| SOUSA | US composer and bandmaster |
| SONDHEIM | Stephen -, US composer and lyricist |
| DUKEELLINGTON | US composer and bandleader, d. 1974 (4,9) |
| RIDDLE | Nelson , US composer and bandleader (1921-85) (6) |
| IRVING | ___ Berlin, 1888-1989, US composer and lyricist (6) |
| JOHNPHILIPSOUSA | U.S. bandmaster and composer of military marches, born in 1854 (4,6,5) |
| KENTON | Stan ___, US composer and pianist associated with the big band progressive jazz style of the 1950s ( |
| LOESSER | US composer and lyricist, 1910-1969, who wrote 1/6A/33, Frank ....... (7) |
| IRVINGBERLIN | Russian-born US composer and lyricist whose 'White Christmas' was named Best Original Song at the 1943 Oscars (6,6) |
| RENT | 1996 rock musical by US composer and lyricist Jonathan Larson, loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme (1896) (4) |
| WICKED | 2003 musical by US composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz based on characters from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (6) |
| STEVEREICH | US composer and leading exponent of Minimalism mixing the service (5,5) |
| ALTO | **** saxophone, instrument played by US composer and musician Lee Konitz (4) |
| COLEPORTER | US composer and songwriter whose Kiss Me, Kate won the first Tony Award for Best Musical in 1949 (4,6) |
| PARTCH | Harry, US composer and inventor of musical instruments who died in 1974 (6) |
| ALEXANDER | And 1:D::Bandmaster Louis as TV quiz host (9,9) |
| DRUMMAJOR | Bandmaster beat superior (4,5) |
| ARMSTRONG | Bandmaster Louis as TV quiz host (9,9) |
| MAJOR | 18-year-old bandmaster (5) |
| BEDAMN | Curse bandmaster for unjustly sacking star |
