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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. A primitive cylinder recording of Brahms was found dated from what year?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1915.

3. What musical instrument consists of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects?
(a) Lute.
(b) Organ.
(c) Harpsichord.
(d) Clavichord.

4. 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) Clavichord.
(d) Organ.

5. In what year was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born?
(a) 1756.
(b) 1714.
(c) 1780.
(d) 1749.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter VI, In the Interim describes the last two decades of what century?

2. When was Vladimir von Pachmann born?

3. What Austrian child prodigy made his first appearance in public in 1800 playing a Mozart piano concerto?

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

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

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