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  • amateur51

    Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
    An L to link Owen, Kathleen and Otakar.
    The Rape of Lucretia was written by Benjamin Britten for Kathleen Ferrier and Otakar Kraus and Owen Brannigan took part in the premiere performances too

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    • Nick Armstrong
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      • Nov 2010
      • 26574

      Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
      If that is the only link to Martin Rohde then perhaps we are looking for Friedrich Kuhlau, the "Beethoven of the flute", composer of an opera entitled "Lulu".
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • subcontrabass
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        • Nov 2010
        • 2780

        Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
        The Rape of Lucretia was written by Benjamin Britten for Kathleen Ferrier and Otakar Kraus and Owen Brannigan took part in the premiere performances too
        Correct in every respect.

        You are invited to set us a mercurial M.

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26574

          Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
          The Rape of Lucretia was written by Benjamin Britten for Kathleen Ferrier and Otakar Kraus and Owen Brannigan took part in the premiere performances too
          "...the isle is full of noises,
          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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          • amateur51

            Thanking you, scb!

            What M with strong Bachian connections from his parents, took part in the first performance of a British opera, coached at Glyndebourne & Julliard, and helped a much-loved mezzo-soprano on her first record, or so the saga goes.

            Last edited by Guest; 25-06-12, 19:16. Reason: getting it right!

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            • subcontrabass
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              • Nov 2010
              • 2780

              Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
              Thanking you, scb!

              What M with strong Bachian connections from his parents, took part in the first performance of a British opera, coached at Glyndebourne & Julliard, and helped a much-loved mezzo-soprano on her first record, or so the saga goes.

              Martin Johannes Sebastian Isepp ???

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              • amateur51

                Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                Martin Johannes Sebastian Isepp ???
                Bravo scb!

                Would you supply the Anna's Law details please?

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                • subcontrabass
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 2780

                  Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                  Bravo scb!

                  Would you supply the Anna's Law details please?
                  Martin Johannes Sebastian Isepp:

                  Bachian connection in the names given to him by his parents
                  Took the piano part in the first performance of Britten's The Turn of the Screw
                  Singing coach at Glynebourne and Julliard
                  Accompanied Dame Janet Baker on recordings on the Saga label

                  Why is there no entry for him in Wikipedia or Grove?

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                  • subcontrabass
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 2780

                    And if we move on:

                    An N to link Diaghilev, Stravinsky, and Lolita.

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                    • amateur51

                      Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                      Martin Johannes Sebastian Isepp:

                      Bachian connection in the names given to him by his parents
                      Took the piano part in the first performance of Britten's The Turn of the Screw
                      Singing coach at Glynebourne and Julliard
                      Accompanied Dame Janet Baker on recordings on the Saga label

                      Why is there no entry for him in Wikipedia or Grove?
                      I thought that might throw you, scb Why not, indeed - I hope it was a great life, because it reads very well

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                      • subcontrabass
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 2780

                        Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                        I thought that might throw you, scb Why not, indeed - I hope it was a great life, because it reads very well
                        I had to go through several obituaries to find all the information.

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                        • Northender

                          Nabokov?

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                          • subcontrabass
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 2780

                            Originally posted by Northender View Post
                            Nabokov?
                            Can you be more precise?

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                            • Northender

                              Nicholas Nabokov was a distant cousin of Diaghilev. Vladimir Nabokov wrote 'Lolita'. That's as far as I've got.

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                              • subcontrabass
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 2780

                                Originally posted by Northender View Post
                                Nicholas Nabokov was a distant cousin of Diaghilev. Vladimir Nabokov wrote 'Lolita'. That's as far as I've got.
                                Right Nabokov. Diaghilev link is musical.

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