Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte
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An easy (?) E, omitting all the more obscure references, to link Theocritus, Virgil, Franck, Liszt, Dvorak, and Wellesz. -
I do apologise, but a little prick with a fork can make or mar a meal it seems!Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
And vints started it!
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As they might say outside a shoe shop in Lancashire:Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
"Ee clogs!", perhaps?[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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If the worst comes to the worst, you can always ask him to leave....Originally posted by Anna View PostI do apologise, but a little prick with a fork can make or mar a meal it seems!
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"...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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I assume Finzi could have been in there too?Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
(Apologies for not applying myself to Saturday's tests... it's turned into a work weekend so the braincells - struggling anyway after a busy week - are up against it already!)"...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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Yes, and various others. The more obscure ones that I omitted were Tomášek (who appears to have been the first to use the term for a piano piece in 1807) and VÃtÄ›zslav Novák.Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-Eclogue!!!!
I have the simplest of Fs ready. It's all I can manage today."...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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There's no answer to that, in polite society, is there?Originally posted by Caliban View Post
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Originally posted by Anna View PostThere's no answer to that, in polite society, is there?
"...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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I am probably over excited, as to the Finale of The Killing tonight.Comment
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I'm with you!Originally posted by Anna View Post
"...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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Strictly speaking, fhg got to "eclogues" before you, but since he and I seem to have been keeping the main line of this thread alive today on our own I am sure he will be happy to let you continue with an F.Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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AH! I only just got what he was going on about clogs for!Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
Well, he didn't spell Eclogue right so F-F-F-F-Forfeits the F...
He and others ought to get this in a trice:
What F connects Richard Strauss, Carl Nielsen and T.S. Eliot ?
"...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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Four? (Last Songs, Temperaments, Quartets)Comment
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