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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 was an ill-defined method of balanced playing where stronger emphasized notes were offset by lesser emphasized notes?
(a) Legato.
(b) Tempo rubato.
(c) Arpeggio.
(d) Fugue.

2. Who embellished a Chopin nocturne, prompting Chopin to tell him to play it as he wrote it or not at all?
(a) Friedrich Chopin.
(b) Adolf von Henselt.
(c) Bertold Hummel.
(d) Franz Liszt.

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

4. What pianist was born November 14, 1778, in Bohemia?
(a) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
(b) Carl Czerny.
(c) Ignaz Moscheles.
(d) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.

5. How old was Josef Hofmann when he made his American debut?
(a) 10.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Irish pianist, composer, and teacher was born in Dublin in 1782?

2. Who freed Hans von Bulow from a lack of spontaneity to become his first great pupil?

3. In what year did the romantic upheaval take place in music?

4. How old was Josef Hofmann when he gave his debut recital?

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

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