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  • antongould
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    • Nov 2010
    • 8833

    Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
    forget the Latin anton, and take the previous three words & relate them to Alwyn's biography

    Still being a thick Geordie Ams are we talking The Innumerable Dance?

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    • amateur51

      Originally posted by antongould View Post
      Still being a thick Geordie Ams are we talking The Innumerable Dance?
      not being thick anton - I'm afraid it's a cryptic clue Alwyn's wife was Dorthy Carwithen, who was also a composer

      Be a good fellow and give us the answer to the first two clues for a sensational coleslaw and then give use a B

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      • antongould
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        • Nov 2010
        • 8833

        Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
        not being thick anton - I'm afraid it's a cryptic clue Alwyn's wife was Dorthy Carwithen, who was also a composer

        Be a good fellow and give us the answer to the first two clues for a sensational coleslaw and then give use a B

        Far too subtle for a coal in the bath person

        Alwyn studied the Piccolo in Norfampton and wrote scores such as The Black Tent and the Crimson Pirate......

        If that allows me a B then

        A composer with a mind that impressed a visiting Wagner
        Chateau Thames Embankment
        Dies Natalis

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        • Nick Armstrong
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          • Nov 2010
          • 26574

          Originally posted by antongould View Post

          If that allows me a B then

          A composer with a mind that impressed a visiting Wagner
          Chateau Thames Embankment
          Dies Natalis
          It would be remiss indeed if I did not pick that up as a reference to one of Rumpole's tipples, along with its second vin Chateau Fleet Street, at Pommeroy's.

          But a B... I wondered if the Bailey connection led to a performer of Dies Natalis (Isobel Bailey? No...); which in turn made me think of Wilfred Brown.... but at this late hour I can't find a way to link it all up, so shall leave it to sharp early morning brains
          "...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

            is B a composer ?

            I can vaguely make Boyd fit parts 2 and 3 of the question

            are we looking for three people who share the same name ?

            I wonder if the Wagner in question isn't Richard but a member of the extended family

            I don't think Finzi's is the only Dies Natalis
            Last edited by mercia; 06-01-13, 07:32.

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            • antongould
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              • Nov 2010
              • 8833

              Originally posted by mercia View Post
              is B a composer ?

              I can vaguely make Boyd fit parts 2 and 3 of the question

              are we looking for three people who share the same name ?

              I wonder if the Wagner in question isn't Richard but a member of the extended family

              I don't think Finzi's is the only Dies Natalis

              B is a location

              The Wagner is Richard...........

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              • antongould
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                • Nov 2010
                • 8833

                .....and it is Finzi's..........

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                • mercia
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8920

                  Originally posted by antongould View Post
                  B is a location
                  a-ha!! an Oxford college methinks, perchance

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                  • antongould
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 8833

                    Originally posted by mercia View Post
                    a-ha!! an Oxford college methinks, perchance

                    You are as ever there.......

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                    • mercia
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8920

                      Brasenose College, Oxford, alma mater of Sir John Mortimer (Rumpole), Thomas Traherne (Dies Natalis) and John Lodge Ellerton whom Wagner said had a "fine amiable mind"

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                      • Nick Armstrong
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26574

                        Originally posted by mercia View Post
                        Brasenose College, Oxford, alma mater of Sir John Mortimer (Rumpole), Thomas Traherne (Dies Natalis) and John Lodge Ellerton whom Wagner said had a "fine amiable mind"


                        "...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

                          I took a long time answering that didn't I, but I think I'm right ....... so .......


                          C

                          which [Italian] composer links Cyrus, Orion and Jason

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                          • antongould
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8833

                            Originally posted by mercia View Post
                            I took a long time answering that didn't I, but I think I'm right ....... so .......


                            C

                            which [Italian] composer links Cyrus, Orion and Jason
                            Sorry of course you are right and I understand you had Sunday CD Essentials Masters Classics to "do". The delay in my responding is much more mundane - taking down Christmas.......

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                            • Flay
                              Full Member
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 5795

                              Originally posted by mercia View Post
                              C

                              which [Italian] composer links Cyrus...
                              Do you mean Miley Cyrus?

                              Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                              • Flay
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                                • Mar 2007
                                • 5795

                                Perhaps it's December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
                                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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