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    brilliant is not an adequate word for your deductive powers Mr Norfolk

    tally-ho!!

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    You're very kind ....but google did a lot of the work!
    Which J links: 2nd place in the Eurovision Song Contest; a posthumous Grammy Award; and a Rhodesian-born pianist?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norfolk Born View Post
    You're very kind ....but google did a lot of the work!
    Which J links: 2nd place in the Eurovision Song Contest; a posthumous Grammy Award; and a Rhodesian-born pianist?
    I reckon that's Johnson as in Teddy Johnson (second place in Eurovision 1959 with wife Pearl Carr with Sing Little Birdy); blues legend Robert Johnson; and doyen of lied accompanists Graham Johnson
    Last edited by amateur51; 22-10-11 at 10:43. Reason: non-apostrophe

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    enter am firing on many cylinders!

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    Quote Originally Posted by amateur51 View Post
    I reckon that's Johnson as in Teddy Johnson (second place in Eurovision 1959 with wife Pearl Carr with Sing Little Birdy); blues legend Robert Johnson; and doyen of lied accompanists Graham Johnson
    Johnson is it, although I was thinking of Bryan Johnson, who came second with 'Looking High, High, High'. In any case, the K is unquestionably yours!
    (Robert Johnson was awarded a Grammy in 1990. Graham Johnson was born in Bulawayo)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norfolk Born View Post
    Johnson is it, although I was thinking of Bryan Johnson, who came second with 'Looking High, High, High'. In any case, the K is unquestionably yours!
    (Robert Johnson was awarded a Grammy in 1990. Graham Johnson was born in Bulawayo)
    Cheers Ofca!

    A K to connect

    The Soviet secret police

    Chekhov

    Gliere and

    Stanislavsky

    The answer is musical

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    Quote Originally Posted by amateur51 View Post
    Cheers Ofca!

    A K to connect

    The Soviet secret police

    Chekhov

    Gliere and

    Stanislavsky

    The answer is musical
    I think the answer is Knipper.

    Lev Knipper, a composer who was taught by Glière, was the nephew of Chekhov's wife Olga who had been an actress in Stanislavski's Moscow Art School. He had rows with Shostakovich, but it became clear subsequently that he was an agent of the NKVD, the forerunner of the KGB...
    "The isle is full of noises... Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not"
    The Tempest, Act III scene 2 ll 148-9

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    ahh, Knipper of the Yardski!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Caliban View Post
    I think the answer is Knipper.

    Lev Knipper, a composer who was taught by Glière, was the nephew of Chekhov's wife Olga who had been an actress in Stanislavski's Moscow Art School. He had rows with Shostakovich, but it became clear subsequently that he was an agent of the NKVD, the forerunner of the KGB...
    Fantabulosa!

    Gissa L Caliban

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    Quote Originally Posted by vinteuil View Post
    ahh, Knipper of the Yardski!


    Would that be Knipper Read, Ronnie Bigg's old mate?

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