| SOUSA | American bandmaster and composer of marches (5) |
| JOHNPHILIPSOUSA | U.S. bandmaster and composer of military marches, born in 1854 (4,6,5) |
| HOLST | Trombonist, friend of Cecil Sharp and composer of The Planets whose suite Beni Mora was inspired by his cycling tour of the Algerian Sahara (5) |
| LISZT | Franz -; pianist and composer of the symphonies Faust and Dante (5) |
| WEBER | Conductor and composer of 1823 opera Euryanthe (4,5,3,5) |
| MAJOR | 18-year-old bandmaster (5) |
| ALAIN | Jehan ..., French organist and composer of Litanies, who was killed at the Battle of Saumur in 1940 (5) |
| ETHEL | Dame ... Smyth, member of the women's suffrage movement and composer of the opera The Wreckers (5) |
| ARNDT | Felix ___, American pianist and composer of popular music who influenced George Gershwin |
| EKING | 1960s singer and composer of Stand by Me, Ben - ---- (1,4) |
| PARADES | Padre's a composer of marches (7) |
| POMP | A series of marches for orchestra by Sir Edward Elgar, _ And Circumstance Marches (4) |
| HOAGYCARMICHAEL | Jazz-pianist, singer and composer of such songs as Stardust and In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening (5,10) |
| CARLMARIAVON | Conductor and composer of 1823 opera Euryanthe (4,5,3,5) |
| SORELOSER | Tradition, bandmaster, adjured Spooner of the man who was ungracious in defeat (4,5) |
| DRUMMAJOR | Bandmaster beat superior (4,5) |
| ALEXANDER | And 1:D::Bandmaster Louis as TV quiz host (9,9) |
| SCOTTJOPLIN | Ragtime pianist and composer of The Entertainer (5,6) |
| ARMSTRONG | Bandmaster Louis as TV quiz host (9,9) |
| BEDAMN | Curse bandmaster for unjustly sacking star |
