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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XI through XIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of a term used to describe a form of music in which themes successively repeat?
(a) Arpeggio.
(b) Legato.
(c) Style galant.
(d) Fugue.

2. What German Romantic composer of orchestral and choral works was born in 1809 in Hamburg?
(a) Ignaz Moscheles.
(b) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
(c) Carl Czerny.
(d) Felix Mendelssohn.

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

4. In the late 18th century, piano-playing techniques changed from Clementi's classic horizontal hand and arm level to outward-turned hands and wrists exemplified by whom?
(a) Ignaz Moscheles.
(b) Adolf von Henselt.
(c) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(d) Carl Czerny.

5. In what year was the piano invented?
(a) 1709.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1654.
(d) 1523.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Johann Hummel from?

2. What style, perfect for piano, was invented in 1709 by Italian harpsichord-maker Bartolommeo Cristofori to play in salons?

3. What pianist was born en route between Cassel and Berlin and played with most superficial brilliance?

4. When did Leopold de Meyer debut in America?

5. What pianist wrote music that took "remarkable stretch" and "peculiar hand formation" to reach his left-hand extensions?

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