Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

I should of course have said musical birthplaces

[antongould]

They are indeed and of whom?

[LeMartinPecheur]

Um well, Ciboure is the birthplace of Ravel, St-Germain-en-Laye of Debussy (or Jean Alain), and Gutersloh of Henze.

[subcontrabass]

Gutersloh of...erm...

Hans Werner Henze

[amateur51]

Um well, Ciboure is the birthplace of Ravel, St-Germain-en-Laye of Debussy (or Jean Alain), and Gutersloh of Henze.

Hans Werner Henze, apparently Ooops too late

[LeMartinPecheur]

Hans Werner Henze

You just beat my edit!

[antongould]

And the U that links them?

[LeMartinPecheur]

Undine!!!

Ravel: Ondine (Gaspard); Henze: Undine (ballet); Debussy: Ondine (Prelude)

[antongould]

Most excellent

You can be Bobby Vee

[LeMartinPecheur]

My V is a lady from Shakespeare and a Schubert song, with the following attributes that need musical linking to her name: large arms and legs, stuck-up, illegitimate, but lovely with it. 6 answers needed.

[LeMartinPecheur]

6 answers, 6 italicized words...

Observe that not all the letters in the 6 words are highlighted.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

My V is a lady from Shakespeare and a Schubert song, with the following attributes that need musical linking to her name: large arms and legs, stuck-up, illegitimate, but lovely with it. 6 answers needed.

Viola (Twelfth Night)
Viola D786
Viola da Gamba
Viola da Braccio
... um-ti-tum
Viola da Bastarda
Viola d'Amore

[LeMartinPecheur]

FHG: yep, 4 right. She's still large and stuck-up though.

EDIT: ...though to be really pedantic, which of course I never am, it's viola bastarda, no 'da'.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

FHG: yep, 4 right. She's still large and stuck-up though.

"Bass" and "Alto"?

[LeMartinPecheur]

No, but you're very close with Alto.