Author: NorbertTheParrot
Date: 2008-07-28 13:31
"Francaix was flemish, not french."
Was he?
He certainly wasn't born in Flanders.
Can you give a source for this statement?
Note also that the cedilla in Françaix means that the c sounds like an s, so the pronunciation might be Fransaiks, but certainly isn't Francaiks. Also, the cedilla is not used in Flemish, so even if the composer was Flemish, his name isn't.
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As for the pronunciation of Boulez and Berlioz - there are indeed many inconsistencies in French spelling. Final x and z are not necessarily silent. Consider the ski resort of l'Alpe d'Huez - the z is pronounced. Or Chamonix - the x is pronounced by those French people who pronounce the x, but is not pronounced by those who don't. (Bit like the two pronunciations of Shrewsbury in England.)
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