| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $200: JD Miller is the composer behind iconic jingles like this insurance company "is on your side" Nationwide |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $400: In 2016, aged 94, Pulitzer winner George Walker composed a tribute to the dead of the Emanuel AME Church in this S.C. city Charleston |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $600: A leader & producer of the Wu-Tang Clan, he composed music for "Kill Bill" & we can't help hoping he'll work on a song with SZA RZA |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $800: George Gershwin's last concert work was based on his song "I Got" this essential element of music Rhythm |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $1000: "No One Is Alone" from "Into the Woods" & "Being Alive" from "Company" are among this late great's most beloved songs Sondheim |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | COMPOSERS $1200: This American composed the music for the ballet "Rodeo" (Aaron) Copland |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | MUSICAL STYLES $200: Though lesser known than Joplin, African American James Scott was one of the great composers in this musical style ragtime |
| #8133, aired 2020-01-08 | FILM COMPOSERS $1200: "De-Lovely": Kevin Kline as this red, hot & blue American Cole Porter |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | WOMEN COMPOSERS $800: The first symphony by an American woman was Amy Beach's "Gaelic Symphony", first performed in 1896 by this group, the BSO for short the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| #7934, aired 2019-02-21 | HERSHEY FELDER PRESENTS GREAT COMPOSERS $1200: (Hershey Felder presents from the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.) George Gershwin drew musical inspiration from the real world sounds around him; the wild car horns of the Etoile & the Arc de Triomphe are captured in this work An American in Paris |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $400: In 1899 a Sedalia, Missouri music store published his "Maple Leaf Rag" Scott Joplin |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $800: Songs by cantor's son Harold Arlen include this one that begins, "Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky" "Stormy Weather" |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $1200: The piece heard here was written in less than 3 weeks by this composer Gershwin |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $2000: This "Appalachian Spring" composer won an Oscar for his score to "The Heiress" Aaron Copland |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $6,000 (Daily Double): William Schuman, who won the first Pulitzer Prize for Music, served as president of this NYC school, 1945-1961 the Juilliard School |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $400: Stevie Wonder's song "Sir Duke" was a tribute to this jazzy composer & bandleader Duke Ellington |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $1200: Magic moments for this composer & Hal David included writing the 1958 Perry Como hit "Magic Moments" (Burt) Bacharach |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $1,400 (Daily Double): His song "I Love Paris" was no doubt inspired by his years of living there Cole Porter |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $2000: The opera "Einstein on the Beach" was a collaboration between Robert Wilson & this composer (Philip) Glass |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $400: In 1934 George Gershwin spent part of the "Summertime" in Charleston to prepare to write his score for this Porgy and Bess |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $800: He popularized the term "swing" by composing "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" Duke Ellington |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $1600: He composed the classic "Ol' Man River", with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, for the musical "Show Boat" Jerome Kern |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $2000: A fall from a subway platform in 1943 left this "St. Louis Blues" composer completely blind (W.C.) Handy |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1903 he formed his own ragtime opera company to perform his "A Guest of Honor" Scott Joplin |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | 20th CENTURY COMPOSERS $800: First name of Austro-American composer Schoenberg; he anagrammed it to name his son Ronald Arnold |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | COMPOSERS $400: On trips in the 1920s, he was an American in Paris, & he gave that title to his 1928 orchestral work (George) Gershwin |
| #5214, aired 2007-04-19 | EUROPEAN COMPOSERS $2000: In 1971 Pierre Boulez became the first Frenchman to serve as music director of this great American orchestra New York Philharmonic |
| #2954, aired 1997-06-05 | COMPOSERS $600: Gunther Schuller is known for mixing classical style with this American music form: way "cool" Jazz |
| #2935, aired 1997-05-09 | COMPOSERS $200: This American wrote "Rhapsody in Blue" in 1924 & "Second Rhapsody" in 1931 George Gershwin |
| #2906, aired 1997-03-31 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1000: In 1945 Heitor Villa-Lobos founded this South American country's academy of music Brazil |
| #2699, aired 1996-05-02 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1000: In 1945 this American won the Pulitzer Prize for "Appalachian Spring" (Aaron) Copland |
| #2651, aired 1996-02-26 | COMPOSERS $400: "The American Maid" is a 1913 operetta by this "March King" (John Philip) Sousa |
| #2602, aired 1995-12-19 | COMPOSERS $500: This American conductor wrote his "Mass" for the opening of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Leonard) Bernstein |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | COMPOSERS $1000: This American incorporated his popular "Fanfare for the Common Man" into his third symphony Aaron Copland |
| #2217, aired 1994-04-05 | COMPOSERS $200: "Transit of Venus" is a 1920 novel by this American composer who's better known for his marches Sousa |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | COMPOSERS $2,000 (Daily Double): This American's Symphony No. 3 is titled "Kaddish" Leonard Bernstein |
| #2202, aired 1994-03-15 | COMPOSERS $600: Russian-American choreographer who was the brother of Soviet composer Andrei Balanchivadze (George) Balanchine |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | COMPOSERS $600: Heiter Villa-Lobos often used the rhythms & instruments of this South American country, his native land Brazil |
| #2077, aired 1993-09-21 | COMPOSERS $200: Walter Damrosch conducted the New York Philharmonic in the premiere of his "An American in Paris" Gershwin |
| #2020, aired 1993-05-21 | COMPOSERS $600: His "Bolero" had its American debut at a 1929 concert of the N.Y. Philharmonic-Symphony Ravel |
| #2007, aired 1993-05-04 | COMPOSERS $600: The 19th century American who wrote "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming" & "Beautiful Dreamer" Stephen Foster |
| #1926, aired 1993-01-11 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $200: Beginning with the show "Lady, Be Good!", the lyrics to nearly all his songs were written by his brother Ira George Gershwin |
| #1926, aired 1993-01-11 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $400: This composer of the "Pink Panther theme" has won 4 Oscars & 20 Grammys Henry Mancini |
| #1926, aired 1993-01-11 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $600: A composition that he wrote in 1853 was adopted as Kentucky's state song Stephen Foster |
| #1926, aired 1993-01-11 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $800: The Broadway musical "Sophisticated Ladies" was based on the music of this composer Duke Ellington |
| #1926, aired 1993-01-11 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $1000: While at Yale, this "Night and Day" composer wrote the football songs "Bingo Eli Yale" & "Bull Dog" Cole Porter |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | COMPOSERS $400: American composer Elliott Carter won this prize in 1960 & 1973 for his 2nd & 3rd string quartets the Pulitzer Prize |
| #1872, aired 1992-10-27 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1000: His trip to the U.S. inspired the "American" string quartet as well as the "New World" symphony Dvorák |
| #1829, aired 1992-07-09 | ORGANIZATIONS $500: ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors & these Publishers |
| #1734, aired 1992-02-27 | COMPOSERS $400: A trip to Europe inspired his 1928 piece "An American in Paris" George Gershwin |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | COMPOSERS $400: In 1943 American composer William Schuman became the first composer to win one of these prizes Pulitzer |
| #1547, aired 1991-04-30 | COMPOSERS $400: This American conducted for the last time on August 19, 1990 at Tanglewood in Massachusetts Bernstein |
| #1527, aired 1991-04-02 | COMPOSERS $200: Gustav Mahler made his debut as principal conductor of this American opera company in 1908 the Metropolitan Opera Company |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | COMPOSERS $400: He composed "An American in Paris" in Paris, but the first performance of it was held at Carnegie Hall Gershwin |
| #537, aired 1986-12-30 | COMPOSERS $1000: Ency. Americana ranks this Russian-American w/ Schoenberg as the 2 most important modern composers (Igor) Stravinsky |
| #135, aired 1985-03-15 | MUSIC $800 (Daily Double): What A.S.C.A.P. stands for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |
