Composers during Cold War
The two most prominent soviet composers.
A: Who are Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich?
What kind of economic system did India follow after independence in 1947?
What is a socialist, state-controlled or planned economy?
Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" in a 1946 speech?
Who is Winston Churchill?
This genre of music was used by the US as a symbol of their freedom and democracy
what is jazz
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall
When is 9 November 1989
Shostakovich's post WWII Soviet 'victory' piece.
What is Symphony No.9?
How did India’s non-alignment policy affect its economy during the Cold War?
What is it allowed India to receive aid from both the U.S. and USSR, but delayed integration into the global capitalist economy?
The Iron Curtain divided Europe into these two types of political systems.
What are democratic/capitalist and communist?
This trumpet player was one of the most influential and famous trumpet players that toured communist nations during this era
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The wall's fall symbolized the end of this decades-long conflict.
What is the Cold War?
Shostakovich's pro Soviet work.
What is The Sun Shines Over Our Motherland?
What role did the Soviet Union play in shaping India’s economy during the Cold War?
What is the USSR helped build heavy industries, steel plants, and influenced central economic planning?
The Iron Curtain wasn't a literal wall — it symbolized this.
What is the division between Western and Eastern Europe?
This group, named after a famous pianist, was the most popular music group from the west touring Europe.
Who was Dave Brubeck's Quartet
Massive protests in this East German city pressured the regime.
What is Leipzig?
The conference where Shostakovich delivered his anti-American speech.
What is the Waldorf Conference?
What was the economic impact of World War II on Indian agriculture and food supply?
What is wartime inflation, crop exports, and mismanagement led to food shortages and the Bengal Famine of 1943?
Name one Eastern European country behind the Iron Curtain.
What is Poland, Hungary, East Germany, etc.?
According to the Wende Museum, in East Germany, playing, listening, or advertising jazz was considered as this kind of offense.
what is a Political Offense
What event led to the accidental opening of the Berlin Wall?
What is a mistaken announcement during a press conference?
The number of Prokofiev's works that were banned.
What is 8?
Why did India decide to liberalize its economy in 1991, and how was this connected to the Cold War's end?
What is the collapse of the USSR and economic crisis pushed India to open its markets and attract foreign investment?
This conference led to post-WWII division of Germany and Berlin.
What is the Yalta Conference?
This nation, which was once directly impacted by the Iron Curtain, was one of the most welcoming nations towards the musical movement coming from the west during WWII.
What is Poland
Germany was officially reunified in this year.
What is 1990?