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  • Flay
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 5795

    Originally posted by cloughie View Post
    Don't do it Flay - we'll come up with an answer.
    Thanks, it was a near thing...

    Originally posted by cloughie View Post
    Are we looking for a composer, performer and is it a forename or a surname?
    A composer's "surname"
    Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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    • antongould
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 8786

      Are the clues from the composer's works or from his/her life?

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26540

        Originally posted by Flay View Post
        Sorry! brain too addled this evening for puzzles! Plus the Masterchef grand final and Self and Hitchens knocking seven shades out of each other on Question Time!

        Wacky G puzzles are often Grainger: wild stab in the dark
        "...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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        • Flay
          Full Member
          • Mar 2007
          • 5795

          Originally posted by antongould View Post
          Are the clues from the composer's works or from his/her life?
          They are his works. If I had put the exact names of the pieces then it would have been instantly Googlable.
          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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          • Flay
            Full Member
            • Mar 2007
            • 5795

            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
            Sorry! brain too addled this evening for puzzles! Plus the Masterchef grand final and Self and Hitchens knocking seven shades out of each other on Question Time!
            Wacky G puzzles are often Grainger: wild stab in the dark
            Drat, I missed Masterchef. I saw some last night - it was incredibly exacting (although the food was far too faffy for my liking).

            Not Grainger. But the name is somewhat odd
            Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26540

              Originally posted by Flay View Post
              Drat, I missed Masterchef. I saw some last night - it was incredibly exacting (although the food was far too faffy for my liking).
              I found the prissy o.t.t. food preparation and the customers almost impossible to watch last night...
              "...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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              • Flay
                Full Member
                • Mar 2007
                • 5795

                This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Mercobi. You're my only hope...
                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                • antongould
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8786

                  Originally posted by Flay View Post
                  Drat, I missed Masterchef. I saw some last night - it was incredibly exacting (although the food was far too faffy for my liking).

                  Not Grainger. But the name is somewhat odd
                  Gounod is somewhat odd.......

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                  • Flay
                    Full Member
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 5795

                    Originally posted by antongould View Post
                    Gounod is somewhat odd.......
                    Perhaps, but not the answer. I do like his Petite Symphonie.

                    What was #28766 all about?
                    Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                    • Flay
                      Full Member
                      • Mar 2007
                      • 5795

                      OK, a confession. The composer's surname does not begin with G. But then again it does...
                      Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26540

                        Originally posted by Flay View Post
                        OK, a confession. The composer's surname does not begin with G. But then again it does...
                        You're not making life any easier!!



                        I was about to post Grieg. The 'Lyric Pieces' have titles which could fit. You said the name was like Anna - starting and ending with the same letter?

                        or is it an out and out palindrome?
                        "...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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                        • cloughie
                          Full Member
                          • Dec 2011
                          • 22127

                          Originally posted by Flay View Post
                          OK, a confession. The composer's surname does not begin with G. But then again it does...
                          So it's got a G in it somewhere and there's a palindrome somewhere.

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                          • cloughie
                            Full Member
                            • Dec 2011
                            • 22127

                            Originally posted by Flay View Post
                            Drat, I missed Masterchef. I saw some last night - it was incredibly exacting (although the food was far too faffy for my liking).
                            A very good final - I've dipped in and out of this series but I really like M Roux Jr - his advice and encouragement is great and just the right balance of carrot and stick.

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26540

                              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                              A very good final - I've dipped in and out of this series but I really like M Roux Jr - his advice and encouragement is great and just the right balance of carrot and stick.
                              Couldn't agree more, Roux Jr has turned into a TV topbloke. Those eyes, great dark holes - flashing disapproval ("It's not right") or approval ("It's delicious")
                              "...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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                              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                                Gone fishin'
                                • Sep 2011
                                • 30163

                                Originally posted by Flay View Post
                                OK, a confession. The composer's surname does not begin with G. But then again it does...
                                Are we talking about a nom de plume? Like Heseltine/Warlock - but not him, obviously?
                                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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