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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What Irish pianist, composer, and teacher was born in Dublin in 1782?
2. What German composer and pianist is considered to have been the most crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music?
3. A primitive cylinder recording of Brahms was found dated from what year?
4. Where was Franz Liszt musical director and the location of the headquarters for "Music of the Future"?
5. What Austrian child prodigy made his first appearance in public in 1800 playing a Mozart piano concerto?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the early life and career of Mozart. How old was he when he first performed musically?
2. Which of Liszt's students was considered his equal? How did students seek Liszt to teach them?
3. Who was Theodor Leschetizky? Where was he from and what contributions did he make to music?
4. What eccentricities does the author describe of the salonists in Chapter XII, More Salonists, and the Revolutionary in Octaves?
5. What formal training did Ignacy Jan Paderewski receive and where?
6. Who were the salonists described in Chapter XII, More Salonists, and the Revolutionary in Octaves?
7. What students of Leschetizky are described in Chapter XXIII, Some of the Leschetizky Group?
8. How did musical styles evolve after the death of Bach? What is the definition of "contrapuntal style"?
9. What was the nickname of Sigismond Thalberg? Why?
10. What musical figure is described in Chapter XXI, An Archangel Come Down to Earth? Whose student was he?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who invented the piano and when? What instruments foreshadowed it? How did it rise to popularity?
Essay Topic 2
Define and describe the terms "fugue," "legato," and "style galant." How did these stylistic elements contribute to the changes from classicism to romanticism?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the style, biography, and works of Franz Liszt. What characteristics was Liszt known for as a performer? What were his fans like?
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