Alphabet Associations - II

[subcontrabass]

And Penderecki Ubu Rex for a living composer? (and a work that has been filmed)

[LeMartinPecheur]

AMcD: I'm still wondering if this is a 'Buy Three Kings Get One Free' offer. (Perhaps my trading standards background...?)

So far Kings Priam and Roger, composers from Britain and Poland and both dead.

My suggestions above as to living composers (hopefully!) could give us Sallinen's King going forth to France (Finland) or Reimann's King Lear (Germany).

If we stay with Sallinen then Henze's King Stag would slip in nicely without duplicating countries.

[LMcD]

Stravinsky certainly ticks all the boxes, so I'm happy to accept 'The King Of The Stars' as a valid alternative answer.
What about Sallinen?

[subcontrabass]

Stravinsky certainly ticks all the boxes, so I'm happy to accept 'The King Of The Stars' as a valid alternative answer.

Alternative to what? Oedipus Rex? (Somewhat smaller orchestra for a bigger work)

[LMcD]

Alternative to what? Oedipus Rex? (Somewhat smaller orchestra for a bigger work)

Alternative to one of my answers the English title of which also begins with 'K'.

[LeMartinPecheur]

Stravinsky certainly ticks all the boxes, so I'm happy to accept 'The King Of The Stars' as a valid alternative answer.
What about Sallinen?

What indeed? If it isn't his King going forth to France as above (#3032), how about his Kullervo? Or we after another King?

[subcontrabass]

What indeed? If it isn't his King going forth to France as above (#3032), how about his Kullervo? Or we after another King?

King Lear?

[LMcD]

What indeed? If it isn't his King going forth to France as above (#3032), how about his Kullervo? Or we after another King?

Sorry, I missed this post. Sallinen's 'The King Goes Forth to France' is correct. 3 Kings down, 1 to go!
Not King Lear.

[LeMartinPecheur]

Not Henze's Konig Hirsch/ King Stag either?

[LMcD]

Not Henze's Konig Hirsch/ King Stag either?

Afraid not. I don't think these have a generally accepted English title.
(Perhaps, on reflection, I shouldn't really allow Stravinsky either, as he wasn't European).
The 4th 'King' is not an opera.

[vinteuil]

Afraid not.
(Perhaps, on reflection, I shouldn't really allow Stravinsky as he wasn't really European).

... surely St Petersburg is in Europe? He was a European Russian.

Wiki gives ancestral background :

"Igor Stravinsky was born on 17 June 1882 in Oranienbaum, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, the Russian imperial capital, and was brought up in Saint Petersburg. His parents were Fyodor Stravinsky (1843–1902), a well-known bass at the Kiev opera house and the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, and Anna (née Kholodovsky; 1854–1939), a native of Kiev, one of four daughters of a high-ranking official in the Kiev Ministry of Estates. Fyodor was "descended from a long line of Polish grandees, senators and landowners." It is believed that Stravinsky’s ancestry is traceable back to the 17th and 18th centuries, to the bearers of the Soulima and Strawinski Coat of Arms. Stravinsky's family branch most likely came from Stravinskas, polonized Lithuanian (or Belarussian) land owners, and nobles of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. According to Stravinsky himself, his family originally had a Soulima-Stravinsky surname, and the name "Stravinsky" originated from the word "Strava", which is one of the variants of the Streva River in Lithuania (Trakai and Kaunas District)"

Or do you mean bicoz he went to America?

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[LMcD]

... surely St Petersburg is in Europe? He was a European Russian.

Wiki gives ancestral background :

"Igor Stravinsky was born on 17 June 1882 in Oranienbaum, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, the Russian imperial capital, and was brought up in Saint Petersburg. His parents were Fyodor Stravinsky (1843–1902), a well-known bass at the Kiev opera house and the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, and Anna (née Kholodovsky; 1854–1939), a native of Kiev, one of four daughters of a high-ranking official in the Kiev Ministry of Estates. Fyodor was "descended from a long line of Polish grandees, senators and landowners." It is believed that Stravinsky’s ancestry is traceable back to the 17th and 18th centuries, to the bearers of the Soulima and Strawinski Coat of Arms. Stravinsky's family branch most likely came from Stravinskas, polonized Lithuanian (or Belarussian) land owners, and nobles of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. According to Stravinsky himself, his family originally had a Soulima-Stravinsky surname, and the name "Stravinsky" originated from the word "Strava", which is one of the variants of the Streva River in Lithuania (Trakai and Kaunas District)"

Or do you mean bicoz he went to America?

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I've never thought of Russia as being part of Europe, other than for the purposes of football and the Eurovision Song Contest (which also includes Australia these days ) but I'm happy to concede the point and award Igor an 'honourable mention'.
Thus far we have:
Szymanowski: King Roger
Tippett: King Priam
Sallinen: (The) King Goes Forth to France
and we're looking for:
King ? (the generally accepted English title of a large-scale work, not an opera, from the first half of the 20th century).

[vinteuil]

I've never thought of Russia as being part of Europe...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Russia

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[LMcD]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Russia

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Fair enough!

[subcontrabass]

King ? (the generally accepted English title of a large-scale work, not an opera, from the first half of the 20th century).

Honegger Le roi David ???