Alphabet associations - I

[amateur51]

no, U is not a composer, but obviously a composer is involved

time for misery ending and a well-deserved lie down/drink/whatever for ammie

the answer is Universe Symphony by Charles Ives, conceived in the Adirondack Mountains, making use of a "slab of marble" in the percussion section and quoting the hymn tune Bethany

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe_Symphony_(Ives)

well what can I say, it passed the time in a not very comfortable way .......... poor ammie
I think the W question will be of a much higher standard (couldn't be lower )

Oh cheers, mercs - ta for putting me out of my misery

Been watching the Leverson latest - lordy, Kelvin McKenzie is a vile piece of wossername But the Lord was ahead on points by the end, Kelvin calling him Sir

[Nick Armstrong]

Believe me, I have Caliban!

"Not a sausinge" as Bluebottle was wont to say

I'll try again - or why don't you leap in? I'm losing the will to live here & I need my nap

Mercia has saved your afternoon!

I thought it was a terrific question: perfect, mercia

I have a little wildcard M with sort of a connection to your U, in a sense, mercial...

What double M connects:

- part of a festive greeting

- a theatrical battle-axe

- a namesake of Humphrey Appleby's alter ego ?



(Don't let us keep you up, ammy! )

[mercia]

note to self - thoroughly test questions for getability before posting them.

[amateur51]

Mercia has saved your afternoon!

I thought it was a terrific question: perfect, mercia

I have a little wildcard M with sort of a connection to your U, in a sense, mercial...

What double M connects:

- part of a festive greeting

- a theatrical battle-axe

- a namesake of Humphrey Appleby's alter ego ?



(Don't let us keep you up, ammy! )

Is the namesake a Nigel or a Hawthorne, Calibs?

[Nick Armstrong]

note to self - thoroughly test questions for getability before posting them.

Yours was gettable, I think! It was testing, true - but the mix of straightforward and less so is the spice of AA!

Not a Nigel, amms

[subcontrabass]

Yours was gettable, I think! It was testing, true - but the mix of straightforward and less so is the spice of AA!

Not a Nigel, amms

You seem to have set us on a somewhat winding uphill path.

[Nick Armstrong]

uphill

[antongould]

note to self - thoroughly test questions for getability before posting them.

No I loved the question and in my trawlings through wiki the U symphony had come up.
As we have said so often nothing is wasted my knowledge of the mountains of New York State has increased one hundred fold and I am quite up on Bethany and Lazarus - but as ever my marble let me down. The sheer never give up spirit of Am really does make one proud to be British....

[amateur51]

No I loved the question and in my trawlings through wiki the U symphony had come up.
As we have said so often nothing is wasted my knowledge of the mountains of New York State has increased one hundred fold and I am quite up on Bethany and Lazarus - but as ever my marble let me down. The sheer never give up spirit of Am really does make one proud to be British....

} Cheers anton!

Typical of me - I know precisely the right questions to ask - just don't understand the answers

[Nick Armstrong]

No I loved the question and in my trawlings through wiki the U symphony had come up.
As we have said so often nothing is wasted my knowledge of the mountains of New York State has increased one hundred fold and I am quite up on Bethany and Lazarus - but as ever my marble let me down. The sheer never give up spirit of Am really does make one proud to be British....

[mercia]

my knowledge of the mountains of New York State has increased one hundred fold

starting from quite a high (mountainous) level I should think, anton

[mercia]

make one proud to be British....

something has to ....

[Nick Armstrong]

starting from quite a high (mountainous) level I should think, anton

Was your utterance of 50% of the answer to my M deliberate, mercia ?

This is one you can answer without fearing question-setting duties! Fhg should be back with the promised W soon... so knock yourself out !

[mercia]

Was your utterance of 50% of the answer to my M deliberate, mercia ?

er, no, can't say in all honesty that I've looked at your question yet

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Charles Ives, conceived in the Adirondack Mountains, making use of a "slab of marble"

This theatrical battle-axe: is it Peggy Mount?