Alphabet Associations - III

[cloughie]

'Daisy, Daisy, please let us answer do'!

A trandem of conundrums!

[LMcD]

A trandem of conundrums!

I'm not sure that I shall understand either the answers or the explanations of those answers.

[LMcD]

A trandem of conundrums!

Also a nod in the direction of HAL, the computer in '2001- A Space Odyssey' who may well also have been struggling by now.

[AuntDaisy]

Also a nod in the direction of HAL, the computer in '2001- A Space Odyssey' who may well also have been struggling by now.

Or would have ejected us from the airlock.

[LMcD]

Or would have ejected us from the airlock.

[LMcD]

I'm struggling a bit, but here goes...

Two venerable Hispanics, almost, D's last & first. One may live by the woods, almost golden, sometimes in the tents of Kedar. The other isn't the tempestuous king of Naples, but often plays with weights.

Can you name two composers and one piece?

The last and first something or other of somebody whose name begins and/or ends with D?

[AuntDaisy]

The last and first something or other of somebody whose name begins and/or ends with D?

French Frank quickly found both composers, Andreas de Silva & Duarte Lobo; it's just the piece left...

(Both are almost Spanish (possibly Portuguese) & Early Music composers. de Silva = "by the woods", "silver" is almost golden. Alonso = King of Naples in The Tempest, Alonso Lobo is confusable with Duarte. Duarte Lobo wrote Masses.)

The latest mini clues / apology:

Palestrina wrote a beautiful mass based on this text & an earlier motet. But unscholarly Tallis didn't

Unfortunately, I don't think D Lobo did write a version of this piece, it was just the other composer (sadly, I couldn't get Palestrina to fit in).

Sorry, the D is in the composer's names. My bad.
The piece of music has a Latin title that derives from a biblical text (Song of Solomon) that has the tents of Kedah near the beginning.
It's one of my favourite & oldest Tallis Scholars CDs (not that that really helps.)
Lhéritier, Palestrina & Victoria also appear with their settings. The Presto Music link might help.

I might just give the answer, along with an apology for an unclear question.

[french frank]

The latest mini clues / apology:

Palestrina wrote a beautiful mass based on this text & an earlier motet. But unscholarly Tallis didn't

Palestrina wrote a mass Nigra sum and de Silva wrote a motet Nigra sum. But how does that link with Duarte Lobo?

Unfortunately, I don't think D Lobo did write a version of this piece, it was just the other composer (sadly, I couldn't get Palestrina to fit in).

Well, that fits with the above. Also Nigra sum has an English translation that begins with D but I didn't quite like to quote it

I'm short of Ds, I think. Duarte Lobo > Andreas de Silva > Nigra sum is the closest I can get.

[LMcD]

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(Both are almost Spanish (possibly Portuguese) & Early Music composers. de Silva = "by the woods", "silver" is almost golden. Alonso = King of Naples in The Tempest, Alonso Lobo is confusable with Duarte. Duarte Lobo wrote Masses.)

Eh?
(I think I'll stick with Classical Musical Associations! )

[Pulcinella]

...
(I think I'll stick with Classical Musical Associations! )

I'm beginning to regret unleashing this new Alphabet Associations thread.


Mind you, I still get lost trying to work out some of the connections in Classical Music Associations.

[AuntDaisy]

The latest mini clues / apology:
Palestrina wrote a mass Nigra sum and de Silva wrote a motet Nigra sum. But how does that link with Duarte Lobo?
Well, that fits with the above. Also Nigra sum has an English translation that begins with D but I didn't quite like to quote it
I'm short of Ds, I think. Duarte Lobo > Andreas de Silva > Nigra sum is the closest I can get.

That's it French Frank - Well Done. Hyperion link to CD.

I think I'd better take a break...

[french frank]

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(I think I'll stick with Classical Musical Associations! )

It's the quick crossword v the cryptic crossword

[AuntDaisy]

[QUOTE=french frank;n1294085]

It's the quick crossword v the cryptic crossword

... and thanks for persevering french frank. You're a star

Some of the Classical Music Associations are fairly tricky, I had to look up cloughie's "Prokofiev: Chout". FoR3 to inform, educate and entertain...

[Pulcinella]

... and thanks for persevering french frank. You're a star

Some of the Classical Music Associations are fairly tricky, I had to look up cloughie's "Prokofiev: Chout". FoR3 to inform, educate and entertain...

Me too!
But I still don't see how he got there from Feste Romane or indeed how the next response was Alborada del gracioso!

[AuntDaisy]

Me too!
But I still don't see how he got there from Feste Romane or indeed how the next response was Alborada del gracioso!

Ditto. Ours not to wonder why.

Just looked on Wikipedia and a "A gracioso was a figure from Spanish comedy, variously described as a jester or a clown", so that makes sense (as with my silly suggestion).
Apparently, Feste Romane starts with a Circus Maximus scene...