Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

well two of Shosty's symphonies have Year in their subtitles
and Defoe wrote A Journal of the Plague Year
so perhaps Y = Year, but as to Elvis ......................

God, you're good, mercia, you're very good !

[mercia]

wassat?

[antongould]

Well I was thinking of a Good Year For The Roses but as ever your answer is even better!

No one ever deserved Z/A more!

[mercia]

Good Year For The Roses

funny, I saw that when I was googling then promptly lost it again

[Nick Armstrong]

wassat?

Me abasing myself before your ability to work out the answers... I am not worthy... !

[mercia]

too much abasing sends you blind, or something ............
anyway a Z will arrive sometime. I ought really to be outside in this nice weather 'cos it's probably going to snow next week.

[mercia]

Z

Jonny strikes up / News of the day / There and back

[Norfolk Born]

Lothar Zagrosek has conducted/recorded works called 'Jonny spielt auf' and 'Hin und Zurück'. but I haven't traced the second reference yet.

[mercia]

ah, it looks like we're going to have two possible answers to the same question
those are certainly the works, I was after the generic name that wikipedia gives for them (and others like them)

[mercia]

Jonny spielt auf
Hin und zuruck
Neues vom Tage
Von heute auf morgen
Die Burgschaft
Transatlantic

are all .......................?

[Norfolk Born]

Zeitgeist? (seeing as 'Entartete Kunst' and 'Singspiel' don't begin with 'Z')

[mercia]

I won't prolong the agony
I was looking for Zeitoper

the A for you, ofcachap

[Norfolk Born]

Do you mean 'Neues vom Tage'?

[Norfolk Born]

Cross-posted! Having a degree in German helped with that one, even though the term 'Zeitoper' was new to me. I'll come up with an 'A' shortly.

[mercia]

Do you mean 'Neues vom Tage'?

indeed I do