I'm starting to get really worried about young Hope - are we in for another Wetherfield funeral?
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rubbernecker
Glad to see you're giving this one your full attention, ofca. I thought you might have been inspired by Andy Murray's performance earlier on...
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Norfolk Born
I just thought you'd like to know that there are still people out here, despite the lack of replies to your teaser. I did indeed watch the tennis while stuffing envelopes with brochures detailing the schedule of local concerts this Spring and Summer. I have already reserved my seat for Sunday morning's encounter. And remember - he's British if he wins, Scottish if he doesn't.
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Martinu? He wrote a piece called La Revue de Cuisine, and there was a Martinu fighter aircraft. Can't help with the dabbling, though. I've just discovered that he also wrote something called Half-Time.
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rubbernecker
Originally posted by OFCACHAP View PostMartinu? He wrote a piece called La Revue de Cuisine, and there was a Martinu fighter aircraft. Can't help with the dabbling, though. I've just discovered that he also wrote something called Half-Time.
You didn't quite unravel all the intricacies of the clue, though. The fighter aircraft which so struck the composer was (appropriately) the P47 Thunderbolt, in honour of which he composed a Scherzo for orchestra. The Revue de Cuisine saw him dabbling in Jazz, and his Half-Time was inspired by American Football. All three pieces therefore had a US connection.
Very well done and (a long overdue) "over to you" for an N. (Just remember we've had Nielsen. Twice )
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Which 'N' links (a) the son of an organist/choirmaster; (b) the son of a naval officer; and (c) the son of a jazz dancer whose wife died of cirrhosis?
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Originally posted by OFCACHAP View PostI'm starting to get really worried about young Hope - are we in for another Wetherfield funeral?
Am toying with your 'N', ofca, honest... but at the moment am going through the mill with Eileen on the Corrie Omni, dealing with the nutjob Owen following her moment of kleptomania"...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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Originally posted by OFCACHAP View PostWhich 'N' links (a) the son of an organist/choirmaster; (b) the son of a naval officer; and (c) the son of a jazz dancer whose wife died of cirrhosis?"...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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Norfolk Born
A clarification, and a clue: It was the jazz dancer's wife who drank too much. And you're looking for a word that features in, or forms part of the name of, compositions by these three sons.
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Originally posted by Caliban View Post
Am toying with your 'N', ofca, honest... but at the moment am going through the mill with Eileen on the Corrie Omni, dealing with the nutjob Owen following her moment of kleptomania
As you will see, I've offered a little help with 'N', which is an all-music question with no soapy connotations!
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rubbernecker
Originally posted by OFCACHAP View PostA clarification, and a clue: It was the jazz dancer's wife who drank too much. And you're looking for a word that features in, or forms part of the name of, compositions by these three sons.
Neptune features in 'The Planets', an orchestral composition by Gustav Holst, whose father, famously, was a choirmaster and an organist.
'The Triumphs of Neptune' is a ballet by the slightly bonkers Lord Berners, whose father was a notable naval officer.
'The Valleys of Neptune' is a work featuring electronic instruments by one Jimi Hendrix whose father also served in the forces, but appears to have been a landscape gardener and a jazz dancer as well. His wife was renowned for having drunk herself to death.
Good clues, ofca
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Originally posted by rubbernecker View PostThe answer is Neptune.
Neptune features in 'The Planets', an orchestral composition by Gustav Holst, whose father, famously, was a choirmaster and an organist.
'The Triumphs of Neptune' is a ballet by the slightly bonkers Lord Berners, whose father was a notable naval officer.
'The Valleys of Neptune' is a work featuring electronic instruments by one Jimi Hendrix whose father also served in the forces, but appears to have been a landscape gardener and a jazz dancer as well. His wife was renowned for having drunk herself to death.
Good clues, ofca
"notable" ... "renowned" ... the the adept Googler maybe.. Did you know that stuff without recourse to the notable and renowned search engine??"...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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rubbernecker
Which O went down to Tennessee along with an orchestra, Joe, Jack, Louis, and a whole load of others?
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