Alphabet associations - I

[Anna]

Still cross with myself I didn't spot the Adieu connection. It's that mercia with Hercule Poirot's magnifying glass... no wait, that was Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone style)...
Good puzzle!

Oh thanks Cali, but I did think, as it's a French word you would have sussed it! And, as to your Tempest signature, now I can see it! Do you think the opening Olympic ceremony looks as though the TeleTubbies are going to shortly emerge with their pet vacuum and handbags?

[amateur51]

I still do, don't I? Has it become invisible?

All this talk of carrots does of course make it essential to proffer the magnificent and implicitly obscene quote from Uncle Monty in "Withnail":

I think the carrot infinitely more fascinating than the geranium. The carrot has mystery. Flowers are essentially tarts. Prostitutes for the bees. There is, you'll agree, a certain 'je ne sais quoi' oh so very special about a firm.. young... carrot.

Are you sure that quotation wasn't from Cyril Fletcher on That's Life Caliban?

[Nick Armstrong]

Are you sure that quotation wasn't from Cyril Fletcher on That's Life Caliban?

Quite sure!

[mercia]

probably not my turn, just filling in


B

fears, career and humour

[Nick Armstrong]

probably not my turn, just filling in


B

fears, career and humour

A puzzle of almost Cloughian compression!!

[subcontrabass]

probably not my turn, just filling in


B

fears, career and humour

Babi Yar - Shostakovich Symphony 13, movements 4, 5 and 2 respectively.

[mercia]

Babi Yar - Shostakovich Symphony 13, movements 4, 5 and 2 respectively.

apologies for delay
quite right, subs.

pray continue

[subcontrabass]

A C to link C P E Bach, Irving Berlin, and Kurt Weill.

[Lateralthinking1]

Cramer?

Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen (CPE Bach) laid the foundation for the methods of Johann Baptist Cramer.

Emily Cramer was the Recipient of the 2008 Kurt Weill Award in Performance from the Kurt Weill Foundation of
New York City.

Ed Cramer was a long-time music attorney who played a vital role in ensuring the performance and composing rights of musicians and songwriters, including Irving Berlin.

[subcontrabass]

Cramer?

Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen (CPE Bach) laid the foundation for the methods of Johann Baptist Cramer.

Emily Cramer was the Recipient of the 2008 Kurt Weill Award in Performance from the Kurt Weill Foundation of
New York City.

Ed Cramer was a long-time music attorney who played a vital role in ensuring the performance and composing rights of musicians and songwriters, including Irving Berlin.

No. Look for something much more closely related.

[Nick Armstrong]

Cramer?

Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen (CPE Bach) laid the foundation for the methods of Johann Baptist Cramer.

Emily Cramer was the Recipient of the 2008 Kurt Weill Award in Performance from the Kurt Weill Foundation of
New York City.

Ed Cramer was a long-time music attorney who played a vital role in ensuring the performance and composing rights of musicians and songwriters, including Irving Berlin.

Wow Lat !!! A great & learned contribution!!

Seems almost incredible that it's wrong

Keep going!! You can crack it!

[subcontrabass]

Wow Lat !!! A great & learned contribution!!

But look for something simpler, which is related to all three in the same way.

[cloughie]

But look for something simpler, which is related to all three in the same way.

Christmas

[subcontrabass]

Christmas

And how is that related to each of them?

[cloughie]

And how is that related to each of them?

You mean you want me to spell it out and then tell me I'm wrong?

CPE Bach "Weihnachtslied" (Christmas Joy)
Irving Berlin White Christmas (which Bing sings but Walt disnee)
Kurt Weill One Magic Christmas