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This Charleston native received the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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Clarksburg native Phyllis Curtin is best remembered for what style of music?
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In 1935, this opera singer became the first West Virginian to perform at the Met in New York City.
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The blind musician Ed Haley was best known for playing what instrument?
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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra is headquartered in this city.
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Giving its first concert in 1929, this is the longest-running orchestra in West Virginia.
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Ida L. Reed of Barbour County was best known for writing this style of music.
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Who broke Connie Smith's 50-year run for most consecutive weeks with a country song at number one on the charts?
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This old-time fiddler from Braxton County wrote the traditional tune "Elk River Blues."
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