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  • vinteuil
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    • Nov 2010
    • 12793

    Originally posted by antongould View Post
    Title ..... ????
    ... nope

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    • Pulcinella
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      • Feb 2014
      • 10895

      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
      ... nope
      Wiki tells us that the author was a Baronet, which might be the title that anton has in mind?

      The lyrics were written by Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, to an air collected in the 1870s by Anne Campbelle MacLeod (1855–1921), who became Lady Wilson by marriage to Sir James Wilson, KSCI (1853–1926), in 1888. The song was first published in Songs of the North by Boulton and MacLeod, London, 1884, a book that went into at least twenty editions.[2] In later editions MacLeod's name was dropped and the ascription "Old Highland rowing measure arranged by Malcolm Lawson" was substituted. It was quickly taken up by other compilers, such as Laura Alexandrine Smith's Music of the Waters (published 1888). Lawson was the elder brother of artist Cecil Gordon Lawson.
      Last edited by Pulcinella; 08-12-20, 11:26. Reason: Got myself muddled; edited incorrectly and now reverted to original!

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      • vinteuil
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        • Nov 2010
        • 12793

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        ... he was indeed a baronet - but that's not the B we're looking for.

        The other two people in the clue weren't baronets, as far as I know...


        Now what about a very christmassy composer?. (and I don't mean Noël Coward... )

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        • antongould
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          • Nov 2010
          • 8780

          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
          .

          ... he was indeed a baronet - but that's not the B we're looking for.

          The other two people in the clue weren't baronets, as far as I know...


          Now what about a very christmassy composer?. (and I don't mean Noël Coward... )

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          There is a Robin Boult who looks right up your street vints .......

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          • cloughie
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            • Dec 2011
            • 22115

            Originally posted by antongould View Post
            There is a Robin Boult who looks right up your street vints .......
            You know the street where he lives, anton?

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            • vinteuil
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              • Nov 2010
              • 12793

              Originally posted by antongould View Post
              There is a Robin Boult who looks right up your street vints .......
              ... never heard of him. My one's more famous. I'm sure we'll be hearing his well-known thing many times this Christmas (I'm not sure he's known for much else... )

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              • cloughie
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                • Dec 2011
                • 22115

                Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                ... never heard of him. My one's more famous. I'm sure we'll be hearing his well-known thing many times this Christmas (I'm not sure he's known for much else... )
                Well it can’t be the composer of the one Bing sings then!

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                • vinteuil
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 12793

                  Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                  Well it can’t be the composer of the one Bing sings then!
                  ... no - it's a bit more symphonic

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                  • antongould
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 8780

                    Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                    ... no - it's a bit more symphonic
                    Not the chap who refused to switch on his radiators ........ ??????

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                    • Leinster Lass
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                      • Oct 2020
                      • 1099

                      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                      ... never heard of him. My one's more famous. I'm sure we'll be hearing his well-known thing many times this Christmas (I'm not sure he's known for much else... )
                      Irving Berlin?

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                      • vinteuil
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 12793

                        Originally posted by rathfarnhamgirl View Post
                        Irving Berlin?
                        ... there is no B in the surname of either of the others in the clue

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                        • vinteuil
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                          • Nov 2010
                          • 12793

                          Originally posted by antongould View Post
                          Not the chap who refused to switch on his radiators ........ ??????
                          ... sorry, don't recognize the reference!

                          All three are British...

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                          • antongould
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8780

                            Originally posted by antongould View Post
                            Not the chap who refused to switch on his radiators ........ ??????
                            Sorry vints it’s the NE quest for cold ........ Victor Hely-Hutchinson

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                            • antongould
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                              • Nov 2010
                              • 8780

                              Balliol ........ ???????

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                              • vinteuil
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 12793

                                Originally posted by antongould View Post
                                Sorry vints it’s the NE quest for cold ........ Victor Hely-Hutchinson
                                .. yes!

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