Not quite, fsm !
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QUOTE(confutatis @ Jul 23 2009, 02:02 PM) 
Not quite, fsm !
Motet?
Chris
10 points and a pickled egg to ChrisC
QUOTE(confutatis @ Jul 23 2009, 02:11 PM)
10 points and a pickled egg to ChrisC
Darn it , I was just coming back to post Motet, and got beaten to it !
'Improvise' is correct ChrisC
CONCERTO , Chris C !
Now I get a pickled egg !
Against a European currency, the French back this style of composition (11)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 23 2009, 02:35 PM)
QUOTE(confutatis @ Jul 23 2009, 02:11 PM)
10 points and a pickled egg to ChrisC
Darn it , I was just coming back to post Motet, and got beaten to it !
'Improvise' is correct ChrisC
CONCERTO , Chris C !
Now I get a pickled egg !
Against a European currency, the French back this style of composition (11)
(12) surely?
Chris
Oops yes, youve obviously got it ! (Contrapuntal)
Pornographic, AB nude dancing, a waltz it is. (4,6)
Blue Danube! 
Rotating study (13)
Revolutionary?
Yes that was too obvious !
Sun is cut short, followed by stuttering feline heading for hole? (8)
(that seems nonsensical enough to fit in with the theme).
(that seems nonsensical enough to fit in with the theme).
Forumite, different name, same note (10)
(Closing down now until Monday)
(Closing down now until Monday)
QUOTE(Solari @ Jul 24 2009, 04:15 PM)
Sun is cut short, followed by stuttering feline heading for hole? (8)
(that seems nonsensical enough to fit in with the theme).
staccato?
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 24 2009, 04:15 PM)
Forumite, different name, same note (10)
Enharmonic? QUOTE(maggiemay @ Jul 24 2009, 07:34 PM)
QUOTE(Solari @ Jul 24 2009, 04:15 PM)
Sun is cut short, followed by stuttering feline heading for hole? (8)
(that seems nonsensical enough to fit in with the theme).
staccato?
Yup
QUOTE(Miss Ross @ Jul 24 2009, 07:43 PM)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 24 2009, 04:15 PM)
Forumite, different name, same note (10)
Enharmonic? Well done Fiona
Yay! 
QUOTE(Miss Ross @ Jul 24 2009, 07:43 PM)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 24 2009, 04:15 PM)
Forumite, different name, same note (10)
Enharmonic? Well done Fiona
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 24 2009, 03:14 PM)
QUOTE(Miss Ross @ Jul 24 2009, 07:43 PM)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 24 2009, 04:15 PM)
Forumite, different name, same note (10)
Enharmonic? Well done FionaQUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 24 2009, 03:15 PM)
QUOTE(Miss Ross @ Jul 24 2009, 07:43 PM)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 24 2009, 04:15 PM)
Forumite, different name, same note (10)
Enharmonic? Well done FionaYou didn't have to say it twice.
QUOTE(Voltron @ Jul 26 2009, 07:03 PM)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 24 2009, 03:14 PM)
QUOTE(Miss Ross @ Jul 24 2009, 07:43 PM)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 24 2009, 04:15 PM)
Forumite, different name, same note (10)
Enharmonic? Well done FionaQUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 24 2009, 03:15 PM)
QUOTE(Miss Ross @ Jul 24 2009, 07:43 PM)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 24 2009, 04:15 PM)
Forumite, different name, same note (10)
Enharmonic? Well done FionaYou didn't have to say it twice.
Sometimes the forum makes duplicate posts for no particular reason.
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jul 26 2009, 07:05 PM)
Sometimes the forum makes duplicate posts for no particular reason.
It's the dodgy acoustics causing an echo
QUOTE(Solari @ Jul 26 2009, 07:06 PM)
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jul 26 2009, 07:05 PM)
Sometimes the forum makes duplicate posts for no particular reason.
It's the dodgy acoustics causing an echo
Old Instrument sounds like a terrible din (7)
Rackett (Not sure about spelling though!)
(Not sure about spelling though!)
Thats right DC, and correctly spelled too
Scottish hero's rocky hideaway...(7, 4)
Oooh I got one....
Fingal's Cave.
Fingal's Cave.
Seasonal , but not nocturnal, fantasies by Piotr Ilyich . (6,9)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 27 2009, 12:09 PM)
Seasonal , but not nocturnal, fantasies by Piotr Ilyich . (6,9)
"Winter Daydreams"
Chris
Correct Chris His first Symphonies nickname.
His first Symphonies nickname.
Composer arranged "Shoot six hacks" for Stalin? (12)
Chris
Chris
Shostakovich ! One of my favourites !
Composer audibly carried out tactile examination (5)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 27 2009, 03:17 PM)
Composer audibly carried out tactile examination (5)
Field
Chris
QUOTE(ChrisC @ Jul 27 2009, 04:41 PM)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 27 2009, 03:17 PM)
Composer audibly carried out tactile examination (5)
Field
Chris
Yes I quite liked that , though I say it myself !
Famous Op125, violently lynch posh mayor (6,8)
Choral Symphony, but I don't really get the second part. 
Note: half and half with a snack (14)
Chris
Chris
QUOTE(ChrisC @ Jul 27 2009, 05:28 PM)
Note: half and half with a snack (14)
Chris
semiquaver?
on second thoughts, make that a demisemiquaver !
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jul 27 2009, 05:27 PM)
Choral Symphony, but I don't really get the second part.
Sarah, its an anagram of Lynch Posh Mayor ! Didnt really get it did you !
That demisemiquaver looks right to me Maggie.
Two more:-
Presto I frighten - dance to the death ! (3,4,2,6)
'Descant Air', an odd compostion by Ed from Norway (7,5)
Presto I frighten... is The Rite of Spring.
...and descant air an odd composition
is Anitra's Dance.
is Anitra's Dance.
Oh you're too good at this Maggie and Sarah
Are you solving them yourself or using an Anagram engine ?
Are you solving them yourself or using an Anagram engine ?
QUOTE
Are you solving them yourself or using an Anagram engine ?
I tried that, it didn't come up with anything.
good for you Sarah!
f# minor, please! no fun doing it the easy way. Give us some credit !
f# minor, please! no fun doing it the easy way. Give us some credit !
Blow this ! Laugh at first bit of rumpy-pumpy with girl (9)
good for you Sarah!
f# minor, please! no fun doing it the easy way. Give us some credit !
OK sorry it was 'tongue in cheek' , I got the wrong Emoticon !
(thats it for today Good night !)
QUOTE(maggiemay @ Jul 27 2009, 08:09 PM)
good for you Sarah!
f# minor, please! no fun doing it the easy way. Give us some credit !
OK sorry it was 'tongue in cheek' , I got the wrong Emoticon !
(thats it for today Good night !)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 27 2009, 08:16 PM)
Blow this ! Laugh at first bit of rumpy-pumpy with girl (9)
QUOTE(maggiemay @ Jul 27 2009, 08:09 PM)
good for you Sarah!
f# minor, please! no fun doing it the easy way. Give us some credit !
OK sorry it was 'tongue in cheek' , I got the wrong Emoticon !
(thats it for today Good night !)
Harmonica
Chris
QUOTE(ChrisC @ Jul 28 2009, 08:33 AM)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jul 27 2009, 08:16 PM)
Blow this ! Laugh at first bit of rumpy-pumpy with girl (9)
QUOTE(maggiemay @ Jul 27 2009, 08:09 PM)
good for you Sarah!
f# minor, please! no fun doing it the easy way. Give us some credit !
OK sorry it was 'tongue in cheek' , I got the wrong Emoticon !
(thats it for today Good night !)
Harmonica
Chris
Well done Chris, I thought that one was a bit more difficult !
About a pound, I am able to fade away (7)
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