View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money did Ignacy Jan Paderewski earn for three months playing in the United States?
(a) $150,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $300,000.
(d) $500,000.

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

3. Where was Ignacy Jan Paderewski from?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) Poland.
(d) Denmark.

4. What contemporary pianist of Teresa Carreno called her a "goddess" despite her lack of discipline?
(a) Claudio Arrau.
(b) Alfred Grunfeld.
(c) Percy Grainger.
(d) Vassily Sapellnikoff.

5. In what year did the romantic upheaval take place in music?
(a) 1754.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1830.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Annette Essipoff from?

2. What term is used to identify a type of music that is a singing, nuanced, fluffy, polite, and melodic approach developed after Bach's death when the heavy contrapuntal style used in the tempestuous fugue fell into disfavor?

3. Thalberg fully retired from playing with not even a piano at home in what year?

4. What term refers to a group of eight interrelated notes?

5. Where did Liszt have rooms between Weimar and Budapest?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 173 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample