Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

Myslivecek?

yep, that's the gentleman, composer of all them things

why hadn't I heard of him?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

why hadn't I heard of him?

Better than Stamitz, not as good as Mozart, IMO - not that either feature is exactly difficult! (And, actually, I only know some of the Symphonies - his Half Ramide and Tito might be delightful.)

Next?

An N to connect Gerald and Gustav with Idomeneo.

[amateur51]

yep, that's the gentleman, composer of all them things

why hadn't I heard of him?

The sort of name that's slightly easier to pronounce after three sherbets and a couple of scoops

Totally bravo, ferney!

[mercia]

An N to connect Gerald and Gustav with Idomeneo.

ah, the Gustav dilemma - which to choose

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

ah, the Gustav dilemma - which to choose

It's a last piece, if that's any help ...

[hedgehog]

Ah I was wondering about Nikolaus or Nicolai just now, might it be Nicholas (Cook) then?

As one who "completed" Mahler's 10th?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ah I was wondering about Nikolaus or Nicolai just now, might it be Nicholas (Cook) then?

As one who "completed" Mahler's 10th?

No; no Nicks involved at all.

[mercia]

No; no Nicks involved at all.

but Mahler 10 an ingredient ?

or have we got the wrong Gustav ?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

but Mahler 10 an ingredient ?

No.

or have we got the wrong Gustav ?

Yes.

I'm also wondering which "Gerald" people are considering ...

[mercia]

"Gerald"

composer or performer (or neither) ?

perhaps Gustav is a performer too

Holst's last work seems to be a rather obscure choral work

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Holst's last work seems to be a rather obscure choral work

Not quite what I said at the top of the page ...

[mercia]

a last piece in a collection of pieces by Holst - as opposed to the last thing that he wrote

N-n-n-neptune is the last of you-know-what [for example]

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

a last piece in a collection of pieces by Holst - as opposed to the last thing that he wrote

N-n-n-neptune is the last of you-know-what [for example]

Plain sailing from now on, I think.

[hedgehog]

The wonders of wiki reveal a Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners ("composer, novelist, painter and aesthete" ) wrote a Neptune suite.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The wonders of wiki reveal a Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners ("composer, novelist, painter and aesthete" ) wrote a Neptune suite.

A bit more victorious than that, though. (Stravinsky's favourite British composer of the 20th Century, by the way!)