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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>The only dialect that pronounces "ei" like "hay" is East Prussian. If you're not singing in the Königsberg suburbs, go with "eye-ya"!<div><br></div><div>MWM</div><div>Trent<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: BCampbell@CSBSJU.EDU<br>To: reinifrosch@bluewin.ch; smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org<br>Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:51:40 +0000<br>Subject: Re: [Smt-talk] German christmas hymns.<br><br>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">I asked this question of a colleague of mine who is originally from Vienna. He has heard both pronunciations and suspects it varies among different dialects.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"> smt-talk-bounces@lists.societymusictheory.org [mailto:smt-talk-bounces@lists.societymusictheory.org]
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Dear german-speaking colleagues,<BR>
The word "eia" occurs in many German christmas hymns, e.g., in "Zu Bethlehem geboren": eia, eia, sein eigen will ich sein. Our choir has mixed opinions on how to pronounce the syllable "ei" in "eia" (like the English word "wide", or like "rain"?) Your help
will be appreciated.<BR>
With best wishes,<BR>
Reinhart Frosch, <br>
Dr. phil. nat., <br>
CH-5200 Brugg. <br>
<a href="mailto:reinifrosch@bluewin.ch">reinifrosch@bluewin.ch</a> .<BR>
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