Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

wikipedia says that Noel Coward starred in a film which opens with the song The Girl Who Stole The Eiffel Tower

[Nick Armstrong]

wikipedia says that Noel Coward starred in a film which opens with the song The Girl Who Stole The Eiffel Tower

Not bad, mercs, not bad Possibly a little tenuous... but who knows how the Associating part of Sir Velo's mind works. We await clarification as and when he pedals back!

[amateur51]

Not bad, mercs, not bad Possibly a little tenuous... but who knows how the Associating part of Sir Velo's mind works. We await clarification as and when he pedals back!

surely not that unusual in these parts lately?

[Nick Armstrong]

surely not that unusual in these parts lately?

Tha's not wrong, a say tha's not wrong!

[Sir Velo]

Sorry chaps all barking up the wrong tree, so far.

1st clue: the ennobled composer is often associated with Edwardian Britain, although he outlived that period considerably;
the 2nd clue: pianist is female;
3rd clue: the Parisian landmark commemorates French military victories.

[mercia]

I came across Marie Novello earlier, who appeared at the Proms seven times and died aged 30, but that didn't get me very far

so is that Lord Berners ?

[Nick Armstrong]

Sorry chaps all barking up the wrong tree, so far.

Woof woof!!

[Sir Velo]

I came across Marie Novello earlier, who appeared at the Proms seven times and died aged 30, but that didn't get me very far

so is that Lord Berners ?

Half right, Mercs! Marie Novello is correct.

[mercia]

well well well - one of Ivor N's shows is Arc de Triomphe (1943)

[Resurrection Man]

well well well - Ivor N wrote Arc de Triomphe (1943)

I don't think Ivor was a Lord was he ?

Or a Sir as that was my first port of call!

[Sir Velo]

well well well - Ivor N wrote Arc de Triomphe (1943)

Yes. Go on....

[Sir Velo]

More help with the first clue. Our Edwardian knight had a connection with this "N", as did other composers of the period.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

More help with the first clue. Our Edwardian knight had a connection with this "N", as did other composers of the period.

Publishers of a certain Bart?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Novello & Co, who published most of Baronet Elgar's Music.

[vinteuil]

... baronets of course are commoners rather than nobility