Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

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

I can only offer a silly Z

[Anna]

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

William was a sheer guess and I initially said William Mathias because we seem to have had a lot of Welsh references lately! But I couldn't see anything in the plot of The Servant to link with Solomon which is why I didn't mention that title.

I can't offhand think of an X,Y or Z so I could do an A, but I'm easy (ooh, she's Bold) as to who goes next plus I have to be offline in 15 mins for an hour. Edit: cross posted with mercia, go ahead with your Z. Double edit: Thanks for those links also mercs, I'll explore them later. I shall have to ask my greengrocer if he has any purple carrots as well!

[Nick Armstrong]

But I couldn't see anything in the plot of The Servant to link with Solomon which is why I didn't mention that title.

Very true.... but I had hoped the reference to "servants" in my puzzle might point to Mathias's "The Servants" ....

[mercia]

my silly Z but I'd rather have an Anna A


Z connecting

Liu (operatically), some archlute sonatas and ice-rink cleaning

[Nick Armstrong]

I have to run alas! Later all.

[cloughie]

Any more cues like is he ancient or modern?

Where the 'l' did that go?

[cloughie]

[COLOR="#0000FF"]And Anna has it !

So

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

All Williams.

Cali, being criptical of your clue - the way you put it suggested that Solomon was linked to all three composers - misleading?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

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 wondered about this point and decided that they must have said that the orange carrot was developed for supporters of the House of Orange?

[Anna]

Liu (operatically),

I know it's not the answer but Liu Zheng, photographer, (warning: contains scenes of nudity) photos of Peking Opera

http://www.lilyandlamb.com/1/post/2011/07/peking-opera-by-liu-zheng.html

(I think mercia that your Z is very obscure, but I may have an inkling)

[mercia]

your Z is very obscure

it is rather
but I'd like to hear your inkles

[Anna]

it is rather but I'd like to hear your inkles

I think it might possibly be Zamboni? Maria Z was an opera singer who sang Liu in Turandot, Giovanni Z was a musician who composed for the archlute and Frank Z developed ice rink surfacing, cleaning.

[mercia]

I think it might possibly be Zamboni? Maria Z was an opera singer, Giovanni Z was a lutist and Frank Z developed ice rink surfacing, cleaning.

hurrah! - we can look forward to an Anna A

Maria Z was the first Liu in Puccini's Turandot
Giovanni Z composed a set of eleven archlute sonatas
and here's an ice resurfacer, though whether it's a Zamboni, I wouldn't like to say

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Surfaceuse.jpg

lovely inkling by Anna
crossposted with some clarifying

[Anna]

That was indeed a funny Z mercia and I have completely forgotten the original A I had thought of before I had to rush away, so here goes with a different one, should be relatively straightforward:

Which A links these three?
Dufay in a cellar?
Wilbye and his girl;
But Beethoven’s had a happy ending.

[Nick Armstrong]

Cali, being criptical of your clue - the way you put it suggested that Solomon was linked to all three composers - misleading?

Oh did it? I didn't intend to and don't think it did... Just tried to invent a FEARFULLY cryptic sentence incorporating the three elements...

If anyone feels misled however, I abase myself and apologise

[Nick Armstrong]

I may have an inkling

Anna... see your GP at once!



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