Alphabet associations - I

[cloughie]

an A musically connecting

the name of a royal palace in Edinburgh and nicknames of respectively the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders and Graham Seton Hutchinson

Alford

[mercia]

Alford

well done - would you care to say why ?

[cloughie]

well done - would you care to say why ?

Frederick Joseph Ricketts aka Kenneth J. Alford wrote The Mad Major re Graham Seton Hutchinson, The Thin Red Line - named after his regiment's nickname, acquired in the Crimean War, when "the thin red streak tipped with a line of steel" of the 93rd Highlanders (Argylls). I did find the link to the royal palace but I 've lost it. I'm out today so someone else please buzz a B .

[Nick Armstrong]

well done - would you care to say why ?

One of the things I most enjoyed playing when a trombonist in concert bands was this:

What a great march! (Loved punching out the counter-melody from 1'00" onwards!)

(Shall I assist more generally, mercs? Two other of his marches were 'The Thin Red Line' and 'The Mad Major', the nicknames mentioned)


PS Cross-posted, cloughs !!! But I actually knew

the link to the royal palace

out of my own head!

[mercia]

Frederick Joseph Ricketts aka Kenneth J. Alford wrote The Mad Major re Graham Seton Hutchinson, The Thin Red Line - named after his regiment's nickname, acquired in the Crimean War, when "the thin red streak tipped with a line of steel" of the 93rd Highlanders (Argylls). I did find the link to the royal palace but I 've lost it. I'm out today so someone else please buzz a B .

with caliban's contribution too, a very comprehensive answer, thank you

[Nick Armstrong]

I hope this doesn't backfire in terms of my ability to superintend matters today, but I can offer:

a B uniting songfully a Drunkard, a Swine-Herd (who also dances) and the Winter Solstice, among many others?

[Flay]

a B uniting songfully a Drunkard

Not Beyoncé I hope

Welcome back to AA, Calibs!

[subcontrabass]

I hope this doesn't backfire in terms of my ability to superintend matters today, but I can offer:

a B uniting songfully a Drunkard, a Swine-Herd (who also dances) and the Winter Solstice, among many others?

Looks like a double B: Béla Bartók

[Nick Armstrong]

Looks like a double B: Béla Bartók

Care to explain your working?

And thanks Flay!

[subcontrabass]

Care to explain your working?

And thanks Flay!

Bartok, piano pieces "For Children", numbers (from the 1945 revised edition): 36 ("Drunkard's Song"), 37 ("Swineherd's Song"), 38 ("WinterSolstice"), and 40 ("Swineherd's Dance").

[Nick Armstrong]

Bartok, piano pieces "For Children", numbers (from the 1945 revised edition): 36 ("Drunkard's Song"), 37 ("Swineherd's Song"), 38 ("WinterSolstice"), and 40 ("Swineherd's Dance").

Give that wizard a

Time to go to C

[subcontrabass]

How about a C to link Sebastian, Alan, and Dennis's mum.

[vinteuil]

... well, the only known name of Dennis (The Menace)'s mother is "Dennis's Mum", and I don't think that gets us much forrarder - but Dennis Potter's ma was a Constance, and Constance and Sebastian both feature in Durrell's 'Avignon Quintet' (not read by me... ). But I don't think this helps much, either...

[mercia]

"Dennis's mum" has taken me to Bob Dylan's mother-in-law and The Jack Benny Program, neither helpful.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Would Dennis' mum also be Aubrey's missus?