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1. The history of Jewish music actually goes a lot further back than most Western music historians will admit. Which of these biblical characters was not a musician?
2. Many of the Gregorian chant melodies are actually based on old tunes from the Temple in Jerusalem.
3. Getting on to the oldest record of Jewish music and musicians. The first printed publication of choral music in Hebrew was a collection of pieces given the collective title "Hashirim asher liSh'lomo" ("The Songs of Solomon") by Salamone de Rossi. When was this collection published?
4. This composer may very well have been a direct descendant of Heman ben Yo'el mentioned earlier. He is known for writing "La Juif", the first opera with a part for valved horn. What was his name?
5. Which of the following composers never converted to Christianity?
6. This composer was not Jewish, but he is just as deserving of a place on this quiz as any of the other composers. His wife was Jewish, and he managed to save countless lives in Hungary during World War Two by giving people fake passports and papers so they could escape the Nazis. Who was he?
7. Which of these American composers was not Jewish?
8. There was an explosion in Jewish composition during the 1930s, '40s and '50s. Which event did all this new composition revolve around?
9. Which of these composers was not a citizen of Israel?
10. Ernest Bloch was one of very few classical composers who wrote Jewish liturgical music, and perhaps the only one whose music is still used in Jewish prayer services. What did he call his best known liturgical piece?
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