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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXVI and XXVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Louis Moreau Gottschalk die?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1815.

2. Under whom did Leopold Godowsky study for three years?
(a) Saint-Saens.
(b) Percy Grainger.
(c) Alfred Grunfeld.
(d) Moriz Rosenthal.

3. In what year did Leopold Godowsky suffer a stroke?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1930.

4. In what year did Isaac Albeniz go to San Francisco before returning to Europe?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1874.

5. In what year did Sigismond Thalberg debut in New York and play fifty-six concerts?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ignacy Jan Paderewski from?

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

3. Who was the first great pianist who made a clear break with classicism to set romantic pianism on its course?

4. Leschetizky identified three elements of being a great pianist that included being a what?

5. At what age did Isaac Albeniz hide on a ship crossing the Atlantic to Puerto Rico and play in his French musketeer costume for passengers?

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