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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Annette Essipoff from?

2. In what year was Harold Bauer born?

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

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

5. Whose powerful opening made orchestra conductor Eugen Pabst leave the podium to watch his hands and the "audience went wild"?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Glenn Gould retire? What emotional disturbances did he suffer from?

2. Describe Harold Bauer's American debut. What is noted of the pianist's style?

3. How does the author describe the correlation between pianists and composers in Chapter XXVI, Composers at the Keyboard?

4. What American pianists does Schonberg describe in Chapter XXXVIII, Made in America?

5. What relationship did Arthur Rubinstein and Vladimir Horowitz share? How did they differ in performance styles?

6. How are Alfred Brendel and Maurizio Pollini described in Chapter XXXVII, Two Cult Figures?

7. What female students of Liszt are described in Chapter XXV, The Ladies?

8. What nickname did Leopold Godowsky earn? Why?

9. How is the style of Sergei Rachmaninoff described by the author? Where was Sergei Rachmaninoff from?

10. Who was Vladimir de Pachmann? What was his expertise and namesake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the influences of Friedrich Chopin on romanticism, piano technique, and style. When was Chopin born? When did he debut? When did he die?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the biography and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. What contributions did Mozart make to piano technique and composition?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the style and works of Sigismond Thalberg. What was Thalberg's nickname and why? Who was his greatest rival?

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