| RACHMANINOV | Russian piano composer of Prelude in C-sharp Minor |
| CHOPIN | Known as the poet of the piano, composer of ballades, etudes, nocturnes, preludes, scherzos and sonatas as well as two concertos (6) |
| PDQBACH | "Composer" of Prelude to Einstein on the Fritz |
| PERPENDICULAR | Upright piano, with arrangement of a prelude in C, right? (13) |
| PRECLUDE | Rule out Prelude in C? Quite the opposite (8) |
| RACHMANINOFF | Sergei - - -, Russian piano virtuoso, composer and conductor of the late Romantic period (12) |
| SONATA | Piano - No. 14 in C Sharp Minor; popularly called Moonlight, one of Beethoven's best-known piano pieces (6) |
| MOONLIGHT | Popular piano piece by Beethoven, the ... Sonata (properly, Piano Sonata No.14 in C-sharp minor) |
| MOONLIGHTSONATA | Piano classic in C sharp minor |
| IMP | The Demon Returns in C-sharp minor (3) |
| ACIDIC | Openings of all concerti ideally delivered in C sharp |
| RHAPSODIC | "Bride's Vow Rejected" in C sharp - terribly moving, musically (9) |
| RAINDROP | ___ Prelude, nickname of Frederic Chopin's Prelude in D Flat major, Opus 28 of 1839 (8) |
| EFLATMAJOR | "Op.23, no.6, Prelude in _-___ ___" by Russian composer/pianist Rachmaninoff |
| FIVEEASYPIECES | They included Chopin's "Prelude in E Minor," in a film title |
| FAREWELL | Haydn's Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor which finishes which just two violinists playing on stage (8) |
| UTOPIAN | Ideal you hear from tenor and piano composer (7) |
| ALEC | Baldwin of Prelude to a Kiss |
| MEG | Ryan of "Prelude to a Kiss" |
| ELUDE | Try to avoid most of prelude (5) |
