Alphabet Associations - II

[Leinster Lass]

Took a bit of tracking down, but I think we are looking at Antonin Dvorak, who was an Honorary Member of the Philharmonic Society in all three cities.

Spot on! (I don't know whether the 'due recognition' mentioned earlier helped or not. )
Over to you ....

[crb11]

Spot on! (I don't know whether the 'due recognition' mentioned earlier helped or not. )
Over to you ....

It did - but not as much as the "died at 62". I don't think I'd have got it without that. (Finding any connection between Dvorak and Budapest was challenging.) A good puzzle!


Here's mine: Three meetings: one in a dream composed by Berlioz, one in a film score by Shostakovich, and one a city and its new concert hall, all beside the same E.

[Dermot]

I'm reasonably confident the E is the Elbe.

In La Damnation de Faust, by Berlioz, Mephistopheles shows Faust a dream vision of Marguerite in a meadow on the banks of the Elbe.

Shostakovich wrote the music for the film Encounter at the Elbe.

Hamburg is on the Elbe and its new concert hall is the Elbphilharmonie, but a meeting there has me puzzled. The Elbephilharmonie's address is Platz der Deutschen Einheit, or Germany Unity Square, so a meeting of East and West Germany?

[crb11]

I'm reasonably confident the E is the Elbe.

In La Damnation de Faust, by Berlioz, Mephistopheles shows Faust a dream vision of Marguerite in a meadow on the banks of the Elbe.

Shostakovich wrote the music for the film Encounter at the Elbe.

Hamburg is on the Elbe and its new concert hall is the Elbphilharmonie, but a meeting there has me puzzled. The Elbephilharmonie's address is Platz der Deutschen Einheit, or Germany Unity Square, so a meeting of East and West Germany?

That's exactly what I was looking for. The third one was a bit of a stretch to fit the theme (and I would have allowed it if you just got the concert hall) but you found it. Well done.

[antongould]

That's exactly what I was looking for. The third one was a bit of a stretch to fit the theme (and I would have allowed it if you just got the concert hall) but you found it. Well done.

Excellent Dermot - Forward

[cloughie]

Wow ......

Yes indeed wow - very early on I thought of Antonin but thought nah he was Czech not Hungarian - just shows how much AA depends on thinking outside the box!

[Dermot]

Find an F that musically connects

A member of a Scandinavian royal family

An Irish couple involved in a love triangle

A deceased bird

[crb11]

Yes indeed wow - very early on I thought of Antonin but thought nah he was Czech not Hungarian - just shows how much AA depends on thinking outside the box!

The way I did it was to search for D musicians who had died at age 62, and then try to spot the link.

I think I may have the answer to F, but I'm not convinced the Irish bit is right.

Frederick IX of Denmark was an orchestral conductor (good enough to be recorded)

Tristan und Isolde features a love triangle (Isolde and Marke are both Irish) and was notably praised by Friedrich Nietzsche

One of the songs in Frederick Delius's Sea Drift includes the death of one of a pair of mockingbirds.

[Dermot]

The way I did it was to search for D musicians who had died at age 62, and then try to spot the link.

I think I may have the answer to F, but I'm not convinced the Irish bit is right.

Frederick IX of Denmark was an orchestral conductor (good enough to be recorded)

Tristan und Isolde features a love triangle (Isolde and Marke are both Irish) and was notably praised by Friedrich Nietzsche

One of the songs in Frederick Delius's Sea Drift includes the death of one of a pair of mockingbirds.

Ingenious, but not the F I had in mind. F is not the name of a composer. The Irish couple in question are the central young lovers.

[Leinster Lass]

Find an F that musically connects

A member of a Scandinavian royal family

An Irish couple involved in a love triangle

A deceased bird

Sadly, none of 'Norwegian', 'Blue' or 'Parrot' begins with 'F'!

[Dermot]

A member of a Scandinavian royal family

Happiness is a.... (cue Bach)

[Dermot]

Sadly, none of 'Norwegian', 'Blue' or 'Parrot' begins with 'F'!

You've got it! Just spell it out.

Your avatar will help with the Irish couple. The names of none of those involved in the three parts begin with F. But F has a musical association with all of them.

[vinteuil]

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... I surmise Alkan is lurking there

[Dermot]

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... I surmise Alkan is lurking there

You surmise correctly

[antongould]

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... I surmise Alkan is lurking there

Come on vints ....... you’re allowed to set 2 questions in Tier 2 ....