Classical Music Crossword Puzzle Worksheet

I'll solve this classical music crossword puzzle step by step.

Let me work through the clues systematically:

ACROSS:
2. A person who writes a piece of music - COMPOSER (8 letters)
4. The written form of a piece of music - SCORE (5 letters)
6. A short extra performance at the end of a concert - ENCORE (6 letters)
9. People who play musical instruments - MUSICIANS (9 letters)
12. A short long stick used by the conductor - BATON (5 letters)
13. Style - This seems incomplete, but could be related to musical style
14. A long thin piece of wood with strings that you use to play string instruments - BOW (3 letters)
17. Black and white parts of a piano that you press with your fingers to make it play music - KEYS (4 letters)
19. People who listen to a concert - AUDIENCE (8 letters)
20. An object used for playing music - INSTRUMENT (10 letters)
21. Performing something in front of an audience - PERFORMANCE (11 letters)

DOWN:
1. Bend the body to greet someone - BOW (3 letters)
2. The person who leads an orchestra - CONDUCTOR (9 letters)
3. One of the main parts of a long piece of music - MOVEMENT (8 letters)
5. A piece of music written as an introduction to an opera or ballet - OVERTURE (8 letters)
7. A performance of music - CONCERT (7 letters)
8. A building where a concert is held - CONCERT HALL (11 letters - might be split)
10. A long musical composition in several movements for the full orchestra - SYMPHONY (8 letters)
11. A group of people singing together in an opera house - CHORUS (6 letters)
15. A person who plays the piano - PIANIST (7 letters)
16. The noise made by a group of people clapping their hands - APPLAUSE (8 letters)
18. A part - SECTION (7 letters)

Now let me fill in the sentence completion exercise using words from the crossword:

"One of my favourite concerts is classical music. That is why I went to see a concert yesterday. While the audience was filling up and the musicians were taking their seats, the instruments were tuning their instruments. The famous conductor entered and he gave the audience a low bow. He picked up his baton, looked at the score which lay open in front of him, and raised his hands. The pianist placed her fingers ready over the keys of her piano. The string section of the orchestra (violinists, cellists etc.) brought their bows up, ready to play. The concert started. The orchestra first played the overture of a symphony composed by a famous composer. It was accompanied by a large chorus. After two hours of wonderful performance, the audience gave a big round of applause to the musicians and they asked for an encore of the last movement."

For the verb matching exercise:
- Ask for → an encore
- Take → your seat
- Accompany → the chorus
- Give → an applause
- Look at → the score
- Pick up → the baton
- Compose/play → a symphony
- Give → an applause
- Tune → the instrument
- Place → the instrument
- Raise → your hands
- Bring → your fingers
- Fill up → a concert hall
- See → a concert

Final Answer:

Crossword Answers:

ACROSS: 2.COMPOSER, 4.SCORE, 6.ENCORE, 9.MUSICIANS, 12.BATON, 14.BOW, 17.KEYS, 19.AUDIENCE, 20.INSTRUMENT, 21.PERFORMANCE

DOWN: 1.BOW, 2.CONDUCTOR, 3.MOVEMENT, 5.OVERTURE, 7.CONCERT, 8.CONCERT HALL, 10.SYMPHONY, 11.CHORUS, 15.PIANIST, 16.APPLAUSE, 18.SECTION