| SCHUMANN | German composer whose piano works include Papillons and Carnaval (8) |
| ROBERTSCHUMANN | German composer whose works include many piano pieces such as Papillons and Carnaval (6,8) |
| HOUGHTON | - Hall; Palladian house in Norfolk originally built for Sir Robert Walpole whose piano nobile state rooms decorated by William Kent include a huge scallop-shell-crowned bed (8) |
| CAMILLESAINTSAENS | Composer of Danse Macabre, and Carnaval des Animaux (7,5-5) |
| RUBYWALSH | Irish jockey who won the Grand National on Papillon and Hedgehunter |
| MOZART | Composer of some 600 pieces including The Magic Flute whose Piano Concerto No. 21 is sometimes referred to as "Elvira Madigan" (6) |
| TELEMANN | Georg Philipp, German composer whose operas include Pimpinone (8) |
| RICHARDSTRAUSS | German composer whose works include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome |
| GLUCK | Christoph, German composer whose stage works include the ballet Don Juan (5) |
| WAGNER | Richard _, German composer whose works include The Fling Of The Nibelung (6) |
| HENZE | Hans Werner ___, German composer whose works include the oratorio The Raft of the Medusa |
| ERIKSATIE | Composer of the piano works Gnossiennes and Trois morceaux en forme de poire |
| BEETHOVEN | Ludwig van - - -, German composer whose works included nine symphonies (9) |
| POPSINGER | Piano works popular with German artist |
| PATRONYMIC | Romantic piano works to include second item from Pyotr Ilyich, perhaps (10) |
| CHOPIN | Frederic -, 19th-century composer known for his virtuoso piano works (6) |
| GFLAT | Major key for some piano works by Chopin and Schubert |
| FLOTOW | Friedrich von ..., German composer whose opera Martha was first performed in 1847 (6) |
| ORFF | Carl ?, German composer whose scenic cantata Carmina Burana was first staged in 1937 (4) |
| BRAHMS | German composer whose first symphony took him 21 years to write |