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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. The "Leschetizky system" assigned pupils who needed more training to an assistant for how long or until they met Leschetizky's standards?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

2. What Austrian child prodigy made his first appearance in public in 1800 playing a Mozart piano concerto?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) Ignaz Moscheles.
(c) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(d) Carl Czerny.

3. When did Leopold de Meyer debut in America?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1919.

4. Ernest Hutcheson became president of what school of music?
(a) Carnegie Mellon School of Music.
(b) Vienna School of Music.
(c) Juilliard School of Music.
(d) New York University School of Music.

5. What term is used to describe a form of playing that means connected consecutive notes without audible separation compared to staccato playing with distinct breaks between consecutive notes?
(a) Stacatto.
(b) Etuge.
(c) Legato.
(d) Fugue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the pianist Ernest Hutcheson from?

2. Under whom did Leopold Godowsky study for three years?

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?

4. Who discovered Harold Bauer at twenty playing piano?

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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