October 2006
Organists' Crossword 10	Show Menu

A crossword with Christmas clues may seem rather premature in October, but it is probably more appropriate to publish it now rather than in February. Solutions should reach the Editor by the end of November. Be sure to put name and address on the entry!

Clues Across

1. The tune of the best-known Christmas hymn (6,7)
7. Henry John, composer of the opening hymn at the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols (9)
9. A musical ornament, also called a shake (5)
10. The hymn preceding the Last Post on Remembrance Sunday (7)
12. The first word of the hymn of 7 across (4)
13. C. V., nineteenth-century Irish composer of church music, conductor and organist (8)
17. Beethoven’s third symphony (6)
18. Composer of the Christmas Oratorio (4)
19. 18 to Palestrina (5)
20. The fifth note of the scale (3)
21. Scottish isle with a boat song (4)
23. Handel worked for this Head of Hanover (7)
24. The Austrian priest responsible for Silent Night (6)

Clues Down

1. Where Rossini’s Italian girl is to be found (7)
2. Instrumental piece to train or demonstrate the skill of the performer (5)
3. All together in the orchestra (5)
4. A little poem to be sung (5)
5. The musical mode represented by the white keys beginning on F (6)
6. The tune composed by 24 across (6,5)
8. English composer of The Dream of Gerontius (5)
11. Ordinal, and musical interval (5)
12. Orchestral instrument in the
14. Mechanical linkage in the organ (7)
15. Sir Laurence, great 20thcentury actor (7)
16. French composer and organist. Lakmé is one of his operas (7)
20. Cease the rank of pipes in the organ (4)
22. Flow out like the tide (3)

Guide To Understanding Your Organist

Supplied by Mervyn Cooper

Bach Prelude and Fugue: Organist is happy

French Toccata: Organist is very happy

French Toccata at double speed: Organist went to pub during sermon

Improvisation on hymn: Organist has lost glasses

Improvisation on popular song: Organist has lost temper

'Modern' piece: Organist clears church for early lunch

Long chord cluster: Organist has gone to sleep

Silence: Organist has gone to pub

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