Originally posted by LMcD
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Bingo! Well done. I hand the B-aton to you. (Aragón is also the Fantasia hence the fantasising).It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. -
One died in Cleveland, one died in New York, but the third is still there wielding his baton.Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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As no one yet has any ideas on LMcD's B, i'd better coleslaw my blink-and-you'll-miss-it A:
Poulenc and Aragon the parisian surrealists; Poulenc set Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon (1943)
The son of Ángel Albéniz, Isaac, composed Suite española No 1, incl the fantasia Aragón
Aragon was where where the folkloric dance the jota (more than a jot like flamenco) originated.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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For someone who posted this as message #2 on the thread, you've got the hang of it pretty quickly!Originally posted by french frank View PostI put in the dash, but never got the hang of AA
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Well, I did think it a bit unfair. Whoever'd even heard of Louis Aragon ('cept me)? How obscure was the clue to Albéniz's dad? How the deuce did anyone spot the cunning clue to the jota? I am among giantsOriginally posted by Pulcinella View Post
For someone who posted this as message #2 on the thread, you've got the hang of it pretty quickly!
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Iota > Jota > Saint-Saens 'Jota Aragonesa'. Pretty straightforward after that!.Originally posted by french frank View Post
Well, I did think it a bit unfair. Whoever'd even heard of Louis Aragon ('cept me)? How obscure was the clue to Albéniz's dad? How the deuce did anyone spot the cunning clue to the jota? I am among giantsComment
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Yes - three conductors linked geographically by a 'B'.Originally posted by antongould View PostComment
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George Szell, who died in Cleveland, was born in Budapest.
If I'm on the right track, I'm happy for others to take over, as I won't be around much later today (going to the University of York concert mentioned by Robert Hollingworth in today's Record Review).Comment
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Anton Seidl was born in Pest and died of food poisoning in New York …… ?????Originally posted by LMcD View Post
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Can you name another distinguished conductor of the New York Philharmonic who was born in Budapest,, as against Buda, that is to say after 1873?Originally posted by antongould View PostComment
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Iván Fischer?Originally posted by LMcD View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Originally posted by french frank View Post
Ivan Fischer was born in Budapest and is still wielding his baton.
George Szell, named above, was born in Budapest and died in Cleveland.
Our 3rd Budapest-born baton-wielder predeceased George Szell by some 7 years.Comment
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Fritz Reiner …. ????Originally posted by LMcD View Post
Ivan Fischer was born in Budapest and is still wielding his baton.
George Szell, named above, was born in Budapest and died in Cleveland.
Our 3rd Budapest-born baton-wielder predeceased George Szell by some 7 years.
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