Alphabet associations - I

[cloughie]

Possibly because I'm not familiar with all the conventions applicable to this game, I've actually no idea whether I'm on the right track or not. Are some question-setters' responses more cryptic than others, or is it just me being a bit thick?

Believe it or not I am a relative newcomer to this board, usually if you have got the word you will be given a but be asked either politely, or less so by certain AAers for more details. Welcome to the AA asylum by the way, you may never leave.

[subcontrabass]

Northender is seeking Bacchanales but has it been confirmed as the B if not is it Bolero or Bambera (Bamba)?

Bolero is the dance. Can you elaborate? Who wrote a lot of piano music (and not much else)?

[amateur51]

Possibly because I'm not familiar with all the conventions applicable to this game, I've actually no idea whether I'm on the right track or not. Are some question-setters' responses more cryptic than others, or is it just me being a bit thick?

scb is known for his ... discretion

[Nick Armstrong]

Possibly because I'm not familiar with all the conventions applicable to this game, I've actually no idea whether I'm on the right track or not. Are some question-setters' responses more cryptic than others, or is it just me being a bit thick?

I think if you don't get a "yes" or a "ok" from scb you can assume you're up a gum-tree

[cloughie]

Bolero is the dance. Can you elaborate? Who wrote a lot of piano music (and not much else)?

Chopin Op19
The only piece of Ravel I intensely dislike. What was he on?
As for the Irish opera composer I'm stuck in a muddy peat bog!

[subcontrabass]

Chopin Op19
The only piece of Ravel I intensely dislike. What was he on?
As for the Irish opera composer I'm stuck in a muddy peat bog!

Good so far. The Irish composer started the first music school in Australia.

[mercia]

up a gum-tree

calabrese has obviously already understood the Australian connection

[Nick Armstrong]

calabrese has obviously already understood the Australian connection

Wha....? Ah! Ahem... Yes! Naturally...

[mercia]

The Irish composer started the first music school in Australia.

that would be W V Wallace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace_(Irish_composer)

I haven't been playing - what are we looking for ?

[subcontrabass]

that would be W V Wallace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace_(Irish_composer)

I haven't been playing - what are we looking for ?

You are looking for a Bolero in an opera by Wallace. What was his Spanish opera?

[mercia]

What was his Spanish opera?

Maritana ???

[subcontrabass]

Maritana ???

Now for the harmonium Bolero.

[mercia]

Now for the harmonium Bolero.

looks like L J A Lefebure-Wely's opus 116 might fit that - Bolero de Concert

[Northender]

Lefébure-Wély?

[Northender]

I think if you don't get a "yes" or a "ok" from scb you can assume you're up a gum-tree

Thank you...every day I learn, Mr. Fawlty...