| BARCAROLLE | Gondoliers traditional folk song; or an operatic form performed in Jacques Offenbachs Belle nuit, nuit d amour (10) |
| NORA | Is Maggie the subject of an Irish folk song, or an alternative one? (4) |
| PARSIFAL | Title of a Wagnerian search for the Holy Grail in operatic form (8) |
| DUET | Offenbach's "Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour," e.g. |
| BALLET | An artistic dance form performed to music, using precise set steps and gestures (6) |
| KABUKI | Japanese theater form performed only by men |
| THERISINGSUN | House Of The ____, traditional folk song covered by The Animals in 1964 (3,6,3) |
| BRIDGE | Connecting piece in a song or an entire song from Orange Juice (6) |
| ORPHEUS | - in the Underworld; Jacques Offenbach's opera bouffe featuring his Galop Infernal, or cancan (7) |
| YELLOWROSE | Traditional folk song popular with the confederate army during the American Civil War, The ... Of Te |
| GREENSLEEVES | Traditional folk song played by British and Australian ice cream trucks |
| MTA | 1959 hit based on the traditional folk song "The Wreck of the Old 97" |
| AIR | A melodious tune or solo song; or, an assumed manner (3) |
| UNDERWORLD | Where Orpheus found himself in the title of Jacques Offenbach's operetta (10) |
| TENGORYLILTS | Series of bloody, cheerful songs ... or an alternative form of storytelling? |
| ORO | Participants begin by dancing together in a circle in this traditional folk dance of the Balkans |
| MORRISDANCING | Traditional folk activity in which a squire is usually in overall charge (6,7) |
| FADO | A Portuguese folk song or dance (4) |
| ALTOSAX | It's featured in Jacques Ibert's 'Concertino da camera' |
| STATIST | In Jacques Tati's 'Trafic' we see advocate of big government (7) |
