaggio a reims C Il viaggio a Reims C eel veeAHD-jo ah reh6ss C (The Journey to Rheims [REEMZ]) C (stage cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] with ballet [BAL-lay]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Luigi Balocchi [looEE-jee bah-LOHK- kee])

Viala C Jean-Luc Viala C zhah6-lük vee-ah-lah

Viana C Frutuoso de Lima Viana C froo-too-O-zôô jee LEE-muh veeA-nuh C (known also as Fructuoso Vianna [froo-too-O-zôô veeANN-nuh])

Vianesi C Auguste-Charles-Léonard-François Vianesi C o-güst-sharl-lay-aw-nar-frah6-swah veeah-NAY-zee

Vianna C Fructuoso Vianna C froo-too-O-zôô veeANN-nuh C (known also as Frutuoso de Lima Viana [froo-too-O-zôô jee LEE-muh veeA-nuh])

Vianna da motta C José Vianna da Motta C zhôô-ZAY veeANN-nuh duh MAHT-tuh

Viardot C Louise-Pauline-Marie Héritte-Viardot C lôôeez-po-leen-mah-ree ay-reet-veear-doh

Viardot garcia C Pauline Viardot-García C po-leen veear-doh-gar-THEE-ah C (known also as Michelle Ferdinande [mee-shell fehr-dee-nah6d] Pauline Viardot-García)

Viau C Théophile de Viau C tay-aw-feel duh veeo

Vicari C Luciano Vicari C loo-CHAH-no vee-KAH-ree

Vicentino C Nicola Vicentino C nee-KO-lah vee-chayn-TEE-no

Victimae paschali laudes C VEEK-tih-may pah-SKAH-lih LAHÔÔ-dess C (Gregorian [greh- GO-rihunn] chant, Easter service) C (chant used by Steven Sametz [STEE-vunn SA-mittss] in a setting of Ave Maria [AH-vay mah-REE-ah])

Victime pascali C VEEK-tih-meh pah-SKAH-lih C (Easter sequence by Antoine Busnoys [ah6-twahn bü-n’wah])

Victoire C La Victoire C lah veek-twar C (Victory) C (character in the opera Médée [may- day]; music by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay] and libretto by Pierre Corneille [peeehr kawr-nehy’])

Victor C Adam de St. Victor C ah-dah6 duh seh6 veek-tawr

Victor C Marie Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor C mah-ree ah-leck-see kahss-tee-yaw6 duh seh6-veek-tawr C (known also as Alexis Castillon)

Victoria C Tomás Luis de Victoria C toh-MAHSS looEESS day veek-TOH-reeah C (Italianized to Tommaso Luigi da Vittoria [tohm-MAH-zo looEE-jee dah veet-TOH-reeah])

Victoria C veek-TOH-rihah C (character in Ordo virtutum [OHR-doh veer-TOO-tôôm], a musical drama by Hildegard von Bingen [HILL-tuh-gart fawn BIHNG-unn])

Victoriano C César Victoriano C CHAY-zar veek-toh-reeAH-no Victory C Gerard Victory C JEH-rard VICK-t’ree

Vida mia C Vida mía C VEE-thah MEE-ah C (composition by O. Fresedo [(O.) fray-SAY- thoh] and E. Fresedo [(E.) fray-SAY-tho])

Vidal C Elizabeth Vidal C eh-lee-zah-bett vee-dahl

Vidal C Joseph Bernard Vidal C zho-zeff behr-nar vee-dahl

Vidal C Louis-Antoine Vidal C lôôee-ah6-twahn vee-dahl

Vidal C Paul Vidal C pohl vee-dahl C (known also as Paul Antonin [ah6-taw-neh6] Vidal)

Vide homo quae pro te patior C Vide, homo, quae pro te patior C VIH-deh, HAW-mo, kooay pro tay PUH-tih-awr C (composition by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck [YAHN PEE-turss-zohohn SWAYAY-lihngk])

Videntes stellam C vih-DAYN-tess STAYL-lumm C (motet [mo-TETT] by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])

Viderkehr C Jacques Viderkehr C zhack VEE-dur-kehr C (known also as Jacques-Christian- Michel Viderkehr [zhack-kreess-teeahn-mee-shell VEE-dur-kehr] C (the last name is also spelled Widerkehr [VEE-dur-kehr] and Wiederkehr [VEE-dur-kehr])

Videro C Finn Viderø C FINN VEE-duh-rö

Viderunt omnes C Viderunt Omnes C VIH-deh-rôônt OHM-ness C (sacred composition by Leoninus [leh-o-NEE-nôôss])

Videte miraculum C VIH-deh-teh mee-RAH-kôô-lôôm C (composition by Thomas Tallis [TALL-liss])

Vidi aquam C VIH-dih UH-kôôumm C (antiphon [ANN-tuh-funn] by Cristóbal de Morales [kreess-TOH-vahl day mo-RAH-layss])

Vidi speciosam C VIH-dih speh-chih-O-summ C (sacred composition by Tomás Luis de Victoria [toh-MAHSS looEESS day veek-TOH-reeah])

Vidit suum C VIH-ditt SÔÔ-ôôm C (section of the Latin hymn Stabat Mater [STAH-baht MAH-tehr] set to music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k]) C (section of the Latin hymn Stabat Mater [STAH-baht MAH-tehr] set to music by Franz Joseph Haydn [FRAHNTSS YOHOH-zeff H¦-d'n])

Vidu C Ion Vidu C yeeAWN VEE-doo Vie anterieure C La vie antérieure C lah vee ah6-tay-reeör C (poem by Charles Baudelaire [sharl bo-duh-lehr] set to music by Henri Duparc [ah6-ree dü-park])

Vie en rose C La vie en rose C lah vee ah6 rawz C (song by Louiguy [lôôee-ghee], Edith Piaf [{EE-duth PEE-ahf} ay-deet peeahf], and David [dah-veed])

Vie est belle C La vie est belle C lah vee eh bell C (Life is Beautiful) C (song by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])

Vieira C Ernesto Vieira C ehr-NEHSHT’ vee-AY-ruh

Vielle C veeehl C (hurdy gurdy)

Vien con nuova orribil guerra C veeENN kohn nooO-vah ohr-REE-beel gooAYR-rah C (With Renewed and Fearsome Strife) C (song by Tommaso Albinoni [tohm-MAH-zo ahl-bee-NO- nee])

Vien leonora a piedi tuoi C Vien, Leonora, a piedi tuoi C veeAYN, lay-o-NO-rah, ah peeAY- dee tooOEE C (excerpt from the opera La favorita [lah fah-vo-REE-tah] — The Favorite; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Alphonse Royer [ahl- faw6ss r’wah-yay] and Gustave Vaëz [güss-tahv vah-ezz], with additions by Eugene Scribe [ö- zhenn skreeb])

Viene la sera C veeAY-nay lah SAY-rah C (excerpt from the opera Madama Butterfly [mah- DAH-mah (Butterfly)] — Madam [MA-dumm] Butterfly; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH- ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after David Belasco [DAY-vudd buh-LASS-ko] and John Luther Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG])

Vieni a regni del riposo C Vieni a' regni del riposo C veeAY-nee ah RAY-n’yee dayl ree-PO-zo C (excerpt from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ayoo-ree-DEE-chay]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-neeAY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])

Vieni appaga il tuo consorte C Vieni, appaga il tuo consorte! C veeAY-nee, ahp-PAH-gah eel TOO-o kohn-SOHR-tay! C (excerpt from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ayoo- ree-DEE-chay]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-neeAY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])

Vieni la mia vendetta C Vieni: la mia vendetta C veeAY-nee: lah MEE-ah vayn-DAYT-tah C (aria from the opera Lucrezia Borgia [loo-KRAY-tseeah BOR-jah]; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee] after Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go)

Vieni non tardar C Deh vieni, non tardar C day veeAY-nee, nohn tar-DAR C (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 [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh])

Vieni non tardar C Deh vieni non tardar C day veeAY-nee nohn tar-DAR C (arrangement for woodwinds and string bass by Johann Nepomuk Wendt [YO-hahn NAY-po-môôk VENNT] of an excerpt from 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 [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh])

Vieni segui i miei passi C Vieni, segui i miei passi C veeAY-nee, say-gooEE ee meeAYEE PAHSS-see C (excerpt from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ayoo-ree-DEE- chay]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-neeAY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])

Vieni sul mar C veeAY-nee sool MAR C (anonymous composition)

Vieni taffretta C Vieni t’affretta C veeAY-nee tahf-FRAYT-tah C (aria from the opera Macbeth [muck-BEHTH]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])

Vienna volksoper C Vienna Volksoper C (Vienna [veeENN-nuh]) FAWLKSS-o-pur C (Vienna Folk Opera)

Vienna volksoper orchestra C Vienna Volksoper Orchestra C (Vienna [veeENN-nuh]) FAWLKSS-o-pur (Orchestra) C (Vienna Folk Opera Orchestra)

Viennese rhapsodic fantasietta C Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta C veeuh-NEEZ rapp-SAH- dick fann-tuh-sihETT-tuh C (composition by Fritz Kreisler [FRITTSS KR¦SS-lur])

Viens cher amant C veeah6 shehr ah-mah6 C (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 [peeehr o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh])

Viens les gazons sont verts C Viens! Les gazons sont verts! C veeah6! leh gah-zaw6 saw6 vehr! C (Come! The Grass is Green) C (song by Charles Gounod [sharl gôô-no])

Vier doppelchorige gesange C Vier doppelchörige Gesänge C FEER DAWP-puhl-kö-rih-guh guh-ZEHNG-uh C (Four Songs for Double Choir by Robert Schumann [ROHOH-bert SHOO- mahn]) Vier kellner C Vier Kellner C FEER KELL-nur C (four waiters) C (characters in the opera Der Rosenkavalier [dayr RO-zunn-kah-fah-leer] — The Knight of the Rose; music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS] and libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal [HOO-go fawn HAWF-mahn-stahl])

Vier lakaien der marschallinC Vier Lakaien der Marschallin C FEER lah-KAHIH-unn dayr MAR-shahl-linn C (four footmen of the Marschallin [MAR-shahl-linn] C (characters in the opera Der Rosenkavalier [dayr RO-zunn-kah-fah-leer] — The Knight of the Rose; music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS] and libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal [HOO-go fawn HAWF-mahn-stahl])

Vier letzte lieder C Vier letzte Lieder C FEER LETTSS-tuh LEE-dur C (Four Last Songs) C (compositions by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS])

Vier lieder C Vier Lieder C FEER LEE-dur C (Four Songs) C (compositions by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS])

Vier lieder aus dem jungbrunnenC Vier Lieder aus dem Jungbrunnen C FEER LEE-dur ahôôss daym YÔÔNG-brôôn-nunn C (Four Songs From The Well of Youth for female voices by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])

Vier lieder nach gedichten von johann gabriel seidl C Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Johann Gabriel Seidl C FEER LEE-dur nahk guh-DIHH-tunn fawn YO-hahn GAHP-reeayl Z¦-t’l C (Four Songs With Words by Johann Gabriel Seidl set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])

Vier quartette fur vier singstimmen und klavier C Vier Quartette für vier Singstimmen und Klavier C FEER kvar-TETT-tuh für FEER ZIHNG-shtimm-munn ôônt klah-FEER C (Four Quartettes for Four Voices and Piano by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])

Vierdanck C Johann Vierdanck C YO-hahn FEER-tahngk

Vierk C Lois V Vierk C LO-uss V VEERK

Vierling C Georg Vierling C GAY-awrk FEER-lihng

Vierling C Johann Gottfried Vierling C YO-hahn GAWT-freet FEER-lihng

Vierne C Louis Vierne C lôôee veeehrn

Vieru C Anatol Vieru C ah-nah-TAWL veeEH-roo

Vietinghoff scheel C Boris Vietinghoff-Scheel C bah-REESS viheh-tyihng-HAWF-SHAYL Vieuille C Félix Vieuille C fay-leekss veeyöy’

Vieuxtemps C Ernest Vieuxtemps C ehr-nusst veeö-tah6 C (known also as Jules-Joseph-Ernest Vieuxtemps [zhül-zho-zeff-ehr-nusst veeö-tah6])

Vieuxtemps C Henri Vieuxtemps C ah6-ree veeö-tah6

Vieuxtemps C Lucien Vieuxtemps C lü-seeah6 veeö-tah6 C (known also as Jean-Joseph-Lucien Vieuxtemps [zhah6-zho-zeff-lü-seeah6 veeö-tah6])

Vigano C Salvatore Viganò C sahl-vah-TOH-ray vee-gah-NO

Vigay C Denis Vigay C DEH-nuss vih-GAY

Vigilance C La vigilance C lah vee-zhee-lah6ss C (march by Georg Philipp Telemann [GAY- awrk FEE-lipp TAY-luh-mahn])

Viglione borghese C Domenico Viglione-Borghese C doh-MAY-nee-ko vee-leeO-nay-bohr- GAY-zay

Vignas C Francisco Vignas C frahn-THEESS-ko VEE-n’yahss

Vignoles C Roger Vignoles C RAH-jur vih-n’YOHLZ

Vignon vignon C Vignon, vignon C vee-n’yaw6, vee-n’yaw6 C (Vine, Vine, Little Vine) C (composition by Orlando de Lassus [awr-lah6-doh duh lahss-sü])

Vihuela C vee-ooAY-lah C (plucked member of the viol family)

Viig C Kjell Viig C HELL VEEEEG

Vila C Pedro Alberto Vila C PAY-dro ahl-BEHR-toh VEE-lah

Vilback C Renaud de Vilback C reh-no duh veel-bahk C (known also as Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback [ahl-faw6ss sharl reh-no duh veel-bahk])

Vilboa C Konstantin Vilboa C kahn-stahn-TYEEN vill-BAW-uh C (the last name is a Russianized version of the French name Villebois [veel-bwah])

Vilhar C Franz Vilhar C FRAHNTSS VILL-har

Vilia C VEE-lihah C (excerpt from the operetta Die lustige Witwe [dee LÔÔ-stih-guh VITT- vuh] — The Merry Widow; music by Franz Lehár [FRAHNZ leh-HAHAHR]; libretto by Victor Léon [veek-tawr lay-aw6] and Leo Stein [LAY-o SHT¦N] after Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh- yack]) Vilia lied C Vilia-Lied C VEE-lihah-LEET C (excerpt from the operetta Die lustige Witwe [dee LÔÔ-stih-guh VITT-vuh] — The Merry Widow; music by Franz Lehár [FRAHNZ leh- HAHAHR]; libretto by Victor Léon [veek-tawr lay-aw6] and Leo Stein [LAY-o SHT¦N] after Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack])

Vilja C (see Vilia)

ViljaliedC (see Vilia lied)

Villa C Eduardo Villa C ay-thooAR-doh VEE-l’yah

Villa C José Garcia Villa C ho-SAY gar-THEE-ah VEE-l’yah

Villa C Joseph Villa C JO-zuff VILL-luh

Villa C Luisa Villa C looEE-zah VEEL-lah

Villa C Ricardo Villa C ree-KAR-doh VEE-l’yah

Villa lobos C Heitor Villa-Lobos C ay-TAWR VEEL-luh-LO-bôôsh

Villageoise C La villageoise C lah vee-lah-zh’wahz C (The Village Girl) C (excerpt from the Suite en mi mineur [süeet ah6 mee mee-nör] — Suite in e Minor — by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo])

Villageoise rondeau C La villageoise. Rondeau C lah vee-lah-zh’wahz. raw6-doh C (The Village Girl. Rondo [RAHN-doh]) C (excerpt from the Suite en mi mineur [süeet ah6 mee mee- nör] — Suite in e Minor — by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo])

Villalba munoz C Padre Luis Villalba Muñoz C PAH-dray looEESS vee-l’YAHL-vah MOO- n’yawth

Villancico C vee-l’yahn-THEE-ko C (Christmas carol)

Villanella C O villanella C o veel-lah-nell-lah C (composition by Hubert Waelrant [HÜ-behrt WAHL-rahnt])

Villanelle C La villanelle C lah vee-lah-nell C (Rustic Song) C (poem by Théophile Gautier [tay-aw-feel go-teeay] set to music in Les nuits d’été [leh nüee day-tay] — Summer Nights — by Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz])

Villanelle C veel-lah-nell C (song by Eva Dell’ Acqua [AY-vah dayl AH-kooah])

Villanelle for horn and orchestra C veel-lah-nell (for Horn and Orchestra) C (composition by Paul Dukas [pohl dü-kah]) Villanis C Luigi Alberto Villanis C looEE-jee ahl-BAYR-toh veel-LAH-neess

Villano C vee-l’YAH-no C (composition by Francisco Guerau [frahn-THEESS-ko gay- RAHOO])

Villano ricercare C Villano Ricercare C vee-l’yah-no ree-thehr-KAH-ray C (excerpt from the Fantasia para un Gentilhombre [fahn-tah-SEE-ah PAH-rah oon hayn-tee-LAWM-bray] by Joaquín Rodrigo [ho-ah-KEEN rohd-REE-go])

Villano y ricercare C vee-l’yah-no ee ree-thehr-KAH-ray C (excerpt from Fantasía para un gentilhombre [fahn-tah-SEE-ah PAH-rah oon hayn-tee-LAWM-bray] by Joaquín Rodrigo [ho-ah-KEEN rohd-REE-go])

Villar C Rogelio del Villar C ro-HAY-leeo dayl vee-l’YAHR

Villarroel C Verónica Villarroel C vay-RO-nee-kah vee-l’yah-roELL

Ville rose C La ville rose C lah veel rawz C (The Pink City) C (composition by Albert Roussel [ahl-ber rôôss-sell])

Villebois C Konstantin Villebois C kahn-stahn-TYEEN veel-bwah C (the last name has been Russianized to Vilboa [vill-BAW-uh])

Villemann og magnhildC Villemann og Magnhild C VILL-luh-mahn aw MAHNG-nill C (a medieval song about Villemann and Magnhild, the Norwegian version of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Euridice)

Villette C Pierre Villette C peeehr veel-lett

Villisech C Jacques Villisech C zhack veel-lee-zehsh

Villoing C Alexander Villoing C uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r vill-LAWIHNG

Villoing C Vasili Villoing C vah-SEE-lyee vill-LAWIHNG

Villoteau C Guillaume-André Villoteau C ghee-yohm-ah6-dray vee-law-toh

Vilse C VILL-suh C (Vilse) C (poem by K.A.Tavaststjerna [(K. A.) TAH-vahst-hah-nah] set to music by Jean Sibelius [zhah6 sih-BAY-lihôôss])

Vin discaccia la tristezza C O vin, discaccia la tristezza C o VEEN, deess-KAH-chah lah tree- STAYT-tsah C (excerpt from the opera Amleto [ahm-LAY-toh] — Hamlet [HAMM-lutt]; music by Ambroise Thomas [ah6-br’wahz taw-mah]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK- spihuhr]) Vin en vigne C O vin en vigne C o veh6 ah6 veeny’ C (O Wine on the Vine) C (composition by Orlando de Lassus [awr-lah6-doh duh lahss-sü])

Vina C Facundo de la Viña C fah-KOON-doh day lah VEE-n’yah C (known also as Facundo de la Viña Manteola [fah-KOON-doh day lah VEE-n’yah mahn-tay-O-lah])

Vina manteola C Facundo de la Viña Manteola C fah-KOON-doh day lah VEE-n’yah mahn- tay-O-lah C (known also as Facundo de la Viña)

Vinas C José Viñas C ho-SAY VEE-n’yahss

Vinay C Ramón Vinay C rah-MOHN vee-nahee

Vincent C Alexandre-Joseph Hydulphe Vincent C ah-leck-sah6-dr’-zho-zeff ee-dülf veh6-sah6

Vincent C Heinrich Joseph Vincent C H¦N-rihh YOHOH-zeff FINN-tsennt

Vinci C Leonardo Vinci C lay-o-NAR-doh VEEN-chee

Vinci C Pietro Vinci C peeAY-tro VEEN-chee

Vinco C Ivo Vinco C EE-vo VEEN-ko

Vincze C Imre Vincze C IMM-reh VINN-tseh

Vindexs epithalamium C Vindex’s Epithalamium C WEEN-deckss yeh-pih-tah-LAH-mih- umm C (excerpt from the opera Néron [nay-raw6] — Nero, with music by Anton Rubinstein [ahn-TAWN rôô-binn-SHTAYN] and libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay]) C (only the excerpt has survived on the Russian recital stage — hence, the Russian pronunciation)

Vine a este mundo con ojos y me voy sin ellos C VEE-nay ah AYSS-tay MOON-doh kohn O- hohss ee may VOY seen AY-l’yohss C (I came into this world with eyes, and depart without them) C (excerpt from the Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre No 2 [kaw6-sehr-toh poor veeaw-law6-sell ay awr-kess-tr’ No 2] — Concerto for violoncello and orchestra No. 2 — by Cristóbal Halffter [kreess-TOH-vahl ahlf-TEHR])

Vinea mea electa C VEE-neh-uh MAY-ah ay-LAYK-tah C (motet [mo-TETT] by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])

Vineam meam non custodivi C VEE-neh-umm MEH-umm nohn kooss-toh-DEE-vih C (motet [mo-TETT] by Giovanni da Palestrina [jo-VAHN-nee dah pah-lay-STREE-nah])

Vines C Ricardo Viñes C ree-KAR-doh VEE-n’yayss

Vineta C vee-NAY-tah C (poem by Wilhelm Müller [VILL-hellm MÜL-lur] set to music by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])

Viniendo de chilecito C Viniendo de Chilecito C vee-neeAYN-doh day chee-lay-SEE-toh C (traditional Argentinian poem set to music by Carlos Guastavino [KAR-lawss gooahss-tah-VEE- no])

Vining C David Vining C DAY-vudd V¦-nihng

Vinko zganec C Vinko-Žganec C VEEN-kaw-zh’GAH-nettss

Vinogradsky C Alexander Vinogradsky C uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r vih-nah-GRAHD-skee

Vinzing C Ute Vinzing C OO-tuh FINN-tsihng

Viol C V¦-ull C (American pronunciation)

Viola C Francesco dalla Viola C frahn-CHAY-sko DAHL-lah veeO-lah

Viola C P. Anselm Viola C (P.) ahn-SELLM veeO-lah

Viola da braccio C veeO-lah dah BRAH-cho C (a 16th- and 17th-century term for a bowed string instrument played on the arm)

Viola da gamba C veeO-lah dah GAHM-bah C (a 16th- and 17th-century term for a bowed string instrument played on or betwen the knees)

Viola damore C viola d'amore C veeO-lah dah-MO-ray

Viola dbraccio C Viola d’braccio C vee-o-lah dah BRAH-cho C (a 16th- and 17th-century term for a bowed string instrument played on the arm)

Viola quebrada C veeO-lah kay-BRAH-duh C (Broken guitar) C (song by Heitor Villa-Lobos [ay-TAWR VEEL-luh-LO-bôôsh])

Violanta C veeo-LAHN-tah C (an opera, with music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold [{EH-rick WÔÔLF-gang KAWRN-gohld} AY-rihh VAWLF-gahng KAWRN-gawlt] and libretto by Hans Müller [HAHNSS MÜL-lur])

Viole C Rudolf Viole C ROO-dawlf feeO-luh

Viole damore C Viole d'amore C veeawl dah-mawr

Violetta C veeo-LAYT-tah C character in the opera La traviata [lah trah-veeAH-tah] — The Worldly Woman; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after Alexandre Dumas [ah-leck- sah6-dr’ dü-mah])

Violetta voi signor prendi queste limmagine C Ah, Violetta! / Voi? Signor? / Prendi, quest’è l’immagine C ah, veeo-LAYT-tah! / voee? see-n’YOHR? / PRAYN-dee kooAY-stay leem- MAH-jee-nay C (excerpt from the opera La traviata [lah trah-veeAH-tah] — The Worldly Woman; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after Alexandre Dumas [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ dü-mah])

Violette C Wesley la Violette C WESS-lee lah veeo-LETT

Violinkonzert a moll C Violinkonzert a-moll C feeo-LEEN-kawn-tsehrt ah-MAWL C (Violin Concerto in a Minor) C (composition by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])

Violinkonzert e dur C Violinkonzert E-dur C feeo-LEEN-kawn-tsehrt ay- DOOR C (Violin Concerto in E Major) C (composition by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])

Violinkonzert nr two C Violinkonzert Nr. 2 C feeo-LEEN-kawn-tsehrt Nr. 2 C (Violin Concerto No. 2) C (composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah- DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])

Violon C veeaw-law6 C (violin)

Violon baroque C veeaw-law6 bah-rawk C (baroque violin)

Violon per eco in lontano C Violon “per eco in lontano” C veeaw-law6 payr AY-ko een lohn- TAH-no C (violin for echo in the distance)

Violon principale C Violon “Principale” C veeaw-law6 preh6-see-pahl C (principal violin)

Violoncelle C veeaw-law6-sell C (cello) (French spelling and pronunciation)

Violoncellokonzert C feeo-lawn-TSELL-lo-kawn-tsehrt C (cello concerto)

Violons du roy C Les Violons du Roy C leh veeaw-law6 dü r’wah C (The King's Violins)

Viotta C Henri Viotta C HENN-ree vihOHT-tah C (known also as Henricus Anastasius [henn-REE-küss ah-nahss-TAH-zihüss] Viotta)

Viotta C Johannes Josephus Viotta C yo-HAHN-nuss yo-ZEH-füss vihOHT-tah

Viotti C Giovanni Battista Viotti C jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah veeOHT-tee Virdung C Sebastian Virdung C zay-BAH-stihahn FIHR-tôông

Virent prata hiemata C VIH-raynt PRAH-tuh hiheh-MAH-tuh C (Bleak fields grow green) C (excerpt from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah])

Virga jesse C Virga Jesse C VEER-guh EEAYSS-say C (motet [mo-TETT] by Anton Bruckner [AHN-tohohn BRÔÔK-nur])

Virgam virtutis tuae C VEER-gumm veer-TOO-tiss TOO-ay C (section of the Dixit Dominus [DEEK-sitt DAW-mih-nôôss] set to music by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh- rick HANN-d’l])

Virginie les larm aux yeux C Virginie, les larm’ aux yeux C veer-zhee-nee, leh larm o yö C (Virginia, With Tears in My Eyes) C (song by Joseph Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb])

Virgo prudentissima C O virgo prudentissima C o VEER-go proo-dayn-TEESS-sih-muh C (O most wise Virgin) C (six-voice song from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz [zhawss-keh6 day-pray])

Virgo splendens C O Virgo splendens C o VEER-go SPLAYN-dennz C (excerpt from the Llibre vermell of Montserrat [l’YEE-vray vehr-MELL (of) mawnt-sayr-RAHT] — pilgrim songs and dances associated with the Shrine to the Virgin at Montserrat [mahnt-sehr-RAHT])

Virgo virginum C O virgo virginum C o VEER-go VEER-jih-nôôm C (O Virgin of Virgins) C (six-voice song from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz [zhawss-keh6 day-pray]) C (anonymous antiphon [ANN-tuh-funn] from Medieval Cyprus)

Virgo virginum C VEER-go VEER-jih-nôôm C (section of Stabat Mater [STAH-baht MAH- tehr] set to music by Franz Joseph Haydn [FRAHNTSS YOHOH-zeff H¦-d'n])

Virizlay C Mihály Virizlay C {mih-HAH-lee v’RIZZ-lay} MIH-hahah-yee VIH-rizz-l§

Virtute numinis C veer-TOO-teh NÔÔ-mih-niss C (the Agnus Dei [AH-n’yôôss DAYEE] section from the Latin mass by an anonymous 13th- or 14th-century composer)

Virumbrales C Luis Lozano Virumbrales C looEESS lo-THAH-no vee-room-VRAH-laysss

Viscarra monje C Humberto Viscarra Monje C oom-VEHR-toh veess-KAR-rah MAWN-hay

Visconti C Alessandra Visconti C a-luss-SANN-druh viss-KAHN-tee

Visconti C Count Luchino Visconti C (Count) loo-KEE-no vee-SKOHN-tee C (known also as Count Luchino Visconti di Modrone [dee mo-DRO-nay])

Visee C Robert de Visée C ro-behr duh vee-zay Visetti C Alberto Antonio Visetti C ahl-BAYR-toh ahn-TAW-neeo vee-ZAYT-tee

Vishnevskaya C Galina Vishnevskaya C gah-LYEE-nuh vihsh-NYEFF-skuh-yuh C (known also as Galina Pavlovna [PAHF-luff-nuh] Vishnevskaya)

Visions fugitives C vee-zeeaw6 fü-zhee-teev C (composition by Serge Prokofiev [sehr-GAY prah-KAW-fiheff])

Visita quaesumus domine C Visita, quaesumus Domine C VEE-zih-tah, kooay-ZOO-môôss DAW-mih-neh C (motet [mo-TETT] by William Byrd [WILL-lihumm BURD])

Viski C János Viski C YAHAH-nawsh VIHSH-kee

Visnapuu C Henrik Visnapuu C HENN-rick VISS-nah-poooo

Vissi darte C Vissi d'arte C VEESS-see DAR-tay C (excerpt from the opera Tosca [TOH- skah]; music by Giacomo Puccini [jah-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])

Vita de la mia vita C VEE-tah day lah MEE-ah VEE-tah C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by William Hawley [WILL-lihumm HAW-lee])

Vitali C Filippo Vitali C fee-LEEP-po vee-TAH-lee

Vitali C Giovanni Battista Vitali C jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah vee-TAH-lee

Vitalini C Alberico Vitalini C ahl-bay-REE-ko vee-tah-LEE-nee

Vitalis C George Vitalis C JAW-urj v§-TA-liss C (a Greek-American who modified his original name of Georges [YOHR-guss] or Georgios [YOHR-ghihuss or YEHAWR-hihuss] to the American equivalent)

Vitam C Et Vitam C ett VEE-tahm C (section of the Messa Solenne [MAYSS-sah so- LAYN-nay] — Solemn Mass — set to music by Giovanni Baptista Pergolesi [jo-VAHN-nee bahp-TEE-stah payr-go-LAY-zee])

Vite perdite C VEE-teh PAYR-dih-tay C (Once I lived according to the law of depravity) C (excerpt from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah])

Vitellia C vee-TAYL-leeah C (character in the opera La clemenza di Tito [lah klay-MAYN- tsah dee TEE-toh] — The Clemency of Titus; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF- gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Caterino Mazzolà [kah-tay-REE-no maht- tso-LAH] after Metastasio [may-tah-STAH-zeeo]) Vito C El Vito C ell VEE-toh C (song by Fernando J. Obradors [fehr-NAHN-doh (J.) o- VRAH-thawrss])

Vito C Gioconda de Vito C jo-KOHN-dah day VEE-toh

Vitolins C Jkab V§toliÃš C YEHEH-kahb VEE-toh-lih6sh C (in Latvia, this Latvian National would be known as Jkabs V§toliÃš [YEHEH-kahbss VEE-toh-lih6sh])

Vitols C J~zeps Vitols C YAHAH-zeppss VIH-tôôohlss C (in Latvia, this Latvian National would be known as J~zeps V§tols [YAHAH-zeppss VEE-tôôohlss])

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-tüah])

Vitry C Philippe de Vitry C fee-leep duh vee-tree C (known also as Philippus de Vitriaco [fih- LEE-pôôss day vee-trih-AH-ko])

Vitsippan C VITT-seep-pahn C (The White Anemone) C (poem by F. M. Franzén [(F. M.) FRAHN-seeuhn] set to music by Jean Sibelius [zhah6 sih-BAY-lihôôss])

Vittadini C Franco Vittadini C FRAHN-ko veet-tah-DEE-nee

Vittorelli C Jacopo Vittorelli C YAH-ko-po veet-toh-RAYL-lee

Vittori C Loreto Vittori C lo-RAY-toh veet-TOH-ree

Vittoria C Tommaso Luigi da Vittoria C tohm-MAH-zo looEE-jee dah veet-TOH-reeah C (known also as Tomás Luis de Victoria [toh-MAHSS looEESS day veek-TOH-reeah])

Vittoria vittoria C Vittoria, vittoria! C veet-TOH-reeah, veet-TOH-reeah! C (Victory, victory!) C song by Giacomo Carissimi [JAH-ko-mo kah-REESS-see-mee])

Vittoria vittoria C Vittoria! Vittoria! C veet-TOH-reeah! veet-TOH-reeah! C (excerpt from the opera Tosca [TOH-skah]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])

Viu C Vicente Salas Viú C vee-SAYN-tay SAH-lahss veeOO

Viva fiamma del seno C VEE-vah feeAH-mah dayl SAY-no C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Johann Grabbe [YO-hahn GRAHB-buh])

Viva il vino C VEE-vah eel VEE-no C (excerpt from the opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah- vahl-lay-REE-ah roo-stee-KAH-nah] — Rustic Chivalry; music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee]; libretto by Guido Menasci [gooEE-doh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti [jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO-nee-toht-TSAYT-tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo- VAHN-nee VAYR-gah])

Viva il vino spumeggiante C VEE-vah eel VEE-no spoo-mayd-JAHN-tay C (excerpt from the opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah-vahl-lay-REE-ah roo-stee-KAH-nah] — Rustic Chivalry; music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee]; libretto by Guido Menasci [gooEE- doh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti [jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO-nee-toht-TSAY- tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee VAYR-gah])

Viva la mancha C Viva la Mancha! C VEE-vah lah MAHN-chah! C (song by José Maria Artes [ho-SAY mah-REE-ah AR-tayss])

Viva orduena C Viva Ordueña C VEE-vah awr-dooAY-n’yah C (a medieval dance song of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Morocco)

Viva tutte and dolci momenti C Viva tutte & dolci momenti C VEE-vah TOOT-tay (and) DOHL-chee mo-MAYN-tee C (composition by Antonio Sacchini [ahn-TAW-neeo sahk-KEE- nee] and William Shield [WILL-lihumm SHEELD])

Vivace alla zingarese C Vivace alla Zingarese C vee-VAH-chay AHL-lah dzeen-gah-RAY- zay

Vivace e fantastico C vee-VAH-chay ay fahn-tah-STEE-ko

Vivace non troppo C vee-VAH-chay nohn TROHP-po

Vivaci ma ritmico C vee-VAH-chee mah REET-mee-ko

Vivacissimamente C vee-vah-cheess-see-mah-MAYN-tay

Vivaldi C Antonio Vivaldi C ahn-TAW-neeo vee-VAHL-dee C (known also as Antonio Lucio [LOO-cho] Vivaldi)

Vivave ma non troppo C Vivave, ma non troppo C vee-VAH-vay, mah nohn TROHP-po

Vivell C Cölestin Vivell C KÖ-luh-stinn VEE-vull

Vives C Amadeo Vives C ah-mah-THAY-o VEE-vayss

Vives C Rafael Benedito y Vives C rah-fah-ELL bay-nay-THEE-toh ee VEE-vayss

Vivi ingrato a lei daccanto C Vivi, ingrato, a lei d'accanto C VEE-vee, een-GRAH-toh, a LAYEE dahk-KAHN-toh C (aria from the opera Roberto Devereux [raw-behr-toh deh-v’rö]; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano [sahl-vah-DOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no] after François Ancelot [frah6-swah ah6- s’lo])

Vivier C Albert-Joseph Vivier C ahl-behr-zho-zeff vee-veeay

Vivier C Claude Vivier C klohd vee-veeay

Vivier C Eugène Vivier C ö-zhenn vee-veeay C (known also as Eugène-Léon [ö-zhenn-lay- aw6] Vivier)

Vivo C VEE-vo

Vix C Geneviève Vix C zheh-nuh-veeevv vee

Vlad C Roman Vlad C raw-MAHN VLAHD

Vladigerov C Alexander Vladigerov C ah-leck-SAHN-der vlah-dih-GHEH-rawf

Vladigerov C Pantcho Vladigerov C PAHN-cho vlah-dih-GHEH-rawf

Vladimirs recitative and cavatina C Vladimir's Recitative and Cavatina C vlah-DYEE-mihrz reh-suh-tuh-TEEV (and) ka-vuh-TEE-nuh C (excerpt from the opera Prince Igor [(Prince) EE-gur]; music by Alexander Borodin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r buh-rah-DYEEN] and libretto by Borodin after Vladimir Stasov [vlah-DYEE-mihr STAH-suff])

Vlasov C Vladimir Vlasov C vlah-DYEE-mihr VLAH-suff C (known also as Vladimir Alexandrovich [uh-lyick-SAHN-druh-vihch] Vlasov)

Vlatkovic C Radovan Vlatkovi C RAH-daw-vahn VLAHT-kaw-vihch

Vlazinskaya C Valeria Vlazinskaya C vah-LAY-rihuh vlah-ZINN-skuh-yuh

Vleck C Jacob Van Vleck C JAY-kubb vann VLECK

Vliet C Cornelius Van Vliet C kawr-NAY-lihüss funn VLEET

Vlijmen C Jan van Vlijmen C YAHN funn VLAY-munn

Vltava C VULL-tuh-vuh C (composition by BedÍich Smetana [BEDD-rshihk SMEH-tuh- nuh] C (Vltava is the Czech title for the composition known in English as The Moldau [MOHL- dahôô] and in German as Die Moldau [dee MAWL-dahôô])

Vocalise C vo-kah-LEEZ C (excerpt from Vox balaenae [VOHKSS bah-LAHAY-nahay] — The Voice of the Whale — by George Crumb [JAW-urj KRUMM]) C (composition by Sergei Rachmaninov [sehr-GAYEE rahk-MAH-nyih-nuff]) Vocalise etude en forme de habanera C Vocalise-étude (en forme de habanera) C vaw-kah-leez- ay-tüd (ah6 fawrm duh ah-bah-neh-rah) C (composition by Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah- vell])

Voce dal cielo C Una voce dal cielo C OO-nah vo-chay dahl CHAY-lo C (celestial voice) C (character in the opera Don Carlo [dohn KAR-lo] by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR- dee]; libretto by François Méry [frah6-swah may-ree] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü law- kl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur])

Voce festiva C 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-reeay kohn TROHM-bah SO-lah] — Seven Arias With Solo Trumpet — by Alessandro Scarlatti [ah-layss-SAHN-dro skar- LAHT-tee])

Voce poco fa C Una voce poco fa C OO-nah VO-chay PO-ko FAH C (aria featuring Rosina [ro-ZEE-nah] in the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-beeAY-ray dee see-VEE-leeah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo- ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])

Vocem incunditatis C VO-chemm een-kôôn-dih-TAH-tiss C (Gregorian chant)

Vocht C Lodewijk de Vocht C LO-duh-wayk deh VAWKT

Vockerodt C Gottfried Vockerodt C GAWT-freet FAW-kuh-rawt

Vockner C Josef Vockner C YOHOH-zeff FAWK-nur

Vodicka C Leo Marian Vodi ka C LEH-aw MAH-rihahn VAW-dihch-kuh

Vodrazka C Jaroslav Vodrážka C YAH-raw-slahf VAW-drahahzh-kuh

Vodusek C Valens Vodušek C VAH-lennss VAW-doo-sheck

Vogel C Adolf Vogel C AHAH-dawlf FO-gull

Vogel C Charles Louis Adolphe Vogel C sharl lôôee ah-dawlf FO-gull

Vogel C Die Vögel C dee FÖ-gull C (The Birds) C (poem by Friedrich von Schlegel [FREET-rihh fawn SHLAY-gull] set to music by Franz Schubert [FRAHNTSS SHOO-bert])

Vogel C Emil Vogel C AY-mill FO-gull C (known also as Johannes Emil Eduard Bernhard Vogel [yo-HAHN-nuss AY-mill AY-dôôart BEHRN-hart FO-gull]) Vogel C Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Vogel C FREET-rihh VILL-hellm FEHR-tee-nahnt FO-gull

Vogel C Jaroslav Vogel C YAH-raw-slahf FO-gull

Vogel C Johann Christoph Vogel C YO-hahn KRIH-stawf FO-gull

Vogel C Wilhelm Moritz Vogel C VILL-hellm MO-rittss FO-gull

Vogel C Wladimir Vogel C vlah-DYEE-mihr VAW-ghell C (known also as Wladimir Rudolfovich [rôô-DAWL-fuh-vihch] Vogel)

Vogeleis C Martin Vogeleis C MAR-teen FO-guh-l§ss

Vogelfanger bin ich jaC Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja C dayr FO-gull-fehng-ur binn ihh YAH C (aria featuring Papageno [pah-pah-GAY-no] in the opera Die Zauberflöte [dee tSAHÔÔ-bur- flö-tuh] — The Magic Flute; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah- DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder [ay-MAHAH-nooayl SHEE-kah-nay- dur])

Vogelhandler C Der Vogelhändler C dayr FO-gull-hennt-lur C (The Bird Merchant) C (an operetta, with music by Karl Zeller [KARL TSELL-lur]; libretto by Moritz West [MO-rittss VESST] and Ludvig Held [LOOT-vihh HELLT] after Varin [vah-reh6] and Biéville [beeay- veel])

Vogelsang C Monsieur Vogelsang C muh-seeö FO-gull-zahng C (character in the opera Der Schauspieldirektor [dayr SHAHÔÔ-shpeel-tih-reck-tawr] — The Play Director; a one-act comedy, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO- tsart] and libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie [GAWT-leep SHTEH-fah-nee])

Vogelweide C Walther von der Vogelweide C VAHL-tur fawn dayr FO-gull-v§-duh

Vogl C Heinrich Vogl C H¦N-rihh FAW-g’l

Vogl C Johann Michael Vogl C YO-hahn MIH-hah-ell FAW-g’l

Vogl C Johann Nepomuk Vogl C YO-hahn NAY-po-môôk FO-g'l

Vogler C Georg Joseph Vogler C GAY-awrk YOHOH-zeff FAWK-lur

Voglio di vita uscir C VO-leeo dee VEE-tah oo-SHEER C (vocal composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHÔÔ-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])

Vogrich C Max Vogrich C {MACKSS VO-grihch} MAHKSS FAWK-rihh C (known also as Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich [MAHKSS VILL-hellm KARL FAWK-rihh]) Vogt C Augustus Stephen Vogt C aw-GUSS-tuss STEE-vunn VOHT

Vogt C Gustave Vogt C GÔÔSS-tahf FAWT C (French pronunciation güs-tahv vawt)

Vogt C Hans Vogt C HAHNSS FAWT

Vogt C Johann Vogt C YO-hahn FAWT

Voi che del dio vivante C Voi che del Dio vivante C voee kay dayl DEE-o vee-VAHN-tay C (aria from the opera La Juive [lah zhüeev] — The Jewess; music by Fromental Halévy [fraw- mah6-tahl ah-lay-vee] and libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])

Voi che sapete C Voi, che sapete C VOEE, kay sah-PAY-tay C (aria from the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro] — The Marriage of Figaro; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o- güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh])

Voi che sapete che cosa e amor C VOEE kay sah-PAY-tay kay KO-zah ay ah-MOHR 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 [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh])

Voi lo sapete C VOEE lo sah-PAY-tay C (aria from the opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah-vahl- lay-REE-ah roo-stee-KAH-nah] — Rustic Chivalry; music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee]; libretto by Guido Menasci [gooEE-doh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti [jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO-nee-toht-TSAYT-tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo- VAHN-nee VAYR-gah])

Voi lo sapete o mamma C Voi lo sapete, o mamma C VOEE lo sah-PAY-tay, o MAHM-mah C (quartet from the opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah-vahl-lay-REE-ah roo-stee-KAH-nah] — Rustic Chivalry; music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee]; libretto by Guido Menasci [gooEE-doh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti [jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO- nee-toht-TSAYT-tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee VAYR-gah])

Voi nemico crudele C Voi, nemico crudele C VOEE, nay-MEE-ko kroo-DAY-lay C (Because of You, Cruel Enemy) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Giaches de Wert [ZHAHSH deh VEHRT])

Voici C Les voici! C leh vwah-see! C (choral excerpt from the opera Carmen [KAR-m’n]; music by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6-ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee]) Voici donc les debris C Voici donc les débris C vwah-see daw6k leh day-bree C (aria from the opera Robert le diable [ro-behr luh deeah-bl'] — Robert the Devil; music by Giacomo Meyerbeer [JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr] and libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])

Voici voici la jardiniereC Voici voici la jardinière C vwah-see vwah-see lah zhar-dee-neeehr C (excerpt from Choix d’airs de l’opéra “Zanetta” [shwah dehr duh law-pay-rah zah-nett-tah] — Selected Airs From the Opera Zanetta) — by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber [dah-neeell-frah6- swah ess-pree o-bay])

Voicu C Ion Voicu C yeeAWN VAWIH-koo

Voigt C Henriette Voigt C henn-ree-ETT-tuh FAWIHT

Voigt C Johann Georg Hermann Voigt C YO-hahn GAY-awrk HEHR-mahn FAWIHT

Voila cest linfant C Le voilà! C’est l’Infant! C luh v’wah-lah! sesst leh6-fah6! C (excerpt from the opera Don Carlos [dohn KAR-lohss]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR- dee]; libretto by François Méry [frah6-swah may-ree] and Camille Du Locle [{kah-meel dü law- kl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur])

Voisin C Roger Voisin C RAH-jur VAWIH-s’n C (known also as Roger Louis Voisin [raw- zhay lôôee vwah-zeh6])

Voix de basse C vwah duh bahss C (bass voice) C (character in the opera Les contes d'Hoffmann [leh kaw6t dawf-mahn] — The Tales of Hoffmann; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee- shell kar-ray])

Voix de femmes des choeurs de toulouse midi pyrenees C Voix de femmes des Chœurs de Toulouse-Midi-Pyrénées C vwah duh femm day kör duh tôô-lôôz-mee-dee-pee-ray-nay C (Chorus of Central Toulouse-Pyrenee [PIH-ruh-nee] Women)

Vokalise C vo-ka-LEEZ C (Vocalise) C (song by Sergei Rachmaninov [sehr-GAYEE rahk- MAH-nyih-nuff])

Volans C Kevin Volans C KEH-vunn VO-lunnz

Volant C Le volant C luh vaw-lah6 C (the shuttlecock) C (excerpt from the suite Jeux d’enfants [zhö dah6-fah6] — Children’s Games — by Georges Bizet [zhawrzh bee-zay])

Volare C vo-LAH-ray C (song by Migliacci [mee-leeAH-chee] and D. Modugno [(D.) mo- DOO-n’yo])

Volbach C Fritz Volbach C FRITTSS FAWL-pahk Volckmar C Wilhelm Volckmar C VILL-hellm FAWLK-mar C (known also as Wilhelm Adam Valentin [AHAH-dahm FAHAH-lenn-teen] Volckmar)

Voldemar C Michel Woldemar C mee-shell vawl-duh-mar

Volek C Jaroslav Volek C YAH-raw-slahf VAW-leck

Volker C Franz Völker C FRAHNTSS FÖL-kur

Volkert C Franz Volkert C FRAHNTSS FAWL-kert C (known also as Franz Joseph Volkert C [FRAHNTSS YOHOH-zeff FAWL-kert])

Volkmann C Robert Volkmann C ROHOH-bert FAWLK-mahn C (known also as Friedrich [FREET-rihh] Robert Volkmann)

Volkonsky C Andrei Volkonsky C ahn-DRAYEE vahl-KAWN-skee C (known also as Andrei Mikhailovich [mee-KAHIH-luh-vihch] Volkonsky)

Volkov C Feodor Volkov C fehAW-dur VAWL-kuff C (known also as Feodor Grigorievich [gree-GAW-riheh-vihch] Volkov)

Volkston C Im Volkston C imm FAWLKSS-tawn C (composition by Amo Holz [AH-mo HAWLTSS])

Vollenweider C Andreas Vollenweider C ahn-DRAY-ahss FAWL-lunn-v§-dur

Vollerthun C Georg Vollerthun C GAY-awrk FAWL-lur-tôôn

Voloshinov C Victor Voloshinov C VEEK-tur vah-lah-SHEE-nuff

Volpe C Arnold Volpe C AR-nulld VAWL-pee C (known also as Arnold David [DAY-vudd] Volpe)

Volpe C Stefan Volpe C {STEH-funn VAWL-pee} SHTEH-fahn VAWL-puh

Volpi C Giacomo Lauri-Volpi C JAH-ko-mo LAHÔÔ-ree-VOHL-pee

Volta C Jean-Marc Volta C zhah6-mark vawl-tah

Volta C VOHL-tah C (composition by Michelangelo Galilei [mee-kay-LAHN-jay-lo gah-lee- LAY-ee])

Voltaire C vawl-tehr

Volte C VAWL-tuh C (song by Michael Praetorius [MIH-hah-ell prahih-TOH-rihôôss]) Volver C A qué volver C ah KAY vawl-VEHR C (Why Come Back) C (a zamba [SAHM- bah]-style song) C (poem by Marta Mendicute [MAR-tah mayn-dee-KOO-tay] set to music by Eduardo Falú [ay-thooAR-doh fah-LOO])

Volver C vawl-VEHR C (tango by Carlos Gardel [KAR-lawss gar-DELL] and A. Le Pera [(A.) lay PAY-rah])

Vom brandt C Jobst vom Brandt C YAWPST fawm BRAHNT C (known also as Jodocus de Brant [YO-doh-kôôss duh BRAHNT])

Vom strande C fohm SHTRAHN-tuh C (From the Shore) C (Spanish poem translated to German by Joseph von Eichendorff [YOHOH-zeff fawn ¦-hunn-tawrf] and set to music by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])

Vomacka C Boleslav Vomá ka C BAW-leh-slahf VAW-mahahch-kah

Von adelburg C August, Ritter von Adelburg C AHÔÔ-gôôst, RITT-tur fawn AH-dull-pôôrk

Von alpenheim C Ilse von Alpenheim C ILL-zuh fawn AHL-punn-h§m

Von apfelbluten einen kranzC Von Apfelblüten einen Kranz C fawn AHP-full-blü-tunn ¦- nunn KRAHNTSS C (excerpt from the operetta Das Land des Lächelns [dahss LAHNT dess LEH-hullnss] —The Land of Smiles; music by Franz Lehár [FRAHNZ leh-HAHAHR]; lyrics by Victor Léon [veek-tawr lay-aw6], Ludwig Herzer [LOOT-vihh HEHR-tsur], and Fritz Löhner [FRITTSS LÖ-nur])

Von arnim C Achim von Arnim C AH-kimm fawn AR-nimm

Von asow C Erich H. Mueller von Asow C AY-rihh (H.) MÜL-lur fawn AH-zawv C (known also as Erich Hermann [HEHR-mahn] Mueller von Asow) C (Mueller is also spelled Müller [MÜL-lur])

Von bartels C Wolfgang von Bartels C VAWLF-gahng fawn BAR-tullss

Von bary C Alfred von Bary C AHL-frayt fawn BAH-ree C (known also as Alfred Erwin [EHR-vinn] von Bary)

Von bausznern C Waldemar von Bausznern C VAHL-tuh-mar fawn BAHÔÔSS-nern C (the last name is also spelled Baussnern)

Von beecke C Ignaz von Beecke C IGG-nahtss fawn BAY-kuh C (known also as Notger Ignaz Franz [NAWT-gur IGG-nahtss FRAHNTSS] von Beecke)

Von beliczay C Julius von Beliczay C YÔÔ-lihôôsh fawn BEH-lih-ts§ C (known also as Gyula von Beliczay [JÔÔ-lah fawn BEH-lih-ts§]) Von benda C Hans von Benda C HAHNSS fawn BENN-tah

Von berg C Johann von Berg C YO-hahn vunn BEHRK

Von bernuth C Julius von Bernuth C YOO-lihôôss fawn BEHR-nôôt

Von biber C Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber C H¦N-rihh IGG-nahtss FRAHNTSS fawn BEE-burC (known also as Heinrich Biber [H¦N-rihh BEE-bur])

Von bingen C Hildegard von Bingen C HILL-tuh-gart fawn BIHNG-unn

Von binzer C Kim von Binzer C KIMM fawn BINN-tsuh

Von blon C Franz von Blon C FRAHNTSS fawn BLOHN

Von bodman C Emanuel von Bodman C ay-MAHAH-nooayl fawn BAWT-mahn

Von bose C Hans-Jürgen von Bose C HAHNSS-YÜR-gunn fawn BO-zuh

Von brouck C Arnold von Brouck C ar-NOHLT vunn BRÔÔK C (known also as Arnold von Bruck [BRÜK], Arnold de Bruges [ar-NOHL deh brüzh], and Arnoldo Flamengo [ar- NOHL-doh flah-MAYN-go])

Von bruck C Arnold von Bruck C ar-NOHLT vunn BRÜK C (known also as Arnold von Brouck [BRÔÔK], Arnold de Bruges [deh brüzh], and Arnoldo Flamengo [ar-NOHL-doh flah-MAYN-go])

Von brucken fock C Emil von Brucken-Fock C ay-MEEL funn BRÜ-kenn-FAWK

Von brucken fock C Gerard von Brucken-Fock C heh-RART funn BRÜ-kenn-FAWK

Von bulow C Hans von Bülow C HAHNSS fawn BÜ-lawv C (known also as Hans Guido von Bülow [HAHNSS gooEE-doh fawn BÜ-lawv])

Von carolsfeld C Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld C LOOT-vihh SHNAWR fawn KAH- rawlss-fellt

Von carolsfeld C Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld C mahl-FEE-nah SHNAWR fawn KAH- rawlss-fellt

Von chamisso C Adalbert von Chamisso C AHAH-dahl-pert fawn kah-MISS-so

Von collin C Matthäus von Collin C maht-TAY-ôôss fawn KAWL-linn

Von dadelsen C Georg von Dadelsen C GAY-awrk fawn DAH-dull-sunn Von daumer C Hafis von Daumer C HAH-fiss fawn DAHÔÔ-mur

Von der goltz C Joachim Freiherr von der Goltz C YOHOH-ah-kimm FR¦-hehr fawn dayr GAWLTSS

Von der hagen C Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen C FREET-rihh H¦N-rihh fawn der HAH-gunn

Von der hoya C Amadeo von der Hoya C ah-mah-DAY-o vahn der HO-yah

Von der jugend C Von der Jugend C fawn dayr YOO-gunnt C (Of Youth) C (excerpt from Das Lied von der Erde [dahss LEET fawn dayr EHR-tuh] — The Song of the Earth — a symphonic song cycle by Gustav Mahler [GÔÔ-stahf MAHAH-lur])

Von der schonheit C Von der Schönheit C fawn dayr SHÖN-h§t C (Of Beauty) C (excerpt from Das Lied von der Erde [dahss LEET fawn dayr EHR-tuh] — The Song of the Earth — a symphonic song cycle by Gustav Mahler [GÔÔ-stahf MAHAH-lur])

Von der vogelweide C Walther von der Vogelweide C VAHL-tur fawn dayr FO-gull-v§-duh

Von destouches C Franz von Destouches C FRAHNTSS fawn deh-tôôsh C (known also as Franz Seraph von Destouches [FRAHNTSS SAY-rahf fawn deh-tôôsh])

Von dohnanyi C Christoph von dohnányi C KRISS-tawf fawn dohk-NAHAHN-yee

Von dohnanyi C Ernst von Dohnányi C EHRNST fawn dohk-NAHAHN-yee C (known also as Ernö [EHR-nö] von Dohnányi)

Von domanovecz C Nikolaus Zmeskall, Edler von Domanovecz C NIH-kaw-lahôôsh ZMEHSH-kahl, EDD-lehr vohn DOH-mah-naw-vettss C (known also as Nikolaus Paul [PAHÔÔL] Zmeskall, Edler von Domanovecz)

Von egmond C Max van Egmond C MAHKSS funn EHK-mawnt

Von eichendorff C Joseph von Eichendorff C YOHOH-zeff fawn ¦-hunn-tawrf

Von erbach C Amalia Catharina von Erbach C ah-MAHAH-leeah kah-tah-REE-nah fawn EHR-pahk

Von ewiger liebe C Von ewiger Liebe C fawn AY-vih-gur LEE-buh C (On Everlasting Love) C (Wendish poem translated to German by Josef Wenzig [YOHOH-zeff VENN-tsihh] and set to music by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS]) Von eybler C Joseph Leopold, Edler von Eybler C YOHOH-zeff LAY-o-pawlt, ETT-lur fawn ¦-blur

Von fallersleben C Heinrich August Hoffmann von Fallersleben C H¦N-rihh AHÔÔ-gôôst HAWF-mahn fawn FAHL-lurss-lay-bunn C (known also as Heinrich August Hoffmann)

Von faninal C Herr von Faninal C HEHR fawn FAH-nee-nahl C (character in the opera Der Rosenkavalier [dayr RO-zunn-kah-fah-leer] — The Knight of the Rose; music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS] and libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal [HOO-go fawn HAWF-mahn-stahl])

Von fremden landern und menschen C Von fremden Ländern und Menschen C fawn FREMM- tunn LENN-turn ôônt MENN-shunn C (excerpt from Kinderszenen [KINN-tur-s’tsay-nunn] — Scenes From Childhood — by Robert Schumann [ROHOH-bert SHOO-mahn])

Von fulda C Adam von Fulda C AHAH-dahm fawn FÔÔL-tah

Von gallenberg C Wenzel Robert, Graf von Gallenberg C VENN-tsell ROHOH-bert, GRAHF fawn GAHL-lunn-pehrk

Von gilm C Hermann von Gilm C HEHR-mahn fawn GHILM

Von gluck C Christoph Willibald von Gluck C KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK

Von goldschmidt C Adalbert von Goldschmidt C AHAH-dahl-pert fawn GAWLT-shmitt

Von grimm C Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm C FREET-rihh MELL-hihawr, bah- ROHN fawn GRIMM

Von halem C Victor von Halem C FICK-tawr fawn HAH-lumm

Von hausegger C FREET-rihh fawn HAHÔÔ-zegg-gur

Von hausegger C Siegmund von Hausegger C ZEEK-môônt fawn HAHÔÔ-zegg-gur

Von hellborn C Heinrich Kreissle von Hellborn C H¦N-rihh KR¦SS-luh fawn HELL-pawrn

Von helmholtz C Hermann von Helmholtz C HEHR-mahn fawn HELLM-hawltss C (known also as Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz [HEHR-mahn LOOT-vihh FEHR-tee- nahnt fawn HELLM-hawltss])

Von herbeck C Johann, Ritter von Herbeck C YO-hahn, RITT-tur fawn HEHR-peck C (known also as Johann Franz [FRAHNTSS], Ritter von Herbeck)

Von herzogenberg C Heinrich, Freiherr von Herzogenberg C H¦N-rihh, FR¦-hehr fawn hehr- TSO-gunn-pehrk C (known also as Leopold Heinrich Picot de Peccaduc, Freiherr von Herzogenberg [LAY-o-pawlt H¦N-rihh pee-ko duh peck-kah-dük, FR¦-hehr fawn hehr- TSO-gunn-pehrk])

Von hessen C Alexander Friedrich, Landgraf von Hessen C ah-leck-SAHN-tur FREET-rihh, LAHNT-grahf fawn HESS-sunn

Von hiller C Ferdinand von Hiller C FEHR-tee-nahnt fawn HILL-lur C (known also as Ferdinand Hiller)

Von hochberg C Hans Heinrich, XIV, Bolko Graf von Hochberg C HAHNSS H¦N-rihh, XIV, BAWL-ko GRAHF fawn HOHK-perk C (Graf = Count)

Von hoesslin C Franz von Hoesslin C FRAHNTSS fawn HÖSS-linn

Von hofmannsthal C Hugo von Hofmannsthal C HOO-go fawn HAWF-mahn-stahl

Von holst C Gustavus Theodore von Holst C güss-TAH-vüss TEE-ôô-dawr vawn HAWLST C (known also as Gustav Holst [GUSS-tuvv HOHLST])

Von holstein C Franz von Holstein C FRAHNTSS fawn HAWL-sht§n C (known also as Franz Friedrich [FREET-rihh] von Holstein)

Von hornau C Martin Gerbert, Freiherr von Hornau C MAR-teen GHEHR-pert, FR¦-hehr fawn HAWR-nahôô

Von hornbostel C Erich Moritz von Hornbostel C AY-rihh MO-rittss fawn HAWRN-pawss- tull

Von hornstein C Robert von Hornstein C ROHOH-bert fawn HAWRN-sht§n

Von janko C Paul von Jankó C PAHÔÔL fawn YAHN-kawaw

Von karajan C Herbert von Karajan C HEHR-pert fawn KAH-rah-yahn

Von kaskel C Karl von Kaskel C KARL fawn KAHSS-kull

Von keller C Gottfried von Keller C GAWT-freet fawn KELL-lur

Von keussler C Gerhard von Keussler C GAYR-hart fawn KOYSS-lur

Von knorr C Ernst-Lothar von Knorr C EHRNST-LAW-tar fawn k’NAWR

Von koch C Erland von Koch C AR-lahnd vawn KAWK C (known also as Sigurd Christian [SEE-gürd KRISS-tihahn] Erland von Koch) Von koch C Sigurd von Koch C SEE-gürd vawn KAWK C (known also as Richert Sigurd Valdemar von Koch [REE-chert SEE-gürd VAHL-duh-mar vawn KAWK])

Von kochel C Ludwig, Ritter von Köchel C LOOT-vihh, RITT-tur fawn KÖ-hull C (known also as Ludwig Alois Ferdinand, Ritter von Köchel [LOOT-vihh AHAH-lo-eess FEHR- tee-nahnt, RITT-tur fawn KÖ-hull])

Von konigslow C Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Königslöw C YO-hahn VILL-hellm kawr- NAY-lihôôss fawn KÖ-nick-slöv

Von konigslow C Otto Friedrich von Königslöw C AWT-toh FREET-rihh fawn KÖ-nick- slöv

Von kraus C Felix von Kraus C FAY-lickss fawn KRAHÔÔSS

Von krufft C Nikolaus von Krufft C NEE-ko-lahôôss fawn KRÔÔFT

Von kulm C Walter Müller von Kulm C VAHL-tur MÜL-lur fawn KÔÔLM

Von kunits C Luigi von Kunits C {looEE-jee vahn k’YOO-nittz} looEE-jee fawn KOO-nittss

Von landwehr C Franz von Landwehr C FRAHNTSS fawn LAHNT-vayr

Von leitner C Karl Gottfried von Leitner C KARL GAWT-freet fawn L¦T-nur

Von lemcke C Karl von Lemcke C KARL fawn LEMM-kuh

Von lichnowsky C Prince Karl von Lichnowsky C (Prince) KARL fawn lihh-NAWV-skee

Von lichtenstein C Karl August, Freiherr von Lichtenstein C KARL AHÔÔ-gôôst, FR¦-hehr fawn LIHH-tunn-sht§n

Von liliencron C Rochus, Freiherr von Liliencron C RAW-kôôss, FR¦-hehr fawn LEE-leen- krawn C (known also as Rochus Traugott Ferdinand [TRAHÔÔ-gawt FEHR-tee-nahnt], Freiherr von Liliencron)

Von lindpaintner C Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner C PAY-tur YOHOH-zeff fawn LINNT- pahihnt-nur

Von lubeck C Schmidt von Lübeck C SHMITT fawn LÜ-beck

Von martinez C Marianne von Martínez C mah-ree-AHN-nuh fawn mar-TEE-nehth

Von meck C Nadezhda von Meck C nah-DYEZZ-duh fawn MECK Von meyer C Leopold von Meyer C LAY-o-pawlt fawn M¦-ur C (known also as Leopold de Meyer [LAY-o-pawlt duh M¦-ur])

Von mihalovich C Edmund von Mihalovich C EDD-môônd vawn MIH-hah-lo-vihch

Von mojsisovics C Roderich, Edler von Mojsisovics C RO-duh-rihh, ETT-lur fawn MOEE- sih-saw-vihch C (known also as Roderich, Edler von Mojsisovics-Mojsvár [MOEESS-vahahr])

Von mollendorff C Willi von Möllendorff C VILL-lee fawn MÖL-lunn-tawrf

Von mosel C Ignaz Franz von Mosel C EEG-nahtss FRAHNTSS fawn MO-zull

Von munzberg C Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg C FAY-lickss V¦N-gart-nur, ETT- lur fawn MÜNTSS-pehrk C (known also as Paul [PAHÔÔL] Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg)

Von neukomm C Sigismund, Ritter von Neukomm C ZEE-ghiss-môônt, RITT-tur fawn NOY-kawm

Von oettingen C Arthur Joachim von Oettingen C AR-tôôr YOHOH-ah-kimm fawn ÖT-tihng- unn

Von otter C Anne Sofie von Otter C AHN-nuh ZO-fee fawn AWT-tur

Von paradis C Maria-Theresia von Paradis C mah-REE-ah-tay-RAY-zihah fawn PAH-rah- diss

Von perfall C Karl, Freiherr von Perfall C KARL, FR¦-hehr fawn PEHR-fahl

Von perger C Richard von Perger C RIH-hart fawn PEHR-gur

Von platen C August Graf von Platen C AHÔÔ-gôôst GRAHF fawn PLAH-tunn C (Graf = Count)

Von pocci C Franz, Graf von Pocci C FRAHNTSS, GRAHF fawn PO-chee C (Graf = Count)

Von poissl C Johann Nepomuk, Freiherr von Poissl C YO-hahn NAY-po-môôk, FR¦-hehr fawn POIHSS-s’l

Von preyer C Gottfried von Preyer C GAWT-freet fawn PR¦-ur

Von prochazka C Rudolf von Procházka C RÔÔ-dawlf vawn PRAW-kahahz-kuh

Von puttlingen C Johann Vesque von Püttlingen C YO-hahn fessk fawn PÜTT-lihng-unn Von ratschky C Joseph Franz von Ratschky C YOHOH-zeff FRAHNTSS fawn RAHTSH-kee

Von redwitz C Oscar von Redwitz C AW-skar fawn RETT-vittss

Von reichenau C Berno von Reichenau C BEHR-no fawn R¦-huh-nahôô

Von reuenthal C Neidhardt von Reuenthal C N¦T-hart fawn ROY-unn-tahl C (Neidhart [N¦T-hart] and Nithart [NIH-tart] are alternative spellings of Neidhardt)

Von reutter C Georg von Reutter C GAY-awrk fawn ROYT-tur C (known also as Georg Reutter)

Von reutter C Georg von Reutter C GAY-awrk fawn ROYT-tur C (known also as Johann Adam Joseph [YO-hahn AHAH-dahm YOHOH-zeff KARL] Georg von Reutter and Johann Georg von Reutter)

Von reznicek C Emil Nikolaus von Rezni ek C AY-meel NEE-ko-lahôôss fawn RETTSS- nih-check

Von riehl C Wilhelm Heinrich von Riehl C VILL-hellm H¦N-rihh fawn REEL

Von rugen C Wizlaw von Rügen C VITTSS-lahv fawn RÜ-gunn

Von salis C Johann Gaudene von Salis C YO-hahn GAHÔÔ-duh-nuh fawn ZAH-liss

Von sauer C Emil von Sauer C AY-meel fawn ZAHÔÔ-ur C (known also as Emil Georg Konrad [GAY-awrk KAWN-raht] von Sauer)

Von schacht C Theodor, Freiherr von Schacht C TAY-o-dohohr, FR¦-hehr fawn SHAHKT

Von schack C Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack C AHAH-dawlf FREET-rihh GRAHF fawn SHAHK C (Graf = Count)

Von schellendorf C Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf C HAHNSS BRAWN-zart fawn SHELL-lunn-tawrf C (known also as Hans Bronsart)

Von schellendorf C Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf C IHNG-uh-bawry’ BRAWN-zart fawn SHELL-lunn-tawrf C known also as Ingeborg Bronsart)

Von schiller C Friedrich von Schiller C FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur

Von schillings C Max von Schillings C MAHKSS fawn SHILL-lihngs

Von schlegel C Friedrich von Schlegel C FREET-rihh fawn SHLAY-gull Von schober C Franz von Schober C FRAHNTSS fawn SHO-bur

Von schweinitz C Wolfgang von Schweinitz C VAWLF-gahng fawn SHV¦-nittss

Von seyfried C Ignaz, Ritter von Seyfried C IGG-nahtss, RITT-tur fawn Z¦-freet C (known also as Ignaz Xaver [KSAH-fur], Ritter von Seyfried)

Von spitzmullerC Alexander, Freiherr von Spitzmüller C ah-leck-SAHN-tur, FR¦-hehr fawn SHPITTSS-mül-lur C (known also as Alexander, Freiherr von Spitzmüller-Harmersbach [SHPITTSS-mül-lur-HAR-murss-pahk])

Von stade C Frederica von Stade C freh-duh-REE-kuh vahn STAH-duh

Von stahlin C Jacob von Stählin C YAHAH-kawp fawn SHTAY-linn

Von stosch C Anny von Stosch C AHN-nee fawn STAWSH

Von strachwitz C Moritz Graf von Strachwitz C MO-rittss GRAHF fawn SHTRAHK-vittss C (Graf = Count)

Von suppe C Franz von Suppé C FRAHNTSS fawn zôôp-PAY

Von tilzer C Albert Von Tilzer C AL-burt vahn TILL-zur

Von tilzer C Harry Von Tilzer C HAR-ree vahn TILL-zur

Von torne C Bengt von Törne C BAYNGT vawn TÖR-nay C (known also as Bengt Axel [AH-ksayl] von Törne)

Von tucher C Gottlieb, Freiherr von Tucher C GAWT-leep, FR¦-hehr fawn TÔÔ-hur

Von waldstein C Ferdinand Ernst Joseph Gabriel, Count von Waldstein und Wartenberg zu Dux C FEHR-tee-nahnt EHRNST YOHOH-zeff GAHP-reeayl, (Count) fawn VAHLT-sht§n ôônt VAR-tunn-pehrk tsoo DOOKSS

Von waltershausen C H. W., Freiherr von Waltershausen C (H.W.), FR¦-hehr fawn VAHL- turss-hahôô-zunn C (known also as Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius, Freiherr von Waltershausen [HEHR-mahn VAWLF-gahng zar-TOH-rihôôss, FR¦-hehr fawn VAHL-turss-hahôô-zunn])

Von warlich C Reinhold von Warlich C R¦N-hawlt fawn VAR-lihh

Von wartensee C Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee C KSAH-fur SHNÜ-tur fawn VAR-tunn- zay C (known also as Franz [FRAHNTSS] Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee)

Von wasielewski C Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski C VILL-hellm YOHOH-zeff fawn vah- siheh-LEVV-skee

Von wayrauch C August Heinrich von Wayrauch C AHÔÔ-gôôst H¦N-rihh fawn V¦-rahôôh

Von webern C Anton von Webern C AHN-tohohn fawn VAY-behrn C (known also as Anton Friedrich Wilhelm [FREET-rihh VILL-hellm] von Webern)

Von weinzierl C Max, Ritter von Weinzierl C MAHKSS, RITT-tur fawn V¦N-tseerl

Von wiesenbrunn C Raphael Georg Kiesewetter, Edler von Wiesenbrunn C RAH-fah-ell GAY-awrk KEE-zuh-vett-tur, ETT-lur fawn VEE-zunn-brôôn C (known also as Raphael Georg Kiesewetter)

Von wilderer C Johann Hugo von Wilderer C YO-hahn HOO-go fawn VILL-tuh-rur

Von wilm C Nicolai von Wilm C NEE-ko-lahih fawn VILLM C (known also as Peter [PAY- tur] Nicolai von Wilm)

Von winterfeld C Carl von Winterfeld C KARL fawn VINN-tur-fellt C (known also as Carl Georg Vivigens [KARL GAY-awrk FEE-fee-ghennss] von Winterfeld)

Von woikowski biedau C Viktor Hugo von Woikowski-Biedau C VICK-tawr HOO-go fawn voih-KAWV-skee BEE-dahôô

Von wolfurt C Kurt von Wolfurt C KÔÔRT fawn VAWL-fôôrt

Von wolkenstein C Oswald von Wolkenstein C AWSS-vahlt fawn VAWL-kunn-sht§n

Von wolzogen C Alfred, Freiherr von Wolzogen C AHL-frayt, FR¦-hehr fawn VAWL-tso- gunn C (known also as Karl August Alfred, Freiherr von Wolzogen [KARL AHÔÔ-gôôst AHL- frayt, FR¦-hehr fawn VAWL-tso-gunn])

Von wolzogen C Ernst, Freiherr von Wolzogen C EHRNST, FR¦-hehr fawn VAWL-tso- gunn

Von wolzogen C Hans, Freiherr von Wolzogen C HAHNSS, FR¦-hehr fawn VAWL-tso- gunn C (known also as Hans Paul [PAHÔÔL], Freiherr von Wolzogen )

Von woss C Josef Venantius von Wöss C YOHOH-zeff feh-NAHN-tihôôss fawn VÖSS

Von woyna C F. von Woyna C (F.) fawn VOY-nah

Von woyrsch C Felix von Woyrsch C FAY-lickss fawn VOYRSH

Von wrochem C Ulrich von Wrochem C ÔÔL-rihh fawn VRAW-kumm Von wurtzler C Aristid von Würtzler C {A-russ-tidd vawn WÔÔRTZ-lur} AH-riss-tidd vawn VÜRTSS-lur

Von zallinger C Meinhard von Zallinger C M¦N-hart fawn TSAHL-lihng-ur

Von zaytz C Giovanni von Zaytz C jo-VAHN-nee fawn TS¦TSS C (internationalized name adopted professionally by the Croatian musician Ivan Zajc [EE-vunn Z¦TSS])

Von zedlitz C J. Ch. Freiherr von Zedlitz C YO-hahn KRIH-stihahn FR¦-hehr fawn TSETT-littss

Von zemlinsky C Alexander von Zemlinsky C ah-leck-SAHN-tur fawn TSEMM-linn-skee

Von zuccalmaglio C Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio C AHN-tohohn VILL-hellm FLO-renn-tinn fawn tsook-kahl-MAH-leeo

Von zur muhlen C Raimund von Zur Mühlen C RAHIH-môônt fawn tsôôr MÜ-lunn

Vonk C Hans Vonk C HAHNSS VAWNGK

Vonk C Henk Vonk C HEHNGK VAWNGK

Voorhees C Donald Voorhees C DAH-nulld VÔÔR-heez

Voormolen C Alexander Voormolen C ah-leck-SAHN-dur vohohr-MO-lunn C (known also as Alexander Nicolas [NEE-ko-lahss] Voormolen)

Voorn C Joop Voorn C YOHOHP VOHOHRN C (known also as Joop Josephus Hermanus Maria [yo-ZEH-füss hehr-MAH-nüss mah-REE-ah] Voorn)

Vopelius C Gottfried Vopelius C GAWT-freet fo-PAY-lihôôss

Vor der ernte C Vor der Ernte C fohr dayr EHRN-tuh C (song by Othmar Schoeck [AWT- mar SHÖK])

Vor dir schein ich aufgewacht C Vor dir schein’ ich aufgewacht C fohr deer sh§n ihh AHÔÔF- guh-vahkt C (Near You I Have Awakened) C (poem by Christian Morgenstern [KRIH-stihahn MAWR-gunn-shtern] set to music by Paul Hindemith [PAHÔÔL HINN-tuh-mitt])

Vorlova C Sláva Vorlová C SLAHAH-vah VAWR-law-vahah

Vorrasi C John Vorrasi C JAHN vawr-RAH-see

Vorrei C vohr-RAYee C (song by Francesco Paolo Tosti [frahn-CHAY-sko PAHO-lo TOH- stee]) Vorspiel C FAWR-shpeel C (Prelude)

Vorstellung unterschiedlicher cassum die ihm in der fremde konnten vorfallen C Ist eine Vorstellung unterschiedlicher Cassum, die ihm in der Fremde konnten vorfallen C isst ¦-nuh FOHR-shtell-lôông ÔÔN-tur-sheet-lih-hur KAHSS-sôôm, dee EEM inn dayr FREMM-tuh KAWN-tunn fohr-FAHL-lunn C (excerpt from Capriccio [kah-PREE-cho] on the Departure of His Most Beloved Brother by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])

Vos jeux mes amis C A vos jeux, mes amis C ah vo zhö, meh-zah-mee C (In your revels, my friends) C (aria featuring Ophélie [aw-fay-lee] in the opera Hamlet [HAMM-lutt]; music by Ambroise Thomas [ah6-br’wahz taw-mah]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])

Vos omnes C o vohss OHM-ness C (O all you who pass by) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Carlo Gesualdo [KAR-lo jay-zooAHL-doh])

Vos omnes C o vohss OHM-ness C (Is it nothing to you, all ye who pass by?) C motet [mo- TETT] by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay])

Voss C Charles Voss C sharl FAWSS

Voss C Friedrich Voss C FREET-rihh FAWSS

Voss C Gerhard Voss C GAYR-hart FAWSS

Voss C Hermann Voss C HEHR-mahn FAWSS

Vossius C Isaac Vossius C ee-ZAHAHK FAWSS-sihüss

Vostrak C Zbynk VostÍák C ZBIH-nyeck VAWSS-trshahahk

Vot on smotri C Vot on, smotri C VAW-tunn, smah-TREE C (excerpt from the opera Pique dame [peek dahm] — The Queen of Spades — featuring Herman [GHEHR-mahn] with Surin [SOO-rinn] and Tomsky [TAWM-skee] ; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill- YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mah- DYESST {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee] after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh- lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])

Votapek C Ralph Votapek C RALF VO-tah-peck

Votto C Antonino Votto C ahn-toh-NEE-no VOHT-toh

Voulez vous danser C Voulez-vous danser? C vôô-lay-vôô dah6-say? C (excerpt from the opera Romulus [RAH-m’yoo-luss] Hunt; music by Carty Simon [KAR-tee S¦-munn] and libretto by Simon and Jacob Brackman [JAY-kubb BRACK-munn])

Vous aimerez demain C vôô eh-muh-ray duh-meh6 C (You Will Love Tomorrow) C (poem by Armand Silvestre [ar-mah6 seel-vess-tr'] set to music by Jules Massenet [zhül {mahss-s’nay} mahss-s’neh])

Vous larez sil vous plaist C Vous l’arez s’il vous plaist C vôô lah-ray seel vôô pleh C (You May Have It If You Wish) C (six-voice song from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz [zhawss- keh6 day-pray])

Vous ne larez pas C Vous ne l’arez pas C vôô nuh lah-ray pah C (You Shall Not Have It) C (six-voice song from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz [zhawss-keh6 day-pray])

Vous qui faites lendormie C Vous qui faites l’endormie C vôô kee fett lah6-dawr-mee C (Mephistopheles’ [meh-feess-taw-fuh-luss’] serenade from the opera Faust [fahôôst] (French version); music by Charles Gounod [sharl gôô-no]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF- gahng fawn GÖ-tuh])

Vous tous les habitants des cieux louez hautement le seigneur C Vous tous les habitants des cieux, louez hautement le Seigneur C vôô tôô leh-zah-bee-tah6 day seeö, lôô-ay o-tuh-mah6 luh seh-n’yör C (Praise ye the Lord ... in the heights) C (psalm set to music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck [YAHN PEE-turss-zohohn SWAYAY-lihngk])

Vox balaenae C Vox balaenae C VOHKSS bah-LAHAY-nahay C (Voice of the Whale) C (compositions by George Crumb [JAW-urj KRUMM])

Vox dilecti mei C VOHKSS dee-LAYK-tih MAYEE C (motet [mo-TETT] by Giovanni da Palestrina [jo-VAHN-nee dah pah-lay-STREE-nah])

Vozza C Corinna Vozza C ko-REEN-nah VOHT-tsah

Vranken C Jaap Vranken C YAHAHP VRANG-kunn

Vrchlicky C Jaroslav Vrchlický C YAH-raw-slahf VUR-klittss-keeee

Vredenburg C Max Vredenburg C MAHKSS VRAY-dunn-bürk

Vreli C VRAY-lee C (character in the opera A Village Romeo and Juliet; music by Frederick Delius [FREH-duh-rick DEE-lihuss]; libretto by Delius after Gottfried Keller [GAWT-freet KELL-lur])

Vretblad C Viktor Patrik Vretblad C VEEK-tawr PAHT-rick VREEEHT-blahd

Vreuls C Victor Vreuls C veek-tawr vröllss C (known also as Victor Jean Léonard [zhah6 lay- aw-nar] Vreuls)

Vriend C Jan Vriend C YAHN VRINNT

Vrieslander C Otto Vrieslander C AWT-toh FREESS-lahn-tur

Vronsky C Vitya Vronsky C VEET-yuh VRAWN-skee

Vroons C Frans Vroons C FRAHNSS VROHOHNSS

Vu le loup C J’ai vû le loup C zheh vü luh loo C (traditional song of Renaissance France)

Vuataz C Roger Vuataz C raw-zhay vü-ah-tahz

Vucchella C A vucchella C ah vook-KAYL-lah C (lyric by Gabriele d’Annunzio [gah-breeAY- lay dahn-NOON-tseeo] set to music by Francesco Paolo Tosti [frahn-CHAY-sko PAHO-lo TOH-stee])

Vuckovic C Vojislav Vu kovi C VO-yih-slahf VOOCH-kaw-vihch

Vuillaume C Claude Vuillaume C klohd vee-yohm

Vuillaume C Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume C zhah6-bah-teest vee-yohm

Vuillaume C Nicolas-François Vuillaume C nee-ko-lah-frah6-swah vee-yohm

Vuillaume C Sébastien Vuillaume C say-bahss-teeah6 vee-yohm

Vuillermoz C Émile Vuillermoz C ay-meel vee-yehr-maw

Vuillermoz C Jean Vuillermoz C zhah6 vee-yehr-maw

Vukdragovic C Mihailo Vukdragovi C mee-HAHIH-law vook-DRAH-gaw-vihch

Vulnerasti cor meum C vool-neh-RAH-stih kawr MAY-ôôm C (motet [mo-TETT] by Giovanni da Palestrina [jo-VAHN-nee dah pah-lay-STREE-nah])

Vulpius C Melchior Vulpius C MELL-hihawr VÔÔL-pihôôss

Vuol ballare signor contino C Se vuol ballare, Signor Contino C say vooOHL bahl-LAH-ray, see-n’YOHR kohn-TEE-no C (aria from the opera Le nozze di Figaro [lay NOHT-tsay dee FEE-gah-ro]; 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 [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh]) Vuol ballare signor contino C Se vuol ballare Signor Contino C say vooOHL bahl-LAH-ray see-n’YOHR kohn-TEE-no 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 [peeehr-o-güss- teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh])

Vy mne pisali C vwee m’n’YEH pih-SAH-lyih C (You have written to me) C (aria from the opera Yevgeni Onegin [yevv-GAY-nee ah-NYAY-ghinn] — Eugene Onegin; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky [kahn-stahn-TYEEN shih-LAWF-skee] and P. I. Tchaikovsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])

Vy tak pechalny C vwee TAHK pih-CHAHL-nyih C (excerpt from the opera Pique dame [peek dahm] — The Queen of Spades — featuring Yeletsky [yeh-LYETT-skee] with Lisa [LEE-suh]; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mah-DYESST {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee] and P. I. Tchaikovsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick- SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])

Vy tak pichalny daragaja C Vy tak pichal’ny, daragaja C vwee TAHK pih-CHAHL-nyih, dah- rah-GAH-yuh C (You are so sad, my dearest) C (aria from the opera Pikovaya dama [PEE- kuh-vuh-yuh DAH-muh] — The Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Modest [mah- DYESST] Tchaikovsky and P. I. Tchaikovsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick- SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])

Vycpalek C Ladislav Vycpálek C LAH-diss-lahf VITTSS-pahah-leck

Vyhazhu adin C vôô-hah-ZHOO ah-DYEEN C (I Walk Out Onto the Road Alone) C (Russian folk song)

Vyshnegradsky C Ivan Vyshnegradsky C ee-VAHN vihsh-nyeh-GRAHD-skee C (known also as Ivan Alexandrovich [uh-lyick-SAHN-druh-vihch] Vyschnegradsky) C (the last name is also spelled Wyschnegradsky)

Vyslouzil C JiÍí Vysloužil C YIH-rshee VISS-lohohôôôô-zhill

Vyvere C Godfried van de Vyvere C GAWT-freet vunn deh VAY-vur

Vyvyan C Jennifer Vyvyan C JENN-nuh-fur VIH-v’yunn C (known also as Jennifer Brigit [BRIH-ghitt] Vyvyan)