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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VIII through X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Chopin arrive in Paris as a fully-developed composer and pianist?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1831.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1789.

2. Who held solo concerts in 1839 Rome?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) Carl Czerny.
(c) Franz Liszt.
(d) Mozart.

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

4. Chopin introduced changes in fingering and what that remained stylish into the next century?
(a) Fugues.
(b) Chords.
(c) Pedaling.
(d) Keys.

5. 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) Clavichord.
(c) Organ.
(d) Harpsichord.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is used to describe the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century virtuoso style of piano playing in which a pianist plays with expanded flexibility?

2. 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?

3. Who embellished a Chopin nocturne, prompting Chopin to tell him to play it as he wrote it or not at all?

4. Who was the first great pianist who made a clear break with classicism to set romantic pianism on its course?

5. What term refers to a form of music also called counterpoint in which several simultaneous melodies are woven together into a harmonious whole that was fostered by Johann Sebastian Bach?

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