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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXXVI through XXXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the romantic upheaval take place in music?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1754.

2. What musician helped establish the German school and played clearly, analytically, and precisely with authority?
(a) Felix Mendelssohn.
(b) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(c) Clara Schumann.
(d) Hans von Bulow.

3. Who freed Hans von Bulow from a lack of spontaneity to become his first great pupil?
(a) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(b) Franz Liszt.
(c) Felix Mendelssohn.
(d) Hans von Bulow.

4. In what year was Maurizio Pollini born?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1965.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Isaac Albeniz hide on a ship crossing the Atlantic to Puerto Rico and play in his French musketeer costume for passengers?

2. When did Chopin arrive in Paris as a fully-developed composer and pianist?

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

4. What was an ill-defined method of balanced playing where stronger emphasized notes were offset by lesser emphasized notes?

5. What term is used to identify a type of music that is a singing, nuanced, fluffy, polite, and melodic approach developed after Bach's death when the heavy contrapuntal style used in the tempestuous fugue fell into disfavor?

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