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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What musical term refers to playing notes of a chord one after another rather than at one time?
(a) Fugue.
(b) Stacatto.
(c) Legato.
(d) Arpeggio.

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

5. Where was Ignacy Jan Paderewski from?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Poland.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German composer and a notable piano virtuoso of the Romantic period studied under Julius Benedict, Carl Czerny, and Simon Sechte?

2. Chopin considered Bach and who to be the only two great composers?

3. What is the name of a term used to describe a form of music in which themes successively repeat?

4. What is the term used to describe an elegant drawing room used in formal receptions that is different in layout and size than a public hall or auditorium used for concerts?

5. What pianist wrote music that took "remarkable stretch" and "peculiar hand formation" to reach his left-hand extensions?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Louis Moreau Gottschalk and how did he represent American ideals in musical composition?

2. Who was Theodor Leschetizky? Where was he from and what contributions did he make to music?

3. Describe the differences in piano manufacturing and their impact on piano music in Chapter VI, In the Interim. Where were pianos made?

4. Who was Eugene d'Albert? What does the author write of his musical contributions?

5. Who are the musicians described in Chapter XIII, Two Sensitive Ones? When did they live?

6. How did musical styles evolve after the death of Bach? What is the definition of "contrapuntal style"?

7. What students of Leschetizky are described in Chapter XXIII, Some of the Leschetizky Group?

8. How was Chopin related to romanticism? How does the author describe Chopin's appearance?

9. What musical figure is described in Chapter XXI, An Archangel Come Down to Earth? Whose student was he?

10. How are Franz Liszt's fans described in Chapter X, Thunder, Lightning, Mesmerism, Sex? How did Liszt react to the public?

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