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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26540

    Kirkwall: St Magnus, Martyrdom of (opera by Maxwell Davis)

    Gabriele: d'Annunzio, collaborated with Debussy on Le martyre de St Sébastien

    Millman: [I'll get back to you.......]


    ....Ah ha! A little-known Gilbert and Sullivan, forsooth!! The Martyr of Antioch based on the 1822 epic poem by Henry Hart Milman (the Dean of St. Paul's) concerning the martyrdom of St. Margaret of Antioch in the 3rd century (thank you Wikipedia)

    Good puzzle mercs, I'll go to bed less stupid (or at least, feeling so...)
    "...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
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      • Nov 2010
      • 26540

      Some seasonal festivity appears to be detaining mercs, and I shall be offline for a bit too

      Would it be presumptuous to offer an N?

      For example, one linking Cremona with Don Giovanni and the Blue Danube ... ?
      "...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
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 8920

        apologies for the delay


        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
        Kirkwall: St Magnus, Martyrdom of (opera by Maxwell Davis)

        Gabriele: d'Annunzio, collaborated with Debussy on Le martyre de St Sébastien

        Millman: [I'll get back to you.......]


        ....Ah ha! A little-known Gilbert and Sullivan, forsooth!! The Martyr of Antioch based on the 1822 epic poem by Henry Hart Milman (the Dean of St. Paul's) concerning the martyrdom of St. Margaret of Antioch in the 3rd century (thank you Wikipedia)

        well done !!

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26540

          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          well done !!
          Thanks!

          Off to my work Christmas party... ... ahem

          ... so talk amongst yourselves and I'll return to consider lucidly any suggestions for the above N puzzle!
          "...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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          • antongould
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 8792

            It's nice to return and find pages of wonderful stuff - very well done all.

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26540

              Originally posted by antongould View Post
              It's nice to return and find pages of wonderful stuff - very well done all.
              Been somewhere nice?

              Glad that my festive frolicking this evening did not lead to any delay in dealing with the flood of responses to my puzzle!
              "...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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              • hedgehog

                N is a person with rather more than a passing fancy for Purcell?

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                • Nick Armstrong
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26540

                  Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                  N is a person with rather more than a passing fancy for Purcell?
                  Certainly a person... No idea about Purcellian proclivities!
                  "...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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                  • antongould
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 8792

                    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                    Been somewhere nice?

                    Glad that my festive frolicking this evening did not lead to any delay in dealing with the flood of responses to my puzzle!
                    Nowhere.....pressure of work dear boy ......struggling in N terms

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26540

                      Originally posted by antongould View Post
                      Nowhere.....pressure of work dear boy ......struggling in N terms
                      Ah yes....

                      Remunerative work I hope, not simply labouring under the yoke of Lady Gould?

                      The N is a 20th/21st Century person
                      "...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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                      • hedgehog

                        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                        Certainly a person... No idea about Purcellian proclivities!

                        This fella Caliban : http://youtu.be/jshPPVOJDb8

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26540

                          Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                          This fella Caliban : http://youtu.be/jshPPVOJDb8
                          Ah yes! Don't much care for the fella's stuff but still...

                          Care to dish up some breakfast coleslaw?
                          "...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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                          • antongould
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8792

                            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                            Ah yes....

                            Remunerative work I hope, not simply labouring under the yoke of Lady Gould?

                            The N is a 20th/21st Century person

                            Yes remunerative but when she rises I shall of course switch to the more important sort.....will try to squeeze in Bruckner 7.....

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                            • hedgehog

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post

                              Care to dish up some breakfast coleslaw?
                              Latish dinner where I am at the moment so a bit more palatable :

                              Nyman amongst other works : In Re Giovanni, The Otherwise Very Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz.
                              I think he one a prize from Cremona but there is also a film for which he did the music ( and also appears in?) "I'll stake my Cremona to a Jew's Trump"

                              Now, perhaps someone would like to hunt down this O to link natives of Tokyo, Montreal and Baltimore.

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                              • Nick Armstrong
                                Host
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 26540



                                ...dinner?! Where are you, Aus/NZ?
                                "...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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