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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 public university was founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatory of Music?
(a) Vienna Conservatory.
(b) Leipzig Conservatory.
(c) Hamberg Conservatory.
(d) Mendelssohn Conservatory.

2. Who married composer Robert Schumann, wore black in his memory, and was the authority on his music?
(a) Louise Schumann.
(b) Andrea Schumann.
(c) Clara Schumann.
(d) Mary Schumann.

3. Leschetizky identified three elements of being a great pianist that included being a what?
(a) Child prodigy.
(b) American.
(c) German.
(d) Mathematician.

4. Thalberg fully retired from playing with not even a piano at home in what year?
(a) 1863.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1897.

5. What celebrated pianist and composer was born March 10 1832 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England?
(a) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(b) Muzio Clementi.
(c) John Field.
(d) Adolf von Henselt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Annette Essipoff from?

2. In what year did Sigismond Thalberg debut in New York and play fifty-six concerts?

3. The "Leschetizky system" assigned pupils who needed more training to an assistant for how long or until they met Leschetizky's standards?

4. What is the name of a performance hall in New York City where Paderewski made a debut in 1891 on his tour for the Steinway piano company?

5. Vladimir de Pachmann dressed in a smelly, old gown he claimed was whose?

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