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Who wrote the music for the award-winning 1961 musical film for which Steven Spielberg directed a re-make in 2021?

posted Dec 23, 2022 by Udita

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What is it about maple wood that makes it so popular for making musical instruments?

posted Oct 3, 2022 by Balwinder

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Which of these is a European stringed keyboard instrument known from the late Medieval, through the Renaissance......... [MCQ]

posted Jun 20, 2018 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Which of these musicals is set in France following Napoleon's fall from power, during the restoration................... [MCQ]

posted Mar 26, 2018 by Amarvansh

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Antoni Stradivari is associated with the design and building of what instrument?

posted Feb 20, 2017 by Sandeep Otari

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In which famous piece of music by Tchaikovsky does the French national anthem appear?

posted Nov 18, 2021 by Aarati Mahajan

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In 1956 who wrote and introduced the song, ranked by the magazine Rolling Stone as #97 on their list ?

posted Nov 5, 2015 by Simranjeet Singh

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Where does the beat, or accent, fall in a waltz-time bar of music?

posted Oct 21, 2017 by Swati Arora

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What was the signature tune of 1950s popular pianist Winifred Attwell? [MCQ]

posted Mar 7, 2018 by Varun Kumar

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What was the subtitle of the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood"?

posted Nov 17, 2015 by Anuradha Tabyal

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An increasingly popular music style in 2012 in Asia is called...?

posted Apr 7, 2023 by Kuldeep Apte

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What is the popular name for Beethoven's piano sonata in C Sharp Minor?

posted Apr 8, 2021 by Varuna Magar

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Jessye Norman, José Carreras and Giuseppe Verdi are associated with what style of music?

posted Aug 14, 2015 by Chahat Sharma

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Which musical instrument was brought to international attention by its use to signify one of the characters.............

posted Dec 17, 2021 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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Which of these musicians became famous for playing the saxophone? [MCQ]

posted Aug 13, 2018 by Akriti

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What is the name for a musical work written for nine instruments?

posted Apr 13, 2016 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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The successive black notes on a piano is an example of what?

posted Apr 13, 2021 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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What is the real first name of the pop star Madonna?

posted Nov 14, 2017 by Ritika

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With which instrument were the following people associated in the 1960s: Pete Quaife, Chas Chandler..................... [MCQ]

posted Apr 11, 2018 by Kuldeep Apte

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What was the composer Wolfgang Mozart's middle name? [MCQ]

posted Mar 5, 2018 by Sandeep Bedi

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What term, in musical rhythm, refers to playing three beats in the time of two?

posted Feb 24, 2022 by Vishal

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What is the name of a musical form and genre created within the African-American communities in the deep south..........

posted Dec 7, 2022 by Nimish

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During World War II the British Broadcasting Corporation prefaced many of its broadcasts by opening bars of which music? [MCQ]

posted Aug 18, 2018 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Whose last compositions, composed in 1948 when the composer was 84, were called "Four Last Songs"?

posted Nov 6, 2015 by Saif Khanam

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Which Russian composer, after writing "The Firebird" for the Russian ballet, became a US citizen in 1945?

posted Nov 27, 2018 by Dilbagh

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Who wrote the symphonic suite "Scheherazade"? [MCQ]

posted Jun 27, 2018 by Deepak Chitragar

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A glockenspiel, a percussion instrument with tuned metal keys arranged like a piano keyboard, gets its name from........

posted Sep 21, 2023 by Puneet Batra

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What literary character was portrayed by Cliff Richard in a 1990s stage musical?

posted Sep 2, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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Normally, a string quintet contains how many violins?

posted Aug 7, 2015 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Which describes the saxophone-like wooden bodied musical instrument known as an octavin?

posted Aug 27, 2018 by Varuna Magar

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Which German-born composer became a naturalised Englishman, wrote 30 operas in the 18th century? [MCQ]

posted Feb 3, 2018 by Kapil Kapoor

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Which country music artist performed at the 2017 Superbowl in the USA?

posted Jun 12, 2017 by Aman

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Throat-singing, where a singer produces two or more notes simultaneously, is used mostly in which areas?

posted Jan 18, 2017 by Anamika

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A cantata is a piece of music based on what?

posted May 5, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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Which conductor had tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra for 44 years? [MCQ]

posted Jun 19, 2018 by Aastha Joshi

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On 29 August 1966, where did The Beatles give their last concert?

posted Nov 25, 2015 by Atif

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Marabi, a form of South African music popular 1920s-1940s, was characterised by restless, rebellious energy.........

posted Dec 1, 2023 by Rahul Chandel

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In 1935 Count Basie, composer, jazz pianist and band leader, with his newly formed band developed his signature tune....

posted May 26, 2023 by Pushpak Chauhan

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The Quintette du Hot Club de France, one of the earliest and most significant continental groups of their kind..........

posted Apr 27, 2023 by Pardeep Kohli

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Vocal music in mediaeval Christian Latin liturgy is often called what kind of chant? [MCQ]

posted Apr 16, 2018 by Rahul Chandel

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"Yo! Bum Rush the Show", using the talents of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Terminator X, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler..........

posted Jul 14, 2023 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Which musical term means "Slow"?

posted Oct 17, 2023 by Balwinder

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Ornette Coleman, Louis Armstrong and Charles Mingus are associated with what style of music?

posted Jul 25, 2023 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which Glasgow group signed to Creation Records and recorded their debut single, "All Fall Down", in 1985?

posted Nov 20, 2015 by Ankur Athari

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Which group, named after its keyboardist, had its first hit record when the members included Mike Hugg,.................

posted Oct 19, 2015 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Which instrument originated in the 19th century as a Hawaiian interpretation of a small guitar-like instrument taken....

posted Oct 27, 2023 by Pushpak Chauhan

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The 6 Brandenburg concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach are widely regarded as among the finest musical compositions.......

posted Oct 2, 2023 by Prachi Sharma

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What name is given to musical lines that sound different and move independently from each other, but sound harmonious...

posted Oct 31, 2023 by Parampreet Kaur

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Where did Stradivari, the famous violin maker, live and work?

posted Feb 14 by Vikram Luthra

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The book "7½ Cents" (publ.1953) by Richard Bissell was the basis for which musical?

posted Feb 19 by Deepak Chitragar