Alphabet associations - I

[subcontrabass]

Bloomin' 'eck, that was quick - or too easy

Care to expand? I want them all, mind you.

Bruckner: Abendzauber (translates as "Evening Magic") in G flat, for Tenor solo, 3 Yodellers, male chorus and 4 horns

Mary Schneider (surname translates as "Tailor" or "Dressmaker") - Australian performer, renowned for yodelling works of classic composers

Royal Opera House, 31 July 2011: "Voices Across the World" concerts included "extreme yodelling" by Christian Zehnder

[Flay]

100% well done

Have a listen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSYGZlwWVVo

But don't get carried away:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/8207015/Austrian-man-convicted-for-yodelling-while-Muslim-neighbours-prayed.html

[subcontrabass]

Now for a Z linked to, amongst others, Alban, Anton and Erich.

[Nick Armstrong]

Bruckner: Abendzauber (translates as "Evening Magic") in G flat, for Tenor solo, 3 Yodellers, male chorus and 4 horns

Mary Schneider (surname translates as "Tailor" or "Dressmaker") - Australian performer, renowned for yodelling works of classic composers

Royal Opera House, 31 July 2011: "Voices Across the World" concerts included "extreme yodelling" by Christian Zehnder

I don't which of those is the scariest. Maybe even more scary is that scb apparently had that info in his head...

I actually want to hear what the Bruckner sounds like

[subcontrabass]

I don't which of those is the scariest. Maybe even more scary is that scb apparently had that info in his head...

I actually want to hear what the Bruckner sounds like

Not in my head - just digging around on the internet.

You can hear the Bruckner here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mOpRZlXhaQ or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPT6c12DWlU

[Nick Armstrong]

Not in my head - just digging around on the internet.

You can hear the Bruckner here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mOpRZlXhaQ or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPT6c12DWlU

Thanks scb. I suspect I shan't be listening to that again!!

I have no idea about your Z other than to ask is the 'Alban' Herr Gerhardt the cellist?

[subcontrabass]

Thanks scb. I suspect I shan't be listening to that again!!

I have no idea about your Z other than to ask is the 'Alban' Herr Gerhardt the cellist?

No.

[rubbernecker]

Now for a Z linked to, amongst others, Alban, Anton and Erich.

Is this our old pal Zemlinsky who studied with Anton Bruckner, who taught Erich Korngold and was the muse and dedicateee of Alban Berg's Lyric Suite?

[subcontrabass]

Is this our old pal Zemlinsky who studied with Anton Bruckner, who taught Erich Korngold and was the muse and dedicateee of Alban Berg's Lyric Suite?

Wrong Anton. Alban Berg was a pupil of Zemlinsky, as was also the Anton in question.

[rubbernecker]

I always thought there was a Webern connection but I can't seem to lay my finger on it...

[Nick Armstrong]

I can't seem to lay my finger on it...

Perhaps you should see a neurologist

[rubbernecker]

...and I see his grandfather was called Anton and he studied piano with Anton Door, but surely Ol' Dumbell Door wouldn't be that obscure..?

[subcontrabass]

I always thought there was a Webern connection but I can't seem to lay my finger on it...

According to Grove: "From 1903 Zemlinsky taught orchestration at the Schwarzwald school, where his pupils included Berg, Horwitz, Jalowetz, Erwin Stein and Webern (a later, private composition pupil was Korngold). "

How about A nice question?

[rubbernecker]

How about A nice question?

Thanks, scb. I am afraid I am still upset that we have blithely leapfrogged over X, and therefore humbly submit this for your delectation and in order to rectify matters (and also to complete this particular round of the alphabet).

How does XYZ connect the following:
- a policeman;
- two yesmen;
- three frenchmen?

[Anna]

Oh, I think I know the first one. Andy Summers was a member of The Police and had a solo release called XYZ? Don't know about the other two elements yet .......... (sorry to be a bit slow, but are the other elements therefore answerable to Y and Z or am I yet again deluded and this is an A?)