Alphabet associations - I

[Norfolk Born]

I suspect that the answer to Don Petter's 'P' was one of those you either did or didn't know (if you know that I mean). I always hoped that the time I spent trainspotting all those years ago would prove useful. Here's an 'R' question for your joint and several delectation:

Which R has something in common with Ludwig van Beethoven, Benjamin Britten and Francis Poulenc?

[Tapiola]

Romance?

They all composed works or movements entitled "Romance".

[Norfolk Born]

You're on the right lines inasmuch as certain compositions will help you towards the answer, but the connections are more specific, comprising between 2 and 6 words (excluding the definite and indefinite articles), and the actual answer is a name.

[Tapiola]

Hmm...

I was going to say "rage" but then you have qualified the answer by saying it is a name...

[Tapiola]

Robert?

Beethoven's Scottish Songs contain settings by Robert Burns, Britten sets Robert Burns in "A Birthday Hansel" and Poulenc sets Robert Desnos in "Dernier Poeme".

(If this is wrong I will shut up for a while...)

[Norfolk Born]

It's wrong, but please don't feel you have to shut up. Would it help if I said you're looking for a surname?

[Norfolk Born]

Time for another clue, perhaps: 'R' is a fourth composer.

[Nick Armstrong]

You've set a real poser this time, OFCA!!! Time for bed, with aching head...!

[Norfolk Born]

...as long as you awake with cheerful feelings on arriving in the country...

[Norfolk Born]

...as long as you awake with cheerful feelings on arriving in the country...

(It seems I have to post again for the edit to appear as a new posting).

[Tapiola]

[Tapiola]

Is the answer Ravel?

[Norfolk Born]

The first two letters of your answer are correct...to help further, you should discover the composer in question via, respectively, a very well-known symphony, a work for soloists and orchestra and three works for four players. Other than give you the answer, I'm not sure how much more helpful I can be!

[Tapiola]

Dear me... Rawsthorne?

[Norfolk Born]

Yup! Would you care to elucidate?