Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

OK Caliban -

This is worse than answereing one of your clues! Just going out, but will reply later this afternoon, after putting ice pack on head!

By the way, I can see you wouldn't want a code of more than 10 numbers and 26 letters... or rather, 24 letters (you wouldn't want to use I or O as letters). So 34 would be the maximum. But why 16 ??! And why confuse it all by mixing letters and numbers anyway?

[amateur51]

A to G#, surely?

I think Cali's puzzle neatly follows on from Oddy's as it leads us to a composer who was fond of Hexachords? (Can't contribute much else: hospital visits this week.)

I hope the hospital visits go well, ferney! Some good South African grapes around at the moment

Unless ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oyt1fdU1k8

..surely not?!

[mercia]

actually, thinking about it, if F = 15 in hexcode, shouldn't FF = 225, rather than 255 ??

15x15=225

[mercia]

nothing to do with Granados ? not a piano pupil of his ?

[Nick Armstrong]

nothing to do with Granados ?

not a piano pupil of his ?

Ah you are right there, mercia... I didn't know that. It's not strictly germane to the answer, but there's no getting away from it: you are correct!

[amateur51]

Ah you are right there, mercia... I didn't know that. It's not strictly germane to the answer, but there's no getting away from it: you are correct!

Dunno who this germane is but ...

Roberto Gerhard wrote Soirées de Barcelone; and his symphony no 4 was subtitled New York

[Nick Armstrong]

Roberto Gerhard wrote Soirées de Barcelone; and his symphony no 4 was subtitled New York

Centre stump, ammy!

Two out of the three elements - now, which sporting life?

[amateur51]

Centre stump, ammy!

Two out of the three elements - now, which sporting life?

Bull-fighting? Three Canciones Toreras

Call that a sport?

[Nick Armstrong]

Bull-fighting? Three Canciones Toreras

Call that a sport?

Nope. Think big screen...

[amateur51]

Nope. Think big screen...

Gerhard wrote the music for the film of This Sporting Life

[Nick Armstrong]

Gerhard wrote the music for the film of This Sporting Life

Yup! Strange, isn't it? Had you asked me if there was a connection between Roberto Gerhard and a 1960s gritty Brit flick about rugby league with Richard Harris, I would doubtless have pooh-pooh'd you!

Have one on me

[amateur51]

Yup! Strange, isn't it? Had you asked me if there were a connection between Roberto Gerhard and a 1960s gritty Brit flick about rugby league with Richard Harris, I would doubtless have pooh-pooh'd you!

Have one on me

Cor cheers, Caliban!

An H linking lilac time; the death of King George; and a plentiful yuletide celebration

[amateur51]

G = Gerhard

Coleslaw: Roberto Gerhard wrote Soirées de Barcelone; his symphony no 4 was subtitled New York; and he wrote the music to the film This Sporting Life

[Nick Armstrong]

G = Gerhard

Coleslaw: Roberto Gerhard wrote Soirées de Barcelone; his symphony no 4 was subtitled New York; and he wrote the music to the film This Sporting Life

Professional MasterChef standard coleslaw preparation!!

Thanks

[amateur51]

Professional MasterChef standard coleslaw preparation!!

Thanks

You're welcome mein Host

Phee-eeeew I thought you'd 'done a mercia' on me carefully and craftily constructed H in double quick time