| MESSIAEN | Olivier, French composer and organist noted for his religious themes (8) |
| THOMASTALLIS | 16th Century English composer and organist noted for his music for the Anglican liturgy (6,6) |
| OLIVIER | 20th-Century French composer and organist who was inspired by birdsong (7,8) |
| DURUFLE | Maurice -, French composer and organist |
| HEZEKIAH | King of Judah noted for his religious reforms (2 Kings 18-19) (8) |
| BRUCKNER | Anton --, 1824-96, Austrian composer and organist (8) |
| JOHNBLOW | English Baroque composer and organist whose only stage composition was the opera Venus and Adonis |
| MAXREGER | German composer and organist whose works include 1903's Gesang der Verklarten (3,5) |
| BUDDHISM | Friend almost married, ending his religious belief (8) |
| ORATORIO | A dramatic but unstaged musical composition for soloists, chorus and orchestra, based on a religious theme (8) |
| TITIAN | Italian painter noted for his religious and mythological works (6) |
| SPENCER | Sir Stanley _; English painter noted for his religious works (7) |
| ELGRECO | Greek-born Spanish painter noted for his religious works, d. 1614 (2,5) |
| CESAR | And 20. Belgian composer known for his religious works (5,6) |
| FRANCK | Belgian composer known for his religious works (5,6) |
| IVES | An American composer and organist, who in 1947 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his Third Symphony? (4) |
| BUXTEHUDE | Dieterich ___, Danish composer and organist who influenced Bach and Handel (9) |
| SCHUTZ | Heinrich ___, German composer and organist regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach |
| BYRD | William ___, English composer and organist who died in 1623 whose publications include Songs of Sund |
| TALLIS | Thomas ?, 16th-century English composer and organist (6) |
