The BBC Music Magazine PRIZE CROSSWORD NO. 380

The first correct solution of our crossword picked at random will win a copy of

The Oxford Companion to Music.a runner-up will win Who Knew? Answers to Questions about Classical Music (see oup.co.uk). Send answers to: BBC Music Magazine, Crossword 380/Xmas 2022, PO Box 501, Leicester, LE94 0AA to arrive by 27 Dec 2022 (solution in Mar 2023 issue).

ACROSS

1/9 Arrangement of unison sets representing German carol (2,3,3,3,11)

7 What music student may have to do to make this grade? (5-4) 8 Where notes appear, initially transcribed into bar (5)

10 Rude reordering of bill regarding Schubert piece (3-4)

11 Flautist’s latest odd favourite instrument (7)

12 Story provided by the

German songs (6)

14 Transport hub offering songs before journey (8)

17 Description of some anthems one recalled: key-based, I gathered (8) 18 Composer-violinist ends in some confusion, garbling cues (6) 20 ‘Hackneyed stuff gets ignored initially’ – brass players (7)

22 Playing drumbeats, arrive in great numbers, ultimately deafening (7) 24 Some item picked for various musical speeds (5)

25 New idea for short piece of music (9)

26 German carol produced by a nun with boatmen, possibly (1,10)

DOWN

1 Humperdinck, say, relocating in green belt (9)

2 Selection of Couperin terminology put in final resting place (5) 3 Attempt to restrain finale with it (6)

4 Respighi’s finale: end recomposed with final part presented fully (2,6)

5 Faroese composer earns, possibly receiving revolutionary amounts of money (9)

6 Small stringed instrument raised a semitone (5)

7 German carol, peaceful: can the dancing (6,5)

9 See 1 across

13 Arrangement of Eroica set to become unusual stuff (9)

15 It’s music possibly linked to river, in rural style (9)

16 Bombastic writing around article about Gounod character? (8) 19 Composer-conductor not yet aware of French wine? (6)

21 Italian city getting over lead role in ballet (5)

23 German singer seen in meadow outside US city (5)