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  • antongould
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    • Nov 2010
    • 8786

    William Brocklesby
    Barry and
    Bishop Christopher?

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    • subcontrabass
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      • Nov 2010
      • 2780

      Originally posted by antongould View Post
      William Brocklesby
      Barry and
      Bishop Christopher?


      That's the set. By convention your choice of X, Y, Z, or A to continue.

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      • antongould
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        • Nov 2010
        • 8786

        A Y to connect

        Questions Without Answers for piano and saxophone
        A cellist's extended holiday
        A Non Smoking ensemble

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        • subcontrabass
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          • Nov 2010
          • 2780

          Originally posted by antongould View Post
          A Y to connect

          Questions Without Answers for piano and saxophone
          A cellist's extended holiday
          A Non Smoking ensemble
          The last two seem to lead to a country that no longer exists (a federal state that has broken up).

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          • antongould
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            • Nov 2010
            • 8786

            Indeed they do - expand at your own pace

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            • subcontrabass
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              • Nov 2010
              • 2780

              Originally posted by antongould View Post
              Indeed they do - expand at your own pace
              I cannot find anything for the first one, but the other two lead to Yugoslavia:

              Cellist Antonio Janigro was on holiday in Yugoslavia in 1939 at the outbreak of World War 2 and was forced to remain there for the duration of the war.

              The "No Smoking Orchestra" started in 1980 in Sarajevo (which was then in Yugoslavia).

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              • antongould
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                • Nov 2010
                • 8786

                Indeed it is the first is a piece by Peter Bergamo a composer from that "neck of the woods" Z/A to you sir!

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26540

                  Originally posted by antongould View Post
                  expand at your own pace
                  Story of my life...



                  I wish I could stay online long enough these days to tackle some of these very interesting puzzles... Moreover, am off to France tomorrow for a couple of days on the ceaseless quest for succulent patisserie &c &c..
                  "...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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                  • antongould
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 8786

                    Good luck with that young man!

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                    • subcontrabass
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 2780

                      A Z to link:

                      (a) some different Questions Without Answers;
                      (b) a cellist and composer;
                      (c) some large spirits.

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                      • amateur51

                        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                        Story of my life...



                        I wish I could stay online long enough these days to tackle some of these very interesting puzzles... Moreover, am off to France tomorrow for a couple of days on the ceaseless quest for succulent patisserie &c &c..
                        Have a grand trip, Caliban - photies of old favourites and new delights, svp

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                        • amateur51

                          Zoltan?

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                          • subcontrabass
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 2780

                            Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                            Zoltan?
                            No. Clues:

                            (a) has an amphibian connection
                            (b) is Italian

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                            • mercia
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                              • Nov 2010
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                              (b) Francesco Zappa 1763 - 1788 - Italian composer & cellist

                              (a) ?? Zappa confluentus - a monotypic genus of mudskipper goby named after musician Frank Zappa "for his articulate and sagacious defense of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution" [questions without answers ???? ]

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                              • subcontrabass
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 2780

                                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                                (b) Francesco Zappa 1763 - 1788 - Italian composer & cellist

                                (a) ?? Zappa confluentus - a monotypic genus of mudskipper goby named after musician Frank Zappa "for his articulate and sagacious defense of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution" [questions without answers ???? ]
                                (b)

                                One down, two to go. Note the capital letters in (a).

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