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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXVI and XXVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(b) Carl Czerny.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Ignaz Moscheles.

2. What refers to a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century?
(a) Organ.
(b) Harpsichord.
(c) Clavichord.
(d) Lute.

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

4. What term refers to a form of music also called counterpoint in which several simultaneous melodies are woven together into a harmonious whole that was fostered by Johann Sebastian Bach?
(a) Legato.
(b) Contrapuntal style.
(c) Fugue.
(d) Arpeggio.

5. When did the piano become the most popular instrument to be played publicly?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1814.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1772.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pianist was born en route between Cassel and Berlin and played with most superficial brilliance?

2. What musical term refers to playing notes of a chord one after another rather than at one time?

3. 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?

4. In what year did Leopold Godowsky suffer a stroke?

5. What Polish American pianist, composer, and teacher was known for his theories concerning the application of relaxed weight and economy of motion in piano playing?

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