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From: td@alice.att.com (Tom Duff)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce Iannis Xenakis' name?
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Date: 11 Oct 90 13:32:52 GMT
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davisonj@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (John M Davison) writes:
>	I've seen it in print a lot, but I've never actually heard anyone
>pronounce "Iannis Xenakis."  Would someone please pronounce this for me?

yah'niss zeh-nah'kiss

(i.e. all vowels short, accents on penults.)
A Greek might make the i's long rather than short.
In any case, his first and last names rhyme.