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  • french frank
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    • Feb 2007
    • 30510

    Three minds with but a single thought:

    What H links a baroque Frenchman, a classical Austrian and a romantic Russian?
    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.

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    • french frank
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      • Feb 2007
      • 30510

      Originally posted by french frank View Post
      Three minds with but a single thought:

      What H links a baroque Frenchman, a classical Austrian and a romantic Russian?
      A clue: there are three pieces of music with an H in the common title.

      Clarification: the title isn't common to all three: it's (in one case) the commonly used title. I'm not sure whether the composer called it that.
      Last edited by french frank; 22-12-23, 10:41.
      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.

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      • LMcD
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        • Sep 2017
        • 8690

        Originally posted by french frank View Post

        A clue: there are three pieces of music with an H in the common title.

        Clarification: the title isn't common to all three: it's (in one case) the commonly used title. I'm not sure whether the composer called it that.
        Hen?
        Last edited by LMcD; 22-12-23, 13:26.

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        • antongould
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          • Nov 2010
          • 8836

          Originally posted by LMcD View Post

          Hen?

          All Quiet On The Bristol Front ……..

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          • LMcD
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            • Sep 2017
            • 8690

            Originally posted by antongould View Post


            All Quiet On The Bristol Front ……..
            Mussorgsky Pictures From An Exhibition - Hut On Hen's Legs
            Haydn Symphony No. 83 - The Hen
            Rameau - La Poule

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            • cloughie
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              • Dec 2011
              • 22205

              Originally posted by LMcD View Post

              Mussorgsky Pictures From An Exhibition - Hut On Hen's Legs
              Haydn Symphony No. 83 - The Hen
              Rameau - La Poule
              Looks like we got chicken coleslaw!

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              • french frank
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                • Feb 2007
                • 30510

                Originally posted by LMcD View Post

                Mussorgsky Pictures From An Exhibition - Hut On Hen's Legs
                Haydn Symphony No. 83 - The Hen
                Rameau - La Poule
                It had to be, didn't it? Excuse the delay - just back from a longish lunch at the bistro. Congratulations LMcD and I think it's U ...
                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.

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                • LMcD
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                  • Sep 2017
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                  Originally posted by french frank View Post

                  It had to be, didn't it? Excuse the delay - just back from a longish lunch at the bistro. Congratulations LMcD and I think it's U ...
                  ... or even 'I'!

                  Three 'I's involving 4 British composers, plus a composer and numerous unknowns from Eastern Europe.

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                  • french frank
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                    • Feb 2007
                    • 30510

                    Originally posted by LMcD View Post

                    ... or even 'I'!

                    Three 'I's involving 4 British composers, plus a composer and numerous unknowns from Eastern Europe.
                    The four British Composers and their 'I's are:

                    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Idyll
                    Elgar Une Idylle
                    Butterworth Two English idylls
                    Frank Bridge Three Idylls

                    So the connecting I is Idyll. And if not ...
                    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.

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                    • LMcD
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                      • Sep 2017
                      • 8690

                      Originally posted by french frank View Post

                      The four British Composers and their 'I's are:

                      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Idyll
                      Elgar Une Idylle
                      Butterworth Two English idylls
                      Frank Bridge Three Idylls

                      So the connecting I is Idyll. And if not ...
                      I'm afraid you'll need to find another 4 British composers and forget all about idylls - oh, and don't forget you're only looking for 3 'I's....

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                      • french frank
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                        • Feb 2007
                        • 30510

                        Originally posted by LMcD View Post
                        and don't forget you're only looking for 3 'I's....
                        I thought that was three (the first one unnumbered, then 1,2 and 3) but you are the ultimate arbiter I'm not clear whether these are three different I's which are somehow connected with each other.
                        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.

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                        • LMcD
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                          • Sep 2017
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                          Originally posted by french frank View Post

                          I thought that was three (the first one unnumbered, then 1,2 and 3) but you are the ultimate arbiter I'm not clear whether these are three different I's which are somehow connected with each other.
                          The 'I' is the same in all 3 cases. .
                          One of the British composers involved was born in the early years of the reign of Elizabeth the First.
                          Last edited by LMcD; 23-12-23, 10:14.

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                          • french frank
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                            • Feb 2007
                            • 30510

                            Originally posted by LMcD View Post
                            The 'I' is the same in all 3 cases. .
                            One of the British composers involved was born in the early years of the reign of Elizabeth the First.
                            Is this John Dowland?
                            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.

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                            • LMcD
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                              • Sep 2017
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                              Originally posted by french frank View Post

                              Is this John Dowland?
                              I'm afraid not. The composer in question died in London in 1640..

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                              • french frank
                                Administrator/Moderator
                                • Feb 2007
                                • 30510

                                Originally posted by LMcD View Post

                                I'm afraid not. The composer in question was born in Truro, sources offering dates between 1560 and 1563.
                                Oh, him (is he perhaps English rather than British, like all of those born in Betty's reign?) Anyway, off we go again
                                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.

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