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

2. What Hungarian composer wildly gesticulated back and forth all over the keyboard when he played?
(a) Sigismond Thalberg.
(b) Bertold Hummel.
(c) Franz Liszt.
(d) Friedrich Chopin.

3. A primitive cylinder recording of Brahms was found dated from what year?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1873.

4. What Irish pianist, composer, and teacher was born in Dublin in 1782?
(a) John Field.
(b) Adolf von Henselt.
(c) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(d) Muzio Clementi.

5. Where did Frédéric Chopin die?
(a) Oslo.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Vienna.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart die?

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

4. Old Arpeggio recommended pressing the keys with energy and vigor rather than striking them and kneading tender passages with "fingers of" what?

5. Who held solo concerts in 1839 Rome?

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