Tárrega watch

[Stanfordian]

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... sorry, Richard - you'll have to have a word with Ian Skelly - 11:08 Wed 4 July, decidedly taRAYga

[ Francisco Tárrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra, arr Ruggiero Ricci perf Ning Feng, vln ]


... and he did it again at 11:18.

Hiya vinteuil,

Please remind me how is Tárrega is pronounced!

[Richard Tarleton]

Hiya vinteuil,

Please remind me how is Tárrega is pronounced!

Stress on first syllable! Where there is an accent in Spanish, you stress the accented syllable!

The rules of Spanish pronunciation are clear and consistent. Stress is either regular or irregular. If irregular, the syllable to be stressed is marked with an accent. If a word is regular, and ends with a vowel (or n, or s), stress is on the penultimate syllable, with no accent. (If it ends with a consonant, other than n or s, stress on the last syllable).

Thus the composer Torroba's name is regular - no accent, stress on the penultimate syllable. Tárrega is irregular, accent and stress on the first syllable.

Thanks vints, a missile is heading in Ian Skelly's direction.

PS I was in the garden, listening instead to my neighbour's chain saw, a sound I would in any case have found preferable to the misbegotten Ricci arrangement of Recuerdos, which at best sounds like a severe attack of hiccups.

[Richard Tarleton]

Ian Skelly has replied - "Noted" -

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

So, it's like the female of "Tarragon"?

[Richard Tarleton]

So, it's like the female of "Tarragon"?

Erm, yes, I suppose so - tarragon not a Spanish word.....Just stress the first syllable! The accent is the clue. Thus Torroba (regular, no accent, stress on penultimate syllable). Tárrega - irregular - stress on first syllable. Renata Tarragó - the first woman to record the Concierto de Aranjuez - irregular, stress on last syllable. Tarragona - place in Catalonia - regular, stress on penultimate syllable........

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Erm, yes, I suppose so - tarragon not a Spanish word.....Just stress the first syllable! The accent is the clue. Thus Torroba (regular, no accent, stress on penultimate syllable). Tárrega - irregular - stress on first syllable. Renata Tarragó - the first woman to record the Concierto de Aranjuez - irregular, stress on last syllable. Tarragona - place in Catalonia - regular, stress on penultimate syllable........

I think that that's a paraygon of an answer, RT!

[Richard Tarleton]

Anyway, full marks to Skellers for prompt and gracious response(s)

[Stanfordian]

I'd like to hear Sean pronounce Torroba, Tárrega, and Turina in quick succession.

[Serial_Apologist]

So, it's like the female of "Tarragon"?

You mean the Spice Girl?

[french frank]

Ian Skelly has replied - "Noted" -

Richard - you're a star. If there is one thing that Radio 3 gets right it will be the pronunciation of Tárrega. Eventually. Perhaps.

And the rule is so simple, isn't it?

The accent is the clue. Thus Torroba (regular, no accent, stress on penultimate syllable). Tárrega - irregular - stress on first syllable. Renata Tarragó - the first woman to record the Concierto de Aranjuez - irregular, stress on last syllable. Tarragona - place in Catalonia - regular, stress on penultimate syllable........

[Richard Tarleton]

Suzy Klein has just....got it right! ¡Enhorabuena, felicitaciones! . Word has finally got around. Ian Skelly may well be responsible for this, after our recent exchange, in which case thank you Ian. In today's case it is paired () with Albeniz Asturias, the other most overplayed piece in the guitar repertoire, only today in its original form on the piano.

[underthecountertenor]

Suzy Klein has just....got it right! ¡Enhorabuena, felicitaciones! . Word has finally got around. Ian Skelly may well be responsible for this, after our recent exchange, in which case thank you Ian. In today's case it is paired () with Albeniz Asturias, the other most overplayed piece in the guitar repertoire, only today in its original form on the piano.

And, however, she got the Isaac of Albéniz wrong, at least first time around at about 9.30 am. I don't know what may have happened thereafter, as I switched off.

[hmvman]

Petroc got it right for Tia Murray's Friday night prom encore. Perhaps the word is spreading....!

[Richard Tarleton]

Petroc got it right for Tia Murray's Friday night prom encore. Perhaps the word is spreading....!

Thanks hmv. I take it she must have played that misbegotten transcription?

[hmvman]

Thanks hmv. I take it she must have played that misbegotten transcription?

Well, yes, it was the well-known piece transcribed. Who made the transcription? Petroc didn't say.

(I meant Tai Murray btw. Apologies for my mis-typing )