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  • Flay
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 5795

    Originally posted by cloughie View Post
    Of course there is always Delibes La (Sweet and Sour) Source Suite!

    Is the D in the counductor and is it a surname or forename?

    Very pretty frock by the way!
    Not Delibes. It is a surname, but not a direct name from any of my 3 clues.

    Glad you like the rah rah frock. Think I might get something for the Mrs from her site: http://my-little-halo.blogspot.co.uk...e-dresses.html

    "Gothic clothing, punk clothing, emo and alternative style with a feminine yet dominatrixy edge"
    Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
      Gone fishin'
      • Sep 2011
      • 30163

      "A composer's potty connection"
      .. immediately made me think of Michael Bentine (shows how my mind works) but "research" () led nowhere, so I'm wondering about someone associated with the Potteries - like Havegal Brian, perhaps, or someone from Delft or Dresden?
      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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      • Flay
        Full Member
        • Mar 2007
        • 5795

        someone associated with the Potteries
        Yes, our composer is indirectly descended. You won't get it unless you know it, I suspect. Try the Prom clues again. The skirt was not a clue, just me being a
        Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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        • mercia
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 8920

          Originally posted by Flay View Post
          Yes, our composer is indirectly descended.
          rudely butting in, having just switched on, wasn't RVW a member of the Wedgwood family ? I seem to think.

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          • cloughie
            Full Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 22107

            Is the D an English word?

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            • Flay
              Full Member
              • Mar 2007
              • 5795

              Originally posted by mercia View Post
              rudely butting in, having just switched on, wasn't RVW a member of the Wedgwood family ? I seem to think.
              Nothing rude about that, Mercs. Good to see you here. You are indeed correct. And what other family is associated with them?
              Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26506

                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                rudely butting in, having just switched on, wasn't RVW a member of the Wedgwood family ? I seem to think.
                Just switched on too... yes, I think you are right in your thinking (and wasn't there a link with Darwin on the other side...?)
                "...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 Caliban View Post
                  and wasn't there a link with Darwin on the other side...?
                  Funny how ideas evolve if you let them
                  Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                  • cloughie
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2011
                    • 22107

                    They're all waking up now - I'm off out so expect a result on my return!

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                    • Flay
                      Full Member
                      • Mar 2007
                      • 5795

                      Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                      They're all waking up now - I'm off out so expect a result on my return!
                      Have a nice trip, cloughie. I think it will be all over very soon.
                      Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26506

                        Originally posted by Flay View Post
                        I think it will be all over very soon.
                        I wouldn't be so sure...

                        Is there a Darwin connection with Charles Mackerras? He could be the conductor, his Suite 'Pineapple Poll' etc etc... Pineapples are sour...

                        I need a strong flat white (closest I could find to a coffee mug)
                        "...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

                          Is Darwin just the name of a bloke? Oh I see, Mackerras was an Ozzy. No, not him. Try another (Welsh) antipodean
                          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26506

                            Originally posted by Flay View Post
                            Is Darwin just the name of a bloke?
                            No - my Mackerras question was an allusion to the place. I'm going to have to repair to google/wiki at this rate!
                            "...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 Caliban View Post
                              No - my Mackerras question was an allusion to the place. I'm going to have to repair to google/wiki at this rate!
                              Well you were in the right place
                              Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                                Gone fishin'
                                • Sep 2011
                                • 30163

                                Originally posted by Flay View Post
                                Try another (Welsh) antipodean
                                Rolf Harris?
                                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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