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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Anton Rubinstein when he debuted?
(a) 15.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

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

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?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(c) Ignaz Moscheles.
(d) Carl Czerny.

4. What refers to an early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings?
(a) Clavichord.
(b) Organ.
(c) Lute.
(d) Harpsichord.

5. Who freed Hans von Bulow from a lack of spontaneity to become his first great pupil?
(a) Hans von Bulow.
(b) Franz Liszt.
(c) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(d) Felix Mendelssohn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who held solo concerts in 1839 Rome?

2. Thalberg fully retired from playing with not even a piano at home in what year?

3. Where was Johann Hummel from?

4. Who was the earliest-born pianist to be recorded?

5. Which student of Franz Liszt is described as having musical skill that was mostly telling tales published in "Music Study in Germany"?

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