Originally posted by mercia
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is't there someone called Clemen* not - something?? -
Clemens non Papa?Comment
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Exactamente!Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
But the D , I think, goes to mercia who gave us Clemency Burton-Hill and Clementi. The Clementi piece is The Black Joke with 21 variations...Comment
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oops, a combination of misunderstanding your clues and not finding the Black Joke there I think
what D are
openers by Frank, Josef and Anton
EDIT - sorry I mean Antonin not Anton <doh>Comment
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You are a generous soul, mercsOriginally posted by mercia View Post
Methinks vints had polished off a bottle each of Ch. Pape Clément and Ch.Climens over luncheon to come up with that puzzle 
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Originally posted by amateur51 View PostMethinks vints had polished off a bottle each of Ch. Pape Clément and Ch.Climens over luncheon to come up with that puzzle
[I wish
... I've never had the chance to try a ch Climens
. (Actually the bottle of ch Beychevelle 2002 which I took to the lunch was quite drinkable 
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
Gave my last bottle away before Christmas to a colleague who did my will gratis. I like a nice Beychevelle.
Your question was a stinker, vindebordeaux, and mercia deserves a medal for finding a way in...
"...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 agree. Here:Originally posted by Caliban View Post[ mercia deserves a medal for finding a way in...
[But at least my questions don't require a knowledge of show tunes or Japanese characters
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MISTAKE ALERT - MISTAKE ALERT - MISTAKE ALERT
sorry chaps I meant Antonin not AntonComment
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Dammit I had a devil of a time looking up BrucknerPacta sunt servanda !!!Comment
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Should we be bird watching?
Dvorak's The Wood Dove (Overture)
Haydn's In Dove Grey mantle a Recit from The Seasons
... err ...
and Frank Martin's recently discovered Dove Prelude?
[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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that is what I mean by openerOriginally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
not doves or devils I fear
yes provisionally to Dvorak
different Josef and FrankComment
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no, we should be looking at the Devil:
Schubert Des Teufels Lustschloß (Google translates this a "The Devil's pleasure palace" )
Der krumme Teufel (The Lame Devil), Haydn's first opera
and Dvořák's The Devil and Kate (Čert a Káča)
Darnit and Drat it, just seen Mercia's reply.Pacta sunt servanda !!!Comment
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Right composer, wrong work?Originally posted by mercia View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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