Alphabet associations - I

[Tapiola]

mercia

[rubbernecker]

Then there is Washington Irving...

Did he do things with gerbils?

[mercia]

I regret to say I had not heard of Augustine or Gifford before, mind you that goes for a lot of the answers on AA

[Tapiola]

Did he do things with gerbils?

He used to introduce them to a sleepy hollow...

[rubbernecker]

Irving Berlin
Irving Fine
Robert Augustine Irving DFC

...of the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, indeed.

Angle got the angle on Berlin first, which made leverage a bit easier but I think you get to set the J, Mercia.

[Tapiola]

I regret to say I had not heard of Augustine or Gifford before, mind you that goes for a lot of the answers on AA

Nor me.

[rubbernecker]

He used to introduce them to a sleepy hollow...

[mercia]

fortunately I'm too innocent to understand these doubles entendres

Can anyone tell me which Js we've had before

[rubbernecker]

I regret to say I had not heard of Augustine or Gifford before, mind you that goes for a lot of the answers on AA

Irving Fine: I have recordings of his Partita for Wind Quintet, Serious Song for Strings and his 1962 Symphony (the year he died).

I have quite a few old LPs of Robert Irving conducting.

Strangely, I don't think I have anything by Irving Berlin, unless possibly covered by a pop star...

Previous J's: Joseph, Juilliard, Jacob, Jacques, Joplin, Jerusalem, Jeremiah, Jenner, Jordan, Jupiter

[mercia]

Previous J's: Joseph, Juilliard, Jacob, Jacques, Joplin, Jerusalem, Jeremiah, Jenner, Jordan, Jupiter

Ta
So would you recommend fine music?

[Tapiola]

fortunately I'm too innocent to understand these doubles entendres

I too am uncomfortable with such innuendo, especially with regard to small rodents

[rubbernecker]

So would you recommend some fine music?

I can live without it and I don't suppose the course of Western Symphonic music would have been much altered had he not lived, but I suppose you could say the same about Barber, Hanson, Harris, Piston, Schuman and Schuller. They all wrote some great music.

[mercia]

J

male or female

- the number 271
- a dozen psalm settings of 1598
- a musical organization founded in 1936

[Angle]

the number 271 is either a bus route or a year
there is a French connection with the psalms?

[mercia]

the number 271 is either a bus route or a year
there is a French connection with the psalms?

no buses or years I fear
French-ish for the psalms

clues will follow if we get stuck