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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXX through XXXII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leschetizky identified three elements of being a great pianist that included being a what?
(a) German.
(b) American.
(c) Child prodigy.
(d) Mathematician.

2. What was an ill-defined method of balanced playing where stronger emphasized notes were offset by lesser emphasized notes?
(a) Legato.
(b) Tempo rubato.
(c) Fugue.
(d) Arpeggio.

3. How old was Anton Rubinstein when he debuted?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

4. What pianist was born November 14, 1778, in Bohemia?
(a) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(b) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
(c) Carl Czerny.
(d) Ignaz Moscheles.

5. Where was Chopin born?
(a) Warsaw, Poland.
(b) Krakaw, Poland.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Vienna, Austria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under whom did Ignacy Jan Paderewski study piano?

2. How old was Isaac Albeniz when he debuted in 1864 Spain?

3. What term is used to describe the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century virtuoso style of piano playing in which a pianist plays with expanded flexibility?

4. Who freed Hans von Bulow from a lack of spontaneity to become his first great pupil?

5. In what year did Leopold Godowsky suffer a stroke?

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