Alphabet associations - I

[cloughie]

Otto Klemperer?

His history fits.

[Flay]

Otto Klemperer?

His history fits.

Was I a little lazy in my clue setting?

Poor man. From Wiki:

A severe fall during a visit to Montreal forced Klemperer subsequently to conduct seated in a chair. A severe burning accident further paralyzed him, which resulted from his smoking in bed and trying to douse the flames with the contents of a bottle of spirits of camphor nearby.

It proves that smoking is bad for the health. My childhood GP was an alcoholic and managed to kill himself by smoking in bed.

[Northender]

Klemperer once fell asleep having forgotten to extinguish his pipe, which he happened to have been smoking in bed.

[Northender]

You must be with Talk Talk or Orange !

Yup - the fruity adjective for which there is said to be no known rhyme in English.

[Flay]

Gosh, Klemperer had trouble with something orange-like too!

...after completing the 1939 Los Angeles Philharmonic summer season at the Hollywood Bowl, Klemperer was visiting Boston and was diagnosed with a brain tumor; the subsequent brain surgery to remove "a tumour the size of a small orange" left him partially paralyzed. He went into a depressive state and was placed in institution; when he escaped, The New York Times ran a cover story declaring him missing, and after being found in New Jersey, a picture of him behind bars was printed in the Herald Tribune. Though he would occasionally conduct the Philharmonic after that, he lost the post of Music Director. Furthermore, his erratic behavior during manic episodes made him an undesirable guest to US orchestras, and the late flowering of his career centered in other countries.

(He had a bipolar disorder).

[Flay]

Final quote of interest:

Klemperer became conductor at the German Opera in Prague in 1907 on Mahler's recommendation. Mahler wrote a short testimonial recommending Klemperer on a small card, which Klemperer kept for the rest of his life.

[cloughie]

Yup - the fruity adjective for which there is said to be no known rhyme in English.

Other than the Fisherman's Friend -Lozenge! Reminds me must sort an L.

[cloughie]

L linked by Josef, George twice and Gerald among others.

[Flay]

L linked by Josef, George twice and Gerald among others.

Suk? Foerster? Hauer? Klammer? Mysliveček? Meissler? Gung'l? Bayer? Wagner? Tal? Mayseder? Förster? Stritzko? Schrammel? ?Haydn?

[mercia]

I'm starting with Gerald

Finzi, Moore or neither ?

[cloughie]

I'm starting with Gerald

Finzi, Moore or neither ?

Finzi

[mercia]

George Lloyd ?

[cloughie]

George Lloyd ?

No - he's American.

[mercia]

Gershwin / Crumb / Antheil / Chadwick ?

[Northender]

Gerald Finzi - Let Us Garlands Bring; George Gershwin - Let Them Eat Cake....