Originally posted by mercia
View Post
-
knickers? -
-
I know, that was partly why I was smiting the old foreheadOriginally posted by Anna View PostAnd yet again, at 14:24, for the second time in days I handed it to youi guys on a plate! The J in front of eux-mêmes? I just point that out to prove that I, at least, are keeping up at the back!
"...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..."
Comment
-
Honestly, there is no answer to that, is there??Originally posted by Caliban View PostI know, that was partly why I was smiting the old forehead
Vint's puzzle has me foxed, once he said is was not Psalm 42 and therefore not King David, and then the shepherds got me foxed .... Oh, fields full of lovely little lambs here, so lovely to see them playing tag and King of the Castle!Comment
-
... o Anna you tease - you are so almost there! I'm sure it's just 'cos you don't want to collect the L plate...Originally posted by Anna View PostHonestly, there is no answer to that, is there??
Vint's puzzle has me foxed, once he said is was not Psalm 42 and therefore not King David, and then the shepherds got me foxed .... Oh, fields full of lovely little lambs here, so lovely to see them playing tag and King of the Castle!Comment
-
I am? Well, it's news to me! I honestly have no idea whatsoever, but shepherds have lambs, that I know! But shepherds and to link an 18th century deer? No, I am still totally blank.Originally posted by vinteuil View PostComment
-
There is a K word mentioned twice in Anna's post. Is that relevant?Originally posted by vinteuil View Post"...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..."
Comment
-
... not just relevant - it's the answer - if only Anna and / or yourself can bring out the details...Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
-
Well, I nearly said Szymanowski's King Roger but that's wrong and features merely a singular shepherd, not plural shepherds and set totally in the wrong century!!Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
So, honestly, I really don't know unless it's some K number by Mozart or something else silly? And, now I am offline, I leave it to others here to solve
Comment
-
Bit distracted here... the only Kingly deer that sprung to my mind was the White Hart, emblem of Richard II... but that's the wrong century too...Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
Is there a musical theme uniting these particular Ks?"...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..."
Comment
-
... well, King Roger is certainly wot I had on the card; twelfth century Sicily selon wiki. I wince, of course, under the correction of Anna's accurate observation that only one Shepherd is involved there...Originally posted by Anna View Post
Comment
-
... the eighteenth century Kingly deer is perhaps the central figure of this other twentieth century work...Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
-
Purcell's opera King Arthur, libretto by John Dryden:
Scene 2: A pavilion
Emmeline and her maid Matilda await news of the battle. To pass the time, a crew of Kentish lads and lasses entertain them with songs and dances: "How blest are the shepherds, how happy their lasses" etc.
I threw that one in for interest. I am also flummoxed.Pacta sunt servanda !!!Comment
-
Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
... of which the work featuring sixth century English shepherds is probably the most well-known...Comment
Comment