Three minds with but a single thought:
What H links a baroque Frenchman, a classical Austrian and a romantic Russian?
What H links a baroque Frenchman, a classical Austrian and a romantic Russian?
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A clue: there are three pieces of music with an H in the common title.Originally posted by french frank View Post
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.Comment
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Mussorgsky Pictures From An Exhibition - Hut On Hen's LegsOriginally posted by antongould View Post
Haydn Symphony No. 83 - The Hen
Rameau - La PouleComment
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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 ...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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... or even 'I'!Originally posted by french frank View Post
Three 'I's involving 4 British composers, plus a composer and numerous unknowns from Eastern Europe.Comment
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The four British Composers and their 'I's are: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.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Idyll
Elgar Une Idylle
Butterworth Two English idylls
Frank Bridge Three Idylls
So the connecting I is Idyll. And if not
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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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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....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 ...Comment
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I thought that was three (the first one unnumbered, then 1,2 and 3) but you are the ultimate arbiterOriginally posted by LMcD View Post
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.Comment
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The 'I' is the same in all 3 cases. .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.
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.Comment
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Is this John Dowland?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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I'm afraid not. The composer in question died in London in 1640..Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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Oh, him (is he perhaps English rather than British, like all of those born in Betty's reign?) Anyway, off we go againOriginally 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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