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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 refers to an early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings?
(a) Clavichord.
(b) Organ.
(c) Harpsichord.
(d) Lute.

2. What contemporary pianist of Teresa Carreno called her a "goddess" despite her lack of discipline?
(a) Alfred Grunfeld.
(b) Claudio Arrau.
(c) Vassily Sapellnikoff.
(d) Percy Grainger.

3. Who was the rival of Franz Liszt?
(a) Sigismond Thalberg.
(b) Friedrich Chopin.
(c) Bertold Hummel.
(d) Adolf von Henselt.

4. 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?
(a) Bravura.
(b)
(c)
(d)

5. In what year did Johannes Sebastian Bach die?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1740.

Short Answer Questions

1. Paris Conservatoire rejected what thirteen-year old for being "too savage"?

2. Who embellished a Chopin nocturne, prompting Chopin to tell him to play it as he wrote it or not at all?

3. When did the piano become the most popular instrument to be played publicly?

4. Where did Frédéric Chopin die?

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

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