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  • Northender

    Well, he sings in the first two cases.

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    • amateur51

      Originally posted by Northender View Post
      Well, he sings in the first two cases.
      Oh!

      Right!

      That's my deliberations thrown out the window

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      • Anna

        Shall we assume that the last duo, Erich & Errol refers to Korngold and a film or shall we not?
        (incidentally, my answer of Dragon was a jokey one, I hadn't a clue and then went offline!)

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        • Northender

          Originally posted by Anna View Post
          Shall we assume that the last duo, Erich & Errol refers to Korngold and a film or shall we not?
          (incidentally, my answer of Dragon was a jokey one, I hadn't a clue and then went offline!)
          Oh, I think we should!

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          • Nick Armstrong
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            • Nov 2010
            • 26523

            Originally posted by Anna View Post
            Shall we assume that the last duo, Erich & Errol refers to Korngold and a film or shall we not?
            (incidentally, my answer of Dragon was a jokey one, I hadn't a clue and then went offline!)
            Many a true word, Anna....

            And can the Benjamin and Peter be any other than Britten and Pears?
            "...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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            • vinteuil
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              • Nov 2010
              • 12793

              Originally posted by Caliban View Post


              And can the Benjamin and Peter be any other than Britten and Pears?
              ... well, they might be Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit from the Ĺ“uvre of Beatrix Potter...

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              • Nick Armstrong
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                • Nov 2010
                • 26523

                I suspect we have a double E don't we?

                Elizabeth I and Essex - triple if you count Earl of Essex

                Britten wrote Gloria (based on Strachey's E & E) and Pears played Essex
                Donizetti (Gaetano) wrote the opera Roberto Devereux - who was Essex (role premèred by Giovanni Basadonna)
                Korngold wrote the score for 'The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex' and Errol Flynn played Essex
                "...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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                • Nick Armstrong
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26523

                  Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                  ... well, they might be Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit from the Ĺ“uvre of Beatrix Potter...
                  Cute, vinmousseux, very cute....
                  "...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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                  • Northender

                    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                    I suspect we have a double E don't we?

                    Elizabeth I and Essex - triple if you count Earl of Essex

                    Britten wrote Gloria (based on Strachey's E & E) and Pears played Essex
                    Donizetti (Gaetano) wrote the opera Roberto Devereux - who was Essex (role premèred by Giovanni Basadonna)
                    Korngold wrote the score for 'The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex' and Errol Flynn played Essex


                    Correct in every detail (assuming 'Gloria' is an abridged version of 'Gloriana' ).
                    The thought of the triple hadn't actually occurred to me! The alternative title of the Donizetti is 'Il Conte di Essex'.
                    An 'F' at your convenience, my dear Sir.

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                    • amateur51

                      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                      ... well, they might be Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit from the Ĺ“uvre of Beatrix Potter...
                      I worked on that basis for 40 mins, vints - I feel such a f-f-foool
                      Last edited by Guest; 01-07-12, 15:39. Reason: trypo

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                      • Nick Armstrong
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26523

                        Originally posted by Northender View Post
                        (assuming 'Gloria' is an abridged version of 'Gloriana' )
                        Nah mate - Gloria... Set in Billericay, later suppressed by the composer - abaht Liz from Essex and her mum Gloria... Peter Pears took the title 'petticoat' role a treat, they say.
                        "...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

                          Originally posted by Northender View Post


                          Correct in every detail (assuming 'Gloria' is an abridged version of 'Gloriana' ).
                          The thought of the triple hadn't actually occurred to me! The alternative title of the Donizetti is 'Il Conte di Essex'.
                          An 'F' at your convenience, my dear Sir.
                          "'Ere, oo you callin' a Conte?!"

                          [Bob Hoskins The Long Good Friday]






                          {I made that last bit up}

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                          • Nick Armstrong
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26523

                            Originally posted by Northender View Post
                            An 'F' at your convenience, my dear Sir.
                            An F please to link Bartok with a Court Martial and the Deutsche Oper, Berlin
                            "...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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                            • mercia
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                              • Nov 2010
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                              Ferenc Fricsay

                              studied under Bartok, court-martialled for wanting to employ Jews in military band, conductor at the Deutsche Oper

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                              • Nick Armstrong
                                Host
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 26523

                                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                                Ferenc Fricsay

                                studied under Bartok, court-martialled for wanting to employ Jews in military band, conductor at the Deutsche Oper
                                "...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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