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1
By what age had Chopin achieved eminence in both composition and performance?
A)12
B)26
C)19
D)39
2
Chopin wrote all of the following except:
A)polonaises
B)ballades
C)character pieces
D)mazurkas
3
How did the growing number of people learning to play musical instruments affect life in the Romantic period?
A)General music literacy decreased.
B)There was a decreased need for music teachers.
C)The public was more interested in attending live concerts.
D)It became difficult for musicians to make money from writing and publishing music.
4
Why did Chopin perform almost exclusively in small settings?
A)He did not enjoy playing for a large audience.
B)His hands were so delicate that he could not play loud enough for a large audience.
C)He wanted to be as different as possible from Liszt.
D)Playing in salons helped him to maintain his reputation as a composer and teacher.
5
Which of the following statements does not relate to Liszt?
A)He only wrote piano music.
B)He loved to perform for large audiences.
C)He turned the piano sideways so that the listeners could see his hands.
D)He memorized his music.
6
What type of piano music did Liszt NOT write?
A)variations on well-known symphonic works
B)brilliant showpieces
C)children's music
D)technical studies
7
Schumann's miniature character pieces can be described as...
A)portraying a single mood, emotion, or idea
B)miniature sonatas
C)vocal music for amateur singers
D)Polish in musical character
8
Which composition did Schumann consider to be among his best works for piano?
A)Fantasy in C Minor
B)Symphonic Etudes
C)Fantasiestücke (Fantasy Pieces)
D)Piano Concerto in A Minor
9
The form of Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G minor is similar to...
A)a scherzo
B)classical sonata form
C)a classical rondo
D)the minuet and trio
10
Liszt developed a new orchestral form called...
A)the symphonic poem.
B)a tone symphony.
C)les preludes.
D)the transcendental etudes.
11
Why did the upright piano become popular beginning in the middle of the 19th century?
A)It took up less room in the parlors of middle-class homes.
B)Concert grand pianos were more difficult to tune.
C)Because they were so novel.
D)Because children taking lessons could more easily play the keyboard.
12
Which statement is true about the pianos produced around 1800?
A)Both high and low notes had been added.
B)They had 66 keys.
C)They had leather hammers.
D)They had a wooden frame.





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