Originally posted by mercia
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Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations:
No 3: RBT - Richard Baxter Townsend (author of A Tenderfoot in Colorado)
No 5: RPA - Richard Penrose Arnold (grandson of the Rugby man, son of the Culture & Anarchy man and an Inspector of Factories)
No 11: GRS: George Robertson Sinclair (successor to Langdon Colbourne as organist at Hereford Cathedral - "his" Variation is actually about his dog, Dan!)[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
a very comprehensive slawful answer
RBT, cattle rancher, gold prospector and apparently Elgar's golf tutor
a fernicious question to follow ??Comment
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Symphony Number Fore?Originally posted by mercia View Post
Two composers; one a spooky Italian, the other English, an excellent friend who moved from heirs to ayres.a fernicious question to follow ??
WTF?Last edited by ferneyhoughgeliebte; 31-01-13, 22:21.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Heartface, theOriginally posted by Anna View PostOK, don't get testy with me in pointing out what I thought was a pretty basic error on your part!
was intended to show that there was not a shred of testiness... 
Just home. Now what's been going on...
"...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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Good heavens. Brilliant question and answer!Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
I knew George Robertson Sinclair rang a bell.
I realise I have never studied who the various Enigma Variations are about...
"...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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Approaching my bedtime, so a couple of extra pointers for the night crew - the F is the surname of the two composers, who also share the same forename (which doesn't begin with "F") - there is also a part-timer with the same name, but he's not as well-known. The "excellent friend" was a poet & playwright.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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<doh> the reason these composers share the same name is that they were father and son <doh>
....... assuming I have the correct pair
does Ben Jonson come into the equation ??Last edited by mercia; 01-02-13, 06:50.Comment
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Originally posted by mercia View Post
Good one
"...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 mercia View Post
Astonishing coincidence(s) aside, I believe so, as you also mention....... assuming I have the correct pair
does Ben Jonson come into the equation ??
Nearly Donne, mercs![FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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I believe this is about the Ferrabosco family, but I will happily pass this on to anyone willing to flesh out the details (which I haven't discovered)
[after all I did set the E question]Comment
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Originally posted by mercia View Post
Well, you did get the Ben Jonson reference.but I will happily pass this on to anyone willing to flesh out the details (which I haven't discovered)
Fairy Nuff. Any takers? Anyone got a dead cert on the GGs who wants to supply the missing Ferracosco details?[after all I did set the E question][FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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