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	- Classical Music Dictionary - Free MP3
		Noted for his concise style and skills as a pianist, Jean Françaix was a composer of great facility and consistent wit.
		Jean Françaix fifth opera, "La Princesse de Clèves", exemplifies his qualities as a composer, heard also in his various ballet and film scores.
		Solo vocal and choral settings by Françaix range from an oratorio, L'apocalypse de St Jean, to a cantata for mezzo-soprano and strings, Déploration de Tonton, chien fidèle (Lament for Tonton, faithful dog), with settings of La Fontaine and Rabelais.
	www.karadar.it /Dictionary/francaix.html (248 words)

	Bruocsella Symphony Orchestra - J.Françaix: concerto for clarinet
		Jean Françaix composed his Clarinet Concerto in 1967-68 and dedicated it to Fernand Oubradous, a conductor, chamber music teacher at the Paris conservatoire and bassoonist at the Opéra de Paris.
		It is an aerobatics display for the fingers with looping the loop, steep turns and sudden dives to terrify the soloist, who must have nerves of steel and thousands of hours’ flying time under his belt.
		Jean Françaix has left clarinettists not only a splendid concerto but also an opportunity to develop their art further.
	www.bso-orchestra.be /francaix_concerto_clarinet_en.htm (387 words)

	JEAN FRANCAIX: L'Horloge de Flore (Flower Clock) & other works - Lajos Lencses, oboe & ens. - CPO JACQUES IBERT: ...
		JEAN FRANCAIX: L'Horloge de Flore (Flower Clock) for oboe and orchestra; Quartet for English horn, violin, viola and cello; Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano; Quartet for 2 violins, viola and cello - Lajos Lencsés, oboe/English horn/ Parisii Quartet/Francaix-Trio/ SWR Radio Symphony, Stuttgart/ Uri Segal - CPO 999 779-2, 60:19 **** [Distr.
		Francaix, who lived until 1997, wrote in all genres and his opera includes over 250 works - mostly of an instrumental nature.
		As Francaix seemed to be attracted to the woodwinds with reeds, Ibert fancied the flute, and a treasury of his short pieces for that instrument are treasured by flutists today.
	www.audaud.com /article.php?ArticleID=2399 (552 words)

	Françaix, Jean
		Jean Françaix was born in Le Mans on 23 May 1912.
		Coming from a musical family (his father being composer, pianist and director of the Conservatory in Le Mans, his mother a singing teacher and founder of a famous choir), Jean Françaix took his first lessons with his parents before continuing his studies at the Paris Conservatoire.
		There, his teachers were Isidore Philipp (in whose class he was awarded the first prize for piano in 1930) and Nadia Boulanger (composition).
	www.schott-music.com /autoren/KomponistenAZ/show,3507.html (166 words)

	JEAN FRANCAIX: Le roi nu; Les demoiselles de la nuit
		Francaix live a long life, passing away only eight years ago.
		But she can’t control her wanting to eat birds etc. Sections of romantic music alternate with music of great pathos, and the strings do their best to imitate the meows with glissandi.
		Francaix peppers his already witty score with brief quotations from other composers, which will necessitate a good musical memory in addition to wit to identify.
	www.audaud.com /article.php?ArticleID=73 (259 words)

	childcd.htm
		Francaix assigns the upper part to the pupil and the lower part to the "professeur" and points out in a footnote that the upper part could also be taken over by a capable pupil (élève confirmé).
		Francaix, en tant qu'élève de Nadia Boulanger a reçu rapidement l'étiquette de néoclassique dont il a su s'évader, et même si les avant-gardistes ne veulent pas le croire, il est réellement un représentant caractéristique de la musique française du XXme siècle.
		Francaix donne la partie supérieure à l'élève, et la partie inférieure au &laqno;professeur», il indique aussi dans une note de bas de page que la partie supérieure peut être aussi jouée par un élève confirmé.
	www.tal-groethuysen.de /childcd.htm (5328 words)

	- Classical Music Dictionary - Free MP3
		Noted for his concise style and skills as a pianist, Jean Françaix was a composer of great facility and consistent wit.
		Jean Françaix fifth opera, "La Princesse de Clèves", exemplifies his qualities as a composer, heard also in his various ballet and film scores.
		Solo vocal and choral settings by Françaix range from an oratorio, L'apocalypse de St Jean, to a cantata for mezzo-soprano and strings, Déploration de Tonton, chien fidèle (Lament for Tonton, faithful dog), with settings of La Fontaine and Rabelais.
	www.karadar.com /Dictionary/francaix.html (248 words)

	Friends Of Chamber Music: Jacques Thibaud String Trio with Eugenia Zuckerman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jean Françaix, the son of the director of the Le Mans Conservatory, started to compose very early; when Françaix was eleven, Ravel was already writing recommendations for this “extremely gifted child.” At the Paris Conservatory, he won a Premier Prix de Virtuosité in 1932 for piano, and studied composition with Nadia Boulanger.
		The amateur musician behind the commission was “that Indian Dutchman, that true friend of mankind,” Ferdinand de Jean, a surgeon with the Dutch East India Company.
		Schoenberg and his pupils, Anton Webern and Alban Berg, are the basis of what has become known as the Second Viennese School of composition, the First representing the path Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven followed.
	www.focm.org /artist-thibaud.htm (1898 words)

	COMPETITION JEAN FRANCAIX
		It is under the impetus of pianist Bertrand Giraud, President of Musici Artis Paris,that the Jean Françaix Competition came into existence in 1997, the year of the composer’s death.
		The composer Jean Françaix appeared to me as this one who can be the competition’s identity: his extensive and rich work deserved to be better known, in France as well as abroad."
		This project came about with the assent of Jean Françaix’s family and with the help of the Jean Françaix ‘s Circle Friends Association.
	site.voila.fr /concoursjeanfrancaix/anglais/accueila.htm (182 words)

	Trumpet Masterworks by George Vosburgh at Audio Lunchbox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jean Francaix: Sonatine for C Trumpet and Piano ~ Prelude; Allegretto
		Jean Francaix: Sonatine for C Trumpet and Piano ~ Sarabande
		Jean Francaix: Sonatine for C Trumpet and Piano ~ Gigue
	www.audiolunchbox.com /album?a=11734 (371 words)

	Discount Francaix CDs on FindUsedCDs.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jean Francaix Camille Saint-Saens Henri Busser Charles Gounod Euge...
		Maurice Ravel Francis Poulenc Jean Francaix Darius Milhaud Bela Ba...
		Franz Schubert Szymon Goldberg Radu Lupu Jean Francaix Maurice Gen...
	www.findusedcds.com /Francaix/2/asearch.aspx (109 words)

	Amazon.com: Jean Françaix: Le roi nu; Les desmoiselles de la nuit: Music: Jean Francaix,Thierry Fischer,Ulster ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jean Françaix: Concertino for piano and orchestra; Les bosquets de Cythère; Les malheurs de Sophie ~ Jean Francaix
		This is the third disc in the series of Jean Francaix's orchestral music and once again demonstrates his ability to express musical ideas with wit and precision.
		Jean Francaix was truly in his element when writing his ballets.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007NLHMU?v=glance (1338 words)

	FRANCAIS Symphony + other orchestral [HC]: Classical CD Reviews- May2002 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Throughout his long composing life Jean Françaix remained faithful to his own ideals of clarity and elegance.
		It is a splendid example of its composer’s Neo-classicism "with a French accent": clear orchestration with a typical liking for wind instruments, catchy tunes and ideal proportions.
		Jean Françaix composed three symphonies of which the Second (for string orchestra) is undoubtedly the finest.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2002/May02/Francais.htm (419 words)

	Quartet ready to lighten up
		Chan is one-fourth of the New Century String Quartet, which performs pieces written by Les Six composer Darius Milhaud, his contemporary Jean Francaix and Indiana composer Chris Rutkowski.
		"Francaix was not one of Les Six," Chan said.
		Rutkowski's piece, "Spirals," was commissioned for the concert and is based on a movement from a Brahms quartet written in 1876.
	www.intakeweekly.com /articles/4/024003-2844-160.html (371 words)

	biographical Information about Paul Wehage, Part 1
		It was Renata Mazella who gave Wehage a letter of introduction to the composer Jean Françaix, whose works she had performed in South America.
		Finally, Wehage asked Jean Françaix to compose a song cycle for an upcoming tour of Japan with the French baritone Philippe de Gaetz and the Japanese Pianist Moyuru Maeda.
		The work « Huit Historiettes de Tallemant des Réaux » for Baritone, Tenor Saxophone and Piano, was Françaix’s last completed work and was premièred in May, 1996 in Paris in the presence of the composer, shortly before his sudden illness and death.
	www.paulwehage.com /biography1.htm (796 words)

	Jean Françaix - Quintet for Flute, Harp, and Strings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jean Françaix - Quintet for Flute, Harp, and Strings
		Jean Françaix died only three years ago at the age of 85 and, like Saint-Saëns, made a splash early in his career.
		CLICK HERE for a wide and diverse selection of contemporary music and standard repertoire programme notes.
	www.classicalnotes.co.uk /notes/francaix1.html (175 words)

	JNL9: The Composer Speaks: Jean Francaix on His Divertissement for Bassoon and String Quintet
		JNL9: The Composer Speaks: Jean Francaix on His Divertissement for Bassoon and String Quintet
		I recently performed the Divertissement pour basson et Quintette à cordes by Jean Françaix here in New York City and am happy to report that Mr.
		It was very kind of Maître Françaix to take the time to coach my rehearsal, and the memory of my experience with that energetic man will last for quite a while.
	www.idrs.org /Publications/Journal/JNL9/composer.html (1329 words)

	Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Piece Detail
		After all, dangerous though it may be to generalize, it is not difficult to say that French composers have not been concerned in their art with the forehead-creasing issues of man and his universe but have been content to paint aural canvases of elegance and refinement, of cool detachment and/or insinuating voluptuousness.
		In that much of his music conforms to most of the above description, Jean Françaix is a typical French composer.
		And, along with Francis Poulenc, he is possibly the most Parisian of 20th-century composers, in the sense of being debonair and lighthearted, a boulevardier of wit and unabashed sentimentality.
	www.laphil.org /resources/piece_detail.cfm?id=1282 (455 words)

	Tower Records - Francais: Le Roi Nu, etc / Fischer, Ulster Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The music of Jean Francaix is as effervescent as a fine, French champagne and these two, tiny ballets are no exception.
		With "Les demoiselles de la nuits" Francaix scooped Andrew Lloyd Webber by thirty-five years as the subject is cats!
		By all means try some of the previous, Francaix releases on Hyperion.
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=3222833 (257 words)

	Francaix Sheet music : Lyrics and tabs
		Tema con Variazioni (Theme and Variations) Clarinet in A. By Jean Francaix.
		15 Portraits D'enfants D'auguste Renoir By Jean Francaix.
		Danses Exotiques, 5, Alto Sax/Piano By Jean Francaix.
	www.sheetmusicnotes.biz /francaix.htm (105 words)

	Taffanel, Milhaud, Ibert, Francaix / Afflatus Quintet \| ArkivMusic
		Taffanel, Milhaud, Ibert, Francaix / Afflatus Quintet
		Finally, Jean Françaix's (1912-97) symphonically proportioned Quintet (1948) marries the composer's peculiarly pungent harmonic style to his quirky sense of humor, as in the first movement's comical "circus music" with its trapeze-like ascending and descending chromatic runs on oboe and stopped horn.
		All told, this is a well planned and marvelously performed program, graced with wholly natural and realistic sound from Supraphon, not to be missed by any fan of 20th century chamber music.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=20678 (288 words)

	Recital
		As typical with Martinu, the composition consists of several essentially unrelated themes, unified by common characteristics such as the extensive use of syncopation, pointed articulations, and arpeggiated patterns.
		Jean Françaix wrote many fine pieces for clarinet, including a Trio with viola and Piano, a Clarinet Quintet, and a notoriously difficult concerto.
		Like Debussy’s Premier Rhapsody for clarinet, the theme and variations was written for a competition.
	www.isi.edu /~carl/recital.html (620 words)

	wehagecv (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		His study of this rich musical heritage lead to the rediscovery of many works by composers such as Pierre Vellones, Manuel Rosenthal and Germaine Tailleferre through recordings, concerts, publications through his music publishing house and presentations during masterclasses.
		His work with the French composers Jean FRANCAIX and Antoine TISNÉ lead to a large number of new works by each of these composers, including operas, chamber music, and shorter works.
		A tour of Japan during November-December 1998 centered around works by Jean Françaix, including the world première of Neuf Historiettes de Tallemant des Réaux for Baritone Voice, Tenor Saxophone, and Piano, the composer’s last work.
	members.aol.com /paulwehage/paul.html?mtbrand=AOL_US (471 words)

	Sacramento News and Review September 16, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jean Françaix (1912-1997), a modern master of immediate appeal but without clichés, wrote music of urbane wit and refreshing tunefulness.
		His artful, polished music also could shock the sophisticated listener with its disarming simplicity.
		Everything under the sun in the Sacramento Music Scene.
	www.newsreview.com /sacramento/Content?oid=oid:31306 (231 words)

	Françaix: Orchestral Music
		The gentle urbane art of Jean Francaix, at once freshly engaging and invariably distinguished by an unerring sense of style, has endeared itself to successive generations of musicians and music-lovers.
		This alluring orchestral music undulates between the dreamy and the dramatic, exemplifying Francaix's attractive use of sound colour and harmonies.
		The Scuola di Ballo, a ballet in one act, is based on music by Boccherini, largely from his quintets.
	www.hyperion-records.co.uk /details/67323.asp (374 words)

	Jean Francaix Biography - famous Jean Francaix Classical collection and Jean Francaix Music Reviews.
		Jean Francaix Biography - famous Jean Francaix Classical collection and Jean Francaix Music Reviews.
		A composer of great facility and consistent wit, Jean Françaix, a pupil of Nadia Boulanger, has written music of charm and elegance, inventive and attractive in idiom, with instrumental works that show the characteristic French handling of woodwind instruments.
		FRANCAIX: Wind Quintet No. 1 / MILAUD: La Cheminee du roi Rene /
	www.naxos.com /composerinfo/2442.htm (281 words)

	Classical Net Review - Françaix/Ponce/Rodrigo - Guitar Concertos
		The composers of Spain and Latin America have built the strongest modern pillars of classical guitar music, so seeing works by the Spaniard Rodrigo and the Mexican Ponce doesn't surprise me. Seeing a French concerto, however, made me look twice, just to be sure.
		Jean Françaix, however, has written several works that use guitar.
		He tends to get length by putting together short movements (this concerto has five).
	www.classical.net /~music/recs/reviews/e/ess01088a.html (1089 words)

	Jean-Pierre Rampal
		Rampal's programs ranged from the seventeenth century to the present day, with excursions into jazz, English folk songs, Japanese classics and the music of India.
		Among contemporary composers who have dedicated works to him are Jean Francaix, André Jolivet, Jean Martinon, Francis Poulenc and Pierre Boulez.
		Perhaps the most recorded classical instrumentalist in history, Jean-Pierre Rampal received the Grand Prix du Disque for a number of his recordings.
	www.nfaonline.org /resMuseum7.asp (716 words)

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