Alphabet associations - I

[Flay]

Oh what a night

Yes, Night it is. It was Thomas Oliphant with his words to "All Through the Night"

Any idea on Mr Grubby's seasonal little tune? UNESCO's "intangible cultural heritage"

[Flay]

It's nothing to do with sewing.

The repeated annoyance is a certain musical abstract often heard played repeatedly.

[mercia]

Any idea on Mr Grubby's seasonal little tune?

oh him - Stille Nacht

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stille_Nacht

EDIT - I now have to go out for a couple of hours

[amateur51]

AA can be like a parallel universe sometimes, innit

Well done!

[Flay]

Well done indeed, mercs.

I just need a little music pertaining to Night, (often heard when hanging on) and I will be happy. Would you care to sleuthfully oblige, Ammy?

[amateur51]

Well done indeed, mercs.

I just need a little music pertaining to Night, (often heard when hanging on) and I will be happy. Would you care to sleuthfully oblige, Ammy?

Eine kleine Holdon musik, perhaps, Flay?

[Flay]

Eine kleine Holdon musik, perhaps, Flay?

So it is. It drives me crackers every time I hear it - a local hospital trust uses it.

Coleslaw:
The Four Seasons - "Oh what a Night"
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - endlessly replayed when hanging on.
Silent Night - composed by Franz Xaver Gruber
And the bonus question: All Through the Night, ("Ar Hyd y Nos" in case Anna is lurking) - English words added by Thomas Oliphant.

Now mercs is keeping us holding on for the O. No worry.

[mercia]

back. is it me ?


O

a most democratic workplace
tortoises
Music and Hope in Mantua
Joseph of Monampteuil

[Angle]

Are we talking Monteverdi here? Perhaps, even, of an underworld ?

[Flay]

Looks like we are, and of Joseph Legros, who presumably bought his underpants at M&S (c.f. The M&S Point-of-Sale card readers thread), enabling him to perform the castrato role of Orpheus

[Flay]

"Abandon hope, all ye who enter here" is a good motto for AA

[Flay]

Lyra: originally called Chelys, because of the tortoise shell used as its sound box. According to Nicomachus of Gerasa (Ist cent. AD), the tortoise-shell Lyra was invented by god Hermes, who gave it to Orpheus.

Poor tortoises

[Flay]

"There's very good eating on one of those you know" - Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (a book everyone must read!)

[vinteuil]

Poor tortoises

... o come now - tortoises can be the baddies too - after all, it was a tortoise (dropped on his bald pate) wot killed poor Æschylus

[mercia]

Are we talking Monteverdi here? Perhaps, even, of an underworld ?

sorry for the delay, I went away