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- 1. Multiple Choice
“Pesniary” was a popular Belarusian pop band.
True
False
- 2. Multiple Choice
The band was founded in 1969 by guitarist Vladimir Mulyavin.
True
False
- 3. Multiple Choice
Before 1970 the band was known under the name “Liavony”.
True
False
- 4. Multiple Choice
The period of 1974–1980 is considered the Golden Age of the band when it achieved peak popularity in the USSR, Eastern Europe and in other countries.
True
False
- 5. Multiple Choice
Pesniary played different types of music, but it mostly used country with elements of hard rock.
True
False
- 6. Multiple Choice
The band often used lyrics only famous Russian
poets of the past.
True
False
- 7. Multiple Choice
Pesniary’s favourite poet was Yanka Kupala and the
band adapted his two poems: “Pesnia pra dolyu” and “Huslar”.
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
In 1979, after the success of the rock opera Guslar, the whole band was awarded the honorary title Merited Artist of the Soviet Union and Vladimir Mulyavin
personally received a higher title of People’s Artist.
True
False
- 9. Multiple Choice
After Mulyavin’s death in a car accident on 26 January 2003, the original Pesniary continue to perform.
True
False
- 10. Multiple Choice
Several of Pesniary’s songs were composed by Aleksandra Pakhmutova.
True
False
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