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Quick 13x13 Standard Crossword - Compiled By itavero
Date: 30 Apr 2013 Title: GCS Crossword May 2013
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1. Fairy in Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream sung by a boy treble. (6)
5. 'Heart's ------'; film starring the acclaimed Austrian tenor, Richard Tauber. (6)
8. '---- Redding'; 'Dock of the Bay' singer. (4)
9. When we have to renew our GCS subscription. (8)
10. 'Leopold ------'; accredited composer of the Toy Symphony. (6)
11. 'By the Beautiful Blue ------'; perhaps the most famous waltz tune. (6)
12. Pagan god subject of the three exciting, consecutive choruses from Mendelssohn's 'Elijah'. (4)
14. L'Oiseau_de_---'; Stravinsky's ballet score. (3)
15. 'The Protecting ----'; work by Sir John Tavener for cello and orchestra. (4)
16. ------ dance; ceremonial exhibition of an ethnic or native dance tradition. (6)
18. 'Woody ------'; American jazz clarinetist. (6)
19. Eric --------; American choral composer of the the haunting pieces, Sleep and Water Night. (8)
21. Eric --------; American choral composer of the the haunting pieces, Sleep and Water Night. (8) 21. 'Now the holly bears a berry'; Christmas carol aslo know as the '---- Day Carol'. (4)
22. Susanna is a secret what ? In Wolf-Ferrari's opera 'Susanna's Secret'. (6)
23. Unusual Hebrew, ram's horn instrument used in Elgar's The Apostles. (6)
Down
2. I'm sure oratorio solists never try to do this to each other. (5)
3. Spiced ale or mulled wine associated with carol singing. (7)
4. Last word of the first line of the favourite children's hymn by Mrs C F Alexander. (9)
5. Giovanni, Jos? and Pasquale were famous ones in opera. (3)
6. A young male suitor, e.g Romeo. (5)
7. Patriotic song written by Thomas Arne. (4,9)
11. Relationship of Brunhilde and the other Valkyries to Wotan. (9)
13. Five Canticles of ------- and Isaac'; opus 51 composition by Britten (7)
15. The realistic approach to opera as first typified by Mascagni, Leoncavallo and Puccini. (7)
17. Cloth that is traditionally made using a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. (5)
20. '--- ingrato'; Aria from Handel's Rinaldo, translated as 'ungrateful heart'. (3)