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  • vinteuil
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 12761

    ... and some follow-on trivia regarding The Song of Bernadette.

    I discover that the original film score was composed by Stravinsky but was subsequently rejected in favour of a score by Alfred Newman. When Stravinsky was invited to a screening so he could plot out his score, he replied that he'd already begun. Evincing an unwillingness to change what he'd already composed, he was released from his contract. The second movement of his Symphony in Three Movements evolved out of the unused score...

    Ain't this thread a place where we learn things!

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    • Nick Armstrong
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      • Nov 2010
      • 26506

      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
      Ain't this thread a place where we learn things!
      Indeed it is! I was about to say that having been doing some cowboy-related rummaging, I came across one of those linguistic connections/derivations that I'd never known before, between words I did know...

      The original Spanish word for cowboy is vaquero. As a result of the overlap in Spanish between the 'v' and 'b' sound, the American corruption of that word is:

      buckaroo (which is still used for 'cowboy' in some areas... and of course c.f. that Copland piece that Rob Cowan is always playing on Breakfast )

      Once again, thanks to the AA thread, I shall go to bed less stupid

      :biggin:

      Meanwhile, back at Anna's question...
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • Anna

        I'm not too happy with the first part of clue. However, just a further clue for the moment. Two of the composers are American, one English.

        This is indeed a wonderful thread for learning. I think I've seen The Song of Bernadette but I notice that the poster work was by Norman Rockwell. Also, message for rubra, our local CoOp no longer has the Rioja on offer!!!! If yours still does then stock up quickly.

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        • Norfolk Born

          Originally posted by Anna View Post
          something which could take you anywhere?
          A White 'Orse

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          • Anna

            Originally posted by OFCACHAP View Post
            A White 'Orse
            No 'orses here although this particular part could also be said to be a favourite of a character in a childrens' book.

            Actually, I see Caliban has given himself a bit of a clue to another part.

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            • Don Petter

              Originally posted by OFCACHAP View Post
              A White 'Orse
              Only if he's Inn.

              An Omnibus. by definition, could take you anywhere?

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              • Anna

                Originally posted by Don Petter View Post
                Only if he's Inn.

                An Omnibus. by definition, could take you anywhere?
                Very true. This reminds me why, although I love trying the solve the puzzles, I am totally inept at setting them and giving decent clues!!

                It's a simple, everyday, four letter word which is in a ballet, a rhapsody and a cycle of 7 songs' title.
                Last edited by Guest; 11-03-11, 17:46.

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                • Nick Armstrong
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26506

                  Originally posted by Caliban View Post


                  :biggin:

                  Quite surprised no-one's picked me up on that typo...
                  "...the isle is full of noises,
                  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                  • Anna

                    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                    Quite surprised no-one's picked me up on that typo...
                    Well, I would have of course but figured even for you it was a bit too early for Cocktails

                    Now, come on, this puzzle, you know you know it! And Rob's your Uncle.
                    Last edited by Guest; 11-03-11, 17:47. Reason: typo

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                    • mercia
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8920

                      Originally posted by Anna View Post
                      It's a simple, everyday, four letter word
                      open? as in The Open Prairie which starts Billy the Kid

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                      • mercia
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 8920

                        Originally posted by Anna View Post
                        something which could take you anywhere and an invitation?
                        open ticket
                        open invitation

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                        • Anna

                          Originally posted by hercule View Post
                          open? as in The Open Prairie which starts Billy the Kid
                          YES!! It is indeed the word Open and the first part is Copland (which Caliban berated for Rob Cowan for playing too much, in fact I think he played it Tuesday!) Admittedly, the clue was a bit iffy, but B the K was a cowboy before he became an outlaw.

                          Now, can you solve the other two? The English composer was born in Lewisham and taught piano to a very famous composer and has a work dedicated to him by another very famous composer but is not as well known as he should be. The other American is still alive

                          And yes, what is a more generic term for open invitation?
                          Last edited by Guest; 11-03-11, 18:28. Reason: forgot to answer the previous query

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                          • Nick Armstrong
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26506

                            Originally posted by Anna View Post
                            YES!! It is indeed the word Open and the first part is Copland (which Caliban berated for Rob Cowan for playing too much, in fact I think he played it Tuesday!)
                            Indeed! And I posted about it - see my message #51 here: http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...7449#post37449 !!!
                            "...the isle is full of noises,
                            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                            • mercia
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 8920

                              so I want a rhapsody and a song cycle which both have the word open either in their titles or somewhere inside?

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                              • rubbernecker

                                Well, we have the Open Road an orchestral rhapsody by Ernest Farrar, for one

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