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Music Trivia: very difficult version

I think it will be almost impossible to get all of these the first time (without cheating), but you may learn something.
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Last updated: December 28, 2021
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Russia's "The Five" aka The Mighty Handful aka The New Russian School aka The Mighty Five, were a group of composers which include Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov and who?
Cesar Cui
Nonharmonic Tones include; Passing Tones, Supensions, Changing Tones, Neighbor Tones, Retardations, Portamentos, Escape Tones, Anticipations and what 12-letter word that begins and ends with the letter "a"?
Appoggiatura
Jazz at Massey Hall is a live recording by "The Quintet". It is also known as "The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever" since it gathered the top modern jazz musicians in one group; Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell...and what is the name of the 5th member?
Max Roach
Rocket 88 is one of the first "rock n roll" singles. Ike Turner was the band leader and piano player, but the song is credited to the singer. Who is this historically important singer?
Jackie Brenston
What Latin Grammy Album of the Year winning Flamenco guitarist was born Francisco Gustavo Sanchez Gomez?
Paco de Lucia
Who is the composer/songwriter who won two Grammys and two Oscars (aka Academy Awards) for his musical contributions to the movie score/soundtrack for Slumdog Millionaire?1
A.R. Rahman
What notable 20th century French composer, organist and ornithologist employed a system he called "modes of limited transposition"
Olivier Messiaen
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What musician has won the most Grammy awards?
George Solti
Who is the only musician to have won a double EGOT (That's 2 Emmy awards, 2 Grammy awards, 2 Oscars and 2 Tony awards)? He's actually only one award away from having a triple EGOT.
Robert Lopez
Who was the leader of the "Second Viennese School" (aka twelve-tone serialism aka dodecaphony)?
Arnold Schoenberg
What genre of music is often made up primarily of dominant 7 chords constructed on the tonic, subdominant and dominant notes of the scale?
Blues
Who was the first African-American to perform on the Grand Ole Opry?
DeFord Bailey
What multiple Grammy award winner was the third artist (after Michael Jackson & Madonna) to have a Top 40 single in every decade since the '80s?
Weird Al Yancovic
Who is the music professional who is tied with George Martin for producing the most Hot 100 #1 songs ever (23)? He is also in 3rd place (after Paul McCartney & John Lennon) for having written or co-written the most Billboard Hot 100 number one songs ever (25).
Max Martin
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