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  • amateur51

    Originally posted by Flay View Post
    , not
    Does that make it RVW Flay-bay-night?

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    • Flay
      Full Member
      • Mar 2007
      • 5795

      Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
      Does that make it RVW Flay-bay-night?
      Erm... That's flown right over my head...

      Come away, come away, death,
      And in sad cypress let me be laid;
      Fly away, fly away, breath;
      I am slain by a fair cruel maid.
      My shroud of white, stuck all with yew,
      O prepare it!
      My part of death, no one so true
      Did share it.

      No, not that....
      Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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      • Flay
        Full Member
        • Mar 2007
        • 5795

        But one is by RWV using works of another poet
        Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26574

          Originally posted by Flay View Post
          Not the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act?

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform...eous_Death_Act
          Fascinating, getting home and catching up...




          "...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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          • Flay
            Full Member
            • Mar 2007
            • 5795

            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
            Fascinating, getting home and catching up...




            Yes, it was an incredibly obtuse challenge from Northy! A killer!
            Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26574

              Originally posted by Flay View Post
              Erm... That's flown right over my head...

              Come away, come away, death,
              And in sad cypress let me be laid;
              Fly away, fly away, breath;
              I am slain by a fair cruel maid.
              My shroud of white, stuck all with yew,
              O prepare it!
              My part of death, no one so true
              Did share it.

              No, not that....
              What was all that about?!

              Anyway, we're talking Vagabonds aren't we?

              Not sure of the first one ....

              UPDATE: but I think it's this...

              a very abstruse first element: track 4 on the album 10000HX LEGEND by French electronic music duo AIR is called The Vagabond


              The Vagabond King, 1925 operetta by Rudolf Friml involving King Louis the Somethingth in disguise

              RVW's The Vagabond from Songs of Travel to words by Robert Louis S

              (This could have been the beginnings of a very sneaky L for Louis question.... )
              "...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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              • Flay
                Full Member
                • Mar 2007
                • 5795

                Originally posted by Caliban View Post

                we're talking Vagabonds aren't we?

                Not sure of the first one ....

                UPDATE: but I think it's this...

                a very abstruse first element: track 4 on the album 10000HX LEGEND by French electronic music duo AIR is called The Vagabond


                The Vagabond King, 1925 operetta by Rudolf Friml involving King Louis the Somethingth in disguise

                RVW's The Vagabond from Songs of Travel to words by Robert Louis S

                (This could have been the beginnings of a very sneaky L for Louis question.... )
                Excellent answer, Calibs!

                What was all that about?!
                It was RVW with Shakespeare, rather than Stevenson

                What Wonders noW?
                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                • cloughie
                  Full Member
                  • Dec 2011
                  • 22189

                  Originally posted by Flay View Post
                  I've read "Coming up for Air" but I can't remember it....



                  If you google "New York (upstate), Virginia, North Carolina, Hawaii" you get the American Plumbing Web.

                  So the answer must be U-bend

                  p.s. Hello again cloughie. Long time no post. Trust you are well?
                  Very well, thanks Flay.

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26574

                    Originally posted by Flay View Post
                    Excellent answer, Calibs!

                    It was RVW with Shakespeare, rather than Stevenson

                    What Wonders noW?

                    W-w-w-why thank you.

                    W-w-w-w-well then.

                    The aforementioned Ralph in nocturnal mood, Stanford in soulful mood and Holst in introductory mood. What W?
                    "...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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                    • Flay
                      Full Member
                      • Mar 2007
                      • 5795

                      This chimes with me somehow. Perhaps....?
                      Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                      • Resurrection Man

                        Would it be Whitman?

                        Whispers of Death ..words by Whitman set to music by RVW

                        Song of faith ....words by Whitman music Villiers Stanford

                        Whitman Overture by Holst

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                        • Flay
                          Full Member
                          • Mar 2007
                          • 5795

                          Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post
                          Would it be Whitman?

                          Whispers of Death ..words by Whitman set to music by RVW

                          Song of faith ....words by Whitman music Villiers Stanford

                          Whitman Overture by Holst
                          I'm sure it is. I was wondering about Westminster (Stanford buried in the Abbey etc), but yours fits perfectly.

                          Caliban, Caliban, where are you? (to the tune of "Peter pointer")
                          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26574

                            Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post
                            Would it be Whitman?

                            Whispers of Death ..words by Whitman set to music by RVW

                            Song of faith ....words by Whitman music Villiers Stanford

                            Whitman Overture by Holst
                            Ah! Yes! A double W 'twas, Walt Whitman is right!

                            The Holst Overture: correct

                            The RVW and CVS contributions are not however what is on the card... Nocturnal and Soulful... Care to have another go, to wrap up the perfect answer?

                            "...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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                            • Resurrection Man

                              On the Beach at night alone perhaps from Sea Symphony ?

                              and To the Soul ?

                              What happens next...do we skip gaily to Aardvark?

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                              • Nick Armstrong
                                Host
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 26574

                                Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post
                                On the Beach at night alone perhaps from Sea Symphony ?

                                and To the Soul ?

                                What happens next...do we skip gaily to Aardvark?

                                CVS's "To the Soul": correct

                                For the RVW I had "A clear Midnight" but it would be churlish not to give you it for that equally-pertinent suggestion!

                                In addition to the Holst "A Whitman Overture" previously given

                                Yes if you can't be doing with X, Y or Z, convention suggests you can proceed directly to A
                                "...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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