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  • Dave2002
    Full Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 18008

    The cake/bun is also the name of a character in a musical work. They also sell them in Sainsburys!

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26522

      I was thinking Madeleine - which is a cake or bun and also the name of [DELETE: the Marschallin in Rosenkavalier] the Countess in R Strauss's Capriccio.

      There is a Col de la Madeleine in the Alps, which is one of the stages in the Tour de France bike race

      The Spanish connection eludes me.... the wives of Milhaud and Duruflé were both called Madeleine but they were French...

      Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 07-10-11, 16:50. Reason: Humming a "Madeleine" bit, I realised it's Capriccio not Rosenkav...
      "...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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      • vinteuil
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 12778

        ... there is also a cake called Matterhorn; can't think tho' of any spanish musical matterhorns....

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        • doversoul1
          Ex Member
          • Dec 2010
          • 7132

          Sainsbury’s sell lemon iced Madeira cake…

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26522

            Originally posted by doversoul View Post
            Sainsbury’s sell lemon iced Madeira cake…
            True, Madeira was my first thought... But I could only make that fit one part of the question Madeleine answered two.

            Where's that Dave? Down the 'Feathers' ???
            "...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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            • vinteuil
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 12778

              Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
              ... there is also a cake called Matterhorn; can't think tho' of any spanish musical matterhorns....
              ... and also a cake called Mont-Blanc - but again, why spanish and musical ???


              unless...

              Creditos:Cancion: Coward MontblancCanta: yoInterprete original: GUMILetra: Lex Kagamine (VocaloidFan4ever)



              Last edited by vinteuil; 07-10-11, 21:19.

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              • antongould
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 8777

                what time does the Feathers close?

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                • Dave2002
                  Full Member
                  • Dec 2010
                  • 18008

                  Getting a wifi signal has been a problem. Superb concert in Tetbury, I may never hear Bach cantatas played and sung so well again.

                  I think all your cakes so far are not on target. Maybe more like sticky bun things, bit long and thinnish.

                  Re the Alps, think about crossing them.

                  Sorry for the delay. Good luck and goodnight.

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                  • Dave2002
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 18008

                    Seem to have a connection. The Spanish composer was blind most of his life.

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                    • Angle
                      Full Member
                      • Dec 2010
                      • 724

                      "The Spanish composer was blind most of his life."

                      Rodrigo was blind from the age of three.

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                      • mercia
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 8920

                        Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                        Re the Alps, think about crossing them.
                        like Hannibal?
                        or like Maddalena Pass
                        the only long-ish sticky bun I can think of is a Yum-yum

                        (I've just read that Jorge Bolet conducted The Mikado in Tokyo in 1946 for American troops )
                        Last edited by mercia; 08-10-11, 04:56.

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                        • antongould
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8777

                          Go Mercia,
                          I would think it has to be a pass but all I can do on this one is fail!

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                          • mercia
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8920

                            you must be right with Rodrigo Angle, tho' I can't see any Ms in his life


                            long-time no-see Angle

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                            • mercia
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 8920

                              Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                              The cake/bun is also the name of a character in a musical work.
                              just re-read this clue. got to be Yum-Yum in Mikado
                              so Mikado/Rodrigo and Mikado/Alps crossing .................................??

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                              • antongould
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 8777

                                You really do go beyond genius at times!

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