Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

Coincidentally, which B is suggested by Collin (but not William); Iago's worthy peer; and the Acropolis in August?

not doing terribly well with this

I've found a librettist called Collin
there was a siege of the Acropolis in August 1826
found a quote of Iago calling Cassio his worthy friend [I think]

any help gratefully received

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I've found a librettist called Collin

If it's the correct one (I don't know of any others) what is his most famous work?

there was a siege of the Acropolis in August 1826

Not directly relevant, but, if gunpowder was used, this might have resulted in ...

found a quote of Iago calling Cassio his worthy friend [I think]

Anna has already got that the relevance here is to King Stephen: the strongest clue so far, incidentally!

[hedgehog]

Aha! It's Beethoven

Coriolan Overture, Ruins of Athens , and King Stephan - sort of cantata?

edit: he wrote an overture to the play of Collins: Coriolan

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Aha! It's Beethoven

Coriolanus, Ruins of Athens , and King Stephan - sort of cantata?

Brava, Joggy!

"Incidental" Music and Music written for stage works by "Lovely Ludwig van":

Coriolan; Overture to Heinrich von Collin's play (not Shakespeare's).
The Ruins of Athens; Incidental Music to August von Kotzebue's play.
King Stephen; as you say, a sort-of Cantata (which I've never heard ) commemorating the founder of Hungary, and only coincidentally connected to Iago's song "King Stephen was a worthy peer" from Act Two of Othello.

Full house to Hedgehog, (with due credit to Anna for leaping on King Stephen early on) - can you C us through the next puzzle, please?

[hedgehog]

What a huddle of polyglot C’s in that field over there!

A pig-headed one, horsemen with their accomplice, trampling with his slipper those wildflowers (both red and white).

[Nick Armstrong]

What a huddle of polyglot C’s in that field over there!
A pig-headed one, horsemen with their accomplice, trampling with his slipper those wildflowers (both red and white)

Cunning linguists, eh... I think this is going to be one of those tricky ones!!

Horsemen and slippers... are we in Cinderella / Charming Knights and Chevaliers territory?

[Nick Armstrong]

Aha! It's Beethoven

Coriolan Overture, Ruins of Athens , and King Stephan - sort of cantata?

edit: he wrote an overture to the play of Collins: Coriolan

Brilliant stuff... and a great question too... I was asleep most of the time that was being worked out

[amateur51]

What a huddle of polyglot C’s in that field over there!

A pig-headed one, horsemen with their accomplice, trampling with his slipper those wildflowers (both red and white).

Anything to do with Cypripedium (lady's slipper et al)?

[mercia]

the horsemen + accomplice has taken me to a version of Night on a bare mountain called Dream vision of the peasant lad and someone called Chornobog

and apparently Kercal in The Bartered Bride is pig-headed

??

[Nick Armstrong]

and apparently Kercal in The Bartered Bride is pig-headed

??

Th'art a better searcher than me... I looked for characters like that, found nothing. We are all assuming literal 'pig' headedness as opposed to obstinacy...

[hedgehog]

Cunning linguists, eh... I think this is going to be one of those tricky ones!!

Horsemen and slippers... are we in Cinderella / Charming Knights and Chevaliers territory?

Not quite. It's a huddle of C's (all of a kind) and each name begins with a C and it's polyglot, the languages (in alphabetical order of course!) are English, French, Italian, Spanish.

There! that should help

(here since there will be a lot to get it won't necessarily be the first person to have the Day )

Oh and P.S. (very important) "Chevaliers" Right item, wrong language!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Oh and P.S. (very important) "Chevaliers" Right item, wrong language!

But is "Chevaliers" the correct word under the French bit? (And "Cavalier" for the English clue?)

[Nick Armstrong]

Oh and P.S. (very important) "Chevaliers" Right item, wrong language!

Ah! I was thinking having read the first version of your post, is this not variations on a knightly theme...

Is the English version Cavalry?
Spanish Caballeros?

No RosenKavaliers though...

I'm just thinking out loud here.

The ongoing Scotland v Wales match means that Nursie a.k.a. Anna is not on hand to deliver her usual instinctive virtual tablespoon of Syrup of Fig to clear the blockage...

[hedgehog]

This is all very interesting how people think! There is a huddle of C's, like a batch of Cookies, or indeed Chefs, each with a name beginning with C,
but "Chevaliers" as written in French is not one of them (afaik).

To reiterate: you have to name a pig-headed (or stubborn) one, horsemen, an accomplice, a slipper, and some wildflowers (both red & white).

P.S. my father played Rugby Union at quite a high grade, I occasionally watch a game.

[Resurrection Man]

There are five C's but you mention only four languages and so which language is repeated?