Test 2

Question 1

Chopin was born in _____ Poland

Answer 1

Warsaw

Question 2

Chopin’s dates are _____

Answer 2

1810-1849

Question 3

Chopin was a _____ pianist

Answer 3

Virtuoso

Question 4

Chopin was taught piano by who?

Answer 4

His mother

Question 5

A Virtuoso is an individual who posses outstanding _____ ability in a particular art or field.

Answer 5

Technical

Question 6

As a student, Chopin worked as a what to earn money?

Answer 6

Accompanist

Question 7

Chopin spent majority of is life in ____, France

Answer 7

Paris

Question 8

What was the major resource of income for Chopin? He was a what?

Answer 8

Piano teacher

Question 9

Who was Chopin influenced by?

Answer 9

Bel Canto

Question 10

Bel Canto mean what?

Answer 10

Beautiful singing

Question 11

Who was a south African opera singer?

Answer 11

Pretty Yende

Question 12

An aria is a ____ from a ____

Answer 12

song, opera

Question 13

Who was a Spanish singer and composer?

Answer 13

Paulin Viardot

Question 14

Who was a sweetish operatic superstar?

Answer 14

Jenny Lind

Question 15

What does the French word facilliment mean?

Answer 15

easily

Question 16

An etude is a short musical composition, typically for one instrument, designed as an exercise to _____ the technique or demonstrate the ___ of the player.

Answer 16

improve, skill

Question 17

What does the word etudier mean?

Answer 17

to study

Question 18

Chopin composed his music mainly through what?

Answer 18

improvisation

Question 19

We have studied 3 eras so far which are; _____ and the dates are 1600-1750, _____ and the dates are 1750-1820, and ______ and the dates are 1820-1900.

Answer 19

Baroque, Classical, and Romantic

Question 20

What are the dates of the romantic era?

Answer 20

1820-1900