Alphabet associations - I

[Tapiola]

sorry for the delay, I was just checking we hadn't had this L before
rules, rules, rules

what L connects

- a Ravel opera
- Sibelius in 1920
- Offenbach's theatre

?

Lyric?

[mercia]

Lyric?

please explain

[Tapiola]

L'Enfant et les sortileges is subtitled "A Lyric Fantasy"
Sibelius wrote a Valse Lyrique in 1920 as part of his Three Pieces for Orchestra
And I am guessing that Offenbach had works performed at Lyric Theatre...?

[mercia]

And I am guessing that Offenbach had works performed at Lyric Theatre...?

he was the director of a theatre with an alternative name circa 1872

[Tapiola]

Aha!: Theatre de la Gaite-Lyrique (please excuse lack of accents)?

[mercia]

Aha!: Theatre de la Gaite-Lyrique (please excuse lack of accents)?

I can't be bothered with accents either
we're going at a pace this morning

M to you

[Tapiola]

Good question mercia. A quick M perhaps.

What M links:

- 1st movement of Beethoven's C sharp minor quartet, op.131
- Berio's "Ritirata Notturna di Madrid de Boccherini"
- Sibelius' "Tapiola"
?

[mercia]

A quick M perhaps.

not so quick despite all the information given

(I'm not complaining)

[Tapiola]

The "M" is not a person, but rather a thing...

[Tapiola]

the good name of the Alphabet Association has just been taken in vain over on the Hazlewood thread

Thanks for alerting us to this, mercia. These amateurs, eh?

[Tapiola]

Is it too early for another clue?

[mercia]

I'm stuck but others may be further ahead

[Tapiola]

Musically, all of the stated pieces have something in common. And the musical something begins with M.

[mercia]

forgive a dumb question, but is this thing unique to these three works?

[Norfolk Born]

Mutes?