Alphabet Associations - III

[french frank]

Is Pulcinella a clue?

I'm not sure that he's looked in this morning so he's probably clueless

[Pulcinella]

I'm not sure that he's looked in this morning so he's probably clueless

Quite right.
I think it was merely an exhortation to keep my eyes on the thread.
Not long back from volunteer work (Tuesday to Thursday mornings).

[french frank]

I can see a few of the 'regulars' have looked in without making any suggestions. Is it, I wonder, so easy that they disdain to bother with it, or They're Sorry They Need Another Clue? I will give further clues in an hour or so.

[Tapiola]

In no way easy here, french frank! I have currently no way in.

[AuntDaisy]

I can see a few of the 'regulars' have looked in without making any suggestions. Is it, I wonder, so easy that they disdain to bother with it, or They're Sorry They Need Another Clue? I will give further clues in an hour or so.

Definitely TSTNAC, or even ISIHAC

Would RVW be the thrid? I'm assuming English rules out Welsh etc.

Wild guesses:
"To daffodils" & Herrick
"On Wenlock Edge" & A. E. Housman

[french frank]

In no way easy here, french frank! I have currently no way in.

Right, this is then a failure (in my view) as there should be a little gap to squeeze into and thus explore further.

The third piece of music (least helpful) is a 20th-c cantata, the words by an earlier compatriot of the composer who did not so much as seek asylum as be sent there.

[Tapiola]

Right, this is then a failure (in my view) as there should be a little gap to squeeze into and thus explore further.

Pas du tout! I did think I was getting somewhere with the Solution itself (Shostakovich was my initial thought) but the best laid plans...

[LMcD]

I can see a few of the 'regulars' have looked in without making any suggestions. Is it, I wonder, so easy that they disdain to bother with it, or They're Sorry They Need Another Clue? I will give further clues in an hour or so.

Which of these do you think is the more likely explanation?

[Tapiola]

The third piece of music (least helpful) is a 20th-c cantata, the words by an earlier compatriot of the composer who did not so much as seek asylum as be sent there.

Oh... is the third element Britten's Cantata Misericordium?

[Pulcinella]

Oh... is the third element Britten's Cantata Misericordium?

More likely Rejoice in the lamb (Christopher Smart/Benjamin Britten) I'd have thought, but I'd classify that as choral not vocal.

[Tapiola]

Think you might be on to something there, Pulcinella.

[AuntDaisy]

The third piece of music (least helpful) is a 20th-c cantata, the words by an earlier compatriot of the composer who did not so much as seek asylum as be sent there.

Ivor Gurney for the asylum sendee?????

[french frank]

More likely Rejoice in the lamb (Christopher Smart/Benjamin Britten) I'd have thought, but I'd classify that as choral not vocal.

You're right. It is Rejoice in the Lamb, though I think 'vocal' might include choral works (my apologies if I misled: knowing the answer I thought the asylum/poet was already narrowing field. I had forgotten Ivor Gurney. Kit and Ben are the poet and composer, Rejoice in the Lamb, the work. For the first piece, the word 'aria' is correct - but may also lead astray...

[AuntDaisy]

You're right. It is Rejoice in the Lamb, though I think 'vocal' might include choral works (my apologies if I misled: knowing the answer I thought the asylum/poet was already narrowing field. I had forgotten Ivor Gurney. Kit and Ben are the poet and composer, Rejoice in the Lamb, the work. For the first piece, the word 'aria' is correct - but may also lead astray...

All we like sheep...

Well done Pulcinella.

[french frank]

All we like sheep... .

Could you be a bit more pellucid, Aunty?