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  • mercia
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 8920

    Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
    Have I got this one down to a T?
    indeed you have, well done

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    • amateur51

      Originally posted by mercia View Post
      indeed you have, well done
      Triffic, mercs

      What T connects the deaf one, the wartime stretcher-bearer one, the Morley College one and the Afro-Polish one all in NW1 2DB

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      • vinteuil
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        • Nov 2010
        • 12761

        Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
        Triffic, mercs

        What T connects the deaf one, the wartime stretcher-bearer one, the Morley College one and the Afro-Polish one all in NW1 2DB
        well, I'm sure The manuscripts of Beethoven, RVW, Tippett, and Bridgetower are all to be found in the British Library

        ... and I see the BL has the Tuning fork Beethoven gave to Bridgetower...
        Last edited by vinteuil; 04-03-13, 14:47.

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        • amateur51

          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
          well, I'm sure The manuscripts of Beethoven, RVW, Tippett, and Bridgetower are all to be found in the British Library

          ... and I see the BL has the Tuning fork Beethoven gave to Bridgetower...
          Not Tippett but Gustav Holst, vints but the rest is correct - Beethoven gave his tuning fork to Bridgetower and it subsequently was passed via several others from Holst to RVW ... and it now sits in a glass case in The British Library

          It's over to U, vints
          Last edited by Guest; 04-03-13, 15:01. Reason: trypo

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26506

            A vinous puzzle! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
            "...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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            • vinteuil
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 12761

              Which U might connect an American première with a Bath organist, father of Titania and Oberon, and a forward-looking 19th century Italian choral work?

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              • amateur51

                Hmmmm

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                • vinteuil
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 12761

                  Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                  Hmmmm
                  The Bath organist and composer is much more famous for his work in another sphere...

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                  • mercia
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 8920

                    planetary spheres that is

                    William Herschel of the Octagon Chapel, Bath, discoverer of Uranus and its moons Oberon and Titania

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                    • amateur51

                      Originally posted by mercia View Post
                      planetary spheres that is

                      William Herschel of the Octagon Chapel, Bath, discoverer of Uranus and its moons Oberon and Titania
                      Woo-hoo mercs!

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                      • vinteuil
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 12761

                        Originally posted by mercia View Post
                        planetary spheres that is

                        William Herschel of the Octagon Chapel, Bath, discoverer of Uranus and its moons Oberon and Titania
                        Yes indeed!

                        So it wd be nice to have the other two - the American first, and the forward Italian work...

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                        • mercia
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                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8920

                          if Uranus is the overall answer, I have no idea of the rest

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                          • vinteuil
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 12761

                            The Italian work is by a very famous and popular opera composer...

                            The American production is very early...

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                            • Flay
                              Full Member
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 5795

                              Could the American be James Lyon?

                              Wiki:
                              While living in Philadelphia, Lyon produced his Urania, or A Choice Collection of Psalm-Tunes, Anthems and Hymns in 1761. This contained many English tunes as well as six original works by Lyon, including; Two Celebrated Verses by Sternhold and Hopkins an Anthem taken from the 150th Psalm and the 104th Psalm by Dr. Watts. Though many early historians stated that Urania was a failure, it was the first music collection compiled by an American composer and rather progressive and influential.
                              Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                              • Flay
                                Full Member
                                • Mar 2007
                                • 5795

                                Then we get Avanti Urania! by Puccini
                                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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