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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. Who married composer Robert Schumann, wore black in his memory, and was the authority on his music?
(a) Andrea Schumann.
(b) Louise Schumann.
(c) Mary Schumann.
(d) Clara Schumann.

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

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

4. In what year did Louis Moreau Gottschalk die?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1900.

5. When did Leopold de Meyer debut in America?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1803.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who credited Nicholas Rubinstein as his chief teacher and said Liszt was too old to teach him?

2. What German pianist, composer, piano teacher, and piano manufacturer was born in 1785?

3. In what year did Johannes Sebastian Bach die?

4. Where was Anton Rubinstein born?

5. How old was Anton Rubinstein when he debuted?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the salonists described in Chapter XII, More Salonists, and the Revolutionary in Octaves?

2. Who held the first solo concerts of the romantic period? What were they like?

3. How does the author describe the transition to concert hall? Who was among the first concert hall pianists?

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

5. How did Chopin feel about his contemporaries? Who did he consider the only two great composers?

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

7. What formal training did Ignacy Jan Paderewski receive and where?

8. What four pianists are described in Chapter VII, From Ireland to Bohemia? Who is noted as the best of the group?

9. What relationship did Chopin share with Franz Liszt? How did they meet?

10. When did the romantic upheaval take place in music? Who were its forerunners?

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