Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

so was Einojuhani Rautavaara Isle of Bliss correct ???

+ Rachmaninov Isle of the Dead
I would think my Messiaen is correct [he said modestly]

[hedgehog]

Yes all round Mercia ahead on the tally, Jolly good!


Can someone explain to me why it’s called coleslaw? (In particular, the idea of a side-salad to the main dish, I get.)

The sentence was: “It was a horror once called Camilla, but then attained great happiness, with two fires burning on it in the South Pacific.”

Nr 1. Isle of the Dead by Sergei Rachmaninov inspired by the painting of
The same name by the Swiss artist Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901).

As Mercia discovered there was a horror film made with the same name, starring Boris Karloff. Its original title was "Camilla" (don't ask me why).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_the_Dead_(film)

Nr2. To my utter joy, so I could use Debussy as a red herring

the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928 -) has written a work entitled Island of Bliss (1995).

This composer has written a prodigious amount of music, some of it is very good, not in the experimental category. The CD containing his Violin Concerto, Angels and Visitations and Isle of Bliss is as good a place to start. He has written a heap of Symphonies and concertos.

Nr3 Messiaen Île de feu 1&2

These pieces are to be found in the work Etudes de rythme. The most famous piece in this set of four is
Modes de valeurs et d’intensités, which is often seen as the one which is to blame for Serial Music.

Nr 1 (nr 2 was, and wasn't apparently) was dedicated to Papua, as Papua & New Guinea was then known - hence South Pacific Island.

Here's a link on the 4 etudes with info on these two pieces as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatre_études_de_rythme

[mercia]

Can someone explain to me why it’s called coleslaw?

I used to know but now I've forgotten
thank you very much for the detailed explanation - brilliant question
shall I take up the baton ?


a J involving

lupine terpsichore under a prunus while the Planets take shape

[vinteuil]

Can someone explain to me why it’s called coleslaw? (In particular, the idea of a side-salad to the main dish, I get.)

... some time back our esteemed fellow Boardee Anna made a plea for the person who gave the answer to provide full details.

This became known as "Anna's Law".

annaslaw then became corrupted into today's "coleslaw"

[Flay]

...for the person who gave the answer to provide full details.

It could be either the setter or the settee who provides the coleslaw. It is good to have a summation of the conundrum, especially when sometimes it can take a few pages to get all the answers out...

[Nick Armstrong]

Nr 1. Isle of the Dead
Nr. 2 Einojuhani Rautavaara Island of Bliss (1995)
Nr. 3 Messiaen Île de feu 1&2
(Fascinating detail edited for quote purposes)

Possibly the most complete compliance with Anna's Law (i.e. a Michelin -standard dish of 'Slaw ) in the history of AA, and one of the most foxing puzzles ever too

Bathloads of kudos (what is "kudos"? It always sounds like bubble bath to me) to mercs for solving it.

[mercia]

a J involving

lupine terpsichore under a prunus while the Planets take shape

one work by one composer [probably the first composer you thought of]

[Flay]

[probably the first composer you thought of]

Yes it was

[Nick Armstrong]

Michael Praetorius?

[Flay]

Michael Praetorius?

No

[Nick Armstrong]

I used to know but now I've forgotten
thank you very much for the detailed explanation - brilliant question
shall I take up the baton ?


a J involving
lupine terpsichore under a prunus while the Planets take shape

Japanese Suite including 5.Dance under the Cherry Tree & 6.Finale: Dance of the Wolves, composed it seems in tandem with The Planets Suite, all by G Holst Esq.

[Flay]

Japanese Suite including 5.Dance under the Cherry Tree & 6.Finale: Dance of the Wolves, composed it seems in tandem with The Planets Suite, all by G Holst Esq.

Well done! I have assumed a lurking posture as I am supposed to be sorting a mountain of paperwork.

Apparently:

In the middle of composing The Planets, Gustav Holst wrote Japanese Suite at the request of a Japanese dancer named Michio Ito. Ito was appearing at the London Coliseum and wanted to dance to a work derived from traditional Japanese tunes. Holst didn't know any tunes, so Ito actually had to whistle several to him.

[Nick Armstrong]

I have a K at the ready, assuming mercia's assent, and picking up from mercia's horticultural reference...

.... a K which links a German tomcat; a Hungarian hommage involving pirouettes; and the blossom of the malus

[mercia]

assuming mercia's assent

but of course, mein host

[mercia]

a German tomcat

The Life And Opinions Of the Tomcat Murr together with a fragmentary Biography of Kappelmeister Johannes Kreisler on Random Sheets of Waste Paper is a complex satirical novel by Prussian Romantic-era author E.T.A. Hoffmann

and a very long title