I carefully didn’t link 9 down with the rest of the theme, though it’s clearly there with intent. Can’t now remember why. I hope, though, that the generous sprinkling of anagrams would have helped solvers to the composer names less uppermost in the vocabulary.
ACROSS
7 ANNA; anna(l)
8 NAME THE DAY;
10 SIBELIUS; anag.
11 EISLER; anag.
12 WEBERN; Weber n
13 COMPOSER; c/o m poser
15 TRANSCENDENCE; anag.
18 SCHUBERT; anang.
20 DEMOTE; demo t,e
22 HANDEL; hand el
24 VICTORIA; 2 mngs.
25 PONCHIELLI; p on + anag.
26 ADAM; ad a m
DOWN
1 ANTISEPTIC; Sept 1 in antic
2 VARESE; re in vase
3 ANCIENTS; NC i.e. in ants
4 STREAM; r in steam
5 TEASPOON; tea(m) + spoon
6 CAGE; 2 mngs.
9 MUSIC FESTIVAL; anag.
14 ELECTRICAL; elect RI Cal
16 AQUEDUCT;
17 DIDACTIC; did act I c
19 ÉCLAIR; CE (rev.) + lair
21 MOOLAH; mo + halo (rev.)
23 AGOG; a go g
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