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Jewish Music Quiz

How much do you know about Jewish music?

Jewish music today extends well beyond the synagogue, to the concert halls of Israel, the klezmer revival, and the reggae of Matisyahu. How much do you know about Jewish music?

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Question 1 of 10
Which of these is an example of song in the Bible?
Question 2 of 10
What is Leonard Bernstein's only work composed for the synagogue?
Question 3 of 10
Which of these facts about Debbie Friedman is NOT true?
Question 4 of 10
What are nigunim?
Question 5 of 10
Klezmer music was inspired by which of these?
Question 6 of 10
True or false: After the destruction of the Temple, the rabbis forbade the use of instruments during prayer.
Question 7 of 10
Salamone Rossi's great claim to Jewish musical fame came with his publication in 1623 of what work?
Question 8 of 10
When Wagner claimed in his essay "Judaism in Music" that Jews could never be "true" creators because they are parasitic, Arnold Schoenberg created what musical response?
Question 9 of 10
Where is the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music located?
Question 10 of 10
What is the Hebrew name for the melodies to which traditional prayers are chanted?

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