The Beethoven teaser
1) Puzzling, but not for a clever man. Answered by Chris: WoO192 - Puzzle canon for Sir George Smart
2) The Pastor proposes a Bacchanalian feast! Unanswered : Karl Amenda who in 1815 proposed Bacchus as a subject for an opera.
3) Flight of the bumblebee, but a return at the end. Answered by Philip (in a PM) : Hummel (= Bumblebee) left Vienna in 1816 and Beethoven wrote the canon WoO 170 for him together with the inscription 'Bon Voyage, my dear Hummel. Think sometimes of your friend Beethoven'. Hummel returned to visit Beethoven on his sick bed.
4) A jar of pate is a triumph! Answered by Michael: Triumphal March from Tarpeja.
5) A bonnie laddie suggests an arrangement. Answered by Chris: George Thomson.
6) Domestic Goddess strikes a chord with Beethoven. Answered by Megan : Nanette Streicher, of Beethoven's favourite piano manufacturing firm who also assisted in his household affairs from 1817.
2) The Pastor proposes a Bacchanalian feast! Unanswered : Karl Amenda who in 1815 proposed Bacchus as a subject for an opera.
3) Flight of the bumblebee, but a return at the end. Answered by Philip (in a PM) : Hummel (= Bumblebee) left Vienna in 1816 and Beethoven wrote the canon WoO 170 for him together with the inscription 'Bon Voyage, my dear Hummel. Think sometimes of your friend Beethoven'. Hummel returned to visit Beethoven on his sick bed.
4) A jar of pate is a triumph! Answered by Michael: Triumphal March from Tarpeja.
5) A bonnie laddie suggests an arrangement. Answered by Chris: George Thomson.
6) Domestic Goddess strikes a chord with Beethoven. Answered by Megan : Nanette Streicher, of Beethoven's favourite piano manufacturing firm who also assisted in his household affairs from 1817.
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