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And so say I too. I'll leave it clue-less for the early shift, then see if I can assist if need be.
"...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..."
very unfair of me to be playing at this time of day
my hint to anyone else is "Remington Steele"
how do you know these things Caliban ?!?
Well.... that would be my hint too! Won't you enlighten the company, as you clearly know the answer, and then proceed to A?
"...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..."
oh very well, I feel I've robbed this off other players. anyway, this is apparently the Zimbalist family
Stephanie, actress who played Laura Holt in Remington Steele opposite Pierce, daughter of
Efrem junior, still going strong (one hopes) at 93, actor in, amongst other things TV series FBI, son of
Efrem senior, another long lived member, Russian emigre, violinist, conductor and composer of a tone poem Daphnis and Chloe
oh very well, I feel I've robbed this off other players. anyway, this is apparently the Zimbalist family
Stephanie, actress who played Laura Holt in Remington Steele opposite Pierce, daughter of
Efrem junior, still going strong (one hopes) at 93, actor in, amongst other things TV series FBI, son of
Efrem senior, another long lived member, Russian emigre, violinist, conductor and composer of a tone poem Daphnis and Chloe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efrem_Zimbalist
Oh well ferreted out, mercia! And you get a special from The Anna's Law Society for that exemplary explanation
The only other nugget one might chuck in to keep Cloughie's appetite for 'factoids' satisfied, is that Efrem Zimbalist Snr was a top violinist, as well as composer - he taught Shumsky among others, and came out of retirement to give the world première of Menotti's Violin Concerto, written for him.
A gentle A to cheer us up on this dank day?
"...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..."
"...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..."
an English violin concerto, Basle and Breslau dedications
Ah... Breslau! I might have been able to get this but I have to totter out into the rain now, bikeless...
More anon
"...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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Yes! I knew the Brosnan-Zeus link was about that Percy Jackson film coz I saw it !
Well, yes... a true alternative answer. Though as you say without the toe-hold in R3 territory...
"...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..."
I think giving a full answer would be merely academic...
Tease
"...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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