Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

Nuages

no details really necessary, but you can if you like

[rubbernecker]

no details really necessary, but you can if you like

Heavens forfend, my dear Mercia. Details are always necessary:
We had Liszt's Nuages Gris (a rather apt metaphor for almost all of his output, I would venture);
Debussy's Nuages from Nocturnes (this was referred to in one of my posts only a couple of days ago);
Clérambault's Cantata Le Soleil, Vaincquer des Nuages;
and the much-covered jazz composition by Django Reinhardt, called...er, ...

O - K, then, give me a little thinking time...

[rubbernecker]

An O to link a Maharajah title bestowed by a Duke, a custodian of the Duke of Cambridge and an operetta that sounds like it was sponsored by the Joseph Rowntree Trust

[subcontrabass]

An O to link a Maharajah title bestowed by a Duke, a custodian of the Duke of Cambridge and an operetta that sounds like it was sponsored by the Joseph Rowntree Trust

I thought the Oscars were next week.

[rubbernecker]

I thought the Oscars were next week.

And the award goes to scb for "Being a Smart*rse"

Now how about those all-important details...?

[subcontrabass]

And the award goes to scb for "Being a Smart*rse"

Now how about those all-important details...?

Oscar Petersen: called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington

Oscar Shumsky: custodian of a Stradivari of 1715 known as 'Ex-Pierre Rode' or the 'Duke of Cambridge'

Oscar Strauss: composer of The Chocolate Soldier

[rubbernecker]

Oscar Petersen: called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington

Oscar Shumsky: custodian of a Stradivari of 1715 known as 'Ex-Pierre Rode' or the 'Duke of Cambridge'

Oscar Strauss: composer of The Chocolate Soldier

Very good, scb. I would only add that in the 1970s the Joseph Rowntree Trust did sponsor Parliamentary secretarial posts, the holders of which were also known as Chocolate Soldiers.

Oh, and it is Oscar Peterson

P please, sir?

[Nick Armstrong]

Phenomenal work by scb in cracking a tough nut from rubbers - who I imagine thought his O would entertain the troops rather longer, no?

[subcontrabass]

A P which might be playful, syncopated, or a dance for two.

[rubbernecker]

A P which might be playful, syncopated, or a dance for two.

Pas?

Pah...!

[rubbernecker]

Phenomenal work by scb in cracking a tough nut from rubbers - who I imagine thought his O would entertain the troops rather longer, no?

I'm glad that appears to have been a source of merriment to you, Caliban. Always nice to round off one's natal day with a good chortle at my expense

[Norfolk Born]

Pizzicato?

[subcontrabass]

Pizzicato?

Details?

[Norfolk Born]

Britten: Playful Pizzicato from the Simple Symphony
Strauss: Pizzicato Polka?

[subcontrabass]

Britten: Playful Pizzicato from the Simple Symphony
Strauss: Pizzicato Polka?

Two down, one to go. Where do you most often encounter syncopation?