Alphabet associations - I

[Northender]

That's the full set, Flay.
Granville Bantock's 1913 choral symphony Vanity of Vanities
Anthony Collins's Vanity Fair
Benjamin Britten's The Golden Vanity.
On we go!

[Flay]

Good question, Northo!

This W is renowned for his marathons, plays a piccolo, and whose Dutch courage was awarded

[Flay]

Perhaps I should say an unusual piccolo

[mercia]

unusual piccolo

like a piccolo trumpet / violin / cello etc. etc. ?
is this all one person ?
is/was he Dutch ?

[it seems to me that if this person is still alive his award for "courage" can't be anything to do with participation in a war]

[Flay]

like a piccolo trumpet / violin / cello etc. etc. ?
is this all one person ?
is/was he Dutch ?

[it seems to me that if this person is still alive his award for "courage" can't be anything to do with participation in a war]

Yes, a Dutchman, and one of those instruments. And the courage was a red herring - it must take courage to win any award

[mercia]

intrigued by these marathons

24-hour continuous violino-piccolo-playing

why would you do that ?

[Flay]

intrigued by these marathons

24-hour continuous violino-piccolo-playing

why would you do that ?

I dunno. Not a violin. But a suite sound anyway.

[amateur51]

Naughty!

Could have been worse.

The boy stood on the burning deck
The crew said "Silly Billy"
"No no!" he cried
"That's not my name.
I'm Jack; the captain's Willy"

Tuk tuk tuk tuk welcome back, Calibano

[Flay]

Not a whisper for ages. Any ideas folks?

[mercia]

Any ideas folks?

sorry, not from me. haven't found any Dutch piccolo players of any description. don't even know where to look.
............. and about to go out ..........

[Northender]

Similarly stumped, I'm afraid.

[Flay]

OK, OK. He owns a piccolo string instrument (but not a violin) although his main instrument is the larger version. He has performed suitely in 3-hour marathon solo sessions.

And he's Dutch.

[vinteuil]

Not a whisper for ages. Any ideas folks?

away with you and your clues!

[Flay]

I try performed suitely

[vinteuil]

Flay - shall I put you out of your misery with a wim-a-wey a wim-a-wey a wim-a-wey???