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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. In what year did Glenn Gould retire?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1964.

2. Where was Alfred Brendel born?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Canada.
(c) Austria.
(d) France.

3. When did Josef Hofmann make his Hamburg debut?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1870.
(d) 1894.

4. When was Sergei Rachmaninoff born?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1799.

5. What album by Glenn Gould is described as combining personality, ideas, bouncing rhythm and fast tempos?
(a) "Goldberg Variations."
(b) "Rhapsody in Blue."
(c) "Goldberg Sonata in D Minor."
(d) "Moonlight Sonata."

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is used to describe the late nineteenth and twentieth century disciplined style of piano playing in which the pianist reverts back to playing with strict adherence to composers' written musical note?

2. Where was Rudolf Serkin sent to study at the age of nine?

3. How old was Josef Hofmann when he gave his debut recital?

4. Who discovered Harold Bauer at twenty playing piano?

5. How old was Glenn Gould when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who represented Schnabel's German/Austrian legacy in music? How is the German school described?

2. What advances and contributions did Glenn Gould bring to musical presentation?

3. What advances in piano technique are described in Chapter XXXI, New Philosophies, New Styles? Where did they originate?

4. How did Vladimir Horowitz's piano career begin? What was the public reaction to the pianist?

5. What female students of Liszt are described in Chapter XXV, The Ladies?

6. What example is given to illustrate modernist principles with Josef Hofmann?

7. How is the style of Sergei Rachmaninoff described by the author? Where was Sergei Rachmaninoff from?

8. What nickname did Leopold Godowsky earn? Why?

9. What relationship did Arthur Rubinstein and Vladimir Horowitz share? How did they differ in performance styles?

10. Who was Isaac Albeniz? Describe his early career.

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