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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What pianist performed at four and memorized and played all the Beethoven symphonies at eight on piano?
2. When was Frédéric Chopin born?
3. 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?
4. Who was the rival of Franz Liszt?
5. Who was the first great pianist who made a clear break with classicism to set romantic pianism on its course?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe changes in playing techniques in Chapter VI, In the Interim? Who initiated these adaptations?
2. What was the nickname of Sigismond Thalberg? Why?
3. When did the romantic upheaval take place in music? Who were its forerunners?
4. When did John Field begin training on the piano? With whom?
5. What eccentricities does the author describe of the salonists in Chapter XII, More Salonists, and the Revolutionary in Octaves?
6. What musicians are described in Chapter XVI, Tyrant and Intellectual? Who established the German school?
7. What formal training did Ignacy Jan Paderewski receive and where?
8. How does the author describe Mozart's playing style in Chapter II, It Should Flow Like Oil?
9. How was Chopin related to romanticism? How does the author describe Chopin's appearance?
10. How are Franz Liszt's fans described in Chapter X, Thunder, Lightning, Mesmerism, Sex? How did Liszt react to the public?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define and describe the terms "fugue," "legato," and "style galant." How did these stylistic elements contribute to the changes from classicism to romanticism?
Essay Topic 2
Who originated the transition from classicism to romanticism in the eighteenth century? Describe these pianists, composers, and their works.
Essay Topic 3
How did the processes of piano manufacturing change in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries? What impact did this have on the piano's popularity?
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