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Who was the leader of the "Second Viennese School" (aka twelve-tone serialism aka dodecaphony)? | Arnold Schoenberg | 80%
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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 | 60%
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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 | 60%
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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 | 40%
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What notable 20th century French composer, organist and ornithologist employed a system he called "modes of limited transposition" | Olivier Messiaen | 40%
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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 | 20%
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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 | 20%
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Who was the first African-American to perform on the Grand Ole Opry? | DeFord Bailey | 20%
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What musician has won the most Grammy awards? | George Solti | 20%
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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 | 20%
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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 | 20%
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What Latin Grammy Album of the Year winning Flamenco guitarist was born Francisco Gustavo Sanchez Gomez? | Paco de Lucia | 20%
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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 | 20%
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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 | 20%
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