|
Il Grande Inquisitor
|
 |
« Reply #3000 on: 20:39:15, 23-11-2007 » |
|
Cold, or just 'chilled', martle? (which is how the champagne should be...  - just noticed this is reply No.3000 on the thread!!) How about Strauss' 'Ice-Skating' Polka...cold enough?!  |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: 20:41:11, 23-11-2007 by Il Grande Inquisitor »
|
Logged
|
Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
|
|
|
|
martle
|
|
« Reply #3001 on: 20:42:02, 23-11-2007 » |
|
A record, surely?! Congrats, IGI - no-one deserves the honour more.  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Green. Always green.
|
|
|
|
Il Grande Inquisitor
|
|
« Reply #3002 on: 20:47:33, 23-11-2007 » |
|
Cheers, o green one...have one yourself . It's amazing how many connections we've piled up...and among them could well be the theme we're after. Only 200 pages to trawl...  Back on the saddle, agent Gusset.
Aha, was this the clue? Strauss - Jockey Polka?! |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
|
|
|
|
martle
|
|
« Reply #3003 on: 20:52:37, 23-11-2007 » |
|
No. It's there a few posts back, though. Meanwhile, I'll throw in another fairly obscure English Thomas:
Thomas Pitfield
Joseph Strauss
Malcolm Arnold
Prokofiev
Thomas Dunhill
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Green. Always green.
|
|
|
|
Il Grande Inquisitor
|
|
« Reply #3004 on: 20:54:49, 23-11-2007 » |
|
Good game, this, eh?
Arnold - SolitaireProkofiev - Queen of Spades...or The Gambler? |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: 20:56:47, 23-11-2007 by Il Grande Inquisitor »
|
Logged
|
Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
|
|
|
|
George Garnett
|
|
« Reply #3005 on: 21:00:31, 23-11-2007 » |
|
I'm pretty sure we've had this 'theme' before That pretty well rules out Thomas Pitfield's The Rejected Pieman then. I had high hopes for that. Hmmm. Dandipratts, Vagabonds, Urchins? Any mileage there? |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
martle
|
|
« Reply #3006 on: 21:01:50, 23-11-2007 » |
|
IGI, pure genius. Not the Arnold I was thinking of though. But you're on the right track!  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Green. Always green.
|
|
|
|
George Garnett
|
|
« Reply #3007 on: 21:03:01, 23-11-2007 » |
|
Pitfield - Maid of Hearts?
Dunhill - Happy Families?
Arnold - The Night My Number Came Up? (Bingo! Or not.)
|
|
|
|
« Last Edit: 21:15:31, 23-11-2007 by George Garnett »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Il Grande Inquisitor
|
|
« Reply #3008 on: 21:12:14, 23-11-2007 » |
|
If we're seeking card games, could the Arnold be The Bridge on the River Kwai?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
|
|
|
|
martle
|
|
« Reply #3009 on: 22:26:43, 23-11-2007 » |
|
Very good, guys!
So,
Pitfeild - Maid of HEARTS
Strauss - ??
Arnold - BRIDGE over the River Kwai
Prokofiev - Queen of SPADES
Dunhill - HAPPY FAMILIES
You're there. Any guesses on the Strauss?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Green. Always green.
|
|
|
|
Il Grande Inquisitor
|
|
« Reply #3010 on: 22:28:56, 23-11-2007 » |
|
A couple of guesses:
Harlekin-Polka (Not sure if Harlequin is a card game...it sounds credible)
Pêle-mêle (Pall Mall)
Vereins-Lieder, 'Club Songs'
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
|
|
|
|
martle
|
|
« Reply #3011 on: 22:37:25, 23-11-2007 » |
|
Stage work, IGI - not necessarily in its English translation...  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Green. Always green.
|
|
|
|
Il Grande Inquisitor
|
|
« Reply #3012 on: 22:55:32, 23-11-2007 » |
|
Tricky. I can't find any Josef Strauss operettas, only Johann. Can we have Johann Strauss’ Kaiser Waltz instead?!  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
|
|
|
|
John W
|
|
« Reply #3013 on: 23:51:10, 23-11-2007 » |
|
Stage work, IGI - not necessarily in its English translation... Would it be Folichon ? which translates as Jester so maybe Joker ? It's listed at Naxos as a Quadrille, can't find a stage work but I'm guessing now that it was incidental music for someone's opera?? |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: 23:59:58, 23-11-2007 by John W »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
George Garnett
|
|
« Reply #3014 on: 07:57:04, 24-11-2007 » |
|
Mr Google says there is a Joseph Strauss Patience  but that is its English (mis?)-translation  |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: 09:02:52, 24-11-2007 by George Garnett »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
