Which artist emphasized the natural rhythms present in flowers?

Which of the following women became a leader of an all-male big band?

a) Ella Fitzgerald b) Mary Lou Williams c) Billie Holliday d) Lil Hardin Armstrong

________, who had the reputation of being the best pianist in Vienna, was afflicted in his late twenties with an ear disease that eventually led to total deafness.

A. Franz Schubert B. Robert Schumann C. Frederic Chopin D. Ludwig van Beethoven