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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 made his American debut?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

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

3. In what year was Harold Bauer born?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1858.

4. Where was the musician Glenn Gould from?
(a) The United States.
(b) Germany.
(c) Canada.
(d) France.

5. Ernest Hutcheson became president of what school of music?
(a) Carnegie Mellon School of Music.
(b) Juilliard School of Music.
(c) New York University School of Music.
(d) Vienna School of Music.

6. What refers to an instrumental musical composition usually designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular technical skill?
(a) Etude.
(b) Fugue.
(c) Waltz.
(d) Sonata.

7. When did Harold Bauer make his American debut?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1799.

8. When did Josef Hofmann make his American debut?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1855.

9. What instrument did Harold Bauer play as a child prodigy?
(a) Violin.
(b) Organ.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Harpsichord.

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

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

12. Whose powerful opening made orchestra conductor Eugen Pabst leave the podium to watch his hands and the "audience went wild"?
(a) Claude Debussy.
(b) Vladimir Horowitz.
(c) David Tudor.
(d) Arthur Rubinstein.

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

14. When did Arthur Rubinstein begin making musical recordings?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1926.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Under whom did Leopold Godowsky study for three years?

2. What term refers to any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration?

3. At what age did Glenn Gould begin playing piano?

4. What Australian pianist hiked to concerts with a knapsack and was one of the most gifted pianists of the 20th century?

5. What contemporary pianist of Teresa Carreno called her a "goddess" despite her lack of discipline?

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