Statistics for Music Trivia: very difficult version

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HintAnswer% Correct
Who was the leader of the "Second Viennese School" (aka twelve-tone serialism aka dodecaphony)?Arnold Schoenberg
80%
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%
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%
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%
What notable 20th century French composer, organist and ornithologist employed a system he called "modes of limited transposition"Olivier Messiaen
40%
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%
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?1A.R. Rahman
20%
Who was the first African-American to perform on the Grand Ole Opry?DeFord Bailey
20%
What musician has won the most Grammy awards?George Solti
20%
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%
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%
What Latin Grammy Album of the Year winning Flamenco guitarist was born Francisco Gustavo Sanchez Gomez?Paco de Lucia
20%
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%
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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