The BBC Music Magazine PRIZE CROSSWORD NO. 362

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 (see www.oup.co.uk). Send answers to: BBC Music Magazine, Crossword 362/Aug, PO Box 501, Leicester, LE94 0AA to arrive by 5 August 2021 (solution in Nov issue).

ACROSS

1 Sibelius, perhaps, providing completion of overture in January (4) 3 ‘Wrong note’ in account describing theatre music not popular? (10) 9 Form of jazz business facing curtailment (4)

10 Recalled some backed a good Danish composer (4)

11 Out of practice, beginning to struggle in routine end to symphony (5)

13 Some Beethoven thus experienced? Respond keenly (7) 14 Piece exhibiting fine touch played staccato? Not initially (7)

15 Standard arts degree given to Greek character abandoning music (5)

16 Broken door-catch producing series of eight notes (9)

20 Classic violin brought back passion in Joplin piece with involvement of University (9)

21 Confused her in identifying home of Wagner’s maidens (5)

22/25 Judge unexpectedly pressed on with quiz: ‘Who wrote Missa

Fortuna desperata?’ (7,3,4)

26 Key sources of brass feuding

– likely angry trumpeters (1,4)

27 Type of canon Bach mostly recalled? That’s about right (4)

28 Busy backing section of partita (2,2) 29 Text describing music of ship’s sirens? (5,5)

30 Israeli pianist producing a

Schubert work (new one) (4)

DOWN

1 Bitter swirling in flagon will make you dance (9)

2 Macmillan ballet with a horrible cut taken to China, India etc. (9)

4 Fellow heading off for Boito opera, getting companion (9)

5 I gamble on including right

French composer (5)

6 USA crooner, I fancy, will be interrupted by contralto and tenor (6,6)

7 Some contralto’s cancelled

Puccini role (5)

8 Clapton song? One song and most of another (5)

12 Bass and American maestro?

I’ll supervise transport (3,9) 17 Perhaps Eroica tempo not the best? (5-4)

18 Considered better than it was, finished with a tenor owing money? (9)

19 Opera composer zoned it out

– it pops up later (9)

22 Weber overture to happen in July (5) 23 Incomplete choral performance involving almost everyone in artistic gathering (5)

24 Chip in a chord? Only a portion (5)

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