Music People

Question 1

Pop Gregory I

Answer 1

Pope Gregory I – believed to have collected & codified plainsongs into Gregorian Chant.

Question 2

Hildegaard Von Bingen

Answer 2

Hildegaard Von Bingen – composer of polyphonic plainsongs, Benedictine Nun.

Question 3

Palestrina

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Palestrina – golden age of polyphony in his work

Question 4

Johann Sebastian Bach

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Johann Sebastian Bach – leading baroque composer, transformed into solo concerto

Question 5

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – leading classical figure in Vienna

Question 6

Ludwig Von Beethoven

Answer 6

Ludwig Von Beethoven – leading classical figure in Vienna, blind, total badass

Question 7

Robert Schumann

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Robert Schumann – Romantic, wrote expressive piano pieces for bourgeois salons

Question 8

Claude Debussy

Answer 8

Claude Debussy – Romantic, known for piano music

Question 9

Aaron Copeland

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Aaron Copeland – American classical music, modernist

Question 10

Woody Guthrie

Answer 10

Woody Guthrie – American singer-songwriter of folk music, “This Land is Your Land”

Question 11

George Gershwin

Answer 11

George Gershwin – brought jazz to orchestral concert halls

Question 12

Duke Ellington

Answer 12

Duke Ellington – brought jazz to orchestral concert halls

Question 13

Miles Davis

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Miles Davis – forefront of innovators in many genres of jazz

Question 14

The Carter Family

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The Carter Family – traditional American folk group, first country music stars

Question 15

Bessie Smith

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Bessie Smith – developed blues style

Question 16

Wynton Marsalis

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Wynton Marsalis – performer & composer, crossing over jazz and symphonic music

Question 17

Irving Berlin

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Irving Berlin - compiled greatest number of enduring 20th century popular works

Question 18

Elvis Presley

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Elvis Presley – “king of rock”, fused rhythm & blues, gospel, country-western

Question 19

The Beatles

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The Beatles – classique

Question 20

Joan Baez

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Joan Baez – folk singer who epitomized human rights movement of 60s and 70s

Question 21

Jimi Hendrix

Answer 21

Jimi Hendrix – u no who he is

Question 22

Joni Mitchell

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Joni Mitchell – singer whose songs covered by notable folk singers

Question 23

The Chieftains

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The Chieftains – Irish band, popularized traditional Irish music, almost all instrumental

Question 24

Stevie Ray Vaughn

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Stevie Ray Vaughn – blues revival of 1980s

Question 25

Leonard Bernstein

Answer 25

Leonard Bernstein – composer & conductor; west side story

Question 26

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Answer 26

Ladysmith Black Mambazo – male choral group from South Africa, singing in isicathamiya and mbube