1. Two Hungarian countesses wrestled to the ground over what object belonging to Franz Liszt?
(a) A snuffbox.
(b) A piano tuner.
(c) A ring.
(d) An autograph.

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

3. In what year was the piano invented?
(a) 1654.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1709.
(d) 1523.

4. What is the name of a term used to describe a form of music in which themes successively repeat?
(a) Arpeggio.
(b) Style galant.
(c) Legato.
(d) Fugue.

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

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. Chopin considered Bach and who to be the only two great composers?

3. When was Vladimir von Pachmann born?

4. What great pianist played piano as he sat erect and formal with minimal movement and earned the nickname Old Arpeggio?

5. What pianist never played in public but stayed in Vienna to teach pupils and compose over a thousand published works?

(see the answer key)

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