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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXIV and XXV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the pianist Ernest Hutcheson from?
(a) Australia.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) Canada.

2. Who credited Nicholas Rubinstein as his chief teacher and said Liszt was too old to teach him?
(a) Alfred Grunfeld.
(b) Moriz Rosenthal.
(c) Emil von Sauer.
(d) Saint-Saens.

3. Under whom did Leopold Godowsky study for three years?
(a) Saint-Saens.
(b) Alfred Grunfeld.
(c) Moriz Rosenthal.
(d) Percy Grainger.

4. What pianist never played in public but stayed in Vienna to teach pupils and compose over a thousand published works?
(a) Johannes Sebastian Bach.
(b) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(c) Carl Czerny.
(d) Ignaz Moscheles.

5. In what year did Sigismond Thalberg debut in New York and play fifty-six concerts?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What Polish piano-player could not play two correct notes in a row and always played fortissimo?

3. What contemporary pianist of Teresa Carreno called her a "goddess" despite her lack of discipline?

4. Who studied under Carl Czerny and began his public career at the age of 11, appearing at the Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, in 1843?

5. Under whom did Ignacy Jan Paderewski study piano?

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