Alphabet associations - I

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

They all ... are examples of, ballade

Details, please?

[rubbernecker]

Details, please?

I was hoping you weren't going to ask

[Nick Armstrong]

Details, please?

Yes please... I thought about Ballade but couldn't get any Cleese connection

The Zumsteeg one is a shocker:

Des Pfarrers Tochter von Taubenhain
The Pastor's Daughter of Taubenhain

In the pastor's garden at Taubenhain
there's a sinister stirring by night,
with sighs and groans and terrible moans
and rattles and cries in pitiful tones,
as when hawks gentle ringdoves affright.

A flickering light on the stagnant pool
is mournfully glimm'ring and glowing.
One spot there is on which grass never grew,
that never is moist with rain or with dew,
but o'er which a chill wind is blowing.




She was only a Pastor's daughter
But she certainly.... [answers on a postcard please, to: Rubber Castle, M4 Corridor]

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Zumsteeg is spot on. Instead of John Cleese, I could have said "Eric Idle" or "Michael Palin" or "Graham Chapman" or any of that "team".

[Flay]

I was hoping you weren't going to ask

Perhaps Clara's Soirees Musicales?

[rubbernecker]

Zumsteeg: Des Pfarrers Tochter von Taubenhain;
Schumann: Romanzen and Balladen;
Machaut: Je ne cuit pas.

I must admit the last is bit of a punt. I can only assume it's a line uttered by Basil Fawlty when he discovers his chef is drunk and incapable...?

EDIT: Scrub that, you're referring to Machaut's ballad Phython, le mervilleus serpent

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Perhaps Clara's Soirees Musicales?

... the fourth of which is called Ballade

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Machaut: Je ne cuit pas.

I must admit the last is bit of a punt. I can only assume it's a line uttered by Basil Fawlty when he discovers his chef is drunk and incapable...?

No

EDIT: Oh, you're referring to Monty Python's ballad of Oliver Cromwell!

No: but bear that in mind as you research Machaut.

[rubbernecker]

No: but bear that in mind as you research Machaut.

Indeed. Sorry for cross-posting. Corrected above

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

EDIT: Scrub that, you're referring to Machaut's ballad Phython, le mervilleus serpent

So; three Ballades by Machaut (Phython, le mervilleus serpent; Clara Schumann and She was only a Parson's Daughter, but she certainly knew how to Curate by Zumsteeg.

Rubbers got the lion's share, with Cali and Flay mentioned in dispatches. A rubbery C is keenly anticipated.

[rubbernecker]

C to link
- a zarzuela from one more famous for a minuet;
- part of a Roman Basilica which lends its name to a chamber orchestra;
- a tale featuring a certain gentleman's personal gentleman.

[Nick Armstrong]

C to link
- a zarzuela from one more famous for a minuet;
- part of a Roman Basilica which lends its name to a chamber orchestra;
- a tale featuring a certain gentleman's personal gentleman.

Clementine / Clementina?

Boccherini wrote a famous minuet and a zarzuela called La Clementina, and St Peter's Basilica has a 'Capella Clementina'. Can't find the orchestra or anything to do with the tale featuring &c. &c.

[rubbernecker]

Clementine / Clementina?

Boccherini wrote a famous minuet and a zarzuela called La Clementina, and St Peter's Basilica has a 'Capella Clementina'. Can't find the orchestra or anything to do with the tale featuring &c. &c.

But I'm disappointed you didn't get the last. A famous literary creation with whom I am sure Sir is familiar.

[Nick Armstrong]

But I'm disappointed you didn't get the last. A famous literary creation with whom I am sure Sir is familiar.

Well I scoured my brain re: Jeeves / Bertie W... couldn't make anything stick

[amateur51]

Well I scoured my brain re: Jeeves / Bertie W... couldn't make anything stick

Jeeves & The Kid Clementine?