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  • Flay
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 5795

    Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
    ... so - what (non-musical) V might possibly connect Gilles Binchois - Charles Tournemire (and Caliban's J. Roger-Ducasse... ) - and Phillippe Gaubert?
    Ouch - my head hurts. Any chance of a clue please, if it isn't "Vocalise" (well spotted, Caliban)?
    Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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    • subcontrabass
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 2780

      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
      ... so - what (non-musical) V might possibly connect Gilles Binchois - Charles Tournemire (and Caliban's J. Roger-Ducasse... ) - and Phillippe Gaubert?
      Village?

      Binchois is named after a village
      Tournemire is the name of a village
      Ducasse is a village festival
      Gaubert is the name of a village

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26524

        Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
        Village?

        Binchois is named after a village
        Tournemire is the name of a village
        Ducasse is a village festival
        Gaubert is the name of a village

        Wow! Sounds good. Look forward to the Verdict!!!
        "...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
          • 12798

          ... not village, but do by all means think of location - there is something they have in common...

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          • Flay
            Full Member
            • Mar 2007
            • 5795

            wines perhaps? (vins)
            Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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            • vinteuil
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 12798

              Originally posted by Flay View Post
              wines perhaps? (vins)


              Flay gets it! - yes, the vineyards of burgundy, bordeaux, cahors...

              Not a very good puzzle this time, sorry (and I shd certainly have used Three Choirs as a clue )

              So many thanks, Flay

              - and over to you for a W ( - tho' I think at this stage of the alphabet we're allowed to jump over W X Y Z if inspiration flags...

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              • Flay
                Full Member
                • Mar 2007
                • 5795

                Nooooooo, I was just making a suggestion before walking the dogs (soaking, freezing, miserable & muddy). I thought Château Larcis Ducasse etc could be the answer, but I did not dare to give it as I have to get to work, I won't have the time.

                << Not a very good puzzle this time, sorry (and I should certainly have used Three Choirs as a clue ) >>

                Well, Vinteuil, I nominate you to do the next one as you fiddled the last one with your outlandish use of French in the answer. Well?
                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26524

                  Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                  Flay gets it! - yes, the vineyards of burgundy, bordeaux, cahors...
                  I'm furious I didn't get that one, vindepays !!!

                  Are those four names the names of actual individual vinyards then?

                  I'm bound to say I think Flay ought to do the next, on account of his tremendous insight in getting right to the point, but if Vinteuil wanted to do another for dabbling in yer akshul French, ça ne serait pas plus mal...
                  "...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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                  • Flay
                    Full Member
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 5795

                    All right, I'll do it!

                    Which W organised a temporary job which lasted 63 years?
                    Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26524

                      Originally posted by Flay View Post
                      All right, I'll do it!

                      Which W organised a temporary job which lasted 63 years?
                      Are the usual 3+ elements of the AA question compacted into that pithy phrase, or is this a one-shot question? Is it / are they musical?
                      "...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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                      • Flay
                        Full Member
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 5795

                        Just a single word answer: one person. No time to be smarter. I've already said that the person was musical...
                        Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26524

                          Originally posted by Flay View Post
                          I've already said that the person was musical...
                          Really? Can't see that anywhere... Maybe a forum malfunction....
                          "...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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                          • Flay
                            Full Member
                            • Mar 2007
                            • 5795

                            yes you can, look again 8o)
                            Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26524

                              Originally posted by Flay View Post
                              yes you can, look again 8o)

                              You have a most organised mind, Mr F, and I'm starting to find the key to it, by pulling out all the stops...

                              I think we are taking about ORGAN(geddit????)ist C-M Widor who was given a 'temporary' appointment at St Sulpice in Paris and stayed 63 years as organist.

                              That was fun!


                              "...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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                              • Flay
                                Full Member
                                • Mar 2007
                                • 5795

                                Well done! I thought we should have a W that sounded like a V as we had a V that was really a W in the last round

                                So now for your X-rated contribution
                                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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