Alphabet associations - I

[vinteuil]

Got to be Habeneck.

... « Par suite de ma méfiance habituelle, j’étais resté derrière Habeneck et, lui tournant le dos, je surveillais le groupe des timbaliers, qu’il ne pouvait pas voir, le moment approchant où ils allaient prendre part à la mêlée générale. Il y a peut-être mille mesures dans mon Requiem. Précisément sur celle dont je viens de parler, celle où le mouvement s’élargit, celle où les instruments de cuivre lancent leur terrible fanfare, sur la mesure unique enfin dans laquelle l’action du chef d’orchestre est absolument indispensable, Habeneck baisse son bâton, tire tranquillement sa tabatière et se met à prendre une prise de tabac. J’avais toujours l’œil de son côté; à l’instant je pivote rapidement sur un talon, et m’élançant devant lui, j’étends mon bras et je marque les quatre grands temps du nouveau mouvement. Les orchestres me suivent, tout part en ordre, je conduis le morceau jusqu’à la fin, et l’effet que j’avais rêvé est produit. Quand, aux derniers mots du chœur, Habeneck vit le Tuba mirum sauvé : « Quelle sueur froide j’ai eue, me dit-il, sans vous nous étions perdus! – Oui, je le sais bien, répondis-je en le regardant fixement. » Je n’ajoutai pas un mot... L’a-t-il fait exprès ?... »

[mercia]

Got to be Habeneck.

got to be and ........... is well done

Francois Antoine conducted the premieres of all of those and more
but as the vints post probably indicates, Hector wasn't too happy

[Nick Armstrong]

Nowhere near

Great work mercs and a fine puzzle cloughie

Seconded, despite the clue for which thanks. Having had a very early start, I fell asleep and missed the dénouement, I'm afraid.

[vinteuil]

.../ as the vints post probably indicates, Hector wasn't too happy

yus - Berlioz recounts how, at the key moment in the Requiem where conducting was most essential, Habeneck calmly laid down his baton, took out his snuff box and took a pinch of snuff - Berlioz leapt forward, provided the beat for the various orchestras - and all was well...

[Nick Armstrong]

yus - Berlioz recounts how, at the key moment in the Requiem where conducting was most essential, Habeneck calmly laid down his baton, took out his snuff box and took a pinch of snuff - Berlioz leapt forward, provided the beat for the various orchestras - and all was well...

It's a great quote, that... I love the elegant understatement: "Oui, je le sais bien, répondis-je en le regardant fixement."

[cloughie]

yus - Berlioz recounts how, at the key moment in the Requiem where conducting was most essential, Habeneck calmly laid down his baton, took out his snuff box and took a pinch of snuff - Berlioz leapt forward, provided the beat for the various orchestras - and all was well...

Touch of setters block - anyone like to do the next one I'd be very happy.

[Northender]

I can offer an 'I' question if you wish.

[Northender]

Two-word answer, first word begins with 'I', linking:
Albert W in 1915, 1920 and 1923;
Edward Kennedy in 1935 and 1939; and
Chris in 1977 (not Thomas in 1751)

[mercia]

well I've decided that Edward Kennedy is Duke Ellington, but I don't think I'm going to get any further today
is that Albert Wolff ?
Thomas Arne ?

[Northender]

The 'Duke' features in the answer, but neither Wolff nor Arne does (or should that be 'do'? I'm never quite sure).

[cloughie]

The 'Duke' features in the answer, but neither Wolff nor Arne does (or should that be 'do'? I'm never quite sure).

Like mercs I got as far as Ellington, but I fear we need a tad more in the clue area.

[mercia]

Duke Ellington - Reminiscing In Tempo (1935) ?

[Northender]

Afraid not - but 'In' is the first of the two words that start every answer. (Apologies if that wasn't made sufficiently clear at the outset).

[mercia]

Thomas Gray - Elegy written IN a country churchyard (1751)

[cloughie]

Afraid not - but 'In' is the first part of every answer.

black
mellow tone
monastery garden
chinese temple
persian market