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1
When and why did Bartók emigrate to the United States?
A)He emigrated in 1927 for a series of solo recitals and appearances with various orchestras.
B)He emigrated in 1940 to avoid the political turmoil cased by Nazi Germany's designs on Hungary.
C)He emigrated in 1927 to avoid the political turmoil cased by Nazi Germany's designs on Hungary.
D)He emigrated in 1940 for a series of solo recitals and appearances with various orchestras.
2
In 1892, Bartók formed a friendship with what important musician?
A)Ernö Dohnányi.
B)Igor Stravinsky.
C)Claude Debussy.
D)Johannes Brahms.
3
In what year did Bartók accept an appointment as a piano teacher at the Budapest Acadmey?
A)1909.
B)1923.
C)1927.
D)1907.
4
Which work commemorated the nationalist leader of the unsuccessful revolution of 1848?
A)Carmina Burana.
B)Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta.
C)Twenty Hungarian Folksongs.
D)Kossuth.
5
In what university in the United States did Bartók teach?
A)University of Pennsylvania.
B)Columbia University.
C)Juilliard.
D)Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
6
What invention, first patented in 1877, helped Bartók to study Hungarian folk music?
A)The telephone.
B)Photography.
C)The phonograph.
D)The light bulb.
7
What musician was active with Bartók in collecting and analyzing Hungarian folk music?
A)Zoltán Kodály, an Hungarian composer who also founded a method for teaching music.
B)Ditta Pásztory, an Hungarian pianist.
C)Ernö Dohnányi, one of Hungary's most noted pianists and composers.
D)Márta Ziegler, an Hungarian pianist.
8
In what year did Bartók die and what was the cause of death?
A)1945 of lung cancer.
B)1954 of a heart attack.
C)1945 of leukemia and related complications.
D)1954 of natural causes.





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