Alphabet associations - I

[antongould]

Awesome 3, superbly, out of 3.

Do you wish for a try on the GGs?

[Angle]

No hassle with that one, rubbernecker. A beautifully set out poser. GIve me time and I shall be back with a G.

[Angle]

What G, hen-pecked by his wife and mother-in-law,

apparently had no desire to drink either mild beer or lager,
made brilliant keyboard re-arrangements of another’s work on the wife of an English ecclesiastical separatist and serial womaniser,
wrote a major flat-keyed petticoat dance for piano

Sorry, none of the clues begin with G

[Nick Armstrong]

What G, hen-pecked by his wife and mother-in-law,

apparently had no desire to drink either mild beer or lager,
made brilliant keyboard re-arrangements of another’s work on the wife of an English ecclesiastical separatist and serial womaniser,
wrote a major flat-keyed petticoat dance for piano

Sorry, none of the clues begin with G

Element 2 sounds to be something to do with Henry VIII... but I can get no further other than the impressionistic guess that the G is Percy Grainger...

He had a complex and somewhat masochistic relationship with the ladies it seems .... and the flavour of dances and English historical tradition in the clues has a Graingerish feel...

That's all I have to offer on this sunny morning

[Angle]

Hi Caliban, you are on the right line with Element 2 but Grainger, no.

[Angle]

Yes, a bit naughty I suppose It is a wife of H8 and it is a Cotillon.

[rubbernecker]

This is Glinka, no?

[rubbernecker]

Beer reference coming up...
Serenade on Themes from Donizetti's Opera Anna Bolena
Cotillon in Bb major

[Angle]

Glinka indeed, rubbernecker

Variations Brillante on a Theme from Donizetti's Opera Anna Bolena in A major for piano
Cotillon in B flat major for piano

One to go

[rubbernecker]

One to go

I'm afraid it's eluding me, somewhat frustratingly as I'm sure it's a witty conundrum. Is it to do with one of his compositions?

[amateur51]

I'm afraid all I can offer by way of light relief is this - a timely intervention perhaps?

http://www.amazon.com/GLINKA-beer-cerveza-wall-clock/dp/B004QJOFW0/ref=sr_1_3?s=miscellaneous&ie=UTF8&qid=1306934332&sr=1-3

[rubbernecker]

I'm afraid all I can offer by way of light relief is this - a timely intervention perhaps?

http://www.amazon.com/GLINKA-beer-ce...6934332&sr=1-3

I think that could well be the correct answer! I feel you certainly deserve the H

[Nick Armstrong]

I'm afraid all I can offer by way of light relief is this - a timely intervention perhaps?

http://www.amazon.com/GLINKA-beer-ce...6934332&sr=1-3

I can see the ads now: DRINKA GLINKA TODAY etc etc...

Beer reference coming up...
Serenade on Themes from Donizetti's Opera Anna Bolena
Cotillon in Bb major

Rubberknockers, you really are the most appalling swot.

[Angle]

The beer connection is one of his compositions, from 1827. It is not the wall-clock - which I am sure Mercia would not have in his house!

You are looking for the English title, I hope. I cannot cope with the Cyrillic alphabet, yet.

Best wishes from АНГЛЕ

[rubbernecker]

The beer connection is one of his compositions, from 1827. It is not the wall-clock - which I am sure Mercia would not have in his house!

You are looking for the English title, I hope. I cannot cope with the Cyrillic alphabet, yet.

Best wishes from АНГЛЕ

Thank you, Cyril.

"Bitter, Bitter it is for Me" A song with words by Rimsky-Korsakov, no less.

And now I suspect an H it is for me?