1. Two Hungarian countesses wrestled to the ground over what object belonging to Franz Liszt?
(a) A piano tuner.
(b) A ring.
(c) A snuffbox.
(d) An autograph.

2. How old was Isaac Albeniz when he debuted in 1864 Spain?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 4.
(d) 15.

3. What term is used to describe the mid-eighteenth century disciplined style of piano playing in which the pianist plays notes written by a composer with some flexibility for tasteful improvisation and embellishment?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Modernism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Classicism.

4. What pianist performed at four and memorized and played all the Beethoven symphonies at eight on piano?
(a) Clara Schumann.
(b) Felix Mendelssohn.
(c) William Sterndale Bennett.
(d) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.

5. Where did Frédéric Chopin die?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Oslo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a term used to describe a piano playing style that was a brilliant romanticist musical approach that transcended technique and was made famous by Franz Liszt and others?

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

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

4. Where did Paderewski debut in 1887?

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

(see the answer key)

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