Alphabet associations - I

[Angle]

I was beginning to think you had left for a coffee, Tapiola.

I shall prepare a B. Back in about ten minutes.

[rubbernecker]

Since we've completed yet another lap it's time for recap. I note the recent 'Walter' was the second appearance of this answer. I think there was also an 'extra' recent Z question which I can't find, but might have been another 'Zero'? Anna can no doubt remember...

Alphabet Associations
Previous answers – posts #0001 to#5930

A Ave Verum, Argo, Aspen, A (440hz), Alwyn, Amadeus, Adams, African, Antheil, Adam, Aaron, Albrecht, Arms, AGM, Albeniz, Armenia
B Britten (2), Beach, B flat, Ball/Barber/Bilk, Bechstein, Bayreuth, Burgon, Boulanger, Bernstein, Bar, Bert, Bartholemew, Bosanquet, Bluebird
C Columbus, Clytemnestra, Copland, Cockaigne, Crumb, Children, Cathedral, Calisto, Curzon, Coronation, Clarinet, Cantata, Catherine, Cypress, Cherry
D DG, Doric, Dragon, Demon, Draeseke, Dolly, Dark, Dances, Delibes, Don, Death, Dowland, Diomede, Desafinado, Diamond
E Enigma, Elisabeth, Eric, Ellis, Ellington, Erich, Eccles, Eclogue, ‘E’, Elgar, Enharmonic, Ennio, Ernest, Echo, Etoiles
F Fugue, Fritz, Florence, Ferguson, Fuchs, Fermata, Feux Follets, Fauré, Frankfurt, Fandango, Five, Fancy, Four, Ferrier, Faust
G Gloria, Gomez, Gabrieli, Gioconda, Goossens, Gayaneh, Gnome, Grace, Georg, Gerusalemme, Gaspard, Glass, Goat (Capriccio), Granados, Grofe
H Hirondelle, Henri, Harold, Hammer, Harty, Henze, Hahn, Harriet, Harry, Holiday, Howard, Horn, Half, Herring, Hugo
I Indian, Invicta, Ian, Iphigenia, Imperial, Inches, Igor, Idyll, Ives, Indes, Irving, Ibert, Innocence, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Istomen
J Joseph, Juilliard, Jacob, Jacques, Joplin, Jerusalem, Jeremiah, Jenner, Jordan, Jupiter, Jeune, Jones/Jonas, Jacquet, Judith, Jenny
K Kapellmeister, Kuijken, Kronos, Kreutzer, Koeln, Karl, Knight, Kullervo, King, Korngold, Kinder, Kostelanetz, Kraus, Krieger, Kellogg
L Lvov, Lancashire, Lyadov, Landi, Lincoln, Litany, Lombardy, Liverpool, Lucerne, Lyric, Lorelei, Lamb, Leonora, Low, Largo
M Malibran, Malcolm, Merrie, Martinu, Miller, Metronome, Missa Luba, Mark, Marian, Monothematic, Mandarin, Melodrama, Mountain, Mazeppa, Medtner
N Neville Cardus, Nielsen (2), Neptune, Nono, Nyman, Newcastle, Nevers, Naples, Nocturne, Night, Nash, Nixon, Nelson, Nordheim
O Orff, Ondine, Orlando, Orpheus, Orange, Oliver, Oramo, Open, Orson, Offenbach, Ophicleide, Oxford, Ockeghem, O, Oberon
P Philip, Petrassi, Papa, Pacific 231, Passacaglia, Padstow, Polignac, Primrose, Pigs, Plantagenet, Peter, Pierre, Palindrome, Piper, Pizzetti
Q Quodlibet, Qualiton, Quartets, Quincy, Quint, Quasthoff, Quilter, Quicksilver, Queen, Quest, Quaker, Quattro
R Reimann, Romania, Rim, Rawsthorne, Rhapsody, Roman, Ripieno, Red Red, Roy, Rhythm, Ricci, River, Rock, Robert, Reich
S Serpent, Staatskapelle, Stravinsky, Solveig, Schnittke, Shellfish, Sackbut, Sessions, Scott, Silver, Striggio, Susanna, Salomon, Soler, Serenade
T Tamburlaine, Tales, Trittico, Tippett, Thomas, Twins, Turandot, Tango, Trio, Time/Tempo, Tasso, TV documentaries, Taneyev, Twinkle, Tatiana
U Umberto, Under, Unicorn, University, Ukelele/Unda Maris, Underground, Utopia, Unknown, Ursuleac, Uptown, Unstern, Ullman, Uber, Uncle, Uchida
V Viola da Gamba, Vasary, Venusberg, Venice (2), Vanishing Bridegroom, Victor, Vanity, Viola, Velvet, Voltaire, Village, Vera, Violet
W Waldtaube, Weill, Walkure, Winter, Wilhelm, Walton/Weller/White, Walter (2), Wenlock, Williams, S Wagner, Whale, Witold, Wells
X Xaver, Xylophone, Xenia, X (double sharp), Composers ending in X, Xanadu, Xi, Xerxes
Y Ysaye, Yo Yo Ma, Yellow (2), Yves, Yolanda, Young, Yung, Year, Youth, Yes
Z Zeffirelli, Zimmermann (2), Zappa, Zamiel, Zero, Zoo, Zemlinsky, Zarzuela, Zoroaster, Zoltan

[Norfolk Born]

I set the extra 'Z', which was indeed 'Zero'.

[Angle]

What B

is a song by a Lancashire lass?
is a weapon?
is an effect which if not softened can be mortal?

This B is essential to some music-making

[rubbernecker]

Blow?

[Tapiola]

Nice to know that Leo Weiner has deservedly regained the Number 1 spot. With Kodaly presumably at No. 3?

[Angle]

Great heavens, rubbernecker, what made it so easy ?

See, you have C.

[rubbernecker]

Great heavens, rubbernecker, what made it so easy ?

I suppose we all know Kathleen Ferrier was a Lancashire lass and famously recorded Blow the Wind Southerly;
the 'mortal' was a giveaway; but I am not sure what the weapon is, only that you would use it to strike a blow. Blowing is essential to a lot of music-making.

However, I was a bit mystified to note the apparent absence of John Blow?

[Tapiola]

There's a blowpipe missile and a blowgun.

[Angle]

The absence of John Blow was quite deliberate.

The "Lancashire lass" was a diversion to Gracie Fields, as in the last round which I set, I think, but you saw right through it.

Tapiola got the weapon - a blow pipe or blow gun.

C is yours. rubbernecker.

[rubbernecker]

What C is an American alma mater; Edward's first waxing; a back-alley aria from one who smiled through?

[Norfolk Born]

Cornell? (It's a US uinversity, and the Cornell Chamber Orchestra has recorded at least one piece by Elgar).

[rubbernecker]

Cornell? (It's a US uinversity, and the Cornell Chamber Orchestra has recorded at least one piece by Elgar).

Sorry, Ofca. You didn't think I'd make it as easy as that?

[Norfolk Born]

Please don't feel the need to apologize! And we all know that fast bowlers sometimes slip in a slower ball just to keep the batsmen on their toes.

[mercia]

well

Carissima was the first of Elgar's works to be recorded (on wax?) on 21/1/1914 by the Gramophone Company
I always thought alma mater meant a place, but if I have understood this correctly Carissima is the alma mater (song) of Hamilton College

Vera Lynn kept smiling through but I can't find a Carissima with her