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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. Old Arpeggio recommended pressing the keys with energy and vigor rather than striking them and kneading tender passages with "fingers of" what?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Glass.
(c) Velvet.
(d) Silk.

2. Who was Anton Rubinstein's greatest pupil, according to the author?
(a) Maurizio Pollini.
(b) Glenn Gould.
(c) Alfred Brendel.
(d) Josef Hofmann.

3. What son of a Hungarian official was born in 1811 became a priest in 1865 but had no authority to celebrate mass or hear confession?
(a) Sigismond Thalberg.
(b) Franz Liszt.
(c) Friedrich Chopin.
(d) Adolf von Henselt.

4. What school did Isaac Albeniz attend at age 15?
(a) Brussels Conservatory.
(b) Metropolitan Opera.
(c) Julliard School of Music.
(d) Vienna Conservatory.

5. What term is used to identify a type of music that is a singing, nuanced, fluffy, polite, and melodic approach developed after Bach's death when the heavy contrapuntal style used in the tempestuous fugue fell into disfavor?
(a) Fugue.
(b) Sonata.
(c) Etude.
(d) Legato.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ignacy Jan Paderewski born?

2. What is the name of a term used to describe a piano playing style that was a brilliant romanticist musical approach that transcended technique and was made famous by Franz Liszt and others?

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

4. What term refers to a group of eight interrelated notes?

5. How old was Paderewski when he debuted in 1887?

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