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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26540

    Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View Post
    Here I am, after losing my wallet shopping and then having to file a complaint against the NHS on behalf of my elderly tenant
    Blimey Rotten start to 2013, LMP
    "...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

      Hard luck, LMP. Hope it all goes on the upswing from here on . Have a or a on me

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      • LeMartinPecheur
        Full Member
        • Apr 2007
        • 4717

        Just to help you back down some dead-ends, our Arrigoni isn't a composer (at least as far as I and Grove know!), but he employed composers. Our Agostini is a composer.
        I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!

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        • LeMartinPecheur
          Full Member
          • Apr 2007
          • 4717

          Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View Post
          (Might S. Maria be worth a try?)
          This is a hint. I could even have given a 'greater' one if my Italian had stretched to it

          Caliban and ams: thanks for the commiserations on my wallet loss. Fortunately there wasn't much cash in it but loads of cards (loyalty, NT, Eng Her etc etc as well as bank, plus a few concert tickets), and no cheering phonecall yet
          I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!

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          • mercia
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 8920

            I have Paolo Agostini, born 1593, sometime organist of S. Maria in Trasteverre, and succeeding Ugolini as Maestro at the Vatican Chapel, in 1627. He died in Sept 1629.

            and Vincenzo Ugolini, 1580-1638, worked for Cardinal Arrigoni in Rome, 1614.

            wrong Maria. Ugolini was mastra di capella of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, 1603.

            well wikipedia says mastra, do they mean maestra


            as far as I can see Agostini, Arrigoni and Ugolini probably also moonlight as footballers
            Last edited by mercia; 04-01-13, 20:23.

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            • LeMartinPecheur
              Full Member
              • Apr 2007
              • 4717

              Originally posted by mercia View Post
              I have Paolo Agostini, born 1593, sometime organist of S. Maria in Trasteverre, and succeeding Ugolini as Maestro at the Vatican Chapel, in 1627. He died in Sept 1629.

              and Vincenzo Ugolini, 1580-1638, worked for Cardinal Arrigoni in Rome, 1614.

              wrong Maria. Ugolini was mastra di capella of Santa Maggiore, Rome, 1603.

              well wikipedia says mastra, do they mean maestra


              as far as I can see Agostini, Arrigoni and Ugolini also moonlight as footballers
              V good, nay excellent, mercia - off you go with it!

              I guess you meant Santa Maria Maggiore: that's certainly from where Maria slipped into my clues.

              As for Agostini, it seems he made a real studs-up challenge on poor old Ugolini if I may pick up your footballer lead To quote Grove, "On 16 February 1626 [U] was discharged [as maestro of the Cappella Giulia at St Peter's], probably because he refused to take part in a public composition contest with Paolo Agostini, who was appointed to succeed him the following day."

              For anyone interested, the River-people offer some specimens of Agostini and Ugolini so we can check out whether they were right to boot out the latter in favour of the former. There may be one disc [KCC?] that offers both.

              EDIT No, there dosn't seem to be a single disc with samples of both. Indeed, 'Paolo Agostini' brings up just one MP3 track where Ugolini manages at least three CD entries. So it looks as if posterity may have judged Mr U to be the real winner!
              Last edited by LeMartinPecheur; 04-01-13, 23:06.
              I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!

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              • mercia
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 8920

                Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View Post
                I guess you meant Santa Maria Maggiore
                indeed I did

                I'm afraid V will have to wait until tomorrow unless anyone can come on as substitute

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                • mercia
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8920

                  I don't think this will detain you long


                  a V to connect

                  a governor of Peru, a King of the Huns and Frederick I Holy Roman Emperor





                  I think I may have done this question before, so a search thread will help
                  Last edited by mercia; 05-01-13, 05:58.

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                  • subcontrabass
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 2780

                    Originally posted by mercia View Post
                    I don't think this will detain you long


                    a V to connect

                    a governor of Peru, a King of the Huns and Frederick I Holy Roman Emperor


                    All characters in operas by Giuseppe Verdi:

                    Gusmano, Governor of Peru, appears in Alzira;

                    Attila, King of the Huns, appears in Attila;

                    Federico Barbarossa, German emperor, appears in La battaglia di Legnano.
                    Last edited by subcontrabass; 05-01-13, 11:51.

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                    • mercia
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8920

                      Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                      All characters in operas by Giuseppe Verdi:

                      Gusmano, Governor of Peru, appears in Alzira;

                      Attila, King of the Huns, appears in Attila;

                      Federico Barbarossa, German emperor, appears in La battaglia di Legnano.


                      apologies for delay
                      of course, absolutely correct subs. [erm, welcome back]
                      lesser-known (?) Verdi which I'm sure will get an outing this year

                      a question from you ????

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                      • subcontrabass
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 2780

                        Originally posted by mercia View Post
                        apologies for delay
                        of course, absolutely correct subs. [erm, welcome back]
                        lesser-known (?) Verdi which I'm sure will get an outing this year

                        a question from you ????
                        I have not been away - merely operating mainly in lurk mode.

                        A W to link Berg, Sheik, and Weisgall.

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                        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                          Gone fishin'
                          • Sep 2011
                          • 30163

                          Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                          A W to link Berg, Sheik, and Weisgall.
                          Your good health, subby!
                          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                            Gone fishin'
                            • Sep 2011
                            • 30163

                            Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                            Your very good health, subby!
                            I suspect "Wine":

                            Berg's concert aria after Baudelaire;
                            Weisgall's song cycle Lyric Interval upon texts from John Hollander's Blue Wine;

                            ... and (?) Duncan Sheik's Music Theatre piece Spring Awakening, during the interval of which wine was served ... ???!
                            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                            • subcontrabass
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 2780

                              Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                              I suspect "Wine":

                              Berg's concert aria after Baudelaire;
                              Weisgall's song cycle Lyric Interval upon texts from John Hollander's Blue Wine;

                              ... and (?) Duncan Sheik's Music Theatre piece Spring Awakening, during the interval of which wine was served ... ???!
                              Spring Awakening is relevant, but not the rest.

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                              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                                Gone fishin'
                                • Sep 2011
                                • 30163

                                Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                                Spring Awakening is relevant, but not the rest.
                                So ...

                                Wedekind:

                                Berg: Lulu;
                                Weisgall: The Tenor;
                                Sheik: Spring Awakening

                                ... all Operas/Music Theatre pieces based on plays by Wedekind.
                                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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