Figure out how to work the names of the following composers into the conversation, and you’ll impress even the most erudite folks at your next cocktail party:

• Heitor Villa-Lobos (AY-tor VEE-la LOW-bush)
• Antonin Dvorak (AN-toh-neen DVOR-zhock)
• Leos Janacek (LEH-osh YAN-a-check)
• Camille Saint-Saens (ka-ME-YA san-sawns)
• Georg Solti (GAY-ork SHOLE-tee)
• Richard Wagner (RICK-art VOG-ner)

(Source: An Incomplete Education)

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