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. The famous concert pianist Lang Lang was inspired by a child by which famous piano piece?

"Moonlight Sonata" correct incorrect

Hungarian Rhapsody #2 correct incorrect

Prelude and Fugue in C Minor correct incorrect

"Clair de Lune" correct incorrect

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. The invention of which instrument below has NOT made keyboard playing more common in the years since the 19th century?

Upright piano correct incorrect

Synthesizer correct incorrect

Clavichord correct incorrect

Electronic organ correct incorrect

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. What performance technique is frequently used in piano pieces by Frederic Chopin?

Ritornello correct incorrect

Col legno correct incorrect

Pizzicato correct incorrect

Rubato correct incorrect

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. For which keyboard instrument did J. S. Bach NOT specifically write?

Organ correct incorrect

Harpischord correct incorrect

Piano correct incorrect

Clavichord correct incorrect

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. In what era did the prelude and fugue become popular?

Medieval correct incorrect

Baroque correct incorrect

Classical correct incorrect

Renaissance correct incorrect

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. Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "When a key on a piano is pressed, a hammer inside the instrument's body strikes upward a string or group of strings; in most instances, these strings are in groups of two that vibrate together at the same frequency when struck by a single hammer."

The statement is true. correct incorrect

The statement is false because the hammers inside the piano come down, not up. correct incorrect

The statement is false because the strings inside a piano are more often grouped in threes, not twos. correct incorrect

The statement is false because the strings assigned to a single hammer must vibrate at slightly different frequencies to create the proper overtones. correct incorrect

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. Which statement about different types of Romantic character pieces is NOT true?

The waltzes of the era usually contain too much rubato to be suitable for dancing. correct incorrect

Nocturnes, or "night pieces," are typically reflective pieces in homophonic texture. correct incorrect

Piano etudes, while technically studies of specific finger techniques, are still usually very expressive works of music. correct incorrect

Scherzos for the piano, like their symphonic counterparts, are typically fast pieces that were often written for dancing. correct incorrect

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. Which composer studied in this chapter was born in Hungary, lived in Paris, and eventually became court composer in Weimar, Germany?

Ludwig van Beethoven correct incorrect

Franz Liszt correct incorrect

Frederic Chopin correct incorrect

Robert Schumann correct incorrect

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. Which statement about J. S. Bach's "Fugue in C Minor" is NOT true?

The piece has three parts, or voices. correct incorrect

Like most fugues, the piece increases in complexity of rhythm as voices are added and the subject is developed. correct incorrect

As in most fugues, the full theme is not stated alone without its countermelodies or accompaniments until the very end of the piece. correct incorrect

The piece has an unbroken pulse created by a continuous outpouring of melodic material. correct incorrect

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. This type of keyboard piece was written to be performed by amateurs on pianos in private residences; most often, they were either in one long, multi-section movement or in three movements similar in structure to the concerto.

Toccata correct incorrect

Piano sonata correct incorrect

Character piece correct incorrect

Prelude and fugue correct incorrect

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. Which keyboard instrument uses a metal blade, or 'tangent', to strike metallic strings inside its body?

Harpsichord correct incorrect

Piano correct incorrect

Clavichord correct incorrect

Synthesizer correct incorrect

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. How was the Romantic "character piece" similar to the art songs of the era?

Both were often of comparably short length. correct incorrect

Both are considered "programmatic music." correct incorrect

Both were popular because of the affordability of the harpsichord during the 19th century. correct incorrect

Neither was considered appropriate for performance by truly virtuosic musicians. correct incorrect

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. Which composer is NOT correctly paired with an important piece or collection of pieces for solo keyboard music that they composed?

J. S. Bach-The Well-Tempered Clavier correct incorrect

Ludwig van Beethoven-"Waldstein Sonata" correct incorrect

Franz Liszt-Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F Minor correct incorrect

Claude Debussy-"Moonlight Sonata" correct incorrect

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. Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "The short polyphonic form known as the 'fugue' is built on a single theme, or subject, that is stated once by itself, then taken up by other 'lines' as a counter-melody is introduced; the short developmental sections that make up this thematic interplay are called 'episodes'."

The statement is true. correct incorrect

The statement is false because the fugue is homophonic, not polyphonic. correct incorrect

The statement is false because the subject in a fugue is always in the topmost voice, or line. correct incorrect

The statement is false because the short developmental sections in a fugue are called "manipulations." correct incorrect

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. Where are the stops on an organ located?

Within easy reach of the keyboard correct incorrect

Adjacent to the foot-pedals correct incorrect

The foot-pedals are the stops correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect