1. What pianist wrote music that took "remarkable stretch" and "peculiar hand formation" to reach his left-hand extensions?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(c) John Field.
(d) Muzio Clementi.

2. What German pianist, conductor, and composer of Czech birth was a pupil of B. D. Weber in Prague and of Albrechtsberger and Salieri in Vienna?
(a) Ignaz Moscheles.
(b) Adolf von Henselt.
(c) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(d) Carl Czerny.

3. When was Johann Hummel born?
(a) 1745.
(b) 1778.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1845.

4. What pianist was born in April 28, 1873 in New Malden, Surrey, England?
(a) Harold Bauer.
(b) Muzio Clementi.
(c) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(d) John Field.

5. In the late 18th century, piano-playing techniques changed from Clementi's classic horizontal hand and arm level to outward-turned hands and wrists exemplified by whom?
(a) Carl Czerny.
(b) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Ignaz Moscheles.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. From 1750 to 1824, London music shops grew from 12 to how many?

4. A primitive cylinder recording of Brahms was found dated from what year?

5. What is the name of a term used to describe a form of music in which themes successively repeat?

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