Alphabet associations - I

[vinteuil]

there seems to be an early Mozart opera Apollo et Hyacinthus

... odd, you might think, to have as a school project such a gay weepie. But the priest in charge apparently sanitised it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_et_Hyacinthus

[cloughie]

Stravinsky's 1928 ballet Apollo
a Neil Innes song Mr Apollo (1969) ?


Houston I had several problems

But now you have lift off, Be happy!

[amateur51]

But now you have lift off, Be happy!

Nice puzzle, cloughie and well done mercs

[mercia]

as a school project

yes only just noticed that WAM was only 11 years old at the time

[mercia]

B connecting

- a fencing master
- a ballet of nations
- 68 symphonies (so far)
- All people that on earth do dwell

[cloughie]

Nice puzzle, cloughie and well done mercs

Thanks ammy, that's praise indeed from you!

[cloughie]

B connecting

- a fencing master
- a ballet of nations
- 68 symphonies (so far)
- All people that on earth do dwell

Gotta be posh, Derek without any dominoes, and Pauline's old man! Still checking the ballet of nations but now no sense of false security.

All people that on earth do dwell Louis (Louie oh yes I gotta go)

[amateur51]

Thanks ammy, that's praise indeed from you!

Aw shucks!

[cloughie]

B connecting

- a fencing master
- a ballet of nations
- 68 symphonies (so far)
- All people that on earth do dwell

In AL Format

R Strauss:Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Lully:Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Derek Bourgeois
All people written by allegedly Louis Bourgeois

[mercia]

R Strauss:Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Lully:Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Derek Bourgeois
All people written by allegedly Louis Bourgeois

welll done cloughie, it seems to be your turn again

[Anna]

Gosh, that was a clever one mercia! I am full of admiration for your ingenuity and ability to pluck puzzles out of thin air at a drop of a hat!

[cloughie]

welll done cloughie, it seems to be your turn again

Could very well be the Case. Sorry for the delay 'ad calls to make.

[mercia]

a clever one

I am (like R Murdoch) humbled

I would rather be a good cook & gastronome

EDIT - your questions are far more interesting/entertaining than mine, Anna - wish we had more of them though

[Anna]

I am humbled
I would rather be a good cook

I could teach you ....... No, seriously, were you in a previous existance a musician or a teacher of music, I mean how would anyone just think of Bourgeois, just like that? Or is that part of your Discreet Charm ...... ?

[mercia]

is Discreet Charm a song or band ? [I shall consult wikipedia]