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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXXVI through XXXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What student of Franz Liszt was described as having touch that was "soft as velvet and as strong as a man's"?
(a) Clara Schumann.
(b) Sophie Mentor.
(c) Amy Fay.
(d) Adele aus der Ohe.

2. What refers to an instrumental musical composition usually designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular technical skill?
(a) Sonata.
(b) Fugue.
(c) Waltz.
(d) Etude.

3. What term refers to an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability in the fine arts, at singing or playing a musical instrument?
(a) Mentor.
(b) Master.
(c) Virtuoso.
(d) Maestro.

4. What is the name of a performance hall in New York City where Paderewski made a debut in 1891 on his tour for the Steinway piano company?
(a) Vienna Philharmonic.
(b) Carnegie Hall.
(c) New York Philharmonic.
(d) Metropolitan Opera.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Harold Bauer play as a child prodigy?

2. Who discovered Harold Bauer at twenty playing piano?

3. What term is used to identify a type of music that is a singing, nuanced, fluffy, polite, and melodic approach developed after Bach's death when the heavy contrapuntal style used in the tempestuous fugue fell into disfavor?

4. In what year did Louis Moreau Gottschalk die?

5. What is the name of a term used to describe a form of music in which themes successively repeat?

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