Originally posted by Anna
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Nothing to do with any ballet. The common 'A' is not a key. -
Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post(Precisely what are the two things that you would you like to know about me, by the way)?
EDIT: as the link doesn't work, and the Beeb has prohibited the sketch being shown on youTube, here is the relevant script excerpt:
Edmund: Tell me Young crone, is this Putney?
Crone: That it be... that it be...
Edmund: "Yes it is", not "That it be". You don't have to talk in that stupid voice to me, I'm not a tourist. I seek information about a Wisewoman.
Crone: Ah, the Wisewoman.. the Wisewoman.
Edmund: Yes, the Wisewoman.
Crone: Two things, my lord, must thee know of the Wisewoman. First, she is ... a woman! ...and second, she is ...
Edmund: Wise?
Crone: You do know her then?
Edmund: No, just a wild stab in the dark which is incidentally what you'll be getting if you don't start being a bit more helpful. Do you know where she lives?
Crone: Of course.
Edmund: Where?
Crone: Here. Do you have an appointment?
Edmund: No.
Crone: Well, you can go in anyway.
Edmund: Thank you Young crone. Here is a purse of moneys... which I'm not going to give to you[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Is the A something to do with Nobility?
Actually, scrub that, it doesn't work I think.Last edited by Guest; 11-11-11, 18:34.Comment
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You might have something there, Anna: Arch-patrons/employers? Archduke Rudolph (Beethoven), Archbishop Collerado (Mozart). Gabriel (an Archangel) Faure. Err ... SIBELIUS software, the arch-rival of FINALE (getting a bit desperate there!)
There's "Arch Form", beloved of Bartok and Berg.
Well, dears, any joy?[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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...fraid not. Anybody like a cluelet?Comment
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...ah yes, the Blackadder sketch with its cunningly concealed double question...
Well, I've just checked with the lady wife, who was under the impression that I was a chap when we tied the proverbial knot some 41 years ago and assures me she has not (at least thus far) felt it necessary to change her mind.
I was born in Norfolk.
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A recording exists of one of the pieces concerned conducted by the composer.Comment
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Sibelius: Andante Festivo (conducted by the composer)
Beethoven: Andante Favori (no recording by the composer, alas, but Brendel is pretty good)
Famous, one movement Andantes by Faure and Mozart? (Are they all discarded from larger works?)[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Ah: good old Wiki!
There's an Andante for Violin & Piano (Op 75) by Faure and an "Andante for a Mechanical Organ" by Mozza.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Good work, fhg - although I had a different work by Mozart in mind: the Andante in C Major for flute and orchestra, K315/285e.
All four works are 'stand-alone' andantes. Over to you for 'B'!Comment
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Thank You, Norf; the real Mozart answer fits in with the "discarded movement" idea, too IIRC!
A gloriously fresh and bright Autumn morning for this teaser:
A non-musical B that connects:
An insular fiddler
A pair of Horn players (French and English)
and (with added energy) a public school composer[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Now... too busy today crossing swords about comedy films with Mandy and flirting with Anna!Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
As they say south of the Channel, revenons à nos moutons...
Because the ambiguity that's cunningly woven into your conundrum is whether it's the players or the cors that are French and English....
Am I right to assume they are both players of the French horn? (I don't think there are any well-known players of the cor anglais, are there?)"...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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One French Hornist (?) and a (sometime; he is/was multi-faceted) Cor Anglaizer.
Both Brits.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Iona?Comment
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John Browne Eton Choirbook?Comment
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