I'll give it to you, so you get the next clue.

It's difference/differance. (Note the "e"/"a" difference.) I don't completely understand this either as I'm not a pomo expert, but it has something to do with the idea that meaning is deferred. It's related to Saussure's ideas in linguistics.

By the way, Derrida was born in Algeria, and, if you could believe it, failed the entrance exam to Ecole Normale Superieure twice before making it on the third attempt.

Supposedly the new word is so important that it was included in the Larousse dictionary, but I didn't actually check this. A story about this is recounted in the documentary about Derrida that came out about two years ago.

I'm out of ideas right now. Will post one when I think of one.
If anyone else wants to jump in to post a clue, feel free to do so!

This composer (6 letters) had a summer home in this town (6 letters). The town's lake (7 letters) was the inspiration for his opera (same name as the lake). The opera tells the love story between a water nymph and a prince.

Composer: 6 letters ("o" = 3rd)
town: 6 letters ("o" = 4)
Lake/Opera: 7 letters

"o" taken from deconstruction

111op- FYI, I just bought a ticket for Salome at the Fort Worth Opera. Hope it's good and worth the 2-hr drive there and back!

Funny. I just had a conversation with some random person about Dvorak, and I brought up Rusalka. I had no idea that that was the plot though. The town is Vysoka.

Well, enjoy "Salome"! If you hate it, you'll at least take comfort in knowing that it's very short. It's one-act and usually performed without any intermission. I think that I've told you that I've only heard it once (with Mattila, the Finnish (?) soprano, who bared all in her dance for a split second). Music-wise, I don't find it very accessible, but the story is very compeling, and it's definitely something different.

Clue: Recent tests proved inconclusive as to whether this (very famous) person (2 words: first name = 9 letters, last name = 5 letters -- to make this more challenging, this version of the name is not perhaps the more common/Anglicized version) is indeed buried in the (building: 9 letters) in (city: 7 letters).

I guess I should give a hint -- the "building" is supposedly the largest of its kind according to some guide books. Some other guide books claim that it's the third largest of its kind.

I thought you've seen Rusalka (the opera), no?

Are you going to give any hints to any letters to you clues?

Sorry -- the 2nd letter of the last name (both the Anglicized and non-Anglicized version, by the way) is "o."

Nope. I've not seen "Rusalka." Opera isn't really my thing. But I've heard parts of "Jenufa." I keep confusing these two operas, though they're probably as different as night vs. day.

I'm going to see Jenùfa next month, eally looking foward to it.

By the way, whether that "building" is really the largest or the third largest seems to be contested. I've seen this assertion in guide books, but I'm not sure internet searches will necessarily confirm this. In any case, the building is very, very large.

"Jenufa" does have three acts.... :-)

I went because a friend was singing in an amateur performance (she was in the chorus). I stayed for one act -- that was enough for me. :-) They performed the opera in English. I wonder if that's the custom -- or if that's really the language of the opera. Could there be a Czech version? It's hard to imagine that opera singers could be expected to sing in Czech.

Answer to your clue:
Cristóbal Colón
Cathedral in Seville

Yes. The results of DNA tests released last week were inconclusive, but the theory seems to be that he (Columbus) is actually buried in the Dominican Republic.

So you get the next clue.

Another music clue:

This (nationality: 9 letters) composer (5 letters) is best known for his piano music. However, he was also credited with creating this form of orchestral music (2 words: 9,4).

One of his (above 2 word answer) is titled (7 letters), named after a character in Greek mythology. The composer wrote quite a lengthy introduction for the music.

Nationality: 9 ("i" = 7th)
Composer: 5 ("i" = 2nd)
Music form: 9,4
Music title: 7

"i" from Seville

The Hungarian composer Franz (or rather Ferenc) Liszt created symphonic poems, among those "Orpheus".

That's right, Phil! Welcome to the game (we are in dire need of new players!).

Now your turn to give us a clue!

Actually I did my best in thread number 1. Now back to art:

Building on the "L" of Liszt and the "O" of Orpheus:

This collector of art (5,7, L 5th of the last name) has built a gallery near this Swiss city (5, L last) by this Italian architect (5, O last, 5 O last). It houses paintings of these plants (5, 6 L 2nd and 4th) by this French artist (6, L 2nd, 5, O 2nd) in a room facing pond with 5,6.

art collector: 5,7 (L 5th in last name)
Swiss city 5 (L last)
Italian architect 5,5 (O last in first and last name)
plants 5,6 (L 2nd and 4th in second word)
French artist 6,5 (L 2nd in first name, O 2nd in last name) .

Don't keep me waiting :-)

Ernst Beyeler
Basel
Renzo Piano
Water Lilies (the "L"s are in the wrong place?
Claude Monet

http://www.beyeler.com/fondation/index_language.html

yk,

You're right. Apparently, it's too late to count letters X( .

the next clue is yours.