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Tony Watson
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« Reply #2490 on: 22:26:43, 13-08-2007 » |
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How about gypsies? Gypsy chorus (Verdi), Gypsy Trio (Haydn).
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« Reply #2491 on: 22:55:19, 13-08-2007 » |
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And didn't Bottesini do a DOuble Bass arrangement of Paganini's Mose in Egitto?
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Made by Thompson & son, at the Violin & c. the West end of St. Paul's Churchyard, LONDON
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« Reply #2492 on: 22:59:21, 13-08-2007 » |
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Anything to do with pirates, smugglers and other maritime miscreants? Bottesini Il Contrabbandista/ The Smuggler Haydn  (I was going to suggest The Sailor's Song, but this guy seems so tediously law-abiding  ) Rota I tre corsari (filmscore) Bantock The Sea Reivers Verdi Il Corsaro |
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'the poem made of rhubarb in the middle and the surround of bubonic marzipan'
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« Reply #2493 on: 01:23:48, 14-08-2007 » |
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Bantock wrote Songs of Egypt, and of course Verdi wrote Aida, set in Egypt.
Anywhere close?
Sorry folks, been out all evening, (just returned), but pw is awfully close here...Aida and the Songs of Egypt should lead you to the link...  The Bottesini isn't double bass-related! |
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« Reply #2494 on: 20:08:28, 14-08-2007 » |
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Nul pointes so far for FMJ. Or should that be Nil, or even Nile??? Bottesini Il Nilo (Notti Arabe)Haydn Missa in Angustiis, so called because the Nile is very narrow  . Or perhaps because the mass is linked - nobody seems to be sure how - with Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile. Rota Filmscore for Death on the NileBantock Invocation to the Nile ( Songs of Egypt - No 1) Verdi Nile Scene ( Aida) (With many thanks to Perfect Wagnerite for his close approach - I'm sure I wouldn't have got it otherwise.) And GI, I'm CERTAIN the Bottesini exists in his own arrangement for double bass, albeit unpublished!!  |
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'the poem made of rhubarb in the middle and the surround of bubonic marzipan'
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« Reply #2495 on: 20:21:47, 14-08-2007 » |
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Bravo FMJ!  The only different answer I had was a Haydn cantata 'The Battle of the Nile', but the Nelson Mass was originally inspired by the Nile victory. As well as the Nile duet, the Verdi could also have been the first act ensemble: Bottesini - Notti Arabe - Il Nilo Haydn - The Battle of the Nile ("Ausonia, trembling") Rota – Death on the Nile Bantock - Songs of Egypt, for voice & piano No. 1. Invocation to the Nile Verdi – Aida: 'Su! del Nilo al sacro lido' or Act III (The Nile Duet) |
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« Reply #2496 on: 20:00:38, 17-08-2007 » |
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Four new composers to connect:
Beethoven
Goldmark
Mendelssohn
Elgar
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perfect wagnerite
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« Reply #2497 on: 20:21:17, 17-08-2007 » |
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Four new composers to connect:
Beethoven
Goldmark
Mendelssohn
Elgar
The obvious link between Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Elgar is Meerstille und Gluckliche Fahrt - set by both Beethoven and Mendelssohn, with Mendelssohn's setting quoted in one of the Enigma Variations. The only Goldmark I know is Die Konigin von Saba - I don't know if there is a link here PS I know there should be several umlauts in the above ... |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #2498 on: 20:36:47, 17-08-2007 » |
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 Tremendous! Correct re the Beethoven and Mendelssohn and the Elgar quotation. Goldmark also wrote a Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt for men's chorus and horns, Op.16. Fancy a challenge? Try these four instead! Britten Menotti Tippett Verdi |
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« Reply #2499 on: 16:05:20, 20-08-2007 » |
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Anything to do with fortune telling, mediums etc? Thinking of The Midsummer Marriage, The Medium, Il Trovatore... Britten?
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« Reply #2500 on: 16:15:00, 20-08-2007 » |
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Not a fortune-telling connection, but Menotti's The Medium is the correct work, rm!
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« Reply #2501 on: 16:29:51, 20-08-2007 » |
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Characters named Flora?
Tippett Knot Garden
Verdi Traviata
Menotti Medium
Britten Turn of the Screw
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« Reply #2502 on: 20:57:53, 27-08-2007 » |
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Yes, a bunch of operatic Floras! Britten – Flora in The Turn of the ScrewMenotti - Madame Flora (Baba) in The MediumTippett – Flora in The Knot GardenVerdi – Flora Bervoix in La TraviataLet's add a fifth composer to the new puzzle:  Bizet Gounod Rachmaninov Brahms Mendelssohn |
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« Reply #2503 on: 21:04:12, 27-08-2007 » |
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Bizet - The Pearl Fishers
Gounod - The Jewel Song
Am I warm?
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« Reply #2504 on: 21:07:16, 27-08-2007 » |
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I like your thinking, Tony, but nothing along those lines. The sequence of composers is significant... |
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