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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXX through XXXII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Theodor Leschetizky.
(b) Eugene d'Albert.
(c) Ludwig van Beethoven.
(d) Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

2. 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.

3. What style, perfect for piano, was invented in 1709 by Italian harpsichord-maker Bartolommeo Cristofori to play in salons?
(a) Classicism.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Style galant.
(d) Modernism.

4. When did Louis Moreau Gottschalk die?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1815.
(d) 1902.

5. 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) Friedrich Chopin.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Carl Czerny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who studied under Carl Czerny and began his public career at the age of 11, appearing at the Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, in 1843?

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

3. Chopin introduced changes in fingering and what that remained stylish into the next century?

4. When was Ignacy Jan Paderewski born?

5. What pianist wrote music that took "remarkable stretch" and "peculiar hand formation" to reach his left-hand extensions?

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