Originally posted by cloughie
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please elaborate for the folks back home
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Yup please elaborate for the folks back home
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And Schumann used material from the eighth movement of his Kreisleriana, Op. 16 "Schnell und spielend", for the fourth movement of his first symphony.Originally posted by cloughie View Post
ETA Hoffman's Sandman would steal the eyes of children who wouldn't go to bed and feed them to his own children who lived in the moon
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I may never sleep again! I think I prefer The Chordettes or Janis Siegel!Originally posted by Flay View PostAnd Schumann used material from the eighth movement of his Kreisleriana, Op. 16 "Schnell und spielend", for the fourth movement of his first symphony.
ETA Hoffman's Sandman would steal the eyes of children who wouldn't go to bed and feed them to his own children who lived in the moon
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An I to connect Mendelssohn, the sea and shelter from the storm!Comment
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... and the tumbleweed rolls across from ferney's 'gag' on 'Stormy Weather' through the deserted streets of Alphabetville....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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Originally posted by cloughie View Post
We are presumably being directed towards FM's 'Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage' overture, inspired by two Goethe poems.
I can't find any linking "I"s at the moment though...
"...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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Thought that might be the assumption but no it's not. The Mendelssohn is borrowed.Originally posted by Caliban View Post
We are presumably being directed towards FM's 'Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage' overture, inspired by two Goethe poems.
I can't find any linking "I"s at the moment though...Comment
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Yes, I meant to write 'misdirected' in my previous post, as in the technique of the prestidigitator...Originally posted by cloughie View Post
Elgar 'borrowed' one of the 'Calm Sea' themes in his Enigma Variations, but if it's not relevant, that's a dead end.
Borrowed...
"...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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"...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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Fanny pinched stuff from Felix.Comment
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OK, my only other thought was Italian or Intermezzo. Although I'm not sure why. Off now, will check in later.Originally posted by cloughie View PostComment
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Originally posted by cloughie View Post
For this relief, at any rate - much thanks...
I'm as stumped as David Hockney - I'll wait for the evening shift to log on, unless you are prepared to give a clue.
Why the exclamation mark at the end of your puzzle, for instance?"...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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