Alphabet associations - I

[cloughie]

Do not discount her.

Pinching the Caroline lead, are we talking Caroline Unser, an early performer of the Contralto role in Beethoven 9/4? Died 1877, the year Siegfried was completed/performed. The letters?

[subcontrabass]

Pinching the Caroline lead, are we talking Caroline Unser, an early performer of the Contralto role in Beethoven 9/4? Died 1877, the year Siegfried was completed/performed. The letters?

You need to spell her name correctly, then you might find the others.

[cloughie]

Sorry Unger or Ungher, but it doesn't help me any!

[mercia]

Georg Unger (1837 - 1887) famous in the role of Siegfried

[subcontrabass]

Georg Unger (1837 - 1887) famous in the role of Siegfried

Sang in the first Ring cycle.

Two down - one to go.

[mercia]

Max Unger (1883 - 1959) - musicologist expert on Beethoven - edited ? Beethoven letters - ? speculated on the "Immortal Beloved" letter ??

[subcontrabass]

Max Unger (1883 - 1959) - musicologist expert on Beethoven - edited ? Beethoven letters - ? speculated on the "Immortal Beloved" letter ??

That completes the set. Your turn for V.

[mercia]

is it me ??


V

a whole-tone prelude, Gabriel's happiness, Simon's bassoon piece

[cloughie]

is it me ??


V

a whole-tone prelude, Gabriel's happiness, Simon's bassoon piece

OVO - Album by Peter Gabriel

[mercia]

Peter Gabriel

my Gabriel has it as a first name

[cloughie]

my Gabriel has it as a first name

Faure?

[mercia]

Faure?

you'll have to translate happiness into French

(I thought you'd start with the whole-tone prelude)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

V
a whole-tone prelude, Gabriel's happiness, Simon's bassoon piece

.. et voila:

Debussy: Voiles (Preludes, Book 1, #2)
Faure: Voiles de Bonheure
Simon Bainbridge: Voiles for unaccompanied* Bassoon.

EDIT: Not "unaccompanied"! "With small ensemble".

[mercia]

.. et voila:

Debussy: Voiles (Preludes, Book 1, #2)
Faure: Voiles de Bonheure
Simon Bainbridge: Voiles for unaccompanied* Bassoon.

EDIT: Not "unaccompanied"! "With small ensemble".

I have "string ensemble" (and bonheur )

you seem to have pipped cloughie

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

you seem to have pipped cloughie

Ooops! Apologies! When I read the puzzle, cloughie had only got as far as Peter Gabriel.