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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XX through XXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who studied under Carl Czerny and began his public career at the age of 11, appearing at the Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, in 1843?
(a) Theodor Döhler.
(b) Alfred Jaëll.
(c) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(d) William Sterndale Bennett.

2. What German pianist, composer, piano teacher, and piano manufacturer was born in 1785?
(a) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(b) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.

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

4. What German pianist and composer was a pupil of Hummel and Sechter and became court pianist in St Petersburg?
(a) Friedrich Chopin.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Carl Czerny.

5. Who embellished a Chopin nocturne, prompting Chopin to tell him to play it as he wrote it or not at all?
(a) Friedrich Chopin.
(b) Bertold Hummel.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Franz Liszt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Paderewski did not receive systematic instruction until what age?

2. In what year was Henri Herz born?

3. Where was Anton Rubinstein born?

4. What musician helped establish the German school and played clearly, analytically, and precisely with authority?

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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