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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. Vladimir de Pachmann dressed in a smelly, old gown he claimed was whose?
(a) Beethoven's.
(b) Chopin's.
(c) Bach's.
(d) Emil von Sauer's.

2. 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) Theodor Leschetizky.
(b) Ignacy Jan Paderewski.
(c) Ludwig van Beethoven.
(d) Eugene d'Albert.

3. What term refers to a group of eight interrelated notes?
(a) Sonata.
(b) Chord.
(c) Octave.
(d) Scale.

4. How old was Anton Rubinstein when he debuted?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chopin introduced changes in fingering and what that remained stylish into the next century?

2. At what age did the musician Mischa Levitzski die?

3. Chopin's music was critiqued as exotic or even insane for its "bold dissonance and strange _____."

4. In what decade did America discourage pupils away from European schools like Paris Conservatoire?

5. When did Josef Hofmann make his American debut?

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