Alphabet associations - I

[rubbernecker]

Yolanda??

Is that a guess or a deduction?

[rubbernecker]

Cheers, I'll have a large gin martini, dry with a twist, thanks!

:biggin: erm, I mean

Caliban, glad to see you returned to these shores - and to form...

[antongould]

Deductionish

Marculescu Bucharest Opera
Kondonassis Clevland harpist
And the Thief film of Fred Astaire named after the Battle of Astaire Cleckheaton Moor Coop

By getting the last one wrong do I avoid Z?

[rubbernecker]

Deductionish

Marculescu Bucharest Opera
Kondonassis Clevland harpist
And the Thief film of Fred Astaire named after the Battle of Astaire Cleckheaton Moor Coop

By getting the last one wrong do I avoid Z?

Cheeky boy. Yes, Yolanda Marculescu was the singer, Yolanda Kolonassis the harpist, and the film starring Fred Astaire (nee Fred Austerlitz) was Yolanda and the Thief.

If you don't feel brave enough for Z, we'll let you start off with A again, if you wish, as you're a new boy...

(I've updated the cumulative list of answers, which I'll post tomorrow morning)

[antongould]

I'll try a swift Z

What Z links

Waiting For Godot
Lorenz Hart's stocks
A Piano Concerto of 1784?

[Nick Armstrong]

The silence is I think that of thinkers and busy-fingered googlers... Superficially straightforward, your question Mr Gould - but devilish

Can't get any Z in connection with any of them separately, let alone together...

[rubbernecker]

I'll try a swift Z

What Z links

Waiting For Godot
Lorenz Hart's stocks
A Piano Concerto of 1784?

I'm toying with Zero.

Zero Mostel played Estragon in W for G;
Beethoven wrote an early piano concerto dated 1784 sometimes referred to as "0";
Was Lorenz Hart's stock ever disparagingly described as zero...?

EDIT: The lyrics for "Off the Record" contain this line:
My speeches on the radio have made me quite a hero
I only have to say "My friends" and stocks go down to zero

I guess that must be it?

[antongould]

I'd do more than toy - I'm very happy to give it to you - possibly breaking the rules but Mr. Hart in the Nick Clegg inspired song "I'd rather be right" wrote of his stocks go(ing) down to zero! Let the next cycle begin!

[rubbernecker]

I'd do more than toy - I'm very happy to give it to you - possibly breaking the rules but Mr. Hart in the Nick Clegg inspired song "I'd rather be right" wrote of his stocks go(ing) down to zero! Let the next cycle begin!

"I'd Rather be Right", indeed. I misread it as "Off the Record" which was the page heading on an LH website. (I would always rather be right - never mind...!)

A on its way. In the meantime...

[rubbernecker]

Alphabet Associations
Previous answers – posts #0001 to#3055

A Ave Verum, Argo, Aspen, A (440hz), Alwyn, Amadeus, Adams, African, Antheil
B Britten (2), Beach, B flat, Ball/Barber/Bilk, Bechstein, Bayreuth, Burgon
C Columbus, Clytemnestra, Copland, Cockaigne, Crumb, Children, Cathedral, Calisto
D DG, Doric, Dragon, Demon, Draeseke, Dolly, Dark, Dances
E Enigma, Elisabeth, Eric, Ellis, Ellington, Erich, Eccles, Eclogue
F Fugue, Fritz, Florence, Ferguson, Fuchs, Fermata, Feux Follets, Faure
G Gloria, Gomez, Gabrieli, Gioconda, Goossens, Gayaneh, Gnome, Grace
H Hirondelle, Henri, Harold, Hammer, Harty, Henze, Hahn, Harriet
I Indian, Invicta,Ian, Iphigenia, Imperial, Inches, Igor, Idyll
J Joseph, Juilliard, Jacob, Jacques, Joplin, Jerusalem, Jeremiah, Jenner
K Kapellmeister, Kuijken, Kronos, Kreutzer, Koeln, Karl, Knight, Kullervo
L Lvov, Lancashire, Lyadov, Landi, Lincoln, Litany, Lombardy, Liverpool
M Malibran, Malcolm, Merrie, Martinu, Miller, Metronome, Missa Luba, Mark
N Neville Cardus, Nielsen (2), Neptune, Nono, Nyman, Newcastle, Nevers
O Orff, Ondine, Orlando, Orpheus, Orange, Oliver, Oramo, Open
P Philip, Petrassi, Papa, Pacific 231, Passacaglia, Padstow, Polignac, Primrose
Q Quodlibet, Qualiton, Quartets, Quincy, Quint, Quasthoff, Quilter
R Reimann, Romania, Rim, Rawsthorne, Rhapsody, Roman, Ripieno, Red Red,
S Serpent, Staatskapelle, Stravinsky, Solveig, Schnittke, Shellfish, Sackbut, Sessions
T Tamburlaine, Tales, Trittico, Tippett, Thomas, Twins, Turandot, Tango
U Umberto, Under, Unicorn, University, Ukelele/Unda Maris, Underground, Utopia, Unknown
V Viola da Gamba, Vasary, Venusberg, Venice (2), Vanishing Bridegroom, Victor
W Waldtaube, Weill, Walkure, Winter, Wilhelm, Walton/Weller/White, Walter
X Xaver, Xylophone, Xenia, X (double sharp), Composers ending in X, Xanadu
Y Ysaye, Yo Yo Ma, Yellow (2), Yves, Yolanda
Z Zeffirelli, Zimmermann, Zappa, Zamiel, Zero

[rubbernecker]

What A links a composer with regal pretensions, a so-called hunchback, and one who added nothing to a ballet?

[Simon]

Very good of you to keep these records, O nosy one.

I can't get in now, because all you polymaths keep on with subjects that I know nowt about! And I haven't time to spend googling at the moment.

Some really excellent conundrums, IIMSS.

Take care all,

Simon

[Nick Armstrong]

IIMSS

what does that one mean?

[Simon]

Sorry - it means "if i may say so". Just a sort of courtesy thing, to make clear that you're genuinely being complimentary and not patronising.

[rubbernecker]

what does that one mean?

"if I may say so"

(...without being hectoring, patronising or onanistic about it )

EDIT: Whoops! That was quite a cross-posting...!