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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Vladimir von Pachmann born?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1902.

2. A primitive cylinder recording of Brahms was found dated from what year?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1856.

3. In the late 18th century, piano-playing techniques changed from Clementi's classic horizontal hand and arm level to outward-turned hands and wrists exemplified by whom?
(a) Carl Czerny.
(b) Ignaz Moscheles.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.

4. What term is used to describe the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century virtuoso style of piano playing in which a pianist plays with expanded flexibility?
(a) Modernism.
(b) Classicism.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Cubism.

5. Chapter VI, In the Interim describes the last two decades of what century?
(a) 16th.
(b) 18th.
(c) 19th.
(d) 17th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What style, perfect for piano, was invented in 1709 by Italian harpsichord-maker Bartolommeo Cristofori to play in salons?

2. What refers to an early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings?

3. In what year was the piano invented?

4. What term is used to describe the mid-eighteenth century disciplined style of piano playing in which the pianist plays notes written by a composer with some flexibility for tasteful improvisation and embellishment?

5. What is an English piano manufacturer founded in 1728 by Burkat Shudi and continued after his death in 1773?

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