Alphabet associations - I

[Norfolk Born]

Cunning - or confusing? - two first names and a surname.
Isaac Stern, Isaac Constantine and Heinrich Isaac.

[Anna]

So, it is Fiddler on the Roof (as mentioned upthread by Norfy?)

[Norfolk Born]

Supppertime = log off! (I've got a 'J' ready if anybody's interested).

[Anna]

(genitive I think!) Constantin... (a Roman bloke so it ends in... )

So it ends in .......... what do female Romans end up in ......... (this could be the start of a very good Vulgaris joke!)

Well done Norfy, a hard one by Flay, I shall not be around for your J unfortunately. Oh, as an afterthought, as you are having your supper, your fave Black Farmer sausages, discontinued by Waitrose here, that's a shame.

[Flay]

Cunning - or confusing? - two first names and a surname.
Isaac Stern, Isaac Constantine and Heinrich Isaac.

I'll give it to you, Norfy.

Heinrich Isaac - Choralis Constantinus.
Isaac Stern.
The third one I was thinking about was "Story of Isaac" by Leonard Cohen (you would have got it by googling "Jewish songwriter story Isaac")

So over to you for a J and I'll catch up in a week or so

[Norfolk Born]

Which 'J' has written about: a former colonial capital; a former fur-trading settlement; and a former centre of the silk and textile industry? The first of the three is in a different country from the second and third.

[rubbernecker]

Which 'J' has written about: a former colonial capital; a former fur-trading settlement; and a former centre of the silk and textile industry? The first of the three is in a different country from the second and third.

Are we allowed to know whether this is literary or musical ?

[Norfolk Born]

Yes, you are.

[Norfolk Born]

It's musical.

[Norfolk Born]

When setting this question, I learned something about Ben Stiller's wife.....
EDIT: This clue should lead you to our third location, which should, hopefully, then set you on your way to the first and second, and thus to 'J'

[mercia]

Ben Stiller's wife.....

Christine Taylor from Allentown, Pennsylvania. Adelaide Silk Mill.
is the colonial capital Zanzibar?

[Norfolk Born]

Allentown is correct.
Zanzibar sadly is not (wrong continent)

[Norfolk Born]

How would you describe a Bramley, sizewise?

[mercia]

a Bramley, sizewise?

a Big Apple, so is New York the fur-trading settlement?
Cold Spring Harbor. am I skirting round Billy Joel?

[Norfolk Born]

Yes, 'Allentown' and 'New York State of Mind' by Billy Joel. You are now clear for take-off as you head for our third city (sound of rotors....)