Crossword and Quiz

The first correct solution of our crossword picked at random will win a copy of The Oxford Companion to Music. A runnerup will win Who Knew? Answers to Questions about Classical Music (both available at www.oup.co.uk). Send answers to: BBC Music Magazine, Crossword 330/Feb, PO Box 501, Leicester, LE94 0AA to arrive by 19 Feb 2019 (solution in May 2019 issue).

ACROSS

1 Maestro, more than half phenomenal, arranged Strauss piece (13) 9 Drunken Brit in Oz making sound like a tuba? (6-3) 10 Old US President getting a dance (5)11 50 coming in supporting a ballad opera (5) 12 Woman snored, upsetting British baritone (9) 13 Raise more after arranging operetta (4,5) 14 Stravinsky heroine appearing in Metropolitan (New York) (4) 16 Swallows up tempo indications bass ignored (4) 18 What dancer represents in curious rumpus with gal (5-4) 21 Boy with good means of transport seen in Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen?(4,5) 22 Book a couple of sopranos over a deeper voice (5) 24 What’s arranged for English Ring and earlier opera? (5) 25 It’s a cello, possibly, to show variation (9) 27 Opera singer excited ladies going to 19, possibly (4,5,4)

DOWN

1 A word from Ravel provided musical theme (5) 2 Studio recording’s second to be remastered? Boring (7) 3 Shops are including source of musical inspiration for Debussy? (8)4 Pop genre having you not entirely entranced? (3) 5 Pop group’s haulage men working around University (5,6) 6 Recording time secured by group, a chamber group (6) 7 Historic singer loves lad (7) 8 Staff note that fellow around European home of historic orchestra (8) 12 Keyboard instrument hard to be seen amongst stringed instruments with one string (11) 13 Some woodwind get the better of part of organ (4-4) 15 Middle Easterner leading jazz singer in 23 (8) 17 Melodic source of unusually fluent works (7) 19 Callas a hit here? (2,5) 20 Alto not happy describing other answers in the puzzle? (6) 23 Europe raging about what goes on at 19? (5) 26 Pass contralto losing heart over line (3)