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From: rchrd@well.sf.ca.us (Richard Friedman)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce Iannis Xenakis' name?
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Date: 15 Oct 90 15:57:12 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?
 
At IRCAM in Paris I heard the staff refer to him as merely "Dr. X", pronounced
"ecks".  Actually, its "Zen-ak-kiss"  or "ks'zen-ak-kiss"  approximately.
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