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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. In what year was the piano invented?

2. What Polish piano-player could not play two correct notes in a row and always played fortissimo?

3. Where was Chopin born?

4. What musician helped establish the German school and played clearly, analytically, and precisely with authority?

5. From 1750 to 1824, London music shops grew from 12 to how many?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the nickname of Sigismond Thalberg? Why?

2. What historical period is related by the author in Chapter VI, In the Interim? Who instigated this transition?

3. What musicians are described in Chapter XVI, Tyrant and Intellectual? Who established the German school?

4. Who was Saint-Saens? What were his musical contributions?

5. How does the author describe changes in playing techniques in Chapter VI, In the Interim? Who initiated these adaptations?

6. Who held the first solo concerts of the romantic period? What were they like?

7. Describe the early life and career of Mozart. How old was he when he first performed musically?

8. Who was Louis Moreau Gottschalk and how did he represent American ideals in musical composition?

9. When and where did piano playing arise in history? What instruments led up to the development of the piano?

10. What students of Leschetizky are described in Chapter XXIII, Some of the Leschetizky Group?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the styles, philosophies, and techniques of Anton Rubinstein and his student Josef Hofmann. What style was Hofmann a forerunner of?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the style, biography, and works of Franz Liszt. What characteristics was Liszt known for as a performer? What were his fans like?

Essay Topic 3

Who invented the piano and when? What instruments foreshadowed it? How did it rise to popularity?

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