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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Josef Hofmann when he gave his debut recital?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

2. When did pianist Arthur Rubinstein make his American debut?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1915.

3. In what year did Leopold Godowsky suffer a stroke?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1911.

4. How old was Wilhelm Backhaus when he made his first concert tour?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

5. Where was Josef Hofmann born?
(a) Poland.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) The United States.
(d) Austria.

6. How old was Isaac Albeniz when he debuted in 1864 Spain?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

7. Where was Artur Schnabel from?
(a) Poland.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Russia.
(d) Austria.

8. What nickname did the pianist Vladimir de Pachmann acquire?
(a) "Chopinzee."
(b) "Brahma of the Keyboard."
(c) "The Little Giant."
(d) "The Maestro."

9. How old was Glenn Gould when he died?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 62.
(d) 30.

10. What is the name of a performance hall in New York City where Paderewski made a debut in 1891 on his tour for the Steinway piano company?
(a) Vienna Philharmonic.
(b) Metropolitan Opera.
(c) New York Philharmonic.
(d) Carnegie Hall.

11. In what year did Josef Hofmann play 255 different works in twenty-one concerts without repeating any?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1938.

12. Where was the pianist Ernest Hutcheson from?
(a) Russia.
(b) Canada.
(c) Australia.
(d) Germany.

13. Who discovered Harold Bauer at twenty playing piano?
(a) Sergei Rachmaninoff.
(b) Josef Lhevinne.
(c) Johannes Sebastian Bach.
(d) Paderewski.

14. In what year was Alfred Brendel born?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1901.

15. Who codified twentieth century theory of technique beyond Chopin's ideas?
(a) Vladimir Horowitz.
(b) Claude Debussy.
(c) David Tudor.
(d) Arthur Rubinstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter XXXVI, Bach a la Mode, the author comments on a trend that was unfashionable to play Bach on piano since whose resurgent harpsichord playing?

2. Where was Alfred Brendel born?

3. At what age did Isaac Albebiz catch a train to a casino where he played piano for guests and gamblers?

4. At what age did Isaac Albeniz hide on a ship crossing the Atlantic to Puerto Rico and play in his French musketeer costume for passengers?

5. What term refers to an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability in the fine arts, at singing or playing a musical instrument?

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