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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Two Hungarian countesses wrestled to the ground over what object belonging to Franz Liszt?
(a) An autograph.
(b) A snuffbox.
(c) A ring.
(d) A piano tuner.

3. In what year was the piano invented?
(a) 1790.
(b) 1654.
(c) 1523.
(d) 1709.

4. In what year was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born?
(a) 1714.
(b) 1756.
(c) 1780.
(d) 1749.

5. In what year did Sigismond Thalberg debut in New York and play fifty-six concerts?
(a) 1803.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1845.

6. 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.

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

8. What pianist was born in April 28, 1873 in New Malden, Surrey, England?
(a) John Field.
(b) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(c) Harold Bauer.
(d) Muzio Clementi.

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

10. What pianist was born November 14, 1778, in Bohemia?
(a) Ignaz Moscheles.
(b) Carl Czerny.
(c) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(d) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.

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

12. Who was the rival of Franz Liszt?
(a) Friedrich Chopin.
(b) Sigismond Thalberg.
(c) Bertold Hummel.
(d) Adolf von Henselt.

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

14. Under whom did Ignacy Jan Paderewski study piano?
(a) Bartolommeo Cristofori.
(b) Eugene d'Albert.
(c) Theodor Leschetizky.
(d) Ludwig van Beethoven.

15. Where was Louis Moreau Gottschalk born?
(a) London.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Old Arpeggio recommended pressing the keys with energy and vigor rather than striking them and kneading tender passages with "fingers of" what?

2. Who played melody with his thumbs in the middle of the keyboard while his fingers played arpeggios up and down the keyboard?

3. What student of Franz Liszt was described as having touch that was "soft as velvet and as strong as a man's"?

4. What musician helped establish the German school and played clearly, analytically, and precisely with authority?

5. In what year did Johannes Sebastian Bach die?

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