before he sinks without trace, serial apologist's bespectacled gentleman was Hanns Eisler
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before he sinks without trace, serial apologist's bespectacled gentleman was Hanns Eisler
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Bravo, Mercia. Here's two things, firstly "Amen" (cond. composer):Originally posted by mercia View Post
Secondly, a rehearsal of the original calypso version of his greatest hit:
He died in 2000 at the age of 98. His last film was a (silent) part in Being John Malkovich (1999). Apparently his life encompassed every year of the 20th Century.Last edited by Pabmusic; 05-02-16, 07:59.Comment
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Three big names here, apparently:
I'm not 100% convinced, but anyone know the photograph?"...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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I've no idea at all who these men are... at a wild guess I have a feeling that the two who seem to be at loggerheads could be Spanish? However the one on the left looks like a cross between Nijinsky and Edward G. Robinson...
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Never seen it before - and if it's who I think it's supposed to be (from left - Mahler, Strauss [curly hair, but no 'tache] and Wolf [looks more like an emaciated Debussy]) then I'm not convinced, wither!Originally posted by Caliban View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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All three are alleged to be Hungarian....Originally posted by Tony View Post"...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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... well, it's obviously [l to r] : Virginia Woolf ; Vita Sackville-West ; John Maynard Keynes...Originally posted by Caliban View PostThree big names here, apparently:
I'm not 100% convinced, but anyone know the photograph?Comment
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
"...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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Originally posted by Caliban View PostThree big names here, apparently:
According to various sources*, this is:
Dohnanyi (left), Bartok (centre), Kodaly (right) in 1900
It's Bartok especially who doesn't look as one would expect, although google-image searching shows a few of him and Kodaly together as young men which make it more credible...
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*e.g. http://www.americanhungarianfederati...tsandmedia.htmLast edited by Nick Armstrong; 16-02-16, 16:13."...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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So, one "big name" and two "also starring"s?Originally posted by Caliban View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Here's three I lifted from Google images that seem to me to display the same features (especially the receding chin, pointed nose and pronounced V-shape):Originally posted by Caliban View Post
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Which composer and chum?
"...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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Virginia Woolf (doing her Delius impersonation) with Ethel Smyth.Originally posted by Caliban View PostWhich composer and chum?
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"...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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"I can see the lighthouse from here."Originally posted by Caliban View Post
What's happened to Ethel's left ear though?
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