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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 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?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) Ignaz Moscheles.
(c) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(d) Carl Czerny.

2. How much money did Ignacy Jan Paderewski earn for three months playing in the United States?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $300,000.
(d) $150,000.

3. At what age did the musician Mischa Levitzski die?
(a) 50.
(b) 45.
(c) 62.
(d) 35.

4. Who married composer Robert Schumann, wore black in his memory, and was the authority on his music?
(a) Mary Schumann.
(b) Louise Schumann.
(c) Andrea Schumann.
(d) Clara Schumann.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From 1750 to 1824, London music shops grew from 12 to how many?

2. What German pianist, conductor, and composer of Czech birth was a pupil of B. D. Weber in Prague and of Albrechtsberger and Salieri in Vienna?

3. Where was Artur Schnabel from?

4. When was Sergei Rachmaninoff born?

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

(see the answer key)

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