View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Old Arpeggio recommended pressing the keys with energy and vigor rather than striking them and kneading tender passages with "fingers of" what?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Silk.
(c) Glass.
(d) Cotton.

2. Where did Liszt have rooms between Weimar and Budapest?
(a) Dublin, Ireland.
(b) Buckingham Palace.
(c) The Lourvre.
(d) The Vatican.

3. What Polish student of Franz Liszt amazed fellow pianists with his speed, power and endurance?
(a) Emil von Sauer.
(b) Moriz Rosenthal.
(c) Saint-Saens.
(d) Alfred Grunfeld.

4. Where was Johann Hummel from?
(a) Russia.
(b) Austria.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Hungary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Johannes Sebastian Bach die?

2. What German Romantic composer of orchestral and choral works was born in 1809 in Hamburg?

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

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

5. Who was the rival of Franz Liszt?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 190 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample