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Re: New Composer Pronunciation Question

Author: NorbertTheParrot
Date: 2008-07-29 20:17

Ken - I'm very dubious about this story.

The name Françaix is not Flemish. The cedilla is not used in Flemish. It may be (I don't know) that the name Françaix is used in Flanders, but it is not Flemish. Patel is a common name in England, but it's not an English name in the sense of being native to the English language.

Françaix did not come from Flanders. He was born in Le Mans, which is in France. I find no mention on either of:

http://www.jeanfrancaix.org/

http://www.requiem-voices.com/jfrancaix/biograph.htm

of him having any connection whatever with any part of Belgium.

A possible explanation may lie in the fact that part of the historic area of Flanders now lies in France. I guess it is possible that the name Françaix originates from that region. Nowadays the language of that region is almost exclusively French, but historically both Flemish and Picard were spoken there. It would be interesting to know exactly what his letter to the radio announcer said; maybe Françaix wrote in inaccurate English, or maybe he wrote in French and the letter was misunderstood.

I'm perfectly prepared to believe that he pronounced the x.

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