Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

Cali will no doubt pronounce when he's around!

Sorry all, sucked into work suddenly - but none of the above suggestions is near the mark at all

Clues later on request

[mercia]

none of the above suggestions is near the mark at all

so not even Schumann's Papillons ?

my google translate says the German for butterfly is schmetterling .................. ooooh is that a piece by Grieg ?

[mercia]

<doh> just done a search thread, and I set a W question last year connecting Ward Swingle to a certain German pianist/lepidopterist

<doh>

[Nick Armstrong]

<doh> just done a search thread, and I set a W question last year connecting Ward Swingle to a certain German pianist/lepidopterist
<doh>

<DOH> indeed... on my part... ! I have no recollection of that at all !

Come along then, reveal all mercs!

[Northender]

Is it that King Geyser, Walter?

[Northender]

...OK, I cheated, by googling 'German pianist/lepidopterist'! Ward(?) Swingle studied with Walter Gieseking, who was famous for his recordings of works by Grieg including 'Schmetterlinge' and was also a lepidopterist.

[vinteuil]

...OK, I cheated, by googling .

... you don't mean to say that some of you rotters cheat by googling??

I thought that was against the rules!!!!

[Flay]

As it happens, 'funeral' was the answer to today's 'Brainteaser' on Essential Classics.

Indeed spooky. I had no idea of this when I was setting my "Brainhurter."

[Nick Armstrong]

...OK, I cheated, by googling 'German pianist/lepidopterist'! Ward(?) Swingle studied with Walter Gieseking, who was famous for his recordings of works by Grieg including 'Schmetterlinge' and was also a lepidopterist.

Almost there, norfs

Grieg and his butterflies are however irrelevant. You're so close though that I shall give it to you (assuming mercia consents): you didn't mention the Ravel element in the question - I was thinking rather that he was famous for his complete Ravel recordings... The butterfly connection is about his collecting of the same and specifically the fact that his collection was sufficiently noteworthy that it now forms part of the collection at the Natural History Museum of Wiesbaden. Can't believe you didn't all know that!!

As proof: see the listing here, inc the Gieseking reference: http://www.mwnh.de/coll032.html

How are you placed for an H, Northo?

[Flay]

As proof: see the listing here, inc the Gieseking reference: http://www.mwnh.de/coll032.html

I thought that said Geeksking, which would be most appropriate around here!

[Flay]

do the SS sing "My Grandfather's Clock" ?

Sorry I'm just catching up. I recall in my youth (about 1966) we had some EPs from a series called "Solo Instruments Of The Orchestra," all accompanied by Gerald Moore at the piano. Archie Camden performed on the bassoon record. One of the pieces was a humorous arrangement of "My Grandfather's Clock."

Du Pré did the cello EP. Happy memories

[Northender]

I shall endeavour to devise something!

[Northender]

An 'H' to link:
Rodgers and Hammerstein, Claude Debussy, Frederick Delius and Marc Wilkinson

[Nick Armstrong]

An 'H' to link:
Rodgers and Hammerstein, Claude Debussy, Frederick Delius and Marc Wilkinson

A poser and no mistake!

No progress here though am juggling it with work. If the brain survives, I will give it the old undivided once the drawbridge of Château Caliban has been secured behind me later

[cloughie]

An 'H' to link:
Rodgers and Hammerstein, Claude Debussy, Frederick Delius and Marc Wilkinson

Hills