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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. Who invented the piano?
(a) John Field.
(b) Muzio Clementi.
(c) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(d) Adolf von Henselt.

2. Who played melody with his thumbs in the middle of the keyboard while his fingers played arpeggios up and down the keyboard?
(a) Friedrich Chopin.
(b) Bertold Hummel.
(c) Sigismond Thalberg.
(d) Franz Liszt.

3. 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?
(a) Metropolitan Opera.
(b) New York Philharmonic.
(c) Vienna Philharmonic.
(d) Carnegie Hall.

4. What country did Eugene d'Albert consider to be his spiritual home?
(a) Germany.
(b) Vienna.
(c) France.
(d) Scotland.

5. What German Romantic composer of orchestral and choral works was born in 1809 in Hamburg?
(a) Carl Czerny.
(b) Felix Mendelssohn.
(c) Ignaz Moscheles.
(d) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who freed Hans von Bulow from a lack of spontaneity to become his first great pupil?

2. Who was described by the author as an incomparable pianist who added new theories and ideas about pedaling and sonority with new ideas of figuration and layout?

3. Who married composer Robert Schumann, wore black in his memory, and was the authority on his music?

4. In the late 18th century, piano-playing techniques changed from Clementi's classic horizontal hand and arm level to outward-turned hands and wrists exemplified by whom?

5. What German composer and pianist is considered to have been the most crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music?

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