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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. At what age did Isaac Albebiz catch a train to a casino where he played piano for guests and gamblers?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 14.

2. Who was the first great pianist who made a clear break with classicism to set romantic pianism on its course?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Carl Czerny.
(d) Friedrich Chopin.

3. What German pianist, conductor, and composer of Czech birth was a pupil of B. D. Weber in Prague and of Albrechtsberger and Salieri in Vienna?
(a) Carl Czerny.
(b) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(c) Ignaz Moscheles.
(d) Adolf von Henselt.

4. Who was Liszt's favorite female student?
(a) Adele aus der Ohe.
(b) Amy Fay.
(c) Sophie Mentor.
(d) Clara Schumann.

5. From 1750 to 1824, London music shops grew from 12 to how many?
(a) 100.
(b) 150.
(c) 50.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did the pianist Vladimir de Pachmann acquire?

2. What great pianist played piano as he sat erect and formal with minimal movement and earned the nickname Old Arpeggio?

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

4. What Hungarian composer wildly gesticulated back and forth all over the keyboard when he played?

5. What pianist performed at four and memorized and played all the Beethoven symphonies at eight on piano?

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