Music in the World (Part Two) Quiz Quiz

15.

Which American-born singer and dancer worked with the Red Cross and the French Resistance during World War II and received the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honour?

Josephine Baker

Ginger Rogers

Ann Miller

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1.

Who was one of the first Indian musicians to stimulate Western appreciation of Indian music?

2.

Of which rock group was Peter Gabriel the lead singer?

3.

Who composed the English opera Dido and Aeneas?

4.

What is the name of an African musical instrument that resembles a xylophone but is made with animal horns, skins, and wood?

5.

What coloratura soprano was the first American-born, American-trained singer to star at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City?

6.

By which name is the folk-blues singer Huddie Ledbetter better known?

7.

Which form of music originated in northern Italy during the 14th century and achieved international status in the late 16th and early 17th centuries?

8.

What is the name for the style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and became the country's dominant music?

9.

In the late 7th century, who composed a short hymn in praise of the Creation, “the beginning of things”?

10.

Who joined trumpeters Ziggy Elman and Chris Griffin to form the “powerhouse” trio in Benny Goodman’s orchestra?

11.

Which composer was inspired by the work of Edgar Allan Poe and prepared sketches for an opera of “The Fall of the House of Usher”?

12.

Which musician can be said to have invented the type of jazz known as swing?

13.

Which composer was known as “the Waltz King”?

14.

Which work by Philip Glass has a libretto adapted from the Bhagavadgita?

15.

Which American-born singer and dancer worked with the Red Cross and the French Resistance during World War II and received the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honour?

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1. Who was one of the first Indian musicians to stimulate Western appreciation of Indian music?

2. Of which rock group was Peter Gabriel the lead singer?

3. Who composed the English opera Dido and Aeneas?

4. What is the name of an African musical instrument that resembles a xylophone but is made with animal horns, skins, and wood?

5. What coloratura soprano was the first American-born, American-trained singer to star at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City?

6. By which name is the folk-blues singer Huddie Ledbetter better known?

7. Which form of music originated in northern Italy during the 14th century and achieved international status in the late 16th and early 17th centuries?

8. What is the name for the style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and became the country's dominant music?

9. In the late 7th century, who composed a short hymn in praise of the Creation, “the beginning of things”?

10. Who joined trumpeters Ziggy Elman and Chris Griffin to form the “powerhouse” trio in Benny Goodman’s orchestra?

11. Which composer was inspired by the work of Edgar Allan Poe and prepared sketches for an opera of “The Fall of the House of Usher”?

12. Which musician can be said to have invented the type of jazz known as swing?

13. Which composer was known as “the Waltz King”?

14. Which work by Philip Glass has a libretto adapted from the Bhagavadgita?

15. Which American-born singer and dancer worked with the Red Cross and the French Resistance during World War II and received the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honour?

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1.

Who was one of the first Indian musicians to stimulate Western appreciation of Indian music?

2.

Of which rock group was Peter Gabriel the lead singer?

3.

Who composed the English opera Dido and Aeneas?

4.

What is the name of an African musical instrument that resembles a xylophone but is made with animal horns, skins, and wood?

5.

What coloratura soprano was the first American-born, American-trained singer to star at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City?

6.

By which name is the folk-blues singer Huddie Ledbetter better known?

7.

Which form of music originated in northern Italy during the 14th century and achieved international status in the late 16th and early 17th centuries?

8.

What is the name for the style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and became the country's dominant music?

9.

In the late 7th century, who composed a short hymn in praise of the Creation, “the beginning of things”?

10.

Who joined trumpeters Ziggy Elman and Chris Griffin to form the “powerhouse” trio in Benny Goodman’s orchestra?

11.

Which composer was inspired by the work of Edgar Allan Poe and prepared sketches for an opera of “The Fall of the House of Usher”?

12.

Which musician can be said to have invented the type of jazz known as swing?

13.

Which composer was known as “the Waltz King”?

14.

Which work by Philip Glass has a libretto adapted from the Bhagavadgita?

15.

Which American-born singer and dancer worked with the Red Cross and the French Resistance during World War II and received the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honour?