Alphabet associations - I

[Norfolk Born]

It's 'rim', isn't it? Rimsky, Rimshot and Ri(h)m.

[Tapiola]

Good grief, OFCACHAP. Full marks! Well done.

[Norfolk Born]

Here's what I hope proves to be an easy 'S' question:
He wrote a fantastic early work, and a later work was commissioned by the 'King of Jazz', but his trees weren't actually Scottish.

[rubbernecker]

Here's what I hope proves to be an easy 'S' question:
He wrote a fantastic early work, and a later work was commissioned by the 'King of Jazz', but his trees weren't actually Scottish.

Well, I guess this is Stravinsky - Scherzo Fantastique and Dumbarton Oaks. I can't quite reconcile the King of Jazz with Woody Herman who commissioned the Ebony Concerto, or Benny Goodman who premiered it (he was the King of Swing)??

[Don Petter]

Stravinsky wrote a version of Scherzo a la Russe for Paul Whiteman, who called himself the "King of Jazz"?

I had Dumbarton Oaks, the American house name, but guessed Fireworks, completely wrongly, for fantastic.

[rubbernecker]

Stravinsky wrote a version of Scherzo a la Russe for Paul Whiteman, who called himself the "King of Jazz"?

I thought that was just the name of the film featuring Whiteman, I didn't know he styled himself as such - arrogant tw*t! And I didn't get the Scherzo a la Russe connection, so credit to you, there. Now when do you suppose Ofcachap's coming back....?

[Don Petter]

I thought that was just the name of the film featuring Whiteman, I didn't know he styled himself as such - arrogant tw*t! And I didn't get the Scherzo a la Russe connection, so credit to you, there. Now when do you suppose Ofcachap's coming back....?

No great honour here (if it is correct). I had to Googwik it!

[Norfolk Born]

The works concerned are indeed the Fantastic Scherzo (his Opus 3), the Scherzo A La Russe and Dumbarton Oaks. 'King of Jazz' was in quotes because Whiteman rather arrogantly chose the title himself. As I see it, a couple of people have got 2 right out of 3, so I'll leave you to decide who sets the 'T' question.

[rubbernecker]

As I see it, a couple of people have got 2 right out of 3, so I'll leave you to decide who sets the 'T' question.

That'll be me and me, then.

Where there's a will, there's a cloak and a nun. What T unites them?

[Norfolk Born]

That'll be me and me, then.

Sorry for any confusion - it was late, and I have a cold!

[vinteuil]

That'll be me and me, then.

Where there's a will, there's a cloak and a nun. What T unites them?

... I have done a U question before, so I'm not going to claim this one...

[Tapiola]

rubbernecker,

Are there anagrams involved in "T"?

[rubbernecker]

... I have done a U question before, so I'm not going to claim this one...

Perhaps you could PM me with the answer to assure me you are not bluffing? It would also help assure me I have not made the question too difficult

EDIT: Happy to report Vinteuil is there

[rubbernecker]

rubbernecker,

Are there anagrams involved in "T"?

No, nothing cryptic, no wordplay. It's one you either know or you don't, although opera buffs will have an advantage.

[Nick Armstrong]

It's one you either know or you don't, although opera buffs will have an advantage.

I don't and I'm not :cool2: