Alphabet associations - I

[Flay]

What the hell is an octavist?

A vocal subcontrabass!

Can you give us the lowdown on the coleslaw?

[cloughie]

What the hell is an octavist?

I guess someone whose a spare octave way down there - the envy of all us baritones!

[Flay]

Yes, an Octavist, or Oktavist (or Octaffist in Wales) - "a male singer who sings an octave below the normal bass part, especially typical of Russian Orthodox vocal music"

Larry Hooper - "Oh Happy Day"
Tim Storms (well done subby) holds the Guinness World Record for "lowest note produced by a human"
Mikhail Zlatopolsky was listed in the Guinness BoRs as the lowest bass in the world with a documented low note of Eb1

Shall we Press on? The honour should go to subby

[subcontrabass]

Shall we Press on? The honour should go to subby

I am not sure that I deserve the honour. I got nowhere with actual O, a term which I have never previously encountered.

However, a P to link Anton, Nikolai, Mikhail, Karl, and Anton (again).

[mercia]

I believe these gentlemen were all directors of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory

Anton Rubinstein (1862–1867) Nikolai Zaremba (1867–1871) Mikhail Azanchevsky (1871–1876) Karl Davydov (1876–1887) Anton Rubinstein (1887–1891)

admitedly not the first Nikolai or Mikhail I thought of

[Flay]

Well done mercs I couldn't crack this one and was considering requesting a clue.

What will be your Quidditative Q?

[edashtav]

Well done mercs I couldn't crack this one and was considering requesting a clue.

We owe you Praise - I was getting P...ed off with frustration.

[subcontrabass]

Well done mercs I couldn't crack this one and was considering requesting a clue.

What will be your Quidditative Q?

I was considering offering a clue, but we have received the perfect answer.

[mercia]

Q

I shall send a lettre a Elise, advising serenity and contemplation

[Flay]

Q

I shall send a lettre a Elise, advising serenity and contemplation

Funny than, so did Anne Queffélec

In 2004 she recorded Beethoven's Lettre à Élise

In 2002 she recorded Serenity by Satie

And in 2009 she recorded Contemplation, presumably works by JSB

[mercia]

your answers become more and more artistic a rotten question, but there, a Q is a Q

[Flay]

a Q is a Q

Rs is not to Reason why, but somebody wrote a soulful song and a soliloquy for a cartooned ichthyic clown

Who indeed?

[subcontrabass]

Rs is not to Reason why, but somebody wrote a soulful song and a soliloquy for a cartooned ichthyic clown

Who indeed?

Edmund Rubbra:


Song of the soul, op 78 for chorus and orchestra
Soliloquy, op 57 for cello, two horns, timpani and strings
Nemo Fugue for Piano

[Flay]

Edmund Rubbra:


Song of the soul, op 78 for chorus and orchestra
Soliloquy, op 57 for cello, two horns, timpani and strings
Nemo Fugue for Piano

Oh joy, oh Rapture! Spiffing in every detail!

[subcontrabass]

How about an S to link joy with a funeral song and a quarrelsome archer.