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ORCHESTRA
Nicola Porpora: operatic composer made history as a music teacher of Haydn and Farinelli
Italy
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Opera
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Baroque
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FILM
The Blues Brothers' greatest gamble becoming one of their most enduring hits
USA
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1970s
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1980s
PIANO
Abdullah Ibrahim created his African music of peace in exile
South Africa
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Jazz
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
SONGWRITER
Coal Miner's Daughter was forced to remove a third of the lyrics from her autobiographical song
USA
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Folk
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1960s
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1970s
Violin
A spice of Italy, delivered to London by Nicola Matteis, edged out the French dance fashion from violin music
England
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Italy
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Chaconne
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Sarabande
,
Baroque
Album
Surrealistic Pillow as the ultimate psychedelic experience pioneered by Jefferson Airplane
USA
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Art Rock
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Rock
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1960s
VIOLA
Indecent Ciaconne dance came from the New World and swept Europe off its feet
France
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Mexico
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Spain
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Baroque
Violin
The sad beauty of slow air in Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch
Scotland
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Air
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CAN: from the mind of Czukay to the golden age of krautrock
Germany
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Dido's Lament: sadness and simplicity of Purcell's best-known song
England
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Music Theory
Lydian mode in Led Zeppelin songs
England
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Rock
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Organ symphonies by Louis Vierne, an eminent maestro of Notre Dame de Paris
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Romantic
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20st Century Classical
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Foxey Lady and the Hendrix chord
USA
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Popular Song
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Rock
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1960s
SONGWRITER
The resonance of African tribal heritage in Ali Farka Touré's guitar
Mali
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Music Theory
Beatles songs composed with just three primary chords
England
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1960s
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Pi for Piano in A minor
USA
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21st Century Classical
Classical Guitar
The native heart of Peruvian folk as explored by ethnomusicologist Alomía Robles
Peru
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USA
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Popular Song
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Zarzuela
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20st Century Classical
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1970s
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Ry Cooder & Vishwa Mohan Bhatt: a slide-guitar collaboration that fused Indian classical and Delta blues
India
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USA
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Indian Classical
,
1990s
Double bass
Giovanni Bottesini as most influential contrabass maestro of the Romanticism
Italy
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Romantic
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The first-ever music for solo theorbo by Kapsberger
Germany
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Italy
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Chaconne
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Baroque
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Lost for Words: Pink Floyd's only Lydian song
England
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Progressive Rock
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1980s
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1990s
FESTIVAL
The rise of the Crimson King
England
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Popular Song
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Progressive Rock
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1960s
SONGWRITER
Burbujas de Amor: playful and saucy lyrics by Juan Luis Guerra
Dominican Republic
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Latin
,
1990s
SONGWRITER
Big Bill Broonzy's guitar made ripples on both sides of the Atlantic
USA
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Blues
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1920s
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1930s
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1940s
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1950s
1 comment
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Forgotten German composer behind the shift from Baroque to Classical
Germany
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Trumpet Сoncerto
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Baroque
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Classical
Music Theory
Beatles songs with harmonic minor and Aeolian modes
England
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Rock
,
1960s
PIANO
Influential music teacher Nadia Boulanger considered her music worthless
France
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Fantasia
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20st Century Classical
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ORCHESTRA
Lully's Passacaglia of Armide revised by Bear McCreary in Outlander score
France
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USA
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Opera
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Passacaglia
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Soundtrack
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Baroque
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2010s
Violin
Only 18 sonatas survived to be the only proof of the maestro's life
Italy
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Sonata
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Baroque
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Bennie and the Jets: the opening piano chord and disastrous recording sessions in Jamaica
England
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Rock
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1970s
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