| STAMITZ | Johann -, 18th-century composer and violinist regarded as the founder of the Mannheim School |
| HANDEL | 18th-century composer, and award-winning variety of climbing Hybrid Tea rose (6) |
| BACH | 18th-century composer and organist (4) |
| MARRINER | Neville --, conductor and violinist, the founder of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields (8) |
| VIVALDI | An 18th Century Italian composer and violinist (7) |
| GALUPPI | Baldassare ___, 18th-century composer of the operas La diavolessa and Il mondo della luna (7) |
| BIBER | 17th-century Czech-Austrian composer and violinist, famed for his Mystery Sonatas for solo violin (5) |
| TARTINI | Giuseppe, Italian composer and violinist noted for his Devil's Trill Sonata (7) |
| SUK | Josef, Bohemian composer and violinist who was Dvorak's son-in-law (3) |
| CHRISTOPH | First name of the 18th-century composer Gluck (9) |
| GRIEG | Edvard _; Norwegian composer and violinist (5) |
| LOCATELLI | Italian composer and violinist who died in 1764 (9) |
| COCA | Moldovan composer and violinist |
| PAGANINI | Italian Romantic composer and violinist (8) |
| ARNE | 18th-century composer of Rule Britannia (4) |
| LISZT | 19th-century composer and pianist |
| EARNESTLY | 18th-century composer's time in 15 - seriously |
| NECKAR | German river that rises in the Black Forest and flows into the Rhine at Mannheim |
| DEWAR | Scientist and violinist whose work in cryogenics enabled him to invent the vacuum flask that was later renamed and patented for commercial use by Thermos (5) |
| EMBOWER | Introduce to the Hollies perhaps, revolutionary Punk and violinist? (7) |
