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I was really curious about this ever since I read this wikipedia article. Yes, we all know that the standard pronunciation of Ecclesiastical Latin ever since Pope Pius X mandated it in 1903 was the Italianate one, but I’ve recently gone on a search for these other regional Latin pronunciations. Here are a few samples I managed to dredge up:
1.) Missa pro defuncto: Among other things, I observed that the priest in the Preface (timing 8:20~) uses a hard /ɡ/ sound, hence dignum is pronounced dig-num instead of the Italianate di/ɲɲ/um, agere is ah-geh-re instead of ah-dʒe-re, and angelis is an-geh-lis and not an-dʒe-lis. Based on the graph on wikipedia, his pronunciation seems to be either the Slavic or the German/Hungarian form.
2.) Gaudeamus omnes from the Aboense Gradual: Uses German pronunciation. One noticeable element is the pronunciation of c as /ts/; hence, celebrantes = /ts/elebrantes. Que is /kv/e, Spiritui is /ʃ/ (sch)piritui and sicut is zicut.
3.) , sung by Ensemble OrganumMesse de Notre Dame (timing: 2:34~): Uses French pronunciation. Here you have “Vere diɲom et yewsetom est, ɛkwyɔm et salewtare” and “aeterne Day-yewse.”
1.) Missa pro defuncto: Among other things, I observed that the priest in the Preface (timing 8:20~) uses a hard /ɡ/ sound, hence dignum is pronounced dig-num instead of the Italianate di/ɲɲ/um, agere is ah-geh-re instead of ah-dʒe-re, and angelis is an-geh-lis and not an-dʒe-lis. Based on the graph on wikipedia, his pronunciation seems to be either the Slavic or the German/Hungarian form.
2.) Gaudeamus omnes from the Aboense Gradual: Uses German pronunciation. One noticeable element is the pronunciation of c as /ts/; hence, celebrantes = /ts/elebrantes. Que is /kv/e, Spiritui is /ʃ/ (sch)piritui and sicut is zicut.
3.) , sung by Ensemble OrganumMesse de Notre Dame (timing: 2:34~): Uses French pronunciation. Here you have “Vere diɲom et yewsetom est, ɛkwyɔm et salewtare” and “aeterne Day-yewse.”