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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Irish pianist, composer, and teacher was born in Dublin in 1782?
(a) Muzio Clementi.
(b) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) John Field.

2. When did Louis Moreau Gottschalk return to the United States to give a New York concert?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1853.

3. What musical term refers to playing notes of a chord one after another rather than at one time?
(a) Legato.
(b) Stacatto.
(c) Fugue.
(d) Arpeggio.

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

5. When was Vladimir von Pachmann born?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1798.

6. 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?
(a) Sonata.
(b) Fugue.
(c) Etude.
(d) Legato.

7. What musical instrument consists of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects?
(a) Harpsichord.
(b) Clavichord.
(c) Lute.
(d) Organ.

8. 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)
(b)
(c) Bravura.
(d)

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

10. Where was Franz Liszt musical director and the location of the headquarters for "Music of the Future"?
(a) Buckingham court.
(b) Liszt court.
(c) Hammel court.
(d) Weimar court.

11. Where was Ignacy Jan Paderewski from?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Russia.
(c) Poland.
(d) France.

12. What German composer and a notable piano virtuoso of the Romantic period studied under Julius Benedict, Carl Czerny, and Simon Sechte?
(a) Antoine de Kontski.
(b) Theodor Döhler.
(c) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(d) William Sterndale Bennett.

13. Paris Conservatoire rejected what thirteen-year old for being "too savage"?
(a) William Sterndale Bennett.
(b) Antoine de Kontski.
(c) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(d) Theodor Döhler.

14. Who held solo concerts in 1839 Rome?
(a) Carl Czerny.
(b) Franz Liszt.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Mozart.

15. What student of Franz Liszt was described as having touch that was "soft as velvet and as strong as a man's"?
(a) Clara Schumann.
(b) Sophie Mentor.
(c) Adele aus der Ohe.
(d) Amy Fay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Liszt's favorite female student?

2. What country did Eugene d'Albert consider to be his spiritual home?

3. Where did Liszt have rooms between Weimar and Budapest?

4. A primitive cylinder recording of Brahms was found dated from what year?

5. In what year was Henri Herz born?

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