Pronunciation of Russian composer (cont.)

[Prof Steven P Hill]

Dear colleagues and Prof Thresher:

If "Cui" was of French ancestry (and if the surname "Cui" itself was 
French), then I suppose two separate questions would be: what is the 
"international" (French in this instance) pronunciation, and what is 
 the Russian pronunciation?   Similar examples would be Baudouin 
de Courtenais, Eisenstein, Potemkin, Wayland Rudd, etc., etc. 

For "Cui" I've  assumed, perhaps wrongly, that the "international" 
pronunciation would be in two syllables, with the stress on the final 
syllable (French-style):

k - yoo - EE.

But that may be a wrong assumption.  Pity I don't have at hand my 
Russian-published "Slovar' dlia rabotnikov radio i televideneniia," 
which can often be useful for "standard" Russian renditions of non-
Russian names.  Does anybody out there have a copy handy and 
could see what the "SdRRiT" has to say about our Monsieur-
gospodin Cui?

Best wishes to all,
Steven P Hill,
University of Illinois. 
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Date: Fri 11 Apr 00:08:59 CDT 2008
From:  <LISTSERV at BAMA.UA.EDU> 
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To: "Steven P. Hill" <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU> 
 
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:51:39 -0400
From: Klawa Thresher <kthresher at RANDOLPHCOLLEGE.EDU> 
Subject: Pronunciation of "Cui" 

Dear Colleagues,
A musician has asked me how to pronounce this composer's name - and
specifically if the "C" is soft or hard.  He says that in Chinese the
name is pronounced as "Sway."  I hope someone can help me with this -
especially by transliterating it.
Thank you,
Klawa Thresher
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