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

2. With whom did Arthur Rubinstein share an uneasy friendship but recognized each other's strengths?
(a) David Tudor.
(b) Vladimir Horowitz.
(c) Claude Debussy.
(d) Arthur Rubinstein.

3. How old was Josef Hofmann when he made his American debut?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

4. Who was described by the author as an incomparable pianist who added new theories and ideas about pedaling and sonority with new ideas of figuration and layout?
(a) Alexander Scriabin.
(b) Claudio Arrau.
(c) Claude Debussy.
(d) Franz Liszt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Sergei Rachmaninoff born?

2. When did Arthur Rubinstein begin making musical recordings?

3. In Chapter XXXVI, Bach a la Mode, the author comments on a trend that was unfashionable to play Bach on piano since whose resurgent harpsichord playing?

4. What musical school did Anton Rubinstein found?

5. Who did Isaac Albeniz audition for in Budapest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What Polish pianists are described in Chapter XXIV, The Chopinzee, the Buddha, and Others in addition to de Pachmann and Godowsky?

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

5. How are Alfred Brendel and Maurizio Pollini described in Chapter XXXVII, Two Cult Figures?

6. What nickname did Leopold Godowsky earn? Why?

7. Compare the style and works of Busoni and Godowsky. How does the author relate their philosophical differences?

8. Describe Harold Bauer's American debut. What is noted of the pianist's style?

9. When did Josef Hofmann make his American debut? What toll did it take on him?

10. Who was Vladimir de Pachmann? What was his expertise and namesake?

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