Wednesday, November 15, 2017

riddle - A single word - what am I?


A musician oft rehearsed
Together with his part reversed
But he was not himself as such
A single word - two's much too much



Answer



The single word may be:




Bachelor



A musician oft rehearsed



Bach - a very popular composer

Inspiration from Jonathan Allan



Together with his part reversed



His part is his 'role' & reversed is 'elor', which 'together with' 'Bach' makes 'Bachelor''

From OP - Bach composed pieces (e.g. J. S. Bach's The Musical Offering) in crab canon and can rehearsed with the parts reversed, as they are often the same. This in essence is a hint to reach Bach within the puzzle itself.




But he was not himself as such



Edit from OP's improvement

Bach was not a bachelor!

Original - Concatenating above gives bachelor



A single word - two's much too much



A bachelor is a single man ('single word' can be a 'word for single'). JS Bach was married twice, two wives being much too much to be a bachelor. Also 'two' (as in a twosome) is the antithesis of bachelordom.



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