Alphabet Associations - III

[LMcD]

People seem to be either keen setters or keen solvers. I confess that after the effort of my first attempt as a setter I wasn't anxious to set out again. I was five sixths there having discovered (possibly, how can one know?) that only one musician has won the Nobel Prize. We may need a volunteer for the Austrian army awfully arrayed ...

'A'

Charles, Leonard and William (in that order)

[french frank]

'A'

Charles, Leonard and William (in that order)

So the A is connected in some way to their date order? As might be first, second and third to do/achieve something?

[LMcD]

So the A is connected in some way to their date order? As might be first, second and third to do/achieve something?

The order of the names is the order in which each composed this 'A'.

[AuntDaisy]

The order of the names is the order in which each composed this 'A'.

Rats I had a partial sequence of WH Auden conenctions with Bernstein (symph 2) & Walton (The Twelve), but Chas was out on his ear.

[LMcD]

Rats I had a partial sequence of WH Auden conenctions with Bernstein (symph 2) & Walton (The Twelve), but Chas was out on his ear.

Wrong William, I'm afraid!

[AuntDaisy]

Wrong William, I'm afraid!

Amber light on Leonard?

[LMcD]

Amber light on Leonard?

[Petrushka]

'A'

Charles, Leonard and William (in that order)

Is the link America?

Charles Ives (Variations on 'America'), Leonard Bernstein (America, West Side Story) and William Schuman (orchestrated the Ives).

[LMcD]

Is the link America?

Charles Ives (Variations on 'America'), Leonard Bernstein (America, West Side Story) and William Schuman (orchestrated the Ives).

Yes - three 'Americas', composed in 1891, 1957 and 1962 - by an American composer in each case, of course!

What will B next, I wonder?

[cloughie]

”i

A B links Reg, Bela and Eric

[Petrushka]

A B links Reg, Bela and Eric

Is the link The Beatles? More specifically, musicians who performed with them?

Reginald Kilbey (cello), Eric Clapton (guitar)

I can't find a Bela. Did Bela Dekany perform as a violinist?

[crb11]

Bela Bartok wrote a "Bear Dance" (more than one I think) and Eric Coates wrote a dance suite "The Three Bears", but I'm struggling with Reg, although I found an obscure jazz musician called Reggie "Teddy Bear" Dubois.

[cloughie]

Is the link The Beatles? More specifically, musicians who performed with them?

Reginald Kilbey (cello), Eric Clapton (guitar)

I can't find a Bela. Did Bela Dekany perform as a violinist?

Wrong in all 3 - there are pop and classical references.

[Petrushka]

Wrong in all 3 - there are pop and classical references.

Thought I was on to something there!

[vinteuil]

Wrong in all 3 - there are pop and classical references.

... is Reg Elton?