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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 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) Carl Czerny.
(b) Ignaz Moscheles.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
2. What Irish pianist, composer, and teacher was born in Dublin in 1782?
(a) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(b) Muzio Clementi.
(c) John Field.
(d) Adolf von Henselt.
3. What style, perfect for piano, was invented in 1709 by Italian harpsichord-maker Bartolommeo Cristofori to play in salons?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Classicism.
(c) Style galant.
(d) Modernism.
4. What pianist was born in April 28, 1873 in New Malden, Surrey, England?
(a) John Field.
(b) Harold Bauer.
(c) Muzio Clementi.
(d) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
5. What term is used to describe a form of playing that means connected consecutive notes without audible separation compared to staccato playing with distinct breaks between consecutive notes?
(a) Fugue.
(b) Legato.
(c) Stacatto.
(d) Etuge.
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 celebrated pianist and composer was born March 10 1832 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England?
3. 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?
4. What term is used to identify a type of music that is a singing, nuanced, fluffy, polite, and melodic approach developed after Bach's death when the heavy contrapuntal style used in the tempestuous fugue fell into disfavor?
5. What is an English piano manufacturer founded in 1728 by Burkat Shudi and continued after his death in 1773?
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