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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. When did Louis Moreau Gottschalk die?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1815.
(d) 1798.
2. Where was Ignacy Jan Paderewski from?
(a) Poland.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) Denmark.
3. What was an ill-defined method of balanced playing where stronger emphasized notes were offset by lesser emphasized notes?
(a) Arpeggio.
(b) Legato.
(c) Tempo rubato.
(d) Fugue.
4. Who married composer Robert Schumann, wore black in his memory, and was the authority on his music?
(a) Clara Schumann.
(b) Mary Schumann.
(c) Louise Schumann.
(d) Andrea Schumann.
5. What Polish piano-player could not play two correct notes in a row and always played fortissimo?
(a) William Sterndale Bennett.
(b) Theodor Döhler.
(c) Antoine de Kontski.
(d) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did the piano become the most popular instrument to be played publicly?
2. What son of a Hungarian official was born in 1811 became a priest in 1865 but had no authority to celebrate mass or hear confession?
3. When was Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber born?
4. What country did Eugene d'Albert consider to be his spiritual home?
5. Who is Anton Rubinstein described as looking and playing like?
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. When did John Field begin training on the piano? With whom?
4. Who was Clara Schumann? What was her musical contribution?
5. How does the author describe Mozart's playing style in Chapter II, It Should Flow Like Oil?
6. What musicians are described in Chapter XVI, Tyrant and Intellectual? Who established the German school?
7. What does the author write about the style of early musical composition on the piano in the Preface? How did advancements take place?
8. What students of Leschetizky are described in Chapter XXIII, Some of the Leschetizky Group?
9. What eccentricities does the author describe of the salonists in Chapter XII, More Salonists, and the Revolutionary in Octaves?
10. Who was the rival of Franz Liszt? How did they differ in their performance styles?
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