Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

well Caliban got 2 out of 3

Lady Harriet Durham principal character in von Flotow's Martha
Harriet Cohen gave first all-Bach recital in Queen's Hall in 1925
Harriet Smithson first wife of Berlioz and mother of Louis



back to the dog-house for me

[rubbernecker]

With my talk of cocktails earlier, it seems a number here may have hit the bottle early today!

I think Don's on a slow android dongley connection in Torquay, that's why...

Well done, Caliban. Beat me to it.

A rather good question, I thought, Hercule. Hope you weren't put off by our carping little remarks...

[Nick Armstrong]

...and Harriet of Greenwich, the ballet which was the basis of Marthe by Flotow, I think, somewhere in the mix...

EDIT: GEDDIT? Sorry, Flotow was from Mecklenburg.

Where the hell did you dredge that from????

[Nick Armstrong]

well Caliban got 2 out of 3

Lady Harriet Durham principal character in von Flotow's Martha
Harriet Cohen gave first all-Bach recital in Queen's Hall in 1925
Harriet Smithson first wife of Berlioz and mother of Louis

back to the dog-house for me

Hercule, I think you have been subjected to harsh treatment - none of us is beyond an erroneous post and an hasty edit! Please rejoin the happy throng.

Good question, btw - the clue was sorely needed.

Damn it, I get I do I??

[Don Petter]

With my talk of cocktails earlier, it seems a number here may have hit the bottle early today!

Cheers! I've only had one pint of Doom Bar, honest. I am on holiday. (Though life is one long holiday for the retired.)

[rubbernecker]

Where the hell did you dredge that from????

The nether regions...

Seriously, though: You and I have a cocktail assignation in less than two hours, and will doubtless be hors de combat for the rest of the evening, so unless you have a quick and easy I up your sleeve, I would suggest passing the baton...?

[Nick Armstrong]

I've only had one pint of Doom Bar

That'll do it!

[Nick Armstrong]

a quick and easy I

What "I" connects musical gentlemen from Middlesex, Saxony and Yorkshire all of whom were born (but only one of whom died) in the 19th century?

[Anna]

Hello. I am back and apologies again for leaving you in the lurch re the E but no good setting a puzzle when I am offline for 48 hours. It was only a small crisis which someone had made into a drama.

Oh, is it Happy Hour again? You all seem to be getting stuck in. Cheers to all for solving E, F, and G, the answers to which I wouldn't have had a clue.

If I can throw in my tuppence worth re edits, far better I think to quote the original in a new post, with amended information and hercule, you have to admit, has nothing on Poirot when it comes to detective work!

[rubbernecker]

and hercule, you have to admit, has nothing on Poirot when it comes to detective work!

I'm afraid I disagree. I think he has proved eminently worthy of the name.

Welcome back, Anna. Please solve Caliban's I and thereby let us off the hook tonight!

[Nick Armstrong]

I'm afraid I disagree. I think he has proved eminently worthy of the name.

I think that's what Anna meant, isn't it? It's certainly my view too! His little grey cells often make me feel I have porridge in my skull.

[Nick Armstrong]

What "I" connects musical gentlemen from Middlesex, Saxony and Yorkshire all of whom were born (but only one of whom died) in the 19th century?

I could add a fourth gentleman, this one from Catalonia, who was also born in the 19th century but died in the 20th. Indeed it was this instance of the I which inspired me as it figures on the sleeve of a CD which I had just been given unexpectedly

[Anna]

I think that's what Anna meant, isn't it? It's certainly my view too! His little grey cells often make me feel I have porridge in my skull.

Oh Gosh! That's exactly what I meant. Hercule has an Enormous Brain and is Very Clever.

I am just going to collapse with a pizza, a glass of Rioja and a soap or two. Waterloo Road and Masterchef, if you must ask. Anything else is quite beyond me at the moment.

[Nick Armstrong]

I am just going to collapse with a pizza, a glass of Rioja and a soap or two. Waterloo Road and Masterchef, if you must ask. Anything else is quite beyond me at the moment.

It's a winning mental image you conjure up! Enjoy! Dare I say: chuf chuf....

[vinteuil]

I could add a fourth gentleman, this one from Catalonia, who was also born in the 19th century but died in the 20th. Indeed it was this instance of the I which inspired me as it figures on the sleeve of a CD which I had just been given unexpectedly

Isaac Albeniz springs to mind - but I'm stumped for Yorkshire, Middlesex, or Saxon Isaacs...