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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 won the Leventritt competition in 1954, but his victory at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 made his name and musical competition well-known?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Van Cliburn.
(d) Mozart.

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

3. What Russian pianist played Chopin's Polonaise for an amazed critic, George Bernard Shaw?
(a) Alfred Grunfeld.
(b) Vassily Sapellnikoff.
(c) Moriz Rosenthal.
(d) Percy Grainger.

4. Where was Josef Hofmann born?
(a) Poland.
(b) The United States.
(c) Austria.
(d) Great Britain.

5. At what age did the musician Mischa Levitzski die?
(a) 45.
(b) 62.
(c) 50.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Polish American pianist, composer, and teacher was known for his theories concerning the application of relaxed weight and economy of motion in piano playing?

2. Who played difficult music fast and accurately but died in 1951 at the piano in Carnegie Hall?

3. In what year did Josef Hofmann play 255 different works in twenty-one concerts without repeating any?

4. At what age did Glenn Gould retire?

5. In what year did Isaac Albeniz go to San Francisco before returning to Europe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Harold Bauer? Describe the Bauer's early career.

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

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

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

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

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

7. When did Glenn Gould retire? What emotional disturbances did he suffer from?

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

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

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

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