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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. What German composer and pianist is considered to have been the most crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music?
(a) Ludwig van Beethoven.
(b) Theodor Leschetizky.
(c) Eugene d'Albert.
(d) Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

2. Where was the pianist Ernest Hutcheson from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Australia.
(c) Russia.
(d) Canada.

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

4. When was Frédéric Chopin born?
(a) 1810.
(b) 1786.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1900.

5. Paderewski did not receive systematic instruction until what age?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vladimir de Pachmann dressed in a smelly, old gown he claimed was whose?

2. Which student of Franz Liszt is described as having musical skill that was mostly telling tales published in "Music Study in Germany"?

3. How old was Isaac Albeniz when his father allowed him to go to New York?

4. What country did Eugene d'Albert consider to be his spiritual home?

5. Who was the rival of Franz Liszt?

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