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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What German Romantic composer of orchestral and choral works was born in 1809 in Hamburg?
(a) Carl Czerny.
(b) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
(c) Felix Mendelssohn.
(d) Ignaz Moscheles.

2. Leschetizky identified three elements of being a great pianist that included being a what?
(a) Mathematician.
(b) American.
(c) German.
(d) Child prodigy.

3. 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?
(a) Ignaz Moscheles.
(b) Adolf von Henselt.
(c) Carl Czerny.
(d) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.

4. What term is used to describe the mid-eighteenth century disciplined style of piano playing in which the pianist plays notes written by a composer with some flexibility for tasteful improvisation and embellishment?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Realism.
(c) Classicism.
(d) Modernism.

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

6. What nickname referred to Eugene d'Albert?
(a) "The Little Giant."
(b) "The Maestro."
(c) "Chopinzee."
(d) "Brahma of the Keyboard."

7. What pianist was born en route between Cassel and Berlin and played with most superficial brilliance?
(a) Carl Czerny.
(b) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(c) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
(d) Ignaz Moscheles.

8. When was Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber born?
(a) 1786.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1756.

9. How old was Anton Rubinstein when he debuted?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

10. Chopin's music was critiqued as exotic or even insane for its "bold dissonance and strange _____."
(a) Etudes.
(b) Sonatas.
(c) Harmonies.
(d) Scales.

11. What German pianist and composer was a pupil of Hummel and Sechter and became court pianist in St Petersburg?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Carl Czerny.
(d) Friedrich Chopin.

12. Where was William Sterndale Bennett from?
(a) Canada.
(b) France.
(c) The United States.
(d) Great Britain.

13. What German pianist, composer, piano teacher, and piano manufacturer was born in 1785?
(a) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(b) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.

14. 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) Etuge.
(b) Legato.
(c) Fugue.
(d) Stacatto.

15. Which student of Franz Liszt is described as having musical skill that was mostly telling tales published in "Music Study in Germany"?
(a) Amy Fay.
(b) Adele aus der Ohe.
(c) Sophie Mentor.
(d) Clara Schumann.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Franz Liszt musical director and the location of the headquarters for "Music of the Future"?

2. In what year was Henri Herz born?

3. What Austrian child prodigy made his first appearance in public in 1800 playing a Mozart piano concerto?

4. Two Hungarian countesses wrestled to the ground over what object belonging to Franz Liszt?

5. How much money did Ignacy Jan Paderewski earn for three months playing in the United States?

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