| LUCIANOBERIO | Italian composer of a series of virtuoso works for solo instruments under the name Sequenza (7,5) |
| TARTINI | Giuseppe, Italian composer of a sonata nicknamed The Devil's Trill (7) |
| CORELLI | Arcangelo, Italian composer of a 1712 Christmas Concerto (7) |
| SOJOURN | Core of virtuoso journalists stay for a day |
| ETUDES | Short pieces for solo instruments to show talent (6) |
| LEGHORN | Hiding instrument under limb? Chicken (7) |
| GSHARP | Note from musical instrument under G&S |
| CONCERTO | Orchestral work for solo instrument (8) |
| SONATA | Piece of classical music written for solo instrument (6) |
| NONETS | With examples by Ravel, Stanford and Spohr, musical compositions for nine solo instruments (6) |
| ETUDE | Short composition for solo instrument |
| PIANOCONCERTO | Composition for solo instrument and orchestra (5,8) |
| PIANOFORTE | "Pinafore" to be transcribed for solo instrument (10) |
| CADENZA | Elaborate passage for solo instrument (7) |
| SONATINA | Short composition for solo instrument (8) |
| IVES | American composer of a hauntingly atmospheric piece for flutes, strings and a trumpet titled The Unanswered Question (4) |
| WEIR | Composer of A Night at the Chinese Opera who was appointed Master of The Queen's Music in succession to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies in 2014 (4) |
| MERVFXOWNSKLUTZYPDQBACHJIG | *Mr. Griffin, the "Atlanta" network holds the rights to that clumsy dance tune by the fictional composer of "A Little Nightmare Music." |
| SONDHEIM | Composer of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" |
| RESPIGHI | Ottorino -; composer of a trilogy of symphonic poems including Pines of Rome (8) |
