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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old was Glenn Gould when he died?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 62.
(d) 50.
2. How old was Isaac Albeniz when he debuted in 1864 Spain?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.
3. When was Artur Schnabel born?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1856.
4. Whose austere Russian appearance produced organized, impeccably delivered serious sonorities with musical elegance and exquisitely finished phrases?
(a) Paderewski's.
(b) Josef Lhevinne's.
(c) Isadora Duncan's.
(d) Sergei Rachmaninoff's.
5. Who did Isaac Albeniz audition for in Budapest?
(a) Franz Liszt.
(b) Claude Debussy.
(c) Alexander Scriabin.
(d) Claudio Arrau.
Short Answer Questions
1. Under whom did Leopold Godowsky study for three years?
2. Who was Anton Rubinstein's greatest pupil, according to the author?
3. When was Sergei Rachmaninoff born?
4. What Russian composer and pianist initially developed a highly lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Frédéric Chopin?
5. In what year did Glenn Gould retire?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Vladimir de Pachmann? What was his expertise and namesake?
2. Who was Artur Schnabel and what was his expertise in music? How is Schnabel described?
3. What American pianists does Schonberg describe in Chapter XXXVIII, Made in America?
4. Who represented Schnabel's German/Austrian legacy in music? How is the German school described?
5. When did Glenn Gould retire? What emotional disturbances did he suffer from?
6. Who was Harold Bauer? Describe the Bauer's early career.
7. When did Josef Hofmann make his American debut? What toll did it take on him?
8. What example is given to illustrate modernist principles with Josef Hofmann?
9. How is the style of Sergei Rachmaninoff described by the author? Where was Sergei Rachmaninoff from?
10. How did Vladimir Horowitz's piano career begin? What was the public reaction to the pianist?
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