Alphabet associations - I

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Tick-tock?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... and a bassoon?

[Flay]

Tick-tock?

... and a bassoon?

:boom:

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

:boom:

Well, Henry Clay Work (which sounds like a factory) wrote My Grandfather's Clock (parodied by Shelby Foote);
Grandfather is the Bassoon role in Peter & the Wolf;
but I haven't cracked the third bit yet.

[Flay]

Well, Henry Clay Work (which sounds like a factory) wrote My Grandfather's Clock (parodied by Shelby Foote);
Grandfather is the Bassoon role in Peter & the Wolf;
but I haven't cracked the third bit yet.

Not Shelby but William H.Foote. My grandfather's clock, song with humorous variations, for bassoon& piano.

Now, what do you crack? (Not particularly with bassoons this time)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Not Shelby but William H.Foote. My grandfather's clock, song with humorous variations, for bassoon& piano.

That's the one - Shelby was a false trail.

Now, what do you crack? (Not particularly with bassoons this time)

I've been researching Bells called Grandfather that are cracked - no luck.

A joke?

[vinteuil]

A joke?

... a yolk?

[Nick Armstrong]

This question is nuts!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

This question is nuts!

I refuse to Google "Grandfather's Nuts"!

[subcontrabass]

I refuse to Google "Grandfather's Nuts"!

Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker uses a tune called "Grossvater Tanz" (Grandfather's Dance) (Act I No 5). Is that relevant?

[Nick Armstrong]

Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker uses a tune called "Grossvater Tanz" (Grandfather's Dance) (Act I No 5). Is that relevant?

I suspect you've cracked it, grandad

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker uses a tune called "Grossvater Tanz" (Grandfather's Dance) (Act I No 5). Is that relevant?

<doh><doh><doh><doh><doh> - of course it does! (As used in Schumann's Carnaval, too!)

[Flay]

Well I'm glad you all got there in the end! Grandfather it is!

[Flay]

And here it is!

http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/401285.html

You can get the full version on Spotify. I think I can recall a better version from the 1960s with Gerald Moore. Anyone remember it?

[Flay]

I think subby earned the H.

Whether he wants it is another matter