Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

[Ferruccio]

Next set is ready. Do you want more?

Rob

Yes. Give us more.

[rob]

Next set is ready. Do you want more?
Rob

Yes. Give us more.

So this is where we are:

France
1 Almost something you could float away on. (4) - LALO (ie not Li-lo)
2 Bigger than a bush and lighter than black. (6) - GRETRY (grey-tree)
3 'Vehicle' to help with the gardening. (7)
4 Not quite the Wrestler rebellion. (6) BOCHSA (boxer)
5 Nastier than spotty. (5)
6 More procrastinatory, perhaps. (7) - DALLIER (one who dallies more than someone else)
7 Present to male offspring. (8) - CHAUSSON (show son)
8 The iron man. (7) - FERROUD (Ferrous being the prefix for the lower of iron's valencies)
9 Pleader. (7) - GROVLEZ (ie groveller)
10 Happy animal doctor. (7) - JOLIVET (jolly vet - surely the easiest clue, and my favourite)
11 Maud almost came into this. (5) - JADIN (not quite Jardin)
12 Brian, trying to say where he's from in a language he doesn't know. (5) Mehul (Brian: "Me! Hull!")
13 Almost the sound of Spring. (7) - ROUSSEL (Rustle as in Sinding's horrid little potboiler)

Additional clues:
3. is a wheeled item used in the garden. The pronunciation in English is the same as the pronunciation of this French composer's name, who is spelt differently.
5. Is a terrible clue and therefore probably the hardest. What is nastier than a spot/zit? Then adjectivise it. Then a slight vowel substitution gives this composer's name. The pronunciations are similar but not quite the same. This was a bit of a liberty I will admit.

When these are solved I have a set of TWENTY to post.

Rob

[Timtin]

No.3 Barreau
No.5 Boëly

[rob]

No.3 Barreau
No.5 My previous guess was based on spotty referring to spots of rain,
not one's complexion (hence rainier).

No.3 is almost right. You are right that the English word is barrow. But the composer I am looking for is Henry Barraud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Barraud
I have a few odds and ends of his orchestral music including a vinyl disc I bought on the Rue St Germain maybe 25 years ago.

And for No.5, yes Boely, French classical composer born in 1785.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boely

Well done.

Next quiz tomorrow if Tim doesn't put one up!

[Timtin]

Okay, well here's a quickie quiz prior to Rob hitting us with his next one.

The years given below were ones in which 10 different composers were
either born or died. What is the link between their names?

1741, 1832, 1847, 1860, 1865, 1883, 1894, 1901, 1909, 1927.

Clue:- You might find this quiz embarrassing.

[rob]

This is what I've researched so far:

1741 Vivaldi died

1832 Clementi died

1847 Fuchs, Scharwenka, Holmes born
Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn died

1860 Wolf, Albeniz, Mahler, Paderewski born

1865 Magnard, Nielsen, Glazunov, Sibelius, Dukas, Yradier born

1883 Casella, Bax, Webern, Varese born
Wagner, Flotow, Volkmann died

1894 Piston born
Chabrier, Rubinstein died

1901 Newman, Egk, Partch, Rodrigo born
Kalinnikov, Verdi died

1909 Genzmer, Holmboe born
Albeniz, Tarrega died

1927 Jobim, Hrusovsky, Joubert born
Fuchs died

What a marvellous year 1865 was!

I suppose Fuchs & Fanny are potentially embarrassing names.
Fanny however means one thing in the UK, and quite another in the USA - both are body parts!.

[Timtin]

Well Rob, you've got the basic theme of the answer.
The actual answers I was looking for are as follows:-
1741 Fux
1832 Lecocq
1847 Fuchs
1860 Condom
1865 Orefice
1883 Kuntze
1894 Piston
1901 Bastard
1909 Schytte
1927 Koch
All these names appear on IMSLP except Piston, and
are all perhaps a little embarrassing, especially if
(like me) your mental age is about 14!

[rob]

...All these names appear on IMSLP except Piston, and
are all perhaps a little embarrassing, especially if
(like me) your mental age is about 14!

Don't you think most men rarely progress beyond early puberty in many respects?!
Should've left the quiz up longer Tim - others would have contributed...

[rob]

So here's my new quiz.

'?' suggests adjustments to spellings and/or pronunciations are necessary.
Clues without '?' should be easier.
All composers are Twentieth Century, six or so still alive.
All are regarded as being of the same nationality.
A little knowledge of Italian may help.
A few clues are rather 'British' (marked *).

1 *20cwt of mushy ...? (6)
2 Silver foot-digit? (7)
3 An Aardvark's favourite composer? (7)
4 Tiny carpets? (7)
5 Assists. (5)
6 The Third ... (5)
7 ... get my bags up to my room NOW boy! (6)
8 Grainger's puss? (11)
9 *London's Kings & Queens? (5)
10 Transparent. (5)
11 Whipping-boy? (8)
12 Nice & delicate. (4)
13 Thirteen. (7)
14 Opposite. (8)
15 In Latvia? (7)
16 A community filled with places of worship? (9)
17 Not quite John Wayne ...? OUCH! (7)
18 *A 1970s street siege in London? (6)
19 The hardest naturally occuring composer known to man. (7)
20 *Horse's leather straps on the south coast? (9)

[mballan]

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

for starters ?

Malc