Groan's Dictionary of Music and Musicians - Revised Edition

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  • Flay
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 5795

    #61
    And Mr Flay would like to say: Brilliant additions folks!

    Da Capo al Fine - nice hat, mister

    Capriccio - a tiara
    Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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    • notnerb
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 33

      #62
      rondo - late US president's favourite saying

      da capo - conductor with links to the mafia

      scordatura - away goal

      meno mosso - weedkiller for lawns

      mascagni - prevalence of violent criminals in a population

      clarinet - sample bottle of beauty product

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      • EdgeleyRob
        Guest
        • Nov 2010
        • 12180

        #63
        Nonet - absent minded angler.

        Serial music - Eastenders theme tune.

        Rubato - foot massage.

        Con moto - dodgy car dealer.

        Finale - beer's run out,

        Vivaldi - long live cheap supermarkets.

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        • Flay
          Full Member
          • Mar 2007
          • 5795

          #64
          Groan's dictionary would like to point out that Rubato is in fact a symptom of Athlete's Foot
          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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          • Flay
            Full Member
            • Mar 2007
            • 5795

            #65
            Mandolin - an unemployed gentleman

            Mordent - the wife's car

            Accelerando - forced celery
            Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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            • Serial_Apologist
              Full Member
              • Dec 2010
              • 37814

              #66
              Originally posted by Flay View Post

              Accelerando - forced celery
              Rubato - delayed rhubarb

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              • Serial_Apologist
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 37814

                #67
                Moto perpetuo - London traffic

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                • Roehre

                  #68
                  Viol : extended vice

                  Bax: unusually strong lager

                  Mahler: french sickness

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                  • gurnemanz
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 7405

                    #69
                    Duparc - leave the car outside
                    Missa Solemnis - a dull spinster
                    con fuoco - a lot of swearing

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                    • umslopogaas
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 1977

                      #70
                      Schutz, Schein and Scheidt, tallest on the left, shortest on the right, AT THE DOUBLE, you 'orrible lot!

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                      • Serial_Apologist
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 37814

                        #71
                        Mendelssohn - interfering

                        Schumann - cobblers

                        Hartmann - toughie

                        Tippett - worn by monks

                        Messiaen - a right untidy sorta person

                        (Composer's names aren't quite such fun really, are they? I can think up too many)

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                        • umslopogaas
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 1977

                          #72
                          Diminuendo

                          That's a really stupid suggestion!

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                          • salymap
                            Late member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 5969

                            #73
                            Con Sordino - a very quiet woman

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                            • Serial_Apologist
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2010
                              • 37814

                              #74
                              Originally posted by salymap View Post
                              Con Sordino - a very quiet woman
                              Are you getting mixed up with Cavatina?

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                              • Flay
                                Full Member
                                • Mar 2007
                                • 5795

                                #75
                                A capella - a bonnet

                                Legato - ankle

                                Serpent - a frustrated gentleman
                                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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