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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26527

    Originally posted by antongould View Post
    She did indeed Caliban well done!
    Where on earth did you find out about her likes and dislikes - or the tiny symphony for that matter. I had a hunt and found nothing.....

    Oh great. "V"...
    "...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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    • antongould
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      • Nov 2010
      • 8782

      In the Wiki article on her - Symphony 4 plus the Quotations bit. Has anyone sampled her limited output it sounds very interesting.

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      • mercia
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        • Nov 2010
        • 8920

        Galina Ivanovna USTVOLSKAYA (1919 — 2006)Symphony No. 4 (1987) for piano, trumpet, tam-tam and solo voice (contralto)Voice: Elena PopovaPiano: Oleg MalovSt P...

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        • Nick Armstrong
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          • Nov 2010
          • 26527

          What is the linking "V" between a poet who (for a while) had lesbian leanings, an allegedly murderous composer, and a fictional character who was a teenage bride and (briefly) widow?
          "...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
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            • Nov 2010
            • 12805

            I'm assuming your poet with Lesbian leanings was a man...

            Bit stuck on the fictional bride and widow tho'

            [unless it be a character in a novel by Cinzia Giorgio - whose works are little known by me... ]

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            • Nick Armstrong
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              • Nov 2010
              • 26527

              Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
              I'm assuming your poet with Lesbian leanings was a man...
              Correct. That was the trick question...

              Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
              Bit stuck on the fictional bride and widow tho'
              Too early for a clue I think...

              Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
              [unless it be a character in a novel by Cinzia Giorgio - whose works are little known by me... ]
              You have the advantage of me in knowing of her(?) existence and novel-writing achievement, let alone anything more detailed...
              "...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
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                • Nov 2010
                • 12805





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                • Nick Armstrong
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26527



                  Bad luck - she is irrelevant to the present exercise....
                  "...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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                  • antongould
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 8782

                    I like it and the Piano Concerto too!!!

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                    • Nick Armstrong
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26527

                      Originally posted by antongould View Post
                      I like it and the Piano Concerto too!!!
                      That's as maybe but t'will butter no parsnips...

                      No idea about "V" ?? Vinteuil started so well...

                      Does anyone want a quick clue before bed?
                      "...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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                      • antongould
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 8782

                        go on then!

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                        • Nick Armstrong
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                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26527

                          OK. Such difficulties, bred of an airy word beginning with "V", is somewhat surprising...

                          'Night, folks.
                          "...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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                          • antongould
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8782

                            Anyway I seem to have followed the path of vint possibly via the only murderous composer I know of Gesualdo to Venosa and Horace and Cinzia Giorgio or whoever. So if by some small chance it is Venosa it's all the glory to vint.

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                            • Nick Armstrong
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                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26527

                              Originally posted by antongould View Post
                              Anyway I seem to have followed the path of vint possibly via the only murderous composer I know of Gesualdo to Venosa and Horace and Cinzia Giorgio or whoever. So if by some small chance it is Venosa it's all the glory to vint.
                              No, sorry. Remember, there is merely an allegation of murder... I think Gesualdo was actually guilty...

                              Let's see what mercia makes of it in the early hours...
                              "...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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                              • antongould
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 8782

                                Then of course there was or wasn't Salieri.....................

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