View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XIV through XIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Contrapuntal style.
(b) Legato.
(c) Arpeggio.
(d) Fugue.

3. What pianist performed at four and memorized and played all the Beethoven symphonies at eight on piano?
(a) Clara Schumann.
(b) William Sterndale Bennett.
(c) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(d) Felix Mendelssohn.

4. Who was the earliest-born pianist to be recorded?
(a) Chopin.
(b) Sophie Mentor.
(c) Franz Liszt.
(d) Saint-Saens.

5. What is the term used to describe an elegant drawing room used in formal receptions that is different in layout and size than a public hall or auditorium used for concerts?
(a) Stage.
(b) Salon.
(c) Concerto.
(d) Studio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German composer and a notable piano virtuoso of the Romantic period studied under Julius Benedict, Carl Czerny, and Simon Sechte?

2. 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?

3. In what year did the romantic upheaval take place in music?

4. What pianist was born en route between Cassel and Berlin and played with most superficial brilliance?

5. What term refers to a group of eight interrelated notes?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 229 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample