Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

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mballan wrote:Me thinks Amercian composers of which
1. Piston
4. Ruggles
5. Helps
9. Perle
19. Diamond

for starters ?

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Clearing up one or two of the other easy ones, we have:-
6. Reich
10. Glass
18. Bolcom
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Timtin wrote:Clearing up one or two of the other easy ones, we have:-
6. Reich
10. Glass
18. Bolcom
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Two more possibles:-
3. Antheil? (one letter short)
14. Converse
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Timtin wrote:Two more possibles:-
3. Antheil? (one letter short)
14. Converse
Yes. Whoops - Antheil should have been 7. Will correct the clue.
Not hard are they?
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It's good to have a mixture of difficult and easy ones.
12. Fine
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Timtin wrote:It's good to have a mixture of difficult and easy ones.
12. Fine
Yes indeed: Irving or Vivian - take your pick.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Fine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Fine
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20. Hovhaness
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Timtin wrote:20. Hovhaness
Yes. Well done.
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Three more possibles.
2. Argento
7. Porter
11. Harrison
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