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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the earliest-born pianist to be recorded?
(a) Saint-Saens.
(b) Sophie Mentor.
(c) Chopin.
(d) Franz Liszt.

2. When did Leopold de Meyer debut in America?
(a) 1803.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1919.

3. What musical term refers to playing notes of a chord one after another rather than at one time?
(a) Arpeggio.
(b) Legato.
(c) Stacatto.
(d) Fugue.

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

5. Who studied under Carl Czerny and began his public career at the age of 11, appearing at the Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, in 1843?
(a) Theodor Döhler.
(b) William Sterndale Bennett.
(c) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(d) Alfred Jaëll.

6. When was Frédéric Chopin born?
(a) 1810.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1786.

7. When was Ignacy Jan Paderewski born?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1798.

8. In what year did Sigismond Thalberg debut in New York and play fifty-six concerts?
(a) 1803.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1845.

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

10. How old was Paderewski when he debuted in 1887?
(a) 30.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 24.

11. Where was Anton Rubinstein born?
(a) Austria.
(b) Czechoslavakia.
(c) Poland.
(d) Russia.

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

13. Chopin introduced changes in fingering and what that remained stylish into the next century?
(a) Pedaling.
(b) Fugues.
(c) Chords.
(d) Keys.

14. Who embellished a Chopin nocturne, prompting Chopin to tell him to play it as he wrote it or not at all?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) Friedrich Chopin.
(c) Bertold Hummel.
(d) Franz Liszt.

15. What pianist performed at four and memorized and played all the Beethoven symphonies at eight on piano?
(a) William Sterndale Bennett.
(b) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(c) Clara Schumann.
(d) Felix Mendelssohn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart die?

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

3. What is the term used to describe an elegant drawing room used in formal receptions that is different in layout and size than a public hall or auditorium used for concerts?

4. How old was Anton Rubinstein when he debuted?

5. Leschetizky identified three elements of being a great pianist that included being a what?

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