Alphabet associations - I

[Anna]

......and was the cow pats a quotation?

Is not Gurney's Salley the Irish for Willow? And I am again barking up the wrong tree!

[subcontrabass]

......and was the cow pats a quotation?

Yes. Elisabeth Lutyens in a lecture at Dartington in the 1950s. I seem to remember the topic coming up a few days ago.

[subcontrabass]

Is not Gurney's Salley the Irish for Willow? And I am again barking up the wrong tree!

Yes. It has already been established that the link is "Wenlock".

[subcontrabass]

my geography is appalling. is Bredon Hill anywhere near these places?

It depends on whatyou mean by "near". Bredon Hill is in south Worcestershire. Wenlock Edge is in Shropshire.

[mercia]

Gurney, amongst others, set bits of "A Shropshire Lad"

[subcontrabass]

Gurney, amongst others, set bits of "A Shropshire Lad"

So what is the specific one referred to here?

[Anna]

So what is the specific one referred to here?

on Bredon Hill?

[Norfolk Born]

I just popped in to see what was going on, and will now return to my recording of 'All Quiet On The Western Front' . I think the soldiers on the front line had more idea of what was going on than I have about the current question.

[subcontrabass]

on Bredon Hill?

??? It has been established that the link is "Wenlock", so how does Bredon Hill come into the picture?

[subcontrabass]

have we finished this question, or are there still bits to get?

I was waiting to see if anyone could identify the three specific works.

[Anna]

??? It has been established that the link is "Wenlock", so how does Bredon Hill come into the picture?

No idea! Will leave to others!

[mercia]

well all I can offer is

Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge for tenor & piano quintet - though exactly which parts this sets I can't find out

Ireland - Land of Lost Content

Gurney - not sure, could be Ludlow & Teme and The Wetern Playland which set Housman but whether they are Shropshire Lad I can't find out

[subcontrabass]

well all I can offer is

Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge for tenor & piano quintet - though exactly which parts this sets I can't find out

Ireland - Land of Lost Content

Gurney - not sure, could be Ludlow & Teme and The Wetern Playland which set Housman but whether they are Shropshire Lad I can't find out

One out of three. Perhaps it is time to move on. The works I had were:

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge

Gurney: On Wenlock Edge

Ireland: Hawthorn Time (first line: " 'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town" )


I think the next question goes to antongould. He got "Wenlock" and one of the composers. His choice of X or Y.

[antongould]

Well sort of

Which X links
All Men Are Brothers
1905 and
Romantique?

[subcontrabass]

Well sort of

Which X links
All Men Are Brothers
1905 and
Romantique?

Possibly a wild goose chase, but the first two seem to lead to XI (as in Roman numeral for 11) for Symphonies number 11 by Hovhaness and Shostakovich respectively, but I cannot follow this with anything for the third.