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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXX through XXXII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thalberg fully retired from playing with not even a piano at home in what year?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1919.

2. What term refers to a form of music also called counterpoint in which several simultaneous melodies are woven together into a harmonious whole that was fostered by Johann Sebastian Bach?
(a) Arpeggio.
(b) Legato.
(c) Fugue.
(d) Contrapuntal style.

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

4. What is the name of a performance hall in New York City where Paderewski made a debut in 1891 on his tour for the Steinway piano company?
(a) Carnegie Hall.
(b) New York Philharmonic.
(c) Vienna Philharmonic.
(d) Metropolitan Opera.

5. How old was Louis Moreau Gottschalk when he died?
(a) 50.
(b) 40.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German pianist, conductor, and composer of Czech birth was a pupil of B. D. Weber in Prague and of Albrechtsberger and Salieri in Vienna?

2. In what year was Harold Bauer born?

3. Who codified twentieth century theory of technique beyond Chopin's ideas?

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

5. What is the name of a term used to describe a form of music in which themes successively repeat?

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