Alphabet associations - I

[hedgehog]

'fraid not - K is a composer - he came from a family of oboists, and unfortunately only had one eye as the result of an accident

caliban set this puzzle last December when Flay also suggested Karl Kraus - but if you "search thread" with Lulu you will find him

Ah, well I wasn't around last December on this thread .... so I now know where not to search

[antongould]

'fraid not - K is a composer - he came from a family of oboists, and unfortunately only had one eye as the result of an accident

caliban set this puzzle last December when Flay also suggested Karl Kraus - but if you "search thread" with Lulu you will find him

Fred Kuhlau?.........

[mercia]

indeed Friedrich Kuhlau - 1786-1832 - Lulu opus 65 and music for dramas Moses and William Shakespeare opus 74a
"immortalized in Danish cultural history through his music for Elves' Hill" says wiki. left more than 200 works despite his house, containing manuscripts, burning down

a poor puzzle which will be bettered shortly

[antongould]

indeed Friedrich Kuhlau - 1786-1832 - Lulu opus 65 and music for dramas Moses and William Shakespeare opus 74a
"immortalized in Danish cultural history through his music for Elves' Hill" says wiki. left more than 200 works despite his house, containing manuscripts, burning down

a poor puzzle that will be bettered shortly

Indeed not and indeed not.

[antongould]

An L to link

Cradle Song
Indolence that let in Igor

And

Snuffbox

[amateur51]

An L to link

Cradle Song
Indolence that let in Igor

And

Snuffbox

Liadov wrote 'A Musical Snuffbox', one of Shura Cherkassky's faves I recall

Later: A story has it that Lyadov was slow to start composing the work which eventually became The Firebird (famously fulfilled by the then relatively inexperienced Igor Stravinsky) (wiki)

Cradle Song is one of Eight Russian Folksongs for orchestra, Op. 58 (1906)

[Northender]

Lyadov set 8 Russian folk songs, of which Cradle Song is the 6th. He also composed a Musical Snuff Box for piano and orchestra.

[Northender]

He also failed to complete a commission for Diaghalev, whereupon Stravinsky stepped in and wrote 'The Firebird'.

[antongould]

Well done Ams and Northy.....all present and correct before Rumpole even had the lightly boiled egg?

M it's just Ams I think.......

[amateur51]

Well done Ams and Northy.....all present and correct before Rumpole even had the lightly boiled egg?

M it's just Ams I think.......

Cheers anton - hard luck, Norths! - a matter of timing only

What M links a career kept moving by a patent medicine, a harpsichord pioneer, and pianistic sparks

[Northender]

Malcolm Sargent 'heir to a fortune derived from Beecham's Pills' (Wiki); is George Malcolm the harpsichordist in question?

[amateur51]

Malcolm Sargent 'heir to a fortune derived from Beecham's Pills' (Wiki); is George Malcolm the harpsichordist in question?

Are you certain it was Sargent, norths?

Our harpsichordist is from an earlier generation than Malcolm

[amateur51]

Are you certain it was Sargent, norths?

Our harpsichordist is from an earlier generation than Malcolm

Come along now, famous English conductor funded by a family fortune based on patent medicines, and who is not Sir Malcom Sargent He was mentored by our M

And a famous Harpsichordist? Special association with JSB's famous variations, if you were listening at home in the 1930s?

[vinteuil]

And a famous Harpsichordist? :

... ah, but was her life as interesting as that of Violet Gordon Woodhouse???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Gordon-Woodhouse

[amateur51]

... ah, but was her life as interesting as that of Violet Gordon Woodhouse???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Gordon-Woodhouse

Can you recommend 'a life' of said person, vints?

Meanwhile, back at AA ....