| STRAUSS | Richard _, German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras who wrote the opera Salome (7) |
| RACHMANINOFF | Sergei - - -, Russian piano virtuoso, composer and conductor of the late Romantic period (12) |
| WAGNER | Richard _, German composer whose works include The Fling Of The Nibelung (6) |
| ALEXANDER | Russian author of the Romantic era who wrote Eugene Onegin, _ Pushkin (9) |
| TELEMANN | Georg Philipp --, German composer of the late Baroque period (8) |
| BACH | German composer of the late Baroque period, Johann Sebastian _ (4) |
| HECKELPHONE | Type of bass oboe used in 1905 Richard Strauss opera Salome (11) |
| BRITTEN | English composer and conductor, 1913-1976, who wrote the opera Peter Grimes and The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (7) |
| SMETANA | Bedrich, Bohemian composer who wrote the opera The Bartered Bride (7) |
| ROSSINI | Which 19th-century Italian composer wrote the opera The Barber of Seville? (7) |
| PURCELL | Which English composer Henry wrote the opera Dido and Aeneas? (7) |
| NEUMANN | Balthasar, German architect of the baroque era who died in 1753 (7) |
| DEBUSSY | Which French composer's 1905 La Mer helped usher in the modern era of classical music? (7) |
| BYRONIC | Broodingly romantic and persistent, by ousting companion (7) |
| QUIXOTE | Romantic and tender, disturbed by one kiss (7) |
| ARTDECO | Early modern style |
| LYRICAL | Romantic and poetic |
| CADENCE | Tempo of break-dance in modern era (7) |
| BOITO | Italian composer who wrote the opera Mefistofele and the libretti to Verdi's Otello and Falstaff and to Ponchielli's La Gioconda (5) |
| LULLY | Composer during the court of Louis XIV who wrote the operas Alceste, Armide, Bellerophon, Proserpine and Roland (5) |
