Alphabet associations - I

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

So easy when you know it, innit

The answer, that is

Bloomin' obvious! (Like all the best puzzles.)

Bravo mercs and hedgehog!

[mercia]

inspiration has deserted me


an F connecting

a symphony in A, a one-acter set in Munich, Guys & Dolls

[Nick Armstrong]

inspiration has deserted me


an F connecting

a symphony in A, a one-acter set in Munich, Guys & Dolls

Frank?

- Martin? (though I'm not sure his symphony was in any particular key)

- Wedekind: Der Kammersänger (The Court-Singer, 1899) set in Munich

- Sinatra: in the film of the musical

[mercia]

Frank?

- Martin? (though I'm not sure his symphony was in any particular key)

- Wedekind: Der Kammersänger (The Court-Singer, 1899) set in Munich

- Sinatra: in the film of the musical

oh dear, that all seems to fit but it's not what's on my card ............ what to do ......?


my symphony is numbered 59

[vinteuil]

...my symphony is numbered 59......... what to do ......?

H' I dunno

[hedgehog]

The composer of Guys and Dolls was Frank Loesser !!!

But then Franz joseph Haydn 's 59th symphony is in A

Did Lehar write a 1 act operetta set in Munich?

[mercia]

Haydn 's 59th symphony is in A

sometimes known, in German, as ..................

[Nick Armstrong]

sometimes known, in German, as ..................

You are firing out imagination, mercia... Not sure how you can say you were lacking inspiration!

So the Haydn Symphony is known as the FEUER

Not sure about the rest...

... you couldn't be talking about the Guys'n'Dolls 1981 hit single "I Got the Fire in Me", could you?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

In this cold weather, there's certainly a need for fire ...

[Nick Armstrong]

In this cold weather, there's certainly a need for fire ...

You are a tease, Sir

[mercia]

So the Haydn Symphony is known as the FEUER

we stay with the German word for the G&D conception
the opera happens on midsummer night

[Nick Armstrong]

So the Haydn Symphony is known as the FEUER

Richard Strauss: FEUERSNOT (one-act opera set in medieval Munich)

And Cy FEUER, producer of G&D http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy_Feuer

[hedgehog]

Or Feuersnot as Richard Strauss (when in Munich) would say.

Cy Feuer together with Ernest Martin () "conceived Guys and Dolls as an adaptation of Damon Runyon's short stories".

[Nick Armstrong]

snapppppp !

[hedgehog]

Ouch! Not on my paw!