president: Laszlo Heltay; patrons: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CBE, Jonathan Dove;
musical director: Peter Owens

Pronunciation: Latin (Standard German)

The table below gives a guide to pronunciation. In general, the table gives exceptions to the usual 'Italianate' pronunciation of church Latin, i.e. where a vowel or consonant is not listed in the table, it should be pronounced as per the usual 'Italianate' system.

Latin: Standard German

(e.g. Bach, Mozart, Schubert)

Letter

Pronunciation

Œ

ö as in schön

Y

ü as in Glück

C (before Æ, Œ, I, Y)

ts as in rats

C (otherwise)

k (hard) as in contact

SC (before Æ, Œ, I, Y)

sts as in lasts

CC (before Æ, Œ, I, Y)

kts as in licked spoon

CH (before Æ, Œ, I, Y)

ch (Ger.) as in ich

G (before Æ, Œ, I, Y)

g (hard) as in get

GN

gn (hard g) as in Agnes

QU

kv as in kvetch

S (between vowels)

z as in ozone

X, XC

ksts as in waxed seal

Z

ts as in rats

General:

No liaison

Glottal stop precedes initial vowels

Final plosives (d, b etc.) are devoiced

Examples:

Kyrie eleison = Kürié éléizon

Propter magnam gloriam = Propter maghnam gloriam

Gloria in excelsis = Gloria in exstselsees

Suscipe = Sustsipé

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