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  • mercia
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 8920

    are you a fan of Ustinov ?

    Two truly bizarre offerings from Mr U. Anthony Hopkins plays harpsichord on the a-side.My oldest.....and weirdest 45

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    • Flay
      Full Member
      • Mar 2007
      • 5795

      Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
      Bravo mercs and Flay
      Thanks. I enjoy his works but am not a particular fan. But he fitted the AA bill
      Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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      • cloughie
        Full Member
        • Dec 2011
        • 22115

        Originally posted by mercia View Post
        ....... never appeared on my school reports



        a V connecting

        a King of Pontus, a King of Thessaly, a King of Albania and an Emperor of Mexico
        Viceroy

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        • mercia
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 8920

          Originally posted by cloughie View Post
          Viceroy
          sorry, no

          those people are roles in operas by V

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          • cloughie
            Full Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 22115

            Originally posted by mercia View Post
            sorry, no

            those people are roles in operas by V
            Joe Green?

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            • mercia
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 8920

              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
              Joe Green?
              sorry, no

              same nationality

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              • mercia
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 8920

                is this more difficult than I thought ?
                probably a bit unfair as all these people appear in operas by other composers

                the King of Albania is Scanderbeg

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26524

                  Originally posted by mercia View Post
                  a V connecting

                  a King of Pontus, a King of Thessaly, a King of Albania and an Emperor of Mexico
                  I think we must be talking Vivaldi operas, no? There's a Montezuma, and endless Kings of this and Emperors of that. I recall there is an unfortunately-named ARSILDA, Queen of Pontus too
                  "...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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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26524

                    So - after wrestling with an absurdly slow internet signal at work -

                    Vivaldi operas:

                    Motezuma [sic.] Emperor of Mexico

                    Griselda features Gualtiero, King of Thessaly

                    Scanderbeg as you point out was King of Albania

                    Farnace was King of Pontus
                    Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 23-10-12, 15:58. Reason: typoo....
                    "...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

                      Only having just looked in, that seems a perfect answer Cali.
                      Was totally surprised you didn't get my Vapors hint to others, but I guess you never were a New Romantic!!!
                      Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26524

                        Originally posted by Anna View Post
                        Only having just looked in, that seems a perfect answer Cali.
                        Was totally surprised you didn't get my Vapors hint to others, but I guess you never were a New Romantic!!!
                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4
                        OMG never got near that. Never heard of them. I thought you must be talking about steamed rice or something....

                        "...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
                          OMG never got near that. Never heard of them. I thought you must be talking about steamed rice or something....
                          Never heard of them? That was my fave 80s hit .... I could talk about steamed rice if you'd prefer that?
                          Edit: The reason I thought I was wrong was that I asked if one was a vocal, you said No, so I dismissed Takemitsu's "A Song of Circles and Triangles"
                          Last edited by Guest; 23-10-12, 16:09. Reason: thought

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26524

                            I shall be offline in a meeting and then on a bike for a while... so, confidence in my V answer bolstered by the encouragement of Anna, Queen of Coleslaw (Vivaldi should certainly have set her story to music! Opera Buffa? or Romantic Tragedy? ), here to give fellow-puzzlers something to be going on with, is a W:

                            This second-barrel W links Alkan and some fancy footwork with Boléro and Louis XIV's confessor
                            "...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

                              whoops, sorry I disappeared

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                              Vivaldi operas:
                              Motezuma [sic.] Emperor of Mexico
                              Griselda features Gualtiero, King of Thessaly
                              Scanderbeg as you point out was King of Albania
                              Farnace was King of Pontus


                              yep, that's what I had in mind

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                              • Anna

                                Is Cali's new puzzle a premature Halloween project? <spooky emoticon>
                                (It's ok, I'm going offline shortly)
                                Edit, I thought it may be something to do with Colette, but cannot find a doube barrelled, but she did feature in two of the clues.
                                Last edited by Guest; 23-10-12, 17:26. Reason: just throught I'd say

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