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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXVIII and XXIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first great pianist who made a clear break with classicism to set romantic pianism on its course?
(a) Carl Czerny.
(b) Friedrich Chopin.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Adolf von Henselt.

2. When was Frédéric Chopin born?
(a) 1786.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1900.

3. Who was Anton Rubinstein's greatest pupil, according to the author?
(a) Glenn Gould.
(b) Josef Hofmann.
(c) Alfred Brendel.
(d) Maurizio Pollini.

4. What German pianist and composer was a pupil of Hummel and Sechter and became court pianist in St Petersburg?
(a) Friedrich Chopin.
(b) Adolf von Henselt.
(c) Carl Czerny.
(d) Mozart.

5. Where did Frédéric Chopin die?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Paris.
(c) Oslo.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Josef Hofmann born?

2. What romantic Polish pianist born in 1830 spent most of his life after 1878 in Vienna?

3. Who held solo concerts in 1839 Rome?

4. Where was Chopin born?

5. Whose austere Russian appearance produced organized, impeccably delivered serious sonorities with musical elegance and exquisitely finished phrases?

(see the answer key)

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