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Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:28 pm
by Jean-Séb
7. Listed wrongly. (6)
Herbert Distel

Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:19 pm
by Timtin
Aha, a Frenchman solving English anagrams!
But why the surprise, after all, wasn't it a Frenchman who gave
us our longest running word game on tv (Countdown)?

Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:24 am
by Timtin
All 10 of the Swiss composers in this quiz are listed on the appropriate IMSLP page,
and all are anagrams. (6,8,9 and 10 still to get.)

Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:09 am
by Nogbert
Timtin wrote:All 10 of the Swiss composers in this quiz are listed on the appropriate IMSLP page,
and all are anagrams. (6,8,9 and 10 still to get.)
Hey, Tim, glad to see that you've revived the quiz!

6 = Giger
10 = Daetwyler

Still need to unscramble the others - shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Jo

Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 12:40 pm
by Timtin
Both correct, of course, Jo. Just 8 and 9 left to do.

Edward Grieg and Paul Giger are a rare example of two composers'
surnames being anagrams of one another.
This begs the question, are there any others?

These are different types of composer anagrams (full name converted to a sentence):
http://www.downieabz.eclipse.co.uk/ABC/ ... agrams.htm
(Additionally, I've just thought of another one for Mozart,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart = Woman gazed at slag forum.)

Btw, a slight correction to what I said previously.
It's the Wikipedia list of Swiss composers, not the IMSLP list,
which has all the answers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Swiss_composers

Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:03 pm
by HullandHellandHalifax
and finally to put Timtim out of his double misery (Leicester City could only draw yesterday in front of their new manager Sven-Goran Eriksson) the two remaining answers are as follows:
8 Fritz Renold
9 Carlo Evasio Soliva
Up the Tigers!
regards
Inbar Rabin bin Ra

Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:58 pm
by Timtin
ThnQ HHH. (N.B. HCFC nicked our manager during the summer!)
Now I can do another quiz, unless someone else would like to do one.
Also, any witty anagrams of the full names of famous composers
would be very welcome. Franz Liszt is possibly one the hardest to do.

Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:43 pm
by HullandHellandHalifax
Timtin wrote:ThnQ HHH. (N.B. HCFC nicked our manager during the summer!)
Now I can do another quiz, unless someone else would like to do one.
Also, any witty anagrams of the full names of famous composers
would be very welcome. Franz Liszt is possibly one the hardest to do.
Franz Liszt is impossible to do but here are some attempts at anagrams of composers, some wittier than others, just to take the pressure off Timtim, I think they are pretty easy, but then I would wouldn't I!.
1. Invalid Ovation
2. I bring Poles stave agitation
3. Dr. Frank re-lick nib here
4. Thugs blame Ridings
5. Brand school green
6. Ever itches
7. A greeting hole
regards
Brian

Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 8:01 am
by Nogbert
HullandHellandHalifax wrote: Franz Liszt is impossible to do
Cowards! Here's a solution (no more contorted, Brian, than some of yours):

Slant Frizz (or Razz Flints?)

And, from Brian's list (the easiest two, probably)
1. Invalid Ovation = Antonio Vivaldi
6. Ever itches = Steve Reich

Jo

Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 8:30 am
by fredbucket
Nogbert wrote:Slant Frizz (or Razz Flints?)
I prefer Flazz Trins, or Flins Tarzz.

Regards
Fred