All wrote something with Poppea.
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BtS Cherubini is your only red herring in the composer list. It's not about Protestantism; and if they did write something about Poppea, that's not what I was thinking of... but I don't think Brahms did, did he?"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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But Mendelsohn did! Actually breathed a sigh of relief that I don't have to set Q...but hopefully have given enough leads for someone else to claim the honoursComment
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They all smoked a pipe? Played the Piano? Ate pasta? No idea!Comment
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Yeah - bit of a nerve, I know!Originally posted by OFCACHAP View PostHow dare you, young man!
My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)Comment
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Did they all set the same Psalm?Comment
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P - Hmmm, something to do with pen and/or paper (rather than vellum)?
Anna: Wel - enillodd Cymru - gwen enfawr 'ma
My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)Comment
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Lully is the last composer referred to in the question, indeed Rubbers. Other than that you're cold so far I'm afraid. Shall I wait a while before lending further assistance?"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Would it be passacaglias?Comment
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Anna: brilliant. Hole in one. As is customary: would you care to elaborate?Originally posted by Anna View Post
I hesitated about making the question easier - and this would have been my 'give-away' clue - by giving two other individuals (among the 'others') namely sons of Eisenach and Lowestoft: Bach's organ Passacaglias and the Passacaglia from Britten's 'Grimes' being possibly the most obvious examples..."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Well done, Anna. Excellent question, Caliban, frustrating but still excellent.Comment
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Apologies for the language - it was a charming exhortation I witnessed between the local "intelligentsia" last night, on the way back from buying "a pint of milk".Originally posted by Caliban View Post
Baiting the moderators, taps? (I wonder what language we're allowed to get away with here
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It's all gone a bit Saturday night in here.
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Would I care to elaborate? Well, not really, it was a pure guess!! There is Handel's Harpsichord Suite, Brahms 4th, Mendelshom's C Minor for Organ and Lully's Armide which have passacaglias but I don't know if those are the ones you are looking for? I think probably not, so maybe you can elaborate?Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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Agreed. And it's not every day that one gets to find Eisenach and Lowestoft in the same sentence!Originally posted by BetweenTheStaves View PostComment
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