Ya mis horas felices C yah meess O-rahss fay-lee-thayss C (O my happy hours) C (excerpt from La del soto del parral [lah dell SO-toh dell par-rahl] by Reveriano Soutullo [ray-vayr ee AH-no so oo -TOO-l yo] and Juan Vert Carbonell [h oo AHN VEHRT kar-vo-nell)] Yakar C Rachel Yakar C RAW-kell YAW-kar Yakimenko C Fyodor Yakimenko C f YAW-dur yah-kee-menn-kuh Yakkuside C yahk -shee-deh C (character in 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 [l oo EE-jee eel-lee-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-zayppay jah-ko-zah] after David Belasco [DAY-vudd buh-lass-ko] and John Luther Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG]) Yalan stekelis C Miriam Yalan-Stekelis C MIH-r ih ahm yah-lahn-steh-keh-liss Yamada C K saku Yamada C kaw aw -sahk yah-mah-dah Yamadori C Prince Yamadori C (Prince) yah-mah-daw-lee C (character in 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 [l oo EE-jee eel-lee-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-zayp-pay jah-ko-zah] after David Belasco [DAY-vudd buh-lassko] and John Luther Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG]) Yamaguchi C Motohumi Yamaguchi C maw-taw-hoo-mee yah-mah-gooch Yamashita C Kazuhito Yamashita C kah-zoo -taw yah-mahsh -tah Yamashita C Naoko Yamashita C nah aw -kaw yah-mahsh -tah Yamashta C Stomu Yamash ta C staw-moo yah-mahsh -tah Yamins C Robert Yamins C RAH-burt YAH-minnz Yampolsky C Abram Yampolsky C ah-brahm yahm-pawl-skee C (known also as Abram Ilyich Yampolsky [ah-brahm ill-yeech yahm-pawl-skee]) Yampolsky C Izrail Yampolsky C izz-r ah EEL yahm-pawl-skee C (known also as Izrail Markovich [MAR-kuh-vihch] Yampolsky) Yankelevich C Yuri Yankelevich C YOO-ree yahn-keh-lay-vihch Yankovich C Al Yankovich C A L YANG-kaw-vihch C (known also as Alfred [A L -frudd] Yankovich)
Yannakos C yahn-nah-kawss C (character in the opera ecké Pašije [ R SHETTSS-keh eh PAH-shih-yeh] The Greek Passion; music by Bohuslav Martin [BO-hôô-slahf MAR-t y ihnoo oo ]; libretto by Martin after Nikos Kazantzakis [NEE-kawss kah-zahnt-z -kiss]) Yannatos C James Yannatos C JAYMZ yahn-nah-tohss Yannay C Yehuda Yannay C yeh-hoo-dah yahn-n Yansons C Arvid Yansons C AR-vidd YAHN-sohnss C (in Latvia, this Latvian National would be known as Arv ds Yansons [AR-veedss YAHN-sohnss] or Arv ds Jansons [AR-veedss YAHN-sohnss]) Yaravi C yah-rah-vee C (composition by William Grant Still [WILL-l ih umm GRANNT STILL]) Yardumian C Richard Yardumian C RIH-churd yar-doo-m ih unn Yarmouth C YAR-muhth Yarustovsky C Boris Yarustovsky C bah-reess yah-rôô-stawf-skee C (known also as Boris Mikhailovich [mee-kah IH -luh-vihch] Yarustovsky) Yashiro C Akio Yashir C ah-kee aw yah-shee-law aw Yasser C Joseph Yasser C {JO-zuff YASS-sur} YAH-seff YAHSS-ser Yastrebtsev C Vasily Yastrebtsev C vah-see-lee YAHSS-trupp-suff Yave de espanya C La yave de Espanya C lah YAH-vay day ayss-pahn-yah C (The Key of Spain) C a song by Flory Jagoda [FLAW-ree yah-gaw-dah] of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, taking the key of their homes in Spain with them) Yavornitsky C David Yavornitsky C DAY-vudd yah-vor-nitt-skee Yavorsky C Boleslav Yavorsky C bah-less-lahf yah-vawr-skee C (known also as Boleslav Leopoldovich [lay-o-pawl-duh-vihch] Yavorsky) Ye house of gilead with one voice C Ye house of Gilead, with one voice C (Ye house of) GHIH-lee-add, (with one voice) C (excerpt from the oratorio Jephtha [JEFF-thuh]; music by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d l]; libretto by Thomas Morell [TAH-muss maw-rell] after Judges XI and G. Buchanan [G. buh-ka-nunn) Yeats C William Butler Yeats C WILL-l ih umm BUTT-lur YAYTSS
Yefrosinia and anastasia C Yefrosinia & Anastasia C yeh-fro-see-n ih ah (&) ah-nah-stahz ih ah C (excerpt from the film Ivan the Terrible, with music by Sergei Prokofiev [sehr-gay EE prah-kaw-f ih eff], arranged in the form of an oratorio by Abram Stasevich [ah-brahm stah- SAY-vihch]) Yeshcho C Net yeshcho? C N Y ETT yihsh-shaw? C (trio featuring Herman [GHEHRmahn], Chekalinsky [cheh-kah-l Y EEN-skee], and Yeletsky [yeh-l Y ETT-skee] with chorus from the opera Pique dame [peek dahm] The Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p YAW-t r ill-yeech {chah ih -KAWF-skee} chay-kawf-skee]; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mah-d Y ESST {chah ih -KAWF-skee} chay-kawf-skee] after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-l y ick-sahn-d r sehr-gay-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn]) Yekaterinburg C yeh-kuh-teh-rinn-bôôrk Yeletski C (see Yeletsky) Yeletsky C yeh-l Y ETT-skee C (character in 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 {chah ih -KAWF-skee} chay-kawf-skee]; libretto by Modest [mah-d Y ESST] Tchaikovsky and P. I. Tchaikovsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-l y ick-sahn-d r sehr-gay-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn]) Yepes C Narciso Yepes C nar-thee-so YAY-payss Yesli mne v otvet C A yesli mne v otvet C ah YESS-lih m n y eh v aht-vett C (duet featuring Lisa [LEE-suh] and Herman [GHEHR-mahn] in the opera Pique Dame [peek dahm] The Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p YAW-t r ill-yeech {chah ih - KAWF-skee} chay-kawf-skee]; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mah-d Y ESST {chah ih - KAWF-skee} chay-kawf-skee] and P. I. Tchaikovsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-l y ick-sahn-d r sehr-gay-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn]) Yeslib miliya devitsy C YESS-l y ipp MEE-l ih yuh dih-veet-see C (song featuring Tomsky [TAWM-skee] and chorus) C (song by Tomsky with Chekalinsky [cheh-kah-l Y EEN-skee] and chorus from the opera Pique Dame [peek dahm] The Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p YAW-t r ill-yeech {chah ih -KAWF-skee} chay-kawf-skee], libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mah-d Y ESST {chah ih -KAWF-skee} chay-kawf-skee] and P. I. Tchaikovsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-l y ick-sahn-d r sehr-gay-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn]) Yeston C Maury Yeston C MAW-ree YESS-t n Yesu wayinyanza C Yesu Wayinyanza C YEH-soo w -inn-yahn-zah C (Kenyan [KENNyunn] folk melody) Yeux qui guidez mon ame C yö kee ghee-day maw6-nahm C (composition by Jan Pieterszoon
Sweelinck [YAHN PEE-turss-zoh oh n SWAY AY -lihngk]) Yevgeni onegin C Yevgeni Onegin C yevv-gay-nee ah-n Y AY-ghinn C (Eugene Onegin) C (an opera, with music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p YAW-t r ill-yeech {chah ih -KAWFskee} chay-kawf-skee]; libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky [kahn-stahn-t Y EEN shih-lawfskee] and P. I. Tchaikovsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-l y ick-sahn-d r sehr- GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn]) Yi kwei C Sze, Yi-Kwei C SEE EE, YEE EE -KWAY C (known also as Yi-Kwei Sze) Yniold C ee-n ee awl C (character in the opera Pelléas et Mélisande [puhl-lay-ahss ay may-leezah6d]; music by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see]; libretto by Debussy after Maurice Maeterlinck [mo-reess MAH AH -tur-lihngk]) Yo le mandi C yo lay MAHN-dee C (a medieval wedding song of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who settled in Bulgaria) Yo menamori C Yo m enamori C yo may-nah-mo-ree C (I Fell in Love) C (traditional song of the Spanish Jews) Yoffe C Shlomo Yoffe C SHLO-mo YAWF-fee Yohanan C Asher Ben-Yohanan C AH-shehr BENN-yo-hah-NAHN Yon C Pietro Alessandro Yon C {p ee AY-tro ah-less-sahn-dro YAHN} p ee AY-tro ah-layss- SAHN-dro YOHN C (known also as Pietro Yon [p ee AY-tro YAHN]) Yonge C Nicholas Yonge C NIH-kuh-luss YUHNG C (the last name is also spelled Young and Younge) Yorkshire C YAWRK-shuhr Yoshida C Tsunez Yoshida C tsoo-neh-zaw aw yaw-shee-dah Yossifov C Alexander Yossifov C ah-leck-sahn-der YAHSS-sih-fawf Yost C Michel Yost C mih-shell yawst Youdin C Mikhail Youdin C mee-k ah EEL YOO-d y inn Youkali C yoo-kah-lee C (a song, with music by Kurt Weill [KÔÔRT V L] and text by Fernay [fehr-nay) Youll C Henry Youll C HENN-ree YOOL
Youmans C Vincent Youmans C VINNT-sunnt YOO-munnz C (known also as Vincent Millie [MILL-lee] Youmans) Young uck kim C Kim, Young-Uck C KIMM, YÔÔNG-ÔÔK Young venevil C Young Venevil C (Young) VAY-nuh-vill C (poem by Björnstjerne Björnson [b YÖN-hah-nuh b YÖN-sunn] set to music by Frederick Delius [FREH-duh-rick DEEl ih uss]) Your eyen two C Your eyën two C (Your) -unn (two) C (excerpt from Merciless Beauty by Ralph Vaughan Williams [RA L F VAWN WILL-l ih ummz]) C (Vaughan Williams given name is sometimes pronounced RAYF) Youssoupoff C Prince Nikolai Borisovich Youssoupoff C (Prince) n y ee-kah-lah IH bah-reesuh-vihch yôô-soo-puff C (the last name is also transliterated as Yussupov) Youts C Gregory Youts C GREH-guh-ree YOOTSS Yradier C Sebastián de Yradier C say-bahss-t ee AHN day ee-rah-th ee EHR C (the last name is also spelled Iradier [ee-rah-th ee EHR]) Yriarte C Tomás de Yriarte C toh-mahss day ee-r ee AHR-tay C (the last name is also spelled Iriarte [ee-r ee AHR-tay]) Ysack C Heinrich Ysack C H N-rihh ee-zack C (the last name is also spelled Isaac, Isaak, Izak, and Yzac) Ysaye C Eugène Ysaÿe C ö-zhenn ee-zah-ee C (known also as Eugène-Auguste [o-zhüst] Ysaÿe) Ysaye C Théophile Ysaÿe C tay-o-feel ee-zah-ee Yttrehus C Rolv Yttrehus C RAWLV ITT-truh-hooss (known also as Rolv Berger Yttrehus [RAWLV BUR-gur ITT-truh-hooss]) C (the Norwegian pronunciation would be RAWLV BA R -gur ÜT-truh-hewss) Yuan C Nai-Yuan Hu C HOO OO, NAH EE -YOO-ENN Yuasa C Joji Yuasa C jaw-jee yoo-ah-sah Yudina C Maria Yudina C mah-ree-uh YOO-d y ih-nuh Yukie C Nagai Yukie C nah-gah ee yoo-kee eh Yun C Yun, Isang C YÔÔN, EE-HAHNG
Yuon C Paul Yuon C PAH ÔÔ L YOO-awn C (known also as Pavel Fedorovich Yuon [PAHvell f YAW-duh-ruh-vihch yôô-awn]) C (the last name is also spelled Juon [YOO-awn (German) or yôô-awn (Russian)]) Yurgenson C Peter Yurgenson C PEE-tur YÔÔR-gunn-sunn C (known also as Pyotr [p YAW-t r] Jurgenson and Pyotr Ivanovich [ee-vah-nuh-vihch] Jurgenson) Yurloff state chorus C Yurloff State Chorus C YOOR-lawf (State Chorus) Yussupoff C Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yussupoff C (Prince) n y ee-kaw-lah EE bah-reesaw-vihch yôô-soo-pawf C (the last name is also spelled Youssoupov [yôô-soo-pawf]) Yvain C Maurice Yvain C mo-reess ee-veh6 Yver vous nestes quun villainc Yver, vous n estes qu un villain C ee-vay, vôô nesst kü6 veeleh6 C (poem by Charles d Orléans [sharl dawr-lay-ah6] set to music by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see] as one of histrois Chansons [tr wah shah6-saw6] Three Songs) Yvette C ee-vett C (character in the opera La rondine [lah ROHN-dee-nay] The Swallow; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-chee-nee]; libretto by Giuseppe Adami [joo-zayp-pay ah-dah-mee] after Dr. A. M. Willner [VILL-nur] and Heinz Reichert [H NTSS R -hert]) Yvonne C ee-vawn C (chambermaid) C (character in the opera Jonny spielt auf [YAWN-nee SHPEELT AH ÔÔ F] Jonny [JAHN-nee] Starts Playing; music and libretto by Ernst K enek [EHRNST k r SHEH-neck]) Yzac C Heinrich Yzac C H N-rihh ee-zack C (the last name is also spelled Isaac, Isaak, Izak, and Ysack)