| SCRIABIN | Aleksandr, Russian composer of piano and orchestral music born in 1871 (8) |
| OPERATIC | ____ ballet, a genre that combines singing, dancing and orchestral music (8) |
| RAVEL | Composer of "Piano Concerto in D for Left Hand Alone" |
| ANON | Unidentified composer of piano nocturne (4) |
| ROREM | Ned, U.S. composer of contemporary classical music, born in 1923 (5) |
| MANZANERA | Phil, lead guitarist with Roxy Music born in 1951 (9) |
| JAZZ | Music born in New Orleans |
| THEODORE | ____ Dreiser, U.S. novelist born in 1871 noted for his novel Sister Carrie (8) |
| FIREBIRD | The ____, ballet and orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky first performed in 1910 (8) |
| TONEPOEM | A piece of orchestral music, typically in one movement, on a descriptive theme (4,4) |
| OVERTURE | Orchestral music played at the opening of an opera (8) |
| CONCERTO | Solo and orchestral piece (8) |
| KORSAKOV | Nikolai - - - ---, Russian composer of the orchestral suite Scheherazade (6-8) |
| MEERKATS | Aleksandr, Sergei and Oleg are just pets, I hear (8) |
| KERENSKY | Aleksandr, moderate revolutionary who headed Russia's provisional government in 1917 (8) |
| SYMPHONY | Thanks to HP, my Sony, playing orchestral music (8) |
| OPERETTA | Short amusing drama set to orchestral music (8) |
| ORATORIO | Large choral and orchestral work |
| GLAZUNOV | Alexander -, Russian composer of 1898 ballet Raymonda (8) |
| VANGUARD | Introduces Viktor Aleksandr Nikolai backing The Cure around academy for Front Row (8) |
