1. What Austrian child prodigy made his first appearance in public in 1800 playing a Mozart piano concerto?
(a) Ignaz Moscheles.
(b) Adolf von Henselt.
(c) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(d) Carl Czerny.

2. Where was Louis Moreau Gottschalk born?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Vienna.

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

4. Chapter VI, In the Interim describes the last two decades of what century?
(a) 19th.
(b) 16th.
(c) 18th.
(d) 17th.

5. What Polish piano-player could not play two correct notes in a row and always played fortissimo?
(a) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(b) Antoine de Kontski.
(c) Theodor Döhler.
(d) William Sterndale Bennett.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When did the piano become the most popular instrument to be played publicly?

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

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

5. What great pianist played piano as he sat erect and formal with minimal movement and earned the nickname Old Arpeggio?

(see the answer key)

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