Alphabet associations - I

[subcontrabass]

last Goldberg Variation is a quodlibet
Wolfgang Schmeltzl - 1544 ? first recorded quodlibet ?
Michael Praetorius ?
not sure as yet [no pre-emptive sidestep this time]

Correct for Bach.
Wolfgang Schmeltzl was the first to use the term "quodlibet" in a specifically musical context.
Michael Praetorius was the first to give a systematic definition of "quodlibet".


We await your run at an R.

[Northender]

What sort of piano-playing? (Never heard of him!)

I would describe him as being more on the 'popular' side, m'Lud (I've gathered from certain postings that you may be, or at one time were, a legal gentleman).

[Anna]

I would describe him as being more on the 'popular' side, m'Lud (I've gathered from certain postings that you may be, or at one time were, a legal gentleman).

Harrumph! Dickens based Jarndyce & Jarndyce on our lovely Cali. Or, was it the other way around, did he base himself ........... (I may get in trouble for this!) Only joking and sorry not been able to join in lately.

[Northender]

Harrumph! Dickens based Jarndyce & Jarndyce on our lovely Cali. Or, was it the other way around, did he base himself ........... (I may get in trouble for this!) Only joking and sorry not been able to join in lately.

I trust this doesn't mean that he lives in a bleak house...
[ I thought you might like to see another sculpture that I photographed in the University of Leicester Botanic Garden - they have an annual exhibition - this particularly cheerful chap was there in 2009]

[mercia]

Correct for Bach.
Wolfgang Schmeltzl was the first to use the term "quodlibet" in a specifically musical context.
Michael Praetorius was the first to give a systematic definition of "quodlibet".
We await your run at an R.

that is generous, I didn't really get there


R connecting

an opera about the author of a pamphlet on fashionable theatre
Die Schone Mullerin
an alpine symphony

[Nick Armstrong]

I would describe him as being more on the 'popular' side, m'Lud (I've gathered from certain postings that you may be, or at one time were, a legal gentleman).

I'm obliged! I am indeed engaged (well, taking a slight break to write this ) in the legal profession...

And as to Bleak House: well, permanently upon my message board is this exchange between Esther and the "odious and crafty" Mr Vholes (the solicitor who ruins Richard Carstone), as a reminder not to become too legal:

“There is not much to see here,” said I.

“Nor to hear, miss,” returned Mr. Vholes. “A little music does occasionally stray in, but we are not musical in the law and soon eject it.”

I read it and secretly turn on Radio 3 in my office and have a look at this thread

Ahem!!!

[Anna]

“Nor to hear, miss,” returned Mr. Vholes. “A little music does occasionally stray in, but we are not musical in the law and soon eject it.”

That sounds just like a quote from Billy, the Barristers' Clerk! when he asked for tunes to be added to his Ipod! by Martha He's a Silk fan, no doubt about it!!

[subcontrabass]

that is generous, I didn't really get there


R connecting

an opera about the author of a pamphlet on fashionable theatre
Die Schone Mullerin
an alpine symphony

Joachim Raff, composer of:

Benedetto Marcello, an opera based loosely on the life of the composer Benedetto Marcello (author of "Il teatro alla moda").
String Quartet No. 7, "Die Schöne Müllerin"
Symphony No. 7, "In den Alpen"

[mercia]

Joachim Raff, composer of:

Benedetto Marcello, an opera based loosely on the life of the composer Benedetto Marcello (author of "Il teatro alla moda").
String Quartet No. 7, "Die Schöne Müllerin"
Symphony No. 7, "In den Alpen"

as always, exemplary detail from contretemps - you easily saw through the trickery

onwards and upwards

[subcontrabass]

An S to link Passions, Remorse, and Pandora.

[Nick Armstrong]

as always, exemplary detail from contretemps - you easily saw through the trickery

onwards and upwards

[subcontrabass]

Has everyone got the wind up? (and that is a clue)

[Flay]

Has everyone got the wind up? (and that is a clue)

Is that a wind up?

[subcontrabass]

Is that a wind up?

Depends on how you pronounce it (which does not matter when searching the internet).

[Flay]

I've a sneaky feeling we are talking Scarlett. Working on it (when I should be in bed! )