Alphabet associations - I

[vinteuil]

at the risk of stating the bleedin' obvious there's nothing by Dvorak that was literally completed by Rossini, because the latter predates the former

You are so right.

Something "begun" by Dvořák.
Something, complete, by Rossini....

[vinteuil]

...
an M...

...with an added accent Ravel thought might produce the sound he really intended?

the added accent is not irrelevant...

[mercia]

Something "begun" by Dvořák.

suggesting an overture, perhaps

[vinteuil]

suggesting an overture, perhaps

... yes.

Neither the Dvořák nor the Rossini starts with M...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Both Rossini and Dvorak wrote works called Ot(h)ello, who was the Moor of Venice, and a feature in this morning's BaL.

Ravel?

[vinteuil]

Both Rossini and Dvorak wrote works called Ot(h)ello, who was the Moor of Venice, and a feature in this morning's BaL.

Ravel?

o, good man: yes - Moor as in the Moor of Venice, Dvořák's overture Othello and Rossini's opera Otello...

Now, for Ravel, that accent, that instrument....

[cloughie]

Anything to do with mirrors?

[vinteuil]

Anything to do with mirrors?

sorry, no...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Emmanuél Moòr Pianos "endorsed" by Maurice!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Or, rather "Emànuel Moòr"!

[vinteuil]

Emmanuél Moòr Pianos "endorsed" by Maurice!

yes indeedy!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emánuel_Moór

as wiki says - "Maurice Ravel said that the Emánuel Moór Pianoforte produced the sounds he had really intended in some of his works, if only it had been possible to write them for two hands playing on a standard piano"

Congrats to the Ferneyhiccup - who will now be happy to N-courage us further...

[cloughie]

Or, rather "Emànuel Moòr"!

The moor I see the less I know!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

No: the accent over the "o" goes the other way, but I can't find the ALT code for it!

[mercia]

well done fhg

[Don Petter]

No: the accent over the "o" goes the other way, but I can't find the ALT code for it!

0243?