Alphabet associations - I

[amateur51]

Actually Duckie, I think William Carlos Williams is a far better answer than yours and all the clues fit! <sticky out tongue emoticon> I've been cooking this tagine for hours and have added dates and my own home preserved Moroccan lemons, it promises to be quite a Victory Feast!
That's it from me until the morrow until or just about midnight ......

Blimey, sounds like Anna's conducting her own fracking experiments with that lot

[Nick Armstrong]

Then:

The Deer-Hunter theme (Cavatina by Stanley Myers) was played by guitarist, John Williams;
The film scores for ET, Third Encounters of the Close Kind, Star Wars and the Christopher Reeve Supermans were all written by John Williams;

... the "poetical shove" is puzzling me - is there a poet called John Williams? (Anna mentions William Carlos, and she might also have cited Welsh-language poet, Waldo?)

EDIT: Capt William Johns wrote the Biggles books ... ?

Ah!

Yes to the two Johns Williams

You are looking for the name in the plural... but it's not William Carlos (nor yet W.E. Johns) - it's third musician.

Had I not written the puzzle in upper case, there'd have been too much of a clue - which I'll give you now. In normal case, I'd have typed

"A poetical Shove...."

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

"A poetical Shove...."

Well I never! The most famous Williams of 'em all!

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Four Poems by Fredegond Shove for Baritone & Piano.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredegond_Shove

[Nick Armstrong]

Well I never! The most famous Williams of 'em all!

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Four Poems by Fredegond Shove for Baritone & Piano.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredegond_Shove

Well done ferns!

Yes, the MAGNIFICENTLY-named Fredegond Shove !! Leading you to the remaining Williams

Next letter to you! Take your pick!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Next letter to you! Take your pick!

Y not?

A Y to connect Fred & Ginger first trotting to Tahiti with Daphnis & Chloe.

[Quarky]

Y not?

A Y to connect Fred & Ginger first trotting to Tahiti with Daphnis & Chloe.

Just returned home after a session with my favourite blond, Claire Booth, who had turned red head for the occasion, and I happened upon fhg's strangely coincident clue.

Probably Vincent Youmans, who among other things monted his Ballet Revue, which included Daphnis and Chloe, but which lost a cool $4 million, wrote the music for flying down to Rio, the first movie starring Fred and Ginger, and also the music to No No Nanette, including Tea for Two, later arranged by DSCH as Tahiti Trot.
Phew - a successful evening, all told!

[Nick Armstrong]

Just returned home after a session with my favourite blond, Claire Booth, who had turned red head for the occasion, and I happened upon fhg's strangely coincident clue.

Probably Vincent Youmans, who among other things monted his Ballet Revue, which included Daphnis and Chloe, but which lost a cool $4 million, wrote the music for flying down to Rio, the first movie starring Fred and Ginger, and also the music to No No Nanette, including Tea for Two, later arranged by DSCH as Tahiti Trot.
Phew - a successful evening, all told!

Nice when that happens

Just...

.......

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http://bodyology.co.uk/who/claire-booth

[Quarky]

Nice when that happens

Just...

.......

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http://bodyology.co.uk/who/claire-booth

Well that would have been an interesting session Caliban.

Unfortunately or fortunately this evening was strictly legit. - but she certainly put a new gloss upon "I heard a maiden singing in the valley below...." ::

http://www.islingtontribune.com/reviews/music/2009/dec/classical-music-concert-review-hampstead-soprano-claire-booth-kings-place

[Nick Armstrong]

gloss

I can see you've taken a shine to her, at any rate

Sounds a most pleasant evening

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Probably Vincent Youmans,

who among other things monted his Ballet Revue, which included Daphnis and Chloe, but which lost a cool $4 million,

wrote the music for flying down to Rio, the first movie starring Fred and Ginger,

and also the music to No No Nanette, including Tea for Two, later arranged by DSCH as Tahiti Trot.

Phew - a successful evening, all told!

You're telling me!

I can't help feeling that the Revue should've been called "You're Only Youmens", but perhaps I should make more of an effort.

Anyroadup, Oddy: Who's turn for the Z? It's you, man! (Or A if you prefer.)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

http://bodyology.co.uk/who/claire-booth

- you need to keep fit for those Pierrot Lunnaire performances!

[Quarky]

I can't help feeling that the Revue should've been called "You're Only Youmens", but perhaps I should make more of an effort.

Anyroadup, Oddy: Who's turn for the Z? It's you, man! (Or A if you prefer.)

Oh dear - a victim of my own success. I can have a go at a Z, but it may take some while to lay a Z-egg. I had a feeling some one had volunteered to set a puzzle. Any volunteers out there?

[hedgehog]

I have a Z Shall I?

[Nick Armstrong]

I have a Z Shall I?

Oh, I'm certain you should!

[Anna]

I have a Z Shall I?

Throw caution to the wind and your bonnet over the windmill hedgehog!! Bear in mind that it's England v Ireland kicking off at 3pm though .....