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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 pianist was born en route between Cassel and Berlin and played with most superficial brilliance?
2. What term refers to a group of eight interrelated notes?
3. Who studied under Carl Czerny and began his public career at the age of 11, appearing at the Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, in 1843?
4. What musical instrument consists of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects?
5. What country did Eugene d'Albert consider to be his spiritual home?
Short Essay Questions
1. What formal training did Ignacy Jan Paderewski receive and where?
2. Describe the differences in piano manufacturing and their impact on piano music in Chapter VI, In the Interim. Where were pianos made?
3. What relationship did Chopin share with Franz Liszt? How did they meet?
4. Who was Saint-Saens? What were his musical contributions?
5. When did the romantic upheaval take place in music? Who were its forerunners?
6. Which of Liszt's students was considered his equal? How did students seek Liszt to teach them?
7. What was Thalsberg's career like? When did he retire?
8. Who was Clara Schumann? What was her musical contribution?
9. What eccentricities does the author describe of the salonists in Chapter XII, More Salonists, and the Revolutionary in Octaves?
10. Where did Hummel's piano training take place? How is he described as a performer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who originated the transition from classicism to romanticism in the eighteenth century? Describe these pianists, composers, and their works.
Essay Topic 2
Compare the pianists John Field and Friedrich Kalkbrenner. When and where was each born? What advancements did the pianist or composer make in music?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the piano style and techniques of Felix Mendelssohn. What school of music did Felix Mendelssohn later form? How did this influence music?
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