| EFLATMAJOR | "Op.23, no.6, Prelude in _-___ ___" by Russian composer/pianist Rachmaninoff |
| EMINOR | Chopin's "Prelude in ___" |
| SERGEI | Pianist Rachmaninoff |
| RACHMANINOV | Sergei -, Russian composer/pianist |
| BEAUTY | The Sleeping _ _ _ _ _ _ , ballet first performed in 1890 with music by Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky (6) |
| BORODIN | Fellow in retreat over loud unpleasant noise made by Russian composer (7) |
| EINER | "Bilder ___ Ausstellung" by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky (b.1839 d.1881) |
| OPERA | Christmas Eve is one by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-korsakov |
| THEBUMBLEBEE | Flight Of ____ , orchestral interlude by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (3,6,3) |
| RAINDROP | ___ Prelude, nickname of Frederic Chopin's Prelude in D Flat major, Opus 28 of 1839 (8) |
| PRECLUDE | A hundred absorbed by prelude in bar (8) |
| CHOPIN | European composer of the 1838 Prelude in E minor (6) |
| FIVEEASYPIECES | They included Chopin's "Prelude in E Minor," in a film title |
| DEADSEASCROLLS | A 1979 excavation conducted by Prof. Gabi Barkay z"l in Ketef Hinom unearthed a silver amulet predating the ___ ___ ___ by some 500 years, debunking biblical minimalists, by ascertaining the Torah was |
| PERPENDICULAR | Upright piano, with arrangement of a prelude in C, right? (13) |
| ESOTERIC | See trio playing Chopin's prelude in secret |
| ETUDE | One of 12 in a Pulitzer-winning piece by composer/pianist William Bolcom |
| DAGENHAM | Made in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , 2010 film about a Ford sewing machinists' strike in East London (8) |
| CHELSEA | Made In _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , reality TV show featuring twentysomethings in West London (7) |
| DETROIT | "The last time I saw Richard was in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in '68 ", Joni Mitchell (7) |
