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  • Northender

    You're looking for 5 settings of the same poem.
    Perhaps I'd better offer further 'nominal' help:
    Arthur Somervell
    Graham Peel
    Janet Hamilton
    Hugh Stevenson Roberton
    Reginald T Johnson

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    • mercia
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      • Nov 2010
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      phew - looks like In Summertime on Bredon has been set by those and several other composers


      I suspect Anna knew that answer all along

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      • Nick Armstrong
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        • Nov 2010
        • 26539

        Originally posted by mercia View Post
        phew - looks like In Summertime on Bredon has been set by those and several other composers


        I suspect Anna knew that answer all along

        I found that very testing!

        It's reassuring you did too, mercs!

        Must get back in the swing this weekend....
        "...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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        • Anna

          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          phew - looks like In Summertime on Bredon
          I suspect Anna knew that answer all along
          No mercia, I didn't know it. I just looked briefly at the question and thought Shropshire but then was offline.
          Welcome back Caliban - did you have an exciting week with your visitors?

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          • Northender

            Originally posted by mercia View Post
            phew - looks like In Summertime on Bredon has been set by those and several other composers
            [url]http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8364[/url]

            I suspect Anna knew that answer all along
            That looks familiar - possibly because that's where I checked the puzzle before setting it!

            To sum up before mercia brews the T:

            They all set Housman's 'Bredon Hill', all naming their songs (In) 'Summertime on Bredon':
            Arthur Somervell in 1904, Graham Peel in 1911, Janet Hamilton in 1919, Hugh Stevenson Roberton in 1931 and Reginald T Johnson in 1939.
            Some chap called Williamson did the same, but I couldn't track down the publication date.

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            • Nick Armstrong
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              • Nov 2010
              • 26539

              Originally posted by Anna View Post
              No mercia, I didn't know it. I just looked briefly at the question and thought Shropshire but then was offline.
              Welcome back Caliban - did you have an exciting week with your visitors?

              I did thank you, Anna... Really good (though hellishly expensive) half-day at the Harry Potter studio tour at Warner Bros in Herts. - fascinating even for non-fans like me: the level of detail in design, architecture, puppetry, all sorts of skills... mind-boggling! Amazing to tap the full-size houses in the backlot, and find that what looks (even 2 cms away) like brick is just papier mâché... Plus a visual blast at the cinema (Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus'), nice eating out (nothing flash) and also in....

              The joys of home-made mayonnaise
              "...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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              • mercia
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                • Nov 2010
                • 8920

                Originally posted by Northender View Post
                before mercia brews the T
                all these names that have disappeared off the radar (well mine anyway) Janet Hamilton ? Graham Peel ? Reginald T Johnson ?

                'fraid I can't match S for intricacy

                T connecting

                piano pieces opus 7 & 11 and the last movement of an eighth symphony

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                • Nick Armstrong
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26539

                  Originally posted by mercia View Post
                  T connecting
                  piano pieces opus 7 & 11 and the last movement of an eighth symphony
                  Toccata!
                  Op 7 = Schumann
                  Op 11 = Prokofiev
                  Symphony No 8 last movement = Vaughan Williams

                  "...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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                  • amateur51

                    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                    Toccata!
                    Op 7 = Schumann
                    Op 11 = Prokofiev
                    Symphony No 8 last movement = Vaughan Williams

                    Oh bravo Caliban! Your break has clearly done you good

                    I was struggling away in vain with tarantella

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                    • mercia
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8920

                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      Toccata!
                      Op 7 = Schumann
                      Op 11 = Prokofiev
                      Symphony No 8 last movement = Vaughan Williams
                      just about to supply a clue - it wasn't needed
                      hope you didn't spend too much time on that

                      it must be your go

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                      • Nick Armstrong
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26539

                        Originally posted by mercia View Post
                        just about to supply a clue - it wasn't needed
                        hope you didn't spend too much time on thatit must be your go

                        No it was fine, I've been doing some work... happened to know that one, thanks mercs

                        Self-confidence duly boosted, I shall try and find a U. I will be away a couple of hours over lunch though.
                        "...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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                        • amateur51

                          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                          I will be away a couple of hours over lunch though.
                          Caliban Chambers' chef must be offering grilled dover sole as a Friday treat - they can be fiddling things to eat on the bone if you're in a hurry

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                          • Nick Armstrong
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26539

                            Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                            Caliban Chambers' chef must be offering grilled dover sole as a Friday treat - they can be fiddling things to eat on the bone if you're in a hurry
                            Nahhh..... Dim Sum at the Chinese Cricket Club

                            Have to go now. Haven't come up with a U yet. With apologies, can I resume play after the luncheon interval?

                            "...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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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26539

                              Good afternoon.

                              A U please, to unite two Pasquinis, a van Eyck and Jean-Philippe Rameau
                              "...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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                              • Northender

                                Am I bit cuckoo, or have you invited us to an office wedding?

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