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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart die?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1745.
(c) 1791.
(d) 1810.

2. Thalberg fully retired from playing with not even a piano at home in what year?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1789.

3. 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.

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

5. What pianist wrote music that took "remarkable stretch" and "peculiar hand formation" to reach his left-hand extensions?
(a) Muzio Clementi.
(b) Adolf von Henselt.
(c) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(d) John Field.

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

7. From 1750 to 1824, London music shops grew from 12 to how many?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 150.

8. Who was the first great pianist who made a clear break with classicism to set romantic pianism on its course?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Friedrich Chopin.
(d) Carl Czerny.

9. Old Arpeggio recommended pressing the keys with energy and vigor rather than striking them and kneading tender passages with "fingers of" what?
(a) Glass.
(b) Silk.
(c) Velvet.
(d) Cotton.

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

11. What Austrian child prodigy made his first appearance in public in 1800 playing a Mozart piano concerto?
(a) Ignaz Moscheles.
(b) Carl Czerny.
(c) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(d) Adolf von Henselt.

12. Who was the earliest-born pianist to be recorded?
(a) Franz Liszt.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Saint-Saens.
(d) Sophie Mentor.

13. Where did Paderewski debut in 1887?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) Oslo.

14. 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) Fugue.
(b) Sonata.
(c) Legato.
(d) Etude.

15. Who was considered Liszt's equal and a "living impersonation of Chopin"?
(a) Franz Liszt.
(b) Carl Tausig.
(c) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(d) Hans von Bulow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pianist performed at four and memorized and played all the Beethoven symphonies at eight on piano?

2. How old was Louis Moreau Gottschalk when he died?

3. What pianist was born in April 28, 1873 in New Malden, Surrey, England?

4. When did Sigismond Thalberg die?

5. Paderewski did not receive systematic instruction until what age?

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