1. What nickname referred to Eugene d'Albert?
(a) "The Maestro."
(b) "The Little Giant."
(c) "Brahma of the Keyboard."
(d) "Chopinzee."

2. What German pianist, composer, piano teacher, and piano manufacturer was born in 1785?
(a) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(b) Adolf von Henselt.
(c) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(d) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.

3. What country did Eugene d'Albert consider to be his spiritual home?
(a) France.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Vienna.

4. What musical term refers to playing notes of a chord one after another rather than at one time?
(a) Stacatto.
(b) Fugue.
(c) Legato.
(d) Arpeggio.

5. What is the term used to describe an elegant drawing room used in formal receptions that is different in layout and size than a public hall or auditorium used for concerts?
(a) Concerto.
(b) Salon.
(c) Studio.
(d) Stage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German composer and pianist is considered to have been the most crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music?

2. Vladimir de Pachmann dressed in a smelly, old gown he claimed was whose?

3. Where was Eugene d'Albert born?

4. What German Romantic composer of orchestral and choral works was born in 1809 in Hamburg?

5. From 1750 to 1824, London music shops grew from 12 to how many?

(see the answer key)

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