Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

... surely we know by now that subcontra is the subtlest beast in the field!

We do indeed it but having drawn him out, at least we now know that this puzzle is not a cunning double-bluff.

Good to see you vinchaud - are you working on a solution, or just here to provide moral support?

[subcontrabass]

Starting from the three-cornered hat should get you there. The musical version not by Falla should give you the W.

[antongould]

A Wolf!

[subcontrabass]

A Wolf!

Do you want to fill in some details?

[antongould]

A very few it's all German to me

Hugo Wolf wrote an opera Based on the Three Cornered Hat and has Geh,Geliebter,gehjetzt got pearls in?

[subcontrabass]

A very few it's all German to me

Hugo Wolf wrote an opera Based on the Three Cornered Hat and has Geh,Geliebter,gehjetzt got pearls in?

I expect to be busy tomorrow, so to tidy this up:

Opera: Der Corregidor , based on El Sombrero de Tres Picos by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza

Song: Perlenfischer, words by Otto Roquette

Eight Songs (now lost) from Des Knaben Wunderhorn


Look like Anton to provide an X, Y, Z, or A.

[antongould]

I expect to be busy tomorrow, so to tidy this up:

Opera: Der Corregidor , based on El Sombrero de Tres Picos by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza

Song: Perlenfischer, words by Otto Roquette

Eight Songs (now lost) from Des Knaben Wunderhorn


Look like Anton to provide an X, Y, Z, or A.

Sorry my neither my 0.5 words of German or the ipad infant's German translator would take me any further.

Like scb out and about today ..................time for an X from Anna - without question M'Learned would like that or I'm sure there is one somewhere in Chambers!!!

[Nick Armstrong]

time for an X from Anna - without question M'Learned would like that or I'm sure there is one somewhere in Chambers!!!

Anna's gone quiet again...

Well... a quick Saturday X: Tico Tico Ay Ay Ay Bim Bam Bum !

[Anna]

Anna's gone quiet again...
Well... a quick Saturday X: Tico Tico Ay Ay Ay Bim Bam Bum !

Anna has been busy M'Lud and sends her apologies to you for not hanging on your every word.
Ooh, bit early on a Saturday afternoon for a bit of Bim Bam Bum innit?

[Nick Armstrong]

Anna has been busy M'Lud and sends her apologies to you for not hanging on your every word.
Ooh, bit early on a Saturday afternoon for a bit of Bim Bam Bum innit?

Apology accepted

Is it ever too early?

[Anna]

Apology accepted
Is it ever too early?

Well, there's early and really early! I reckon I know this without the aid of google, but reluctant to say in case no-one wants to play with me!

[Nick Armstrong]

Well, there's early and really early! I reckon I know this without the aid of google, but reluctant to say in case no-one wants to play with me!

Oh do! Then you can set a question and when anton & co get back they'll start playing!

[Anna]

Oh do! Then you can set a question and when anton & co get back they'll start playing!

Oh, you are off out tonight gallivanting in fine diners yet want to sit at home, lonely by the fireside, awaiting gentelman callers, as and when they wish to toss me half a florin for certain services rendered?

[antongould]

Oh, you are off out tonight gallivanting in fine diners yet want to sit at home, lonely by the fireside, awaiting gentelman callers, as and when they wish to toss me half a florin for certain services rendered?

Go on Anna spill the Xs all I could get on Tico Tico was a footballer from some far off land and thought not another Rumpole Alex Song question........

[Anna]

Go on Anna spill the Xs all I could get on Tico Tico was a footballer from some far off land and thought not another Rumpole Alex Song question........

Ok, from the beginning I thought it was
Xavier Cougat.
Edit: Cannot be arsed to hang around when Cali has buglered off!