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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. What Polish American pianist, composer, and teacher was known for his theories concerning the application of relaxed weight and economy of motion in piano playing?
(a) Franz Liszt.
(b) Claude Debussy.
(c) Ferruccio Busoni.
(d) Leopold Godowsky.

2. When did Chopin arrive in Paris as a fully-developed composer and pianist?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1831.
(d) 1845.

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

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

5. What nickname did the pianist Leopold Godowsky go by?
(a) "The Little Giant."
(b) "Chopinzee."
(c) "The Piano God."
(d) "Brahma of the Keyboard."

Short Answer Questions

1. Chopin's music was critiqued as exotic or even insane for its "bold dissonance and strange _____."

2. What Austrian child prodigy made his first appearance in public in 1800 playing a Mozart piano concerto?

3. When was Johann Hummel born?

4. What romantic Polish pianist born in 1830 spent most of his life after 1878 in Vienna?

5. What school did Isaac Albeniz attend at age 15?

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