99. Of Weddings and Wood...

Some say that the name of this art form is a variation of the French word for weddings and dates back to the time when Maxmillian, a frenchman was Emperor. Others say that the term comes from the name of the wood used to make the platform on which performers danced to the music of the village musicians. The “Son” is the typical sound and is a mixture of Spanish, native and African traditions.

Which art form?

98. March of the muscians?

Where would you find the following, back to back, and in the order specified below:

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach
Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky
L'apprenti sorcier by Paul Dukas
The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky
La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours by Ponichelli
Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky
Ave Maria by Schubert

97. And they never heard of it again....

In 1960, when Kuwait was on the verge of becoming an independent state, the Kuwait Oil Company felt that a bit of PR was needed. They invited X to visit Kuwait and write a book about his observations. For two weeks the Kuwait Oil Company escorted X on a whirlwind tour of Kuwait. The end result was a book called “State of Excitement” but unfortunately it was not what the Kuwaitis had expected. The Kuwait Oil Company owned the rights to the book and hence X was politely paid off, and the book never published. The only place in the world where it can be read by the general public is the Lilly Library at Indiana University.

Identify X.