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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. Where was Franz Liszt musical director and the location of the headquarters for "Music of the Future"?
(a) Weimar court.
(b) Liszt court.
(c) Hammel court.
(d) Buckingham court.

2. Under whom did Ignacy Jan Paderewski study piano?
(a) Eugene d'Albert.
(b) Ludwig van Beethoven.
(c) Theodor Leschetizky.
(d) Bartolommeo Cristofori.

3. What musical school did Anton Rubinstein found?
(a) The Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
(b) The New York University School of Music.
(c) The Vienna Conservatory.
(d) The Julliard School of Music.

4. What Polish student of Franz Liszt amazed fellow pianists with his speed, power and endurance?
(a) Saint-Saens.
(b) Moriz Rosenthal.
(c) Alfred Grunfeld.
(d) Emil von Sauer.

5. Paderewski did not receive systematic instruction until what age?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chopin considered Bach and who to be the only two great composers?

2. Where was Chopin born?

3. How old was Paderewski when he debuted in 1887?

4. When did Josef Hofmann make his Hamburg debut?

5. What son of a Hungarian official was born in 1811 became a priest in 1865 but had no authority to celebrate mass or hear confession?

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