CLASSICAL MUSIC
This quartet of concerti by Vivaldi is contained within his "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'invenzione"
The Four Seasons
In England this dirty job was often performed by orphans known as climbing boys
chimney sweep
To set 2 watches to precisely the same time
synchronize
Used to flavor a certain ale, its name is from the Sanskrit meaning "horn body", referring to the shape of its root
ginger
If a purported rare 1943 copper one of these sticks to a magnet, it's likely a fake made from the common zinc-steel version
pennies
Beethoven's Sixth Symphony & his Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, op. 28 both have this bucolic nickname
Pastoral
In Iowa & Nebraska you can get a job detasseling this
corn
This term for a trio of close associates comes from an 1844 novel
Three Musketeers
The elephant type of this can weigh a pound or more per bulb & is more closely related to the leek than to "the stinking rose"
garlic
The records played at this rpm, the standard format from the early 1900s into the 1950s, were mostly made of shellac, not vinyl
78
This suite by Handel for strings & various wind instruments was performed for a royal boat trip on the Thames
Water Music
Before it was automated, this job might have been right up your alley
a pinsetter (a pin re-racker)
Refined & sophisticated, or at an advanced stage of cultural & social development
civilized
Used to flavor stews & stuffing, this aromatic leaf comes from a laurel tree
bay leaf
Gwen Stacy dies in issue 121 of this superhero's comic, & if you want to read an original, prepare to pay
Spider-Man
Bach's "The Well-Tempered Clavier" is a set of 48 preludes & these, which Bach also taught us "The Art of"
The Fugue
It's the 6-letter word for a person who makes, sells or repairs knives
a cutler
It's a lightweight, puckered fabric of linen or cotton
seersucker
Other names for this herb include black sugar & sweet root
licorice
Gwen Stacy dies in issue 121 of this superhero's comic, & if you want to read an original, prepare to pay
zeppelin
He & his musicians wanted to leave Hungary & go home, so he wrote the aptly named "Farewell" symphony for Prince Nicholas
Haydn
An early name for The Beatles, or guys of past & present who drill & extract stone
The Quarrymen
To form a solid made of atoms in symmetry, like feldspar or quartz
crystallize
Similar to marjoram, it's native to the hills of the Mediterranean & has a name that goes back to Latin for wild marjoram
oregano
We're not asking you to dance & strip, just to name the furniture style of this 1700s English cabinetmaker
Chippendale