Alphabet Associations - II

[Pulcinella]

"Sacrifice" placed last suggests that it is Full and Final leading to Finzi.

Care to explain the others and give us a G?

[subcontrabass]

Care to explain the others and give us a G?

Gerald Finzi's compositions include:

"To Joy", number 5 of seven songs: Oh Fair to See, Op 13b

"The Rapture", number 3 in Dies Natalis, Op 8

Lo, the full, final sacrifice, Op 26

[Pulcinella]

Gerald Finzi's compositions include:

"To Joy", number 5 of seven songs: Oh Fair to See, Op 13b

"The Rapture", number 3 in Dies Natalis, Op 8

Lo, the full, final sacrifice, Op 26

Absolutely, and Joy was of course the name of his wife, too!

[subcontrabass]

Can you find a G to link five voices, seven operas, and a monumental ballet?

[antongould]

Can you find a G to link five voices, seven operas, and a monumental ballet?

Not at the moment - no ........

[mercia]

there's a ballet to music by Stravinsky named Monumentum pro Gesualdo

[subcontrabass]

there's a ballet to music by Stravinsky named Monumentum pro Gesualdo

Good start.

[mercia]

I think its true to say all of Gesualdo's madrigals are for 5 voices (but I could be wrong)
there's a film about Gesualdo by Werner Herzog called Death for Five Voices

wikipedia lists seven operas based on the life and works of Gesualdo

Maria di Venosa (1992) by Francesco d'Avalos
Gesualdo (1993) by Alfred Schnittke.
Gesualdo (1998) by Franz Hummel.
The Prince of Venosa (1998) by Scott Glasgow
Luci mie traditrici (1998) by Salvatore Sciarrino
Gesualdo (2003) by Bo Holten
Gesualdo (2010) by Marc-André Dalbavie, lyrics by Richard Millet

[antongould]

I think its true to say all of Gesualdo's madrigals are for 5 voices (but I could be wrong)
there's a film about Gesualdo by Werner Herzog called Death for Five Voices

wikipedia lists seven operas based on the life and works of Gesualdo

Maria di Venosa (1992) by Francesco d'Avalos
Gesualdo (1993) by Alfred Schnittke.
Gesualdo (1998) by Franz Hummel.
The Prince of Venosa (1998) by Scott Glasgow
Luci mie traditrici (1998) by Salvatore Sciarrino
Gesualdo (2003) by Bo Holten
Gesualdo (2010) by Marc-André Dalbavie, lyrics by Richard Millet

Scary mercs .....

[subcontrabass]

I think its true to say all of Gesualdo's madrigals are for 5 voices (but I could be wrong)
there's a film about Gesualdo by Werner Herzog called Death for Five Voices

wikipedia lists seven operas based on the life and works of Gesualdo

Maria di Venosa (1992) by Francesco d'Avalos
Gesualdo (1993) by Alfred Schnittke.
Gesualdo (1998) by Franz Hummel.
The Prince of Venosa (1998) by Scott Glasgow
Luci mie traditrici (1998) by Salvatore Sciarrino
Gesualdo (2003) by Bo Holten
Gesualdo (2010) by Marc-André Dalbavie, lyrics by Richard Millet

Full house. Now how about an H to help us on our way?

[Nick Armstrong]

Not at the moment - no ........

[teamsaint]

Made me LOL on a rainy afternoon...

[mercia]

what double H are

28/4 (fishwives)
1/55 (schoolmaster)
22/14 (wind-band)

[Pulcinella]

what double H are

28/4 (fishwives)
1/55 (schoolmaster)
22/14 (wind-band)

Well, I know it's not Hamilton Harty or Herbert Howells!

[cloughie]

Well, I know it's not Hamilton Harty or Herbert Howells!

Haydn Hoboken