May 2008
Organ's Crossword 11	Show Menu

Lack of space in the last issue of SOUNDBOARD was the reason the the absence of the crossword puzzle in it but now you can test your musical knowledge again. Solutions to this puzzle should reach the Editor by the end of June—and don’t forget to include your name and address (as has happened on one or two occasions!).

Clues Across

1. The centenary of the birth of this organist/composer occurs this year (7,8)
9. Casually plucks guitar stings (6)
10. The garden in Genesis (4)
11. The vibrating reeds in organ pipes (7)
12. Lift .... the cross, the hymn by George William Kitchin (4)
13. The town in a Sunday recital (3)
15. Hesitates from singing the choruses (8)
17. Where you’ll find the graves of Brahms and Beethoven (6)
18. The state of many diapasons (4)
20. The selection of stops used (12)
22. The seventh tonic sol-fa note (2)
23. George ....... Ball, a renowned organist of London’s Temple Church (7)
24. A book of 31 across (7)
28. It’s a drop of golden sun in ‘The Sound of Music’ (2)
29. Organ piece in which a theme is continuously repeated (11)
30. Space for a chamber orchestra? (4)
31. Sacred songs from the Old Testament (6)
32. Musical phrases, often with variations, in compositions (6)

Clues Down

2. The church at which 1 across was organist (2,7)
3. Ralph, composer of the hymn tune ‘Down Ampney’ (7,8)
4. Seasonal alternative to the Venite in Morning Prayer (6,7)
5. The song of the Virgin Mary (10)
6. As opposed to sacred (7)
7. It could be Charles the composer or Burl the singer (4)
8. Notable composition by 23 across (5)
13. The snake in a Dukas prelude (3)
14. A continuous series of performances (3)
16. The time of day for a US music publisher (4)
19. Handel oratorio and biblical woman (6)
20. John, eminent modern composer of church music (6)
21. Intuition could be a sing hit (7)
25. A great French river (5)
26. Have breaks in the music (5)
27. Galatea’s man in the Handel masque (4)
29. Music for teenagers (3)

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