Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

Resounding silence... but it is Saturday evening. Of the regulars, Anna and Ofca are still away I think but perhaps back tomorrow? (looking forward to their return!), mercia seemed to go back to the pavilion with bat under arm, vinteuil and tapiola are offline, as is rubbers who I know has a long drive this evening (though he professes in a PM to be cogitating in the car - hope the Avon & Somerset Constabulary don't pick that up on their traffic cameras...). Angle and scb seem to be around... Hope some of the readers (I see we passed 35,000 views :cool2: a day or two ago) chip in.. and that erstwhile regulars like don petter and antongould, and occasionals like am51, return...

Tempted to wait overnight if necessary before any clues, unless anyone objects.

[Angle]

I am at a loss, Caliban and I seem to be alone
All sorts of brothers spring to mind but I just cannot make any connections

[subcontrabass]

I am at a loss, Caliban and I seem to be alone

You are not alone in being unable to get a start on this one.

[Nick Armstrong]

I am at a loss, Caliban and I seem to be alone
All sorts of brothers spring to mind but I just cannot make any connections

I have tried to make this one a little more spiky than recent ones of mine which have been solved in minutes!

You're not looking for any specific brothers.

The first two elements of the answer appear before the hyphen in the question, the third after the hyphen. Only the second element is directly to do with classical music.

[subcontrabass]

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The first two elements of the answer appear before the hyphen in the question, the third after the hyphen.

Ther are two hyphens in the question.

[Nick Armstrong]

Ther are two hyphens in the question.

Fair comment! Apologies. I meant the 'larger' of the hyphens... So

Fraternal leave-taking = elements 1 & 2

- plus a bloke who turned to confectionary? = element 3

[Angle]

I csn think only of L'adieu de Bergers
but if Adieu is the A.......

[Nick Armstrong]

I csn think only of L'adieu de Bergers
but if Adieu is the A.......

No, not 'adieu'

[Norfolk Born]

Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart (originally 'Auf Wiedershen, Auf Wiedersehen', by a chap called Storch)?

[Nick Armstrong]

Hi Ofca! How are you?

No - not Auf Wiedersehen... The connecting 'A' word (you are looking for a single word by the way) is linked with the leave-taking aspect for element 1, but is not itself a word which is concerned with leave-taking.

(Have you caught up with Corrie yet? Fun to see Gail's face looking like a slapped horse's a*se when her stupid plan to pay off David's sluttish fiancée came to naught )

[Tapiola]

Morning Caliban (et al),

Another flying visit unfortunately.

All I can think of in terms of this A is "Arms" as in Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits, which is a song about leave-taking).

[Norfolk Born]

Arms and the Man (The Chocolate Soldier)?

[Nick Armstrong]

Ofcachap you've cracked it!

Yes it's Arms

1 Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits (I was thinking of the album rather than the song, which is about leave-taking is it? I didn't know that )

2 ? (the above is the fraternal element - you're still looking for a valedictory 'Arms' reference...)

3 Arms and the Man - G B Shaw (turned into the operetta The Chocolate Soldier by Oskar Straus)

So what about 2? Come on - it's easy now!!

[Tapiola]

A Farewell to Arms? Hemingway.

EDIT: Yes, the song Brothers in Arms is about leave-taking "someday you'll return to/Your valleys and your farms..."

This song (and some Dire Straits in general) is a guilty pleasure of mine, much to Mrs T's chagrin.

[amateur51]

"A Farewell to Arms" issit? Hemingway

Bugga, Taps beat me to it