| NORTHAMPTON | Birthplace of the composers Edmund Rubbra, William Alwyn and Malcolm Arnold (11) |
| QUERCUSRUBRA | Oak's sudden flourish mentioned by American and British composer, Edmund, half-heartedly (7,5) |
| ORCHESTRA | Gold box Rubbra emptied for ensemble |
| TAMOSHANTER | An overture by Malcolm Arnold, his Op. 51 (3,8) |
| THERESIDENT | Emily VanCamp and Malcolm-Jamal Warner's medical drama (3,8) |
| OLDHAM | Town in Greater Manchester; birthplace of the composer William Walton (6) |
| HALLE | The largest city in Saxony-Anhalt, birthplace of the composer Georg Friedrich Handel |
| BERGAMO | City of N Italy, birthplace of the composer Donizetti |
| GUSTAV | First name of the composers Holst and Mahler (6) |
| SCORCH | Blacken most of the composer's work - it's cold and hard from the start (6) |
| CHERUBINI | One of the composers, ie, in Bruch, Brahms and Liszt |
| FRANZ | First name of the composers Liszt and Schubert (5) |
| AUSTRIA | Homeland of the composers Haydn and Schubert |
| CZECH | Nationality of the composers Dvorak and Janacek |
| SALIERI | Antonio -; one of the composers depicted in Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus (7) |
| LUCCA | Birthplace of the composer Puccini |
| TRAPEZE | Catch the sound of relaxation in film score by Malcolm Arnold (7) |
| MCKEE | Lonette of "The Cotton Club" and "Malcolm X" |
| SPIKELEE | Director of films including Do the Right Thing and Malcolm (5,3) |
| TRAVELS | First of the composer's journeys |
