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  • amateur51

    Originally posted by mercia View Post
    perhaps to do with Romeo & Juliet's Swiss origins ?
    trying to help
    Oh cheers mercs!

    So ...

    Village Romeo and Juliet is the fourth of Delius' six operas. The composer himself, with his wife Jelka, wrote the English-language libretto based on the short story Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe by the Swiss author Gottfried Keller.

    So is it Keller, Norths?

    With Hans Keller too?
    Last edited by Guest; 13-07-12, 10:29. Reason: sundry trypos

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    • Northender

      Keller is the link. Gottfried Keller's novella formed the basis for Delius's 'A Village Romeo and Juliet'. Could I press you to provide some more information regarding Hans Keller (also correct) and then to hold out the prospect of some better weather?

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      • amateur51

        Hans Keller was the dedicatee of Britten string quartet no 3 and Frankel string quartet no 5; and piano trios by Buxton Orr and David Matthews

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        • Northender

          Correct. Now, back to the late 1950s for a 'one-hit wonder'.

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          • amateur51

            Originally posted by Northender View Post
            Correct. Now, back to the late 1950s for a 'one-hit wonder'.
            Jerry Keller isbest known for his 1959 million selling record, "Here Comes Summer."


            You're avin' a larf, innit Norths

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            • Northender

              A quick summary:
              Gottfried Keller's novella provided the subject for Delius's opera 'A Village Romeo and Juliet'; Hans Keller was the dedicatee of the works you mentioned (and others); and Jerry Keller had a hit with 'Here Comes Summer'.
              Over to you (suitably refreshed if needs be ) for 'L'.

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              • amateur51

                Cheers, Norths!

                Was that Timothy Taylor's Landlord?

                Okies ...

                What L links a successful 1950s British film, a musician who was a conscientious objector, and a singer from an apparently immobile Welsh band

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                • amateur51

                  Apologies all round - I need to go out soon and shall not be back until at least !8:00 I suspect.

                  If you 'get it' then do by all means carry on to M, and I'll review the L when I return.

                  Apols again.

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26540

                    Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                    If you 'get it' then do by all means carry on to M, and I'll review the L when I return.
                    Chipping away as far as time permits and so far totally failing to 'get' this!
                    "...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
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 2780

                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      Chipping away as far as time permits and so far totally failing to 'get' this!
                      Is it a case of "cherchez la femme"?

                      Film: The Ladykillers (1955)

                      Britten: The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard

                      Cerys Matthews (formerly of Catatonia) presented a radio programme: "Lady Plays the Blues"

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26540

                        Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                        Is it a case of "cherchez la femme"?

                        Film: The Ladykillers (1955)

                        Britten: The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard

                        Cerys Matthews (formerly of Catatonia) presented a radio programme: "Lady Plays the Blues"

                        Hello scb

                        It seems so obvious when you put it that way

                        As per ammy's injunction, you'd better press on after that impressive bowlful of very ladylike Coleslaw
                        "...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
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 2780

                          Shall we try an M to link a fortress, a Queen of Carthage, and a small symphony.

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                          • mercia
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8920

                            probably not worth asking if there's more than one queen of Carthage

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                            • Anna

                              Originally posted by mercia View Post
                              probably not worth asking if there's more than one queen of Carthage
                              Is this any help: Besiege a fort, to undermine a town,
                              And make whole cities caper in the air??
                              Probably not!

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                              • subcontrabass
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 2780

                                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                                probably not worth asking if there's more than one queen of Carthage
                                Which one is best known?

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