| EISENACH | Town in Thuringia, Germany; birthplace of composer Johann Sebastian Bach |
| GOTHA | Town in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt |
| OLDHAM | Town in Greater Manchester; birthplace of composer William Walton |
| OFFERING | See 20 Ac, Collection of musical pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach based on a theme by Frederick II of Prussia (3,7,8) |
| WEIMAR | City in Thuringia, Germany; European Capital of Culture in 1999(6) |
| AUSTRIAN | Nationality of the composer Johann Strauss (8) |
| JENA | City in Thuringia, Germany; site of an 1806 battle at which Napoleon defeated the Prussians |
| CARLBECHSTEIN | Piano craftsman and manufacturer born in Thuringia, Germany, in 1826 |
| ORATORIO | 1734: "christmas ___" by Johann Sebastian bach |
| NESSE | River in Thuringia, Germany |
| EMDEN | A port in North West Germany, birthplace of film director Wolfgang Petersen (5) |
| ULM | City in Germany, birthplace of Albert Einstein (3) |
| BACH | Almost homophonous with the cortex of a tree, the composer Johann Sebastian of the 18th century (4) |
| CHRISTMASORATORIO | Title of a composition by Johann Sebastian Bach based on the episodes of the story of the nativity ( |
| THEMUSICAL | And 24 Ac, Collection of musical pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach based on a theme by Frederick II of Prussia (3,7,8) |
| WELLTEMPERED | The ___, 1722 collection of keyboard works by Johann Sebastian Bach (4-8,7) |
| NINTH | Nordhausen in Thuringia inspiring Beethoven's final symphony (5) |
| UNBERUFEN | University and Bern, somehow united with Slough, touch wood in Thuringia |
| CELLO | Instrument used for a set of six solo compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach including Suite No. 1 in G Major (5) |
| SCHUTZ | Heinrich ___, German composer and organist regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach |
