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  • subcontrabass
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 2780

    Originally posted by mercia View Post
    not sure. some websites are giving Henry Eccles as son of Solomon and brother of John but not telling me of any Sheakespeare connection.
    It is another Solomon Eccles (1649-1710). Some music he wrote for one play in 1700 was recycled for Henry IV Part 1.

    I think you get the privilege of giving us an 'F'.

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    • mercia
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 8920

      that's very generous. I don't honestly think I would ever have got that.

      an F ....... sometime ......... soonish ................

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      • mercia
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 8920

        an F to connect

        a clarinet bagatelle, a Bach suite and Maurice's musical memorial to a fallen friend

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        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
          Gone fishin'
          • Sep 2011
          • 30163

          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          an F to connect

          a clarinet bagatelle, a Bach suite and Maurice's musical memorial to a fallen friend
          Getting this right is a Forlane hope!

          Bach Orch Suite No1
          Finzi
          Tombeau de Couperin
          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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          • mercia
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 8920

            oh dear, oh dear too easy, and all that time spent composing it

            well done fhg

            a G for you

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            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
              Gone fishin'
              • Sep 2011
              • 30163

              Which lute-playing G connects:

              a paternal madrigalist
              a regal ensemble
              Eisler's prosperous journey
              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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              • subcontrabass
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 2780

                Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                Which lute-playing G connects:

                a paternal madrigalist
                a regal ensemble
                Eisler's prosperous journey
                Galileo?

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                • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                  Gone fishin'
                  • Sep 2011
                  • 30163

                  Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                  Galileo?
                  Magnifico!

                  Care to elucidate?
                  [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                  • subcontrabass
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 2780

                    Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                    Magnifico!

                    Care to elucidate?
                    Galileo Galilei, amongst his other accomplishments, played the lute.

                    His father, Vincenzo Galilei, composed (amongst other works) two books of madrigals.

                    Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody includes the name "Galileo" several times.

                    Hans Eisler composed Galileo Galilei (libretto by Brecht) whilst in exile in USA.

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26524

                      Originally posted by mercia View Post
                      oh dear, oh dear too easy, and all that time spent composing it

                      well done fhg

                      Very well done because it was NOT an easy one - a splendid novel F, Forlane.... that word had completely escaped me at any rate.



                      And I hope scb or fhg will explain Galileo as I have NO IDEA where that comes from.

                      I think my brain has been damaged by Christmas sherry....

                      EDIT: Explanation given - thanks scb! I need a coffee urgently !!
                      "...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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                      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                        Gone fishin'
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 30163

                        Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                        Galileo Galilei, amongst his other accomplishments, played the lute.

                        His father, Vincenzo Galilei, composed (amongst other works) two books of madrigals.

                        Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody includes the name "Galileo" several times.

                        Hans Eisler composed Galileo Galilei (libretto by Brecht) whilst in exile in USA.
                        Spot on, and the incidental Music for Brecht's Life of Galileo was "recycled" by Eisler under the title Gluckliche Fahrt (Prosperous Journey) after Goethe - which I'd hoped would be a cunning Red Herring!

                        Ho-Hum; the aitch is yours.
                        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                        • subcontrabass
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 2780

                          Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                          Spot on, and the incidental Music for Brecht's Life of Galileo was "recycled" by Eisler under the title Gluckliche Fahrt (Prosperous Journey) after Goethe - which I'd hoped would be a cunning Red Herring!

                          Ho-Hum; the aitch is yours.
                          Hmmm... Gluckliche Fahrt 1946, Galileo Galilei 1947 ?


                          An H to link:

                          (1) a German carpet maker
                          (2) an Austrian critic
                          (3) a Danish librettist

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                          • vinteuil
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 12798

                            I do hope that subcontra would not have such bad taste as to have "Bomber" Harris as his answer for making carpets in Germany...

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                            • subcontrabass
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 2780

                              Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                              I do hope that subcontra would not have such bad taste as to have "Bomber" Harris as his answer for making carpets in Germany...
                              You should be looking for someone musical who was born in Germany.

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                              • Don Petter

                                Hans, by any chance?

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