Alphabet Associations - III

[Pulcinella]

One way of avoiding Tom Service, of course, is to nod off .... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Or to switch off and have ZERO contact with him.

[Tapiola]

Very tempted to award bonus points to Pulcinella and LMcD for their most apposite alternative solutions!

[LMcD]

Or to switch off and have ZERO contact with him.

Because of his* bad behaviour at school? (Just musing....)
* Colin's, of course, not Tom's!

[Tapiola]

A clue-ette?

Aguirre would be a related 4th element...

And to clarify, whilst the Z is indeed musical, it is not always so, or at least the answer is both musical and not, dependent on context.

[Tapiola]

I wonder if a slightly amended version of the puzzle will help...

"Oh God(ard)!" he muttered angrily, "not Tom Service again (academically speaking)".

[french frank]

I wonder if a slightly amended version of the puzzle will help...

"Oh God(ard)!" he muttered angrily, "not Tom Service again (academically speaking)".

I think I had all 3 Zs but was working on an A. Is the answer Zorn?

If so, John Zorn composed something for a J-L Godard film, der Zorn is German for anger, TS's doctorate was on John Zorn?

[Tapiola]

Great work, ff. Zorn wrote a composition in tribute to J-L, entitled "Godard", utilising jump cut techniques.

(The Aguirre reference is to the German title of Herzog's film "Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes").

The "A" is yours...

[french frank]

Great work, ff. Zorn wrote a composition in tribute to J-L, entitled "Godard", utilising jump cut techniques.

(The Aguirre reference is to the German title of Herzog's film "Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes").

The "A" is yours...

I'll be right back with an A. I don't think my first answer was quite right, but I probably didn't fully understand what jump cuts were

[french frank]

For A:

He was one half of a doubly surreal parisian affair.

An angel’s son fantasised about it.

More than a jot like flamenco, but it comes from here (probably).

[hmvman]

Did we get anywhere with ff's 'W'?

[LMcD]

For A:

He was one half of a doubly surreal parisian affair.

An angel’s son fantasised about it.

More than a jot like flamenco, but it comes from here (probably).

The dance known as the jota probably originated in Aragon. Might the surrealist therefore be Louis Aragon?
There;s an album called Aragon by a Mr Angel.

[french frank]

The dance known as the jota probably originated in Aragon. Might the surrealist therefore be Louis Aragon?
There;s an album called Aragon by a Mr Angel.

Blimey! That was quick. You've got the jota (should have said not a tittle rather than more than a jot) and one half of the surealists was indeed Louis Aragon (t'other of course, Poulenc). The angel's son bit is the most MOR 'classical' of all of them.

[LMcD]

Blimey! That was quick. You've got the jota (should have said not a tittle rather than more than a jot) and one half of the surealists was indeed Louis Aragon (t'other of course, Poulenc). The angel's son bit is the most MOR 'classical' of all of them.

Glinka - Jota Aragonese?

[french frank]

Glinka - Jota Aragonese?

Gosh, no. The jota bit only relates to the third clue. I'm not sure that it helps to say stay strictly in Spain for the second (those words don't contain a hidden clue, btw).

[LMcD]

Gosh, no. The jota bit only relates to the third clue. I'm not sure that it helps to say stay strictly in Spain for the second (those words don't contain a hidden clue, btw).

Albeniz's father was called Angel. Aragon is part of his son's Suite Espanola.