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  • rubbernecker

    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
    .... and I've been waiting in the wings, poised to sweep in majestical with a stonker featuring Zemlinsky. Curse you rubbernecker!!

    It was merely a suggestion in order to avoid being forced once more into the limited range of usual suspects like Xenakis, Ysaye and er... Zemlinsky

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26506

      Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
      It was merely a suggestion in order to avoid being forced once more into the limited range of usual suspects like Xenakis, Ysaye and er... Zemlinsky
      Alas what fertile fields shall remain untilled... http://www.classical-composers.org/search/firstZ

      (*whistles catchy air by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg )
      "...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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      • Don Petter

        Not a very comprehensive list? I have recordings of works by Zarebski and Zarzycki, neither of which appear.

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26506

          Originally posted by Don Petter View Post
          Not a very comprehensive list? I have recordings of works by Zarebski and Zarzycki, neither of which appear.

          Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 21-01-11, 23:17.
          "...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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          • Don Petter

            Oh Dear! Just thought - I hope I never get Z to set now, since I've revealed my last two secrets.

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            • Norfolk Born

              Originally posted by OFCACHAP View Post
              Getting back to your question - is it something to do with Wales?
              One does wander down some fascinating byways while looking for answers. I discovered that a fearsomely intellectual German lady called Amalie Emmy Noether took up a position at Bryn Mawr college in 1933 - hence my question.

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              • vinteuil
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 12761

                Originally posted by Tapiola View Post
                Over to you, vinteuil, for the dubious honour of "X".
                So, for X, I think I might chance the following : -

                "Very clever, getting from A to B - a large whisky, quick!"

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                • Tapiola
                  Full Member
                  • Jan 2011
                  • 1688

                  Originally posted by OFCACHAP View Post
                  One does wander down some fascinating byways while looking for answers. I discovered that a fearsomely intellectual German lady called Amalie Emmy Noether took up a position at Bryn Mawr college in 1933 - hence my question.
                  Ahh. And my clue about "W" being indirectly related to Wales referred to Fafner the dragon in Siegfried (third of the cycle in which Walkure come second).

                  As for "X", the only thing I can think of is Xenakis. From A to B = "Analogique A/Analogique B", Whiskey = "Mists" (Irish Mist is a whiskey-based liqueur), clever = Messiaen said that Xenakis was "of superior intelligence". ???
                  Last edited by Tapiola; 22-01-11, 08:57.

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                  • vinteuil
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 12761

                    Tapiola - ingenious. But no...

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                    • Tapiola
                      Full Member
                      • Jan 2011
                      • 1688



                      I am now baffled.

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                      • Tapiola
                        Full Member
                        • Jan 2011
                        • 1688

                        Xerxes?

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                        • vinteuil
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 12761

                          Originally posted by Tapiola View Post
                          Xerxes?
                          nope...

                          I could add - if there was any clue in the opening line of my attempt - it was quite accidental...

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                          • Norfolk Born

                            Originally posted by Tapiola View Post


                            I am now baffled.
                            In order to prevent the silence between postings from becoming too deafening:
                            Tapiola: I've always had, and continue to have, a 'thing' for Sally Webster. The lady wife is well aware, and claims she understands. Does anybody else have any views on Britain's premier soap and those who populate it?

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26506

                              I generally spin through the Corrie omnibus at weekends (believe it or not, for professional reasons)... The main highlights seem to me to come from the magnificent Eileen - her one liners, delivered with perfect timing by Sue Cleaver, rarely disappoint

                              Sally Webster is one of the most subtly disagreeable people in Weatherfield, I think - another great performance - but I suspect you are not referring to her character traits... ?
                              "...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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                              • Don Petter

                                Haven't really looked at this before. Double sharp springs to mind. Isn't that an X on manuscript?

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