1. In what decade did America discourage pupils away from European schools like Paris Conservatoire?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1850s.
(c) 1860s.
(d) 1840s.

2. What pianist was born November 14, 1778, in Bohemia?
(a) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
(b) Ignaz Moscheles.
(c) Carl Czerny.
(d) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.

3. Who played melody with his thumbs in the middle of the keyboard while his fingers played arpeggios up and down the keyboard?
(a) Franz Liszt.
(b) Sigismond Thalberg.
(c) Friedrich Chopin.
(d) Bertold Hummel.

4. When did Sigismond Thalberg die?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1919.

5. What pianist wrote music that took "remarkable stretch" and "peculiar hand formation" to reach his left-hand extensions?
(a) John Field.
(b) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Muzio Clementi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is used to describe the mid-eighteenth century disciplined style of piano playing in which the pianist plays notes written by a composer with some flexibility for tasteful improvisation and embellishment?

2. Old Arpeggio recommended pressing the keys with energy and vigor rather than striking them and kneading tender passages with "fingers of" what?

3. When was Frédéric Chopin born?

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

5. What pianist was born in April 28, 1873 in New Malden, Surrey, England?

(see the answer key)

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