| CREATION | The --------, Haydn oratorio (8) |
| THESEASONS | Four-part Haydn oratorio of 1801 |
| ORATORIO | The Creation by Haydn, for one (8) |
| COMPOSER | Bach or Haydn, eg (8) |
| WARHORSE | Declining to accept overtures of Auber, Rossini and Haydn ___ something too often played (8) |
| SURPRISE | Heard knight got award for a Haydn symphony (8) |
| DRUMROLL | Nobleman taken aback about curious line in late Haydn symphony (8) |
| QUARTETS | 68 works of Haydn |
| SYMPHONY | One of over 100 for Haydn |
| AUSTRIAN | Gounod's opera doesn't open with new 24 about Haydn, say |
| VIENNA | Once home to composers including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and the Strauss family, the capital of Austria (6) |
| THOMSON | Commemorated in Poets' Corner with a memorial designed by Robert Adam, a Scottish bard and dramatist whose The Seasons inspired works by the likes of Clare, Gainsborough, Haydn, Reynolds and Turner (7 |
| HANDEL | "The master of us all," according to Haydn |
| AUSTRIA | Homeland of the composers Haydn and Schubert |
| ENGLISHHORNS | Haydn used two in "The Philosopher" Symphony |
| JOSEPH | Haydn known as "Father of the Symphony" |
| CAMILLA | Haydn Gwynne's role in The Windsors (7) |
| SOUPKITCHEN | Opus 101, Kb, Haydn - first responsible for feeding the hungry (4-7) |
| THECREATION | 1798 oratorio by Joseph Haydn considered by many to be his masterpiece |
| EMPEROR | What is the nickname of a Beethoven piano concerto, a Haydn string quartet and a Strauss waltz? (7) |
