There's the 'Alla Marcia' from the 'Karelia' suite and 'At The Castle Gate' from Pelleas and Melisande. But are we actually looking for a piece that begins with A?
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Don Petter
Originally posted by OFCACHAP View PostThere's the 'Alla Marcia' from the 'Karelia' suite and 'At The Castle Gate' from Pelleas and Melisande. But are we actually looking for a piece that begins with A?
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Simon
Yes, a very good point.
It was the way the question was phrased that got me along those lines ... "what A links ..." but I accept that this may have been incorrect reasoning on my part. Sorry.
Ah well .. I suppose that only makes it harder.
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Originally posted by Don Petter View PostAccording Simon's circular rule, the three perimeter clues should point to the central 'A', but need not (and probably don't) start with it.
W - w - w - whaaaat???!?!??!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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rubbernecker
All three links utilise the same A word.
Simon, you are hot on the scent in #592
I don't mean 'popular' in the sense of well-known. More in a horticultural sense, perhaps...?
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Originally posted by rubbernecker View PostAll three links utilise the same A word.
Simon, you are hot on the scent in #592
I don't mean 'popular' in the sense of well-known. More in a horticultural sense, perhaps...?
You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her drink.
Your clues and hints are causing me to toy with a couple of words, but neither begins with 'A'...."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Don Petter
DP: Good point. According Simon's circular rule, the three perimeter clues should point to the central 'A', but need not (and probably don't) start with it.
Originally posted by Caliban View Post
W - w - w - whaaaat???!?!??!
"Well, whilst we get on with this, perhaps the rules need reiterating, as I think they are important in making the exercise doable by those of a narrower general musical knowledge, like me.
Please try to think of it like a circle with a central answer in the middle. Around this answer, all pointing inwards, are the "arrows" of the clues, eache linking in some way to the answer. There can be three or more, depending on the question setter's judgement of the need."
I hope this explains things!
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Don Petter
Originally posted by rubbernecker View PostAll three links utilise the same A word.
Simon, you are hot on the scent in #592
I don't mean 'popular' in the sense of well-known. More in a horticultural sense, perhaps...?
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Don Petter
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Don Petter
Originally posted by rubbernecker View PostPray elucidate?
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Simon
I don't mean 'popular' in the sense of well-known. More in a horticultural sense, perhaps...?
Now it's all clear...
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rubbernecker
Originally posted by Don Petter View PostStill formulating (poncy word for guessing), but there is an Aspen School and/or festival in the States, Cage, Feldman and Cale all had some associations with eachother and might have been connected with it, as might Joshua. Aspen, the tree, is I think a poplar (popular - bad pun?). Can't get Sibelius involved yet though.
Can anyone complete this?
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Norfolk Born
Originally posted by Don Petter View PostSorry - that must have sounded like the preliminary to Mornington Crescent if you hadn't seen or remembered Simon's request (and he instigated the thread, after all) in M283:
"Well, whilst we get on with this, perhaps the rules need reiterating, as I think they are important in making the exercise doable by those of a narrower general musical knowledge, like me.
Please try to think of it like a circle with a central answer in the middle. Around this answer, all pointing inwards, are the "arrows" of the clues, eache linking in some way to the answer. There can be three or more, depending on the question setter's judgement of the need."
I hope this explains things!
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