From the Dark into the Light

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. How much matter something contains (4)
  2. 6. The awaited king of the Jews (7)
  3. 8. A musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players (9)
  4. 10. Prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy (6)
  5. 12. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event (3)
  6. 13. A regular customer (6)
  7. 15. A composition for orchestra and a soloist (8)
  8. 16. Holy book of Christianity (5)

Down

  1. 1. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages (8)
  2. 3. A long and complex sonata for ___ orchestra (8)
  3. 4. German composer of instrumental music (9)
  4. 5. Traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest (9)
  5. 7. A musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms (6)
  6. 9. A prolific British baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (6)
  7. 11. The historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the ___ style of art, architecture (7)
  8. 14. A building where musical dramas are performed (5)