scootymick --
The answer to your question is most definitely "yes." The spelling
you have provided is a phonetic rendering of the name of Polish
composer Krzysztof Penderecki.
Evidence of this is available at several Web sites that offer
assistance with pronouncing this difficult name. For example:
"Krzysztof Penderecki (pronounced Kzhyshtov Pendéretskee) was educated in Krakow."
Aurelius Ensemble: Penderecki's Cadenza for Viola Solo
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~echew/projects/AureliusEnsemble/1998/98program2/penderecki.html
"Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933) [pronounced Kzhish'-tof Pen-de-ret'-skee]"
Indiana University School of Music: Twentieth Century Classical Music
http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/m656/M656list.html
As you can see, the phonetic spellings at these sites are exactly
equivalent in sound to the phonetic version you have offered. The
simple Google search for the spelling you cite -- "Kshishtof
Penderetzky" revealed that it is found on a few Web sites, all of them
Russian. This is significant, of course, because Russian uses the
Cyrillic alphabet, so that English-language rendering of names by
Russian-speakers will naturally often be phonetic rather than
accurately spelled in their original language -- in this case, Polish.
We have conclusive proof of this when we compare the photographs at
the following links:
This page has an image of "Kshishtof Penderetzky":
Peoples.ru: Kshishtov
http://www.peoples.ru/art/music/composer/kshishtof/
This page has an image of Krzysztof Penderecki:
Penderecki.de
http://www.penderecki.de/
I think we can agree that these images are of the same man.
Additional Information:
There are many Web sites providing information about this wonderful
composer. You can browse them yourself by perusing the top results
returned in a simple Google search:
"krzysztof penderecki"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22krzysztof++penderecki%22&btnG=Google+Search
For your convenient reference, here is a link to a brief biography and
a list of his compositions:
University of Southern California: Polish Music Center
http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/composer/penderecki.html
Search Strategy:
I am familiar with the composer and with the peculiar (to English
speakers) pronunciation of his name. In order to get evidence
supporting what I already knew, I conducted a Google search mentioned
above, using as terms just the composer's name, and found the phonetic
renderings that match the phonetic pronunciation of the alternate
spelling you provided.
I then conducted a search using as terms your alternate spelling and
came up with the few Russian sites that offered your version as an
English-language rendering of what is unmistakably the same composer.
I am confident that this is the information you are seeking, and I was
happy to be able to provide it to you promptly. If anything is
unclear, please ask for clarification before rating this answer.
markj-ga |
