Fantastic work against the odds, mercia, sorry about your internet woes... If it is MT (Janice - Janis 
), I remember they had a song called Chanson d'Amour...
), I remember they had a song called Chanson d'Amour...
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"...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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Thank you for correcting my spelling, yes it is Mantran who sang...Originally posted by mercia View Post
Ravel wrote....Comment
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No problem, spelling mistakes make googling even more challenging!Originally posted by cloughie View Post
"...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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Think that's cracked it then - D from mercs?Originally posted by Caliban View PostNo problem, spelling mistakes make googling even more challenging! Comment
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SO which was the MT number?"...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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how was Ravel being cosmopolitan ?
I assume that was Franz Haydn with his Midi symphonyComment
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Originally posted by mercia View Post
Traveller...? Madécasses...
I think we need at least a dollop of Coleslaw, Cloughie
"...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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For you Cali and all the Anna thing.Originally posted by Caliban View Post
Chanson (merc)
Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit but to my knowledge no Chanson de Noon (ou Midi) (merc)
Manhattan Transfer whose cool voices include Janis Siegel and Tim Hauser: Chanson d'amour (ratatatatat) (cali)
Maurice Ravel: Chanson Ecossaise, Chanson Espagnole, Chanson Francaise, Chanson Hebraique, Chanson Italienne...(merc)
merc Deemed the winnerComment
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ah - very good / interestingOriginally posted by cloughie View Post
I haven't been able to open wikipedia todayComment
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Thanks. Bloody good question (apart perhaps from the misspelling misdirectionOriginally posted by cloughie View Post!! )
Seems easy when you know the answer!
And great performance by a wiki-free mercs
"...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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only two clues
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Ms Penny's intermezzo and Ms VilleneuveComment
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Dorabella?Comment
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