| UNPLAYABLE | According to the players they were written for, the violin concertos by Tchaikovsky and Barber were ____ |
| OISTRAKH | David ___, violinist who was the dedicatee of numerous violin works, including both of Shostakovich's violin concertos and the violin concerto by Khachaturian |
| ANTONIOVIVALDI | Italian baroque composer best known for the violin concertos The Four Seasons |
| HOFFMANN | E T A ___, German Romantic author whose stories form the basis of an Offenbach opera and ballets by Tchaikovsky and Delibes |
| MAZURKAS | Dances of Polish origin, used in ballets by Tchaikovsky and Delibes |
| PGA | Org. for Miller and Barber |
| REDS | Skelton & Barber |
| TRAVEL | Primarily Tchaikovsky and French composer are moving (6) |
| SEASONS | The Four -; set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, recomposed in a contemporary style by Max Richter (7) |
| SEASON | "The Four ___s" are violin concertos by Vivaldi (6) |
| BIFF | Sound of a punch [E] {I created this puzzle for Take Your Kids To Work Day in collaboration with my then-nine-year-old twins. Clues followed by an [S] were written by Sid, and clues followed by an [E] |
| ELGAR | Forming the basis of a long friendship, who was helped with technical details by the conductor W.H. Reed when he was commissioned by the violinist Fritz Kreisler to write Violin Concerto (1910)? (5) |
| PIZZICATO | In music for the violin family, to be plucked with the finger |
| PASSABLE | The Hart Trophy goes to the "player adjudged to be the most _ to his team" |
| EPISTLES | They were written by devout men of letters |
| PORTER | The music and lyrics for Kiss Me, Kate were written by Cole ... |
| INE | Like a violin concerto by Bach |
| DEAL | A bargain; the act of distributing cards; the hands allotted to the players; or, from "plank", softwood, such as fir or pine, for construction (4) |
| CLARINETS | Single-reed instruments developed in the 17th century by adding two keys to the chalumeau, first used in a concerto by Mozart (9) |
| CONCERTO | Musical piece which Beethoven, Mendelssohn and many others wrote for the violin (8) |
