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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. At what age did Isaac Albeniz hide on a ship crossing the Atlantic to Puerto Rico and play in his French musketeer costume for passengers?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

2. What refers to a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century?
(a) Lute.
(b) Harpsichord.
(c) Organ.
(d) Clavichord.

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

4. What contemporary pianist of Teresa Carreno called her a "goddess" despite her lack of discipline?
(a) Percy Grainger.
(b) Vassily Sapellnikoff.
(c) Claudio Arrau.
(d) Alfred Grunfeld.

5. 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?
(a)
(b)
(c) Bravura.
(d)

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Josef Hofmann born?

2. Where was Anton Rubinstein born?

3. Who was Anton Rubinstein's greatest pupil, according to the author?

4. Who was the rival of Franz Liszt?

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

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