Alphabet Associations - II

[Nick Armstrong]

I seem to have far less spare time now that I am virtually retired!

You wait until you're actually retired, matey!

[vinteuil]

Perfect. Time for T.

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... thank you.

What T then joins Hope to Iphigenia in Tauris, and indeed to Iphigenia's sacrifice?


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[mercia]

I think the answer might be Tommaso Traetta, but my Italian is ..... well .... non-existent actually.

[At the Palazzo Santorelli b&b apparently there's a Suite Speranza and a Suite Traetta !!]

[vinteuil]

I think the answer might be Tommaso Traetta, but my Italian is ..... well .... non-existent actually.

[At the Palazzo Santorelli b&b apparently there's a Suite Speranza and a Suite Traetta !!]

Tommaso Traetta*

is certainly right for Iphigenia in Tauris [ 'Ifigenia in Tauride' (1763) ].

Would it help if I said that Iphigenia's Sacrifice was the work of an English composer...




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[ * Don't you think he has a terribly modern face ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommaso_Traetta ]

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[mercia]

a-ha, perhaps I'm looking for three Thomases

Thomas Augustine Arne for The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

now should I translate Hope into French perhaps ?

yes I suppose Tommaso does look modern, certainly sporting a couple of black eyes, unless he's been burning the midnight oil .... which I guess one did in them days

[vinteuil]

a-ha, perhaps I'm looking for three Thomases

Thomas Augustine Arne for The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

... indeedy indeedy

now should I translate Hope into French perhaps ?

... Latin might be even more helpful


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[cloughie]

Tallis Spem in Alium

[vinteuil]

Tallis Spem in Alium

... is indeed your bringer of hope

But mercia I think is the main man here - wd U therefore like a U - or do Vee haf the possibility of offering a Vee???


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[mercia]

well done cluffs. I would never have got sperm in helium.

I'm afraid the next letter will have to wait til tomorrow, unless anyone else feels inspired ... ?

[cloughie]

... is indeed your bringer of hope

But mercia I think is the main man here - wd U therefore like a U - or do Vee haf the possibility of offering a Vee???


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Indeed my contribution was just the consolation goal poached in injury time.

[mercia]

must admit I'd not heard of Traetta before

U

- a Flanagan & Allen number
- the demise of Charles-Valentin
- a 1964 Michel Legrand score

[cloughie]

must admit I'd not heard of Traetta before

U

- a Flanagan & Allen number
- the demise of Charles-Valentin
- a 1964 Michel Legrand score

Useful when it rains.

[mercia]

galosh start with a G

[cloughie]

galosh start with a G

So does Gabardine. ...Parasol with a P but that's for sunnier days!

[antongould]

must admit I'd not heard of Traetta before

U

- a Flanagan & Allen number
- the demise of Charles-Valentin
- a 1964 Michel Legrand score

Cloughie, who knows everything, seems to suggest Umbrella

Flanagan & Allen ..... U Man
Alkan and the final U stand
Legrand ..... the Us of Cherbourg