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Across 6. Disavowed nickname for Mahler First Symphony 8. Woodwind described as “licorice stick,” to the chagrin of Holden Caulfield 9. The Red Priest 11. City of residence used as nickname to differentiate Johann Christian Bach from his father 13. Regal Beethoven piano concerto 16. Virtuoso described as “Rubber Man,” “Hexensohn,” and “The Devil’s Violinist” 20. Addressee of posthumously discovered Beethoven love letter (2 words) 21. Prolific lied composer called Schwammerl (Little Mushroom) by his friends 22. Tchaikovsky symphony on Ukrainian themes (2 words) 23. Fishy Schubert quintet 26. H.M.S. Pinafore: “Little” nickname for Mrs. Cripps 28. Rachmaninofff nickname for “monstrous,” popular prelude he despised playing 32. In “Amadeus,” composer who describes his rival as “The Creature” 34. Godly Mozart symphony 36. Chopin waltz wrongly implied to take 60 seconds 39. Great-nephew of Charles Darwin, he himself recognized as “Uncle Ralph” 41. The King of Swing 43. Comic pianist dubbed “The Great Dane” 46. Quintet by George Onslow, shot in the neck while composing it 47. Rostropovich nickname 48. Gustavo Dudamel or Jeffrey Lebowski (2 words) 49. Sweet nickname for Debussy daughter

Down 1. Dean of Afro-American Composers 2. Wagnerian nickname for pianist Teresa Carreño 3. Herbert Pocket’s nickname for Pip, brought up as “harmonious” blacksmith 4. London critics’ devastating wordplay on Franz Welser-Möst (4 words) 5. The Swedish Nightingale (full name) 7. Ursine Haydn symphony with bagpipe-like finale 10. Effervescent Beverly Sills nickname 12. Nickname of Haydn, “father” of the symphony and string quartet 14. King of the High C’s 15. The Velvet Gentleman 17. Dvořák string quartet composed in Spillville, Iowa 18. La Divina 19. Pianist-composer-teacher, nicknamed “Chiara” by her husband (full name) 24. Composer said to have written “Kegelstatt” Trio while playing skittles (i.e. bowling) 25. Liszt rival Thalberg, named for his broken chord ornamentation, “Old _______” 27. Scarlatti fugue nickname, perhaps spurious, inspired by pet Pulcinella walking on keys 29. Edward Kennedy, called Duke 30. Show-me-the-money Kurt Atterberg symphony 31. Not half-bad Schubert symphony 33. Ives term for listener with conservative tastes and too-delicate ears 35. Frederica von Stade, after Mary O’Hara horse 37. Elgar “enigmatic” nickname for friend and publisher Jaeger 38. Messianic composer, called “The Great Bear” for his size, manner, and appetite 40. End-all nickname for Bruckner 8th 42. Another name for violin 44. Mozart called it “the king of instruments” 45. Chicago music director dubbed “The Screaming Skull”