Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

Piano...bit of a mongrel but the 'real' ones are German

Polish pianist ..

Composer born in Austria

The banned opera written by a German (who's birthplace is the same as the piano!)

just noticed this is slightly different from the original question - we have lost the blasphemer

so is the blasphemer an Austrian composer ?

[Resurrection Man]

was this opera banned by the nasty nazies or somebody else ?

oh well, at least I'm trying

Yes it was....

the piano has the same name as a character in a piece of work written by the Austrian composer....who is different from the composer of the opera that was banned!

[Resurrection Man]

just noticed this is slightly different from the original question - we have lost the blasphemer

so is the blasphemer an Austrian composer ?

The name of the blasphemer is a character in a choral work

[Quarky]

Wittgenstein ???

[mercia]

I think the Nazis banned Mendelssohn, didn't they? so perhaps one of his choral works ?

oh bother, Mendelssohn not born in Austria

my head hurts

oh lor, it was a banned opera not a banned choral work - I'm in a muddle

[amateur51]

Not Jerry Springer The Opera?







(things are getting desperate!)

[antongould]

There seems to be a Weber piano but it was from the US!!!!

[mercia]

OK - what I think I'm looking for is a name beginning with W which is shared by ALL of the following

1) a German piano manufacturers
2) a Polish pianist
3) an opera, by a German composer, which was banned by the Nazis
4) a blasphemous character from a choral work by an Austrian composer

[mercia]

is this choral work Biblical ?

[Nick Armstrong]

One of the best things on this site is the spectacle of mercia with the scent of blood in his nostrils

One can only stand and admire!

(I've got nowhere near an answer all day. Tricky puzzle, RM )

[mercia]

the increased blood pressure is certainly giving me a nosebleed

medical advice from Doctor Flay needed

[Nick Armstrong]

the increased blood pressure is certainly giving me a nosebleed

medical advice from Doctor Flay needed

Where is Dr F? Busy doing the bidding of Mrs F, I imagine...

[mercia]

whoever these W people are I reckon wikipedia knows nothing about them
[that's rather defeatest isn't it - oh well I'm off now]

[Resurrection Man]

That was an excellent description of the matter in hand, mercs.

The only slight demur is the piano....as I said, it is a bit of a mongrel, seemingly, and more a type as far as I can see rather than a manufacturer per se. But the 'real' or maybe even the original one is supposed to be German.

Not biblical, sorry. More Danish.

[Quarky]

OK - what I think I'm looking for is a name beginning with W which is shared by ALL of the following

1) a German piano manufacturers
2) a Polish pianist
3) an opera, by a German composer, which was banned by the Nazis
4) a blasphemous character from a choral work by an Austrian composer

Wertheim seems to fit 1) and 2), but 3) and 4)?