Alphabet associations - I

[rubbernecker]

Peter is right (too easy! ) and I reckon it's a tie between Taps and Rubbers. Tie-breaker: first to get the remaining reference?

I think Vint's got it, and should therefore be declared the winner

[vinteuil]

I think Vint's got it, and should therefore be declared the winner

ho no - I was last of the three!!!

Tapiola got in first...

[Nick Armstrong]

... you didn't like Peter Grimes???

Cross-posting, egad!! Yes, of course.

I have another function to go to. I must let you squabble for the spoils. Actually I think it is Taps...

Sorry my P was a bit of a damp squib.

[rubbernecker]

I must let you squabble for the spoils.

Hah! More a question of who can avoid the hospital pass of setting Q...

[Tapiola]

I agree with rubbers that to the vintor belongs the spoils. Caliban has evidently resumed his pub crawl.

I may be offline for a couple of hours or longer so I reckon it's over to you, vint. Form an orderly Q now.

And thanks to Caliban for a P that my sun-addled brain could (almost) cope with.

[vinteuil]

... I'm away until Friday morning - if no-one else has produced a Q by the time I'm back - well, I'll have a try...

[rubbernecker]

... I'm away until Friday morning - if no-one else has produced a Q by the time I'm back - well, I'll have a try...

Another hiatus? I do have a Q just to keep things going tonight...

[rubbernecker]

What Q connects the fairy queen to two US composers in 1935 and 1994?

[Nick Armstrong]

Peter Grimes - the "Boar's Head"...

Actually, not quite right. The pub in "Grimes" is simply 'The Boar'.

Just for the record

Anyway rubbers has come to the table with his Q...

Are the lower case 'f' and 'q' deliberately there to tell us it's not about the Spenser or the Purcell?

[rubbernecker]

Are the lower case 'f' and 'q' deliberately there to tell us it's not about the Spenser or the Purcell?

Deliberately there to throw you off the Spenser scent... but you've rumbled it. (Nothing to do with Purcell, though).

[Nick Armstrong]

Getting nowhere fast with this

[rubbernecker]

It is somewhat obscure, I will admit. Perhaps an over-reaction to the ease with which recent puzzles have been solved.

There are three 20th century classical works here, all of which share the same Q title. The first is a stage work supposedly based on Spenser's Faerie Queen. The two US works are a bit more avant-garde, to say the least.

There is also a jazz album from 1961 with the same title. Hope that helps...

I'm done for the night.

[mercia]

Frederick Ashton's ballet The Quest (1943) is based on The Faerie Queen, music by Walton
Mal Waldron jazz album (1961)

that's as far as I can get, and no time to play today

[rubbernecker]

Frederick Ashton's ballet The Quest (1943) is based on The Faerie Queen, music by Walton
Mal Waldron jazz album (1961)

that's as far as I can get, and no time to play today

Anyone else like to get the two US composers and set the R?

[Tapiola]

Morning all.

There is a piece called Quest by George Crumb. In fact I think I have a copy of it.