Alphabet associations - I

[antongould]

Oh blimey, foot in mouth (as it were) again. Most certainly not, anton - many apologies if that's what you thought

I was referring to your last puzzle, the abstruseness thereof

Not at all Ams good point well made......I shall try and mind time for the Daily Mercs.....

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

on second thoughts, here's a question
connecting R

Frederick Dalberg, Anafesto Rossi, Robert Evett, and "a stupid get (git)"

On yer bike, mercs!

[mercia]

On yer bike, mercs!

that was going to be my comedy line if anyone came up with the answer <doh>

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

that was going to be my comedy line if anyone came up with the answer <doh>

Well, it was either that or "carry me to the altar", so thank your lucky stars!

Sir Walter Raleigh:

Frederick Dalberg played the role in the premiere of Britten's Gloriana;
Anafesto (oh! if only he'd been a Marxist!) Rossi played the role in Donnizetti's Roberto Dervereux before moving on to co-found Status Quo;
Robert Evett (the only reference I got without looking it up) played the chip inventor in German's Merrie England;
... and who can forget those Miltonesque lines in I'm So Tired from the Beatles' "White Album":

I'm so tired, I'm feeling so upset / I'm so tired I'll have another cigarette / And curse Sir Walter Raleigh / He was such a stupid get.

[mercia]

thank you for putting your cloak over the puddle, I shall duly step on it

[cloughie]

that was going to be my comedy line if anyone came up with the answer <doh>

I'm so tired - ref the man who brought us tatties and baccy.

[mercia]

I'm so tired - ref the man who brought us tatties and baccy.

cloughie bringing up the rear on his pennyfarthing

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

thank you for putting your cloak over the puddle, I shall duly step on it

"Step on it", indeed:

Ever upwards to Late Summer (1914) and midwinter (1907). Which S?

[cloughie]

"Step on it", indeed:

Ever upwards to Late Summer (1914) and midwinter (1907). Which S?

Sounds almost like a heavy bit of Scandinavian machinery used for forging.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Sounds almost like a heavy bit of Scandinavian machinery used for forging.

It does indeed. Care to hit the nail on the head?

[cloughie]

It does indeed. Care to hit the nail on the head?

Carl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar

Excelsior! Concert Overture, Opus 13 (1896)
Midvinter (for mixed chorus and orchestra), Opus 24 (1907)
Late Summer - 5 piano pieces, Opus 33 (1914)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Carl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar

Excelsior! Concert Overture, Opus 13 (1896)
Midvinter (for mixed chorus and orchestra), Opus 24 (1907)
Late Summer - 5 piano pieces, Opus 33 (1914)

A perfect answer in every respect.

Over to yours for T.

[cloughie]

A perfect answer in every respect.

Over to yours for T.

T will not be before breakfast.

[cloughie]

These sound-like avians are a revelation, a tortuous opera, petrified in two different forms by Levi and Jeff.

[antongould]

These sound-like avians are a revelation, a tortuous opera, petrified in two different forms by Levi and Jeff.

I don't suppose we are talking the 4 Tops are we cloughie?