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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXVIII and XXIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Paderewski did not receive systematic instruction until what age?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

2. What is the name of a term used to describe a piano playing style that was a brilliant romanticist musical approach that transcended technique and was made famous by Franz Liszt and others?
(a)
(b)
(c) Bravura.
(d)

3. How old was Josef Hofmann when he gave his debut recital?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

4. What German Romantic composer of orchestral and choral works was born in 1809 in Hamburg?
(a) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
(b) Felix Mendelssohn.
(c) Ignaz Moscheles.
(d) Carl Czerny.

5. What romantic Polish pianist born in 1830 spent most of his life after 1878 in Vienna?
(a) Ignacy Jan Paderewski.
(b) Ludwig van Beethoven.
(c) Eugene d'Albert.
(d) Theodor Leschetizky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first great pianist who made a clear break with classicism to set romantic pianism on its course?

2. How much money did Ignacy Jan Paderewski earn for three months playing in the United States?

3. When was Frédéric Chopin born?

4. Where did Frédéric Chopin die?

5. Who embellished a Chopin nocturne, prompting Chopin to tell him to play it as he wrote it or not at all?

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