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[Flay]

Solomon looks like the kind of guy who deliberately multi-tasks to get out of the washing up!

No, it was his multi-tasking mate Yardley.

I also tried William White a Tudor composer, but I can't see a connection.

Perhaps William Shield b.1748, an English composer & violinist? It was alleged that he might have written Auld Lang Syne, but I see nothing ghostly.

So I'll to bed to sleep on it....

[Nick Armstrong]

Solomon looks like the kind of guy who deliberately multi-tasks to get out of the washing up!

I suggest William Alwyn the Fairy Fiddler and William Baines Marionettes for violin and piano

Yes to The Fairy Fiddler (.... his case comes up next Tuesday boom boom) by William Alwyn

[Nick Armstrong]

No, it was his multi-tasking mate Yardley.

I also tried William White a Tudor composer, but I can't see a connection.

Perhaps William Shield b.1748, an English composer & violinist? It was alleged that he might have written Auld Lang Syne, but I see nothing ghostly.

So I'll to bed to sleep on it....

Neither of those, Flay

Bonne nuit

[mercia]

merc, are you sure about 6" discs?

no I'm not actually - perhaps I mean 7" - I guess I thought it was half the size of a 12". As I say there were only a couple of mazurkas per side [I think]. I can remember the cover - the name Chopin in sort-of stylised elongated gothic script with a butterfly sitting on one of the letters, black on a greenish background

EDIT - wa-hay! - here it is - my description isn't far out

http://www.amazon.co.uk/959A-VLADO-PERLEMUTER-Chopin-Favourites/dp/B004AWQPIA/ref=sr_1_41?ie=UTF8&qid=1339474827&sr=8-41

[mercia]

Tale of Two Cities on BBC4?

I enjoyed that programme once I could ignore Dan's eccentric mannerisms
so do we take it that the House of Orange is named after the colour of carrots ? or did I misunderstand that section
I found a nice website on Strype & Stow http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/
look at Nicholas Barbon's middle name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Barbon

[mercia]

I offer William Mathias's opera The Servants opus 81 - libretto by Iris Murdoch
or have we covered that already

[cloughie]

No, it was his multi-tasking mate Yardley.

Wasn't he a Yorkshire batsman who could bowl a bit?

[cloughie]

no I'm not actually - perhaps I mean 7" - I guess I thought it was half the size of a 12". As I say there were only a couple of mazurkas per side. I can remember the cover - the name Chopin in sort-of stylised elongated gothic script with a butterfly sitting on one of the letters, black on a greenish background

EDIT - wa-hay! - here it is - my description isn't far out
http://www.amazon.co.uk/959A-VLADO-P...474827&sr=8-41

EP!

[Flay]

Wasn't he a Yorkshire batsman who could bowl a bit?

Kent and Cambridge, I believe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...ey_(cricketer)

[cloughie]

Kent and Cambridge, I believe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...ey_(cricketer)

I was thinking Norman!

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

[Nick Armstrong]

I offer William Mathias's opera The Servants opus 81 - libretto by Iris Murdoch
or have we covered that already

No we haven't - Anna mentioned Mathias and then dismissed him for some reason.

Yes - spot on mercs!

One to go!

(Thanks for those sites about London... Yes I understood the same about carrots and the House of Orange - can that, like Mr Barbon's middle name be corroborated?! Both seem unlikely... Barbon looks a bit of a bastard doesn't he, and his houses all fell down... The prog was full of interesting stuff (I liked learning exactly what "hot beds" are ) - but why doesn't that bloke stop gesticulating and smirking vocally?!??! )

[cloughie]

No we haven't - Anna mentioned Mathias and then dismissed him for some reason.

Yes - spot on mercs!

One to go!

(Thanks for those sites about London... Yes I understood the same about carrots and the House of Orange - can that, like Mr Barbon's middle name be corroborated?! Both seem unlikely... Barbon looks a bit of a bastard doesn't he, and his houses all fell down... The prog was full of interesting stuff (I liked learning exactly what "hot beds" are ) - but why doesn't that bloke stop gesticulating and smirking vocally?!??! )

Any more cues like is he ancient or modern?

[Nick Armstrong]

Any more cues like is he ancient or modern?

Don't know whether he was a snooker player but as mentioned before, rather ancient....

William Walton is not on the card. The "Solomon" composer is much longer ago.
But: yes, the W is William

The family may have been related to a Max with whom Anna may be familiar...

[Anna]

The family may have been related to a Max with whom Anna may be familiar...

William Boyce. In 1743 he wrote music for the play ‘Solomon’ by Edward Moore (5 years before Handel wrote his Solomon)

[Nick Armstrong]

William Boyce. In 1743 he wrote music for the play ‘Solomon’ by Edward Moore (5 years before Handel wrote his Solomon)

And Anna has it !

So

Solomon - Boyce.... Anna
Fairy Fiddler - Alwyn... Cloughie
The Servants - Mathias... Mercia

All Williams.

Who goes next?

There's only one way to find out.

FIIIIIIGHT !!!

Free for all I guess... Who's in the mood?

I would suggest Anna as she also got the William link and started everyone else off