bbc music 239

[lashley]

help/explanations please
12a second-rate rhytm half-twisted 4 ?E?A
14a french pedagogue's rage after british conductor misses time 9 ????A?G?R
15a robert schumann initially accepted first of musical flops 5 B?M?S bumps????
22a conductor to prevent the german throttling Pole 10 ?A?D?A?T?R
28a english soldier carrying support for piano with great style 7 ??????T sargent?
thanks

[vegasmad]

12a. beta - anagram of beat (rhythm)

[susanwilton]

22a) Bandmaster

[quinie]

14a boulanger?

[bibblebub]

15a bombs
28a elegant

[quinie]

14 Boul(t)+anger Boult -British conductor.Richard Boulanger

[lashley]

many thanks -could you explain rationale behind bandmaster and bombs,apart from=flops and is boul a pedagogue?

[bibblebub]

15a BOMBS [=flops]

robert = BOB
schumann initially = S
accepted = put those ^ outside of...
first of musical = M

BOmB S

[bibblebub]

22a BANSDMASTER [=conductor]

prevent = BAN
the german = DER
throttling = put those ^ outside of...
pole = MAST

BAN DmastER

[bibblebub]

(sorry about the typo)

[quinie]

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner,lashley-gave you wrong information. Nadia Boulanger is a well-known French music teacher (pedagogue)

[boxtops]

12a Beta

[lashley]

thanks again