Alphabet associations - I

[antongould]

William Brocklesby
Barry and
Bishop Christopher?

[subcontrabass]

William Brocklesby
Barry and
Bishop Christopher?

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

[antongould]

A Y to connect

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

[subcontrabass]

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).

[antongould]

Indeed they do - expand at your own pace

[subcontrabass]

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).

[antongould]

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

[Nick Armstrong]

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..

[antongould]

Good luck with that young man!

[subcontrabass]

A Z to link:

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

[amateur51]

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

[amateur51]

Zoltan?

[subcontrabass]

Zoltan?

No. Clues:

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

[mercia]

(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 ???? ]

[subcontrabass]

(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).