| SALIERI | Surname of the Italian composer who had Beethoven, Liszt and Mozart as pupils (7) |
| GALILEI | The surname of the Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who discovered the moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto (7) |
| ROSSINI | Italian composer who wrote some 40 operas by the age of 38 including Otello, The Barber of Seville and William Tell (7) |
| AMADEUS | Mozart's middle name (or Peter Shaffer's play loosely based on him and the Italian composer, Salieri |
| REQUIEM | Mourning musical opus of the type composed by Verdi, Dvorak and Rutter (yes, and Mozart) |
| VIVALDI | Italian composer who was ordained as a priest in 1703 (7) |
| ELEGIES | English name for a set of solo piano pieces by the Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni, BV 249, first published in 1908 |
| DILATES | Widens, as pupils in the light |
| SCHOLAR | Description of panel admitting child as pupil (7) |
| DONIZETTI | Surname of the Italian composer whose operas included Lucia di Lammermoor and Lucrezia Borgia |
| DILATED | Expanded, as pupils |
| TRAINEE | As pupil, son avoids hard work, finishing with two Es |
| BOITO | Italian composer who wrote the opera Mefistofele and the libretti to Verdi's Otello and Falstaff and to Ponchielli's La Gioconda (5) |
| PAGANINI | The works of which Italian virtuoso violinist were transcribed for the piano by Liszt and Schumann? (8) |
| SCANDELLO | Antonio ___, Italian composer who in 1568 became Kapellmeister at the court of the Electors of Saxony in Dresden |
| GIOVANNIBATTISTA | First names of the Italian composer Pergolesi |
| ENNIO | First name of the Italian composer Morricone (5) |
| MUSSOLINI | Surname of the Italian Fascist known as 'Il Duce' (9) |
| CONCERTGOER | One who gets Brahms and Liszt and pays for it, facing the music? |
| MONTEVERDI | Italian composer who wrote the opera Orfeo and sacred Vespers of 1610 (10) |
