Talk:Jean Françaix

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Grove has surprisingly little to say about him after his early life. Then again perhaps all the space they has allocated for his was taken up by a listing of works. :-) Mindspillage (spill your mind?) 05:07, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes, it's surprisingly slim! The only information at all that they include is that he made piano tours with his daughter.  There's a bit more, but not much, on his official website (www.jeanfrancaix.org).  Grove almost always has an exhaustive works list for composers (and boy do I use that a lot.) Antandrus 05:29, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

A few unencyclopedic tidbits: my orchestra director knew Françaix; describes him as looking like a banker, always wearing suits and staying rigid at the piano in utter contrast to the humor of his music. Also, Françaix liked Poulenc's music, but loathed his sloppily-edited manuscripts. (It was storytime in today's rehearsal...). Mindspillage (spill yours?) 05:10, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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* *  * The most important information about Jean Franc,aix that the page could use is the pronunciation of his surname. Several of us have a raging argument about the final 'x' -- even native French speakers don't know the answer. I was taught that the x is mute(silent) and a friend who studied with Mademoiselle [Boulanger] asserts that's how she pronounced his name. Another acquaintance who is French and studied music does not say the x, but admits that the regional dialect of the family Franc,aix may have pronounced it, possibly fra~-SEHSS. Another acquaintance, well traveled, lived in France, pronounces the x as 'ks' : fra~-SEKS. Who can give an authoritative guide? Pablo.paz (talk) 02:17, 27 February 2009 (UTC), Seattle

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