Across
1 Its opposite is diminuendo (9)
6 The action of a pushy violinist? (5)
10 It spans eight (diatonic scale) tones (6)
11 Method of writing down music (8)
12 Welsh tenor b. 1939 (anag. of "better roar"!) (6,4)
13 The Beatles were back in here on their White Album (4)
14 Opera by Janacek (anag. of "Jean Fu") (6)
16 19th/20th-C Swiss American composer, Ernest (5)
18 Hang around in Offenbach overture! (5)
20 The key of Beethoven's Symphony no. 2 (1,5)
22 Curved line indicating a group of notes are to be played legato (4)
23 Co-ordinating, directing e.g. an orchestra (10)
25 The Abduction from the - - - - - - - -, an opera by Mozart (8)
26 German violinist, Anne-Sophie - - - - - - (6)
27 e.g. a musician's distinctive manner of playing (5)
28 Often a piano piece suggesting improvisation, e.g. by Schubert or Chopin (9)
Down
2 US guitarist - made a big impact with his slide guitar soundtrack on the film Paris, Texas (2,6)
3 Another word for a side drum (5)
4 One-act opera by R. Strauss, based on a Sophocles drama (7)
5 International pianist and conductor, co-founder of the West-Eastern Divan orchestra of young Israelis, Palestinians and Arabs (6,9)
7 Stravinsky ballet based on a puppet figure (9)
8 Liang Wang, for example (6)
9 "3-D" sound, in short (6)
15 Edinburgh concert venue (5,4)
17 Depressing movement of conductor's baton? (8)
19 The sung parts of a pop song (6)
20 John McCabe piano piece, 'The Invisible - - - - - - -' (7)
21 Major venue for the Proms, the - - - - - - Hall (6)
24 Art - of the jazz piano player! (5)
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