As She is Spoke
| WONDER how many people have been listening to the Paroles de France series from 1YC. More, perhaps, —
than one might expect, for, despite the scorn of the utilitarian-minded and the poor-relation role played by French in modern secondary schools, there must be a fair proportion of YC listeners who
can follow most of the series. The facts and dates are given lucidly and simply in each programme; and the extracts are tread at something less than that breakneck pace at which French people, regardless of the Anglo-Saxon ear, will usually perversely speak their own language. And how beautifully the passages are read, Jean-Louis Barrault’s readings from Paul Claudel in the session devoted to that great poet, and some of the descriptive pieces in the two programmes on Brittany brought out the exquisite wrought-silver texture of the French tongue more clearly than anything I have ever heard before. Magnificently rounded sessions, presented with impeccable taste, and a poised charm, these could well bear repeating. Is it a mark of increasing YC maturity that they are broadcast without introduction or
apology?
J.C.
R.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 892, 7 September 1956, Page 19
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185As She is Spoke New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 892, 7 September 1956, Page 19
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