Composer Lookalikes

[Nick Armstrong]

Grandpa Munster .... Fritz Reiner

[Beef Oven]

Grandpa Munster .... Fritz Reiner

[Estelle]

Thanks to all who posted such hilarious pairings--you inspired many a laugh. I never thought that poor Bruckner's homeliness could be surpassed, but that hideous mechano character succeeded. (I confess I don't know who he is.) The other stroke of genius is Reiner and Grandpa Munster above. There are many other apt juxtapositions here. Who is the younger version of Franz Liszt?

[amateur51]

Thanks to all who posted such hilarious pairings--you inspired many a laugh. I never thought that poor Bruckner's homeliness could be surpassed, but that hideous mechano character succeeded. (I confess I don't know who he is.) The other stroke of genius is Reiner and Grandpa Munster above. There are many other apt juxtapositions here. Who is the younger version of Franz Liszt?

Why, tis Sir Jimmy Saville, Estelle - DJ, marathon runner, charity fundraiser, hospital volunteer and all-round dodgy geezer

[vinteuil]

Why, tis Sir Jimmy Saville, Estelle - DJ, marathon runner, charity fundraiser, hospital volunteer and all-round dodgy geezer

o no he isn't - Jimmy Saville's partner in #101 is surely Liszt...

Bruckner's partner is Havergal the Brian (#89), innit??

[amateur51]

o no he isn't - Jimmy Saville's partner in #101 is surely Liszt...

Yes vints - that's what estelle arxed and it's what I said, innit

[vinteuil]

Yes vints - that's what estelle arxed and it's what I said, innit

.... ammy - I am all confusion (and not for the first time today!).

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[Petrushka]

I'm not sure that Estelle will have much idea of who Sir Jimmy Savile was as she is in San Diego, California.

[Estelle]

Petrushka,
You're quite right that I had no idea who the recently deceased Sir Jimmy Saville was, but, once equipped with a name, it was easy to read about him. His Wiki article is comprehensive.

Now, if someone would be so kind as to identify Berlioz's alter ego… and Bruckner's partnered film character in that wild get-up (Message 43)…
And is the dandy in the bowler (Message 83) Sir Hubert Parry?

Many thanks from a warm, springy, and sunny San Diego.

[Petrushka]

Petrushka,
You're quite right that I had no idea who the recently deceased Sir Jimmy Saville was, but, once equipped with a name, it was easy to read about him. His Wiki article is comprehensive.

Now, if someone would be so kind as to identify Berlioz's alter ego… and Bruckner's partnered film character in that wild get-up (Message 43)…
And is the dandy in the bowler (Message 83) Sir Hubert Parry?

Many thanks from a warm, springy, and sunny San Diego.

Estelle,

Berlioz's alter ego in Msg 24 is former Tory politician, Michael (now Lord) Heseltine.

Msg 43 - Bruckner's film character: no idea, sorry.

Msg 83 - That's no dandy, that's English composer, Sir Edward Elgar whose music I can wholeheartedly recommend to you!

[Mr Pee]

One Phil gave us the Wall of Sound in the late Sixties,
but another made an entire career out of it.

Or maybe it's the same person with a wig?

How about these two?

[Estelle]

Petrushka,
Thank you for the identifications. I'm sorry if my comment appeared flippant; I meant it as complimentary.

Judging from their photos, Sir Edward Elgar and Sir Hubert Parry somewhat resembled each other in later life, in my view.

Thanks to an English music-loving friend, I have come to appreciate the music of both Elgar and Parry and have a fair representation in my collection.

Mr. Pee,
Brilliant!

[Serial_Apologist]

How about these two?

All are dandies. One a lion.

[Beef Oven]

How about these two?

Mr Pee, you have taken this thread to a new level with this one!

[salymap]

Thanks all for some wonderful pairings. But where would we be without beards, moustaches, specs etc.

Surely today's composers would be harder to pair off like that. Great fun,thanks again.