General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 28 August 2016

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Question 1: Of whom did the 1954 edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians say his music was "monotonous in texture ... consist[ing] mainly of artificial and gushing tunes" and predicted that his popular success was "not likely to last"?