Paganini's concerts were very much like Elvis Presley's concerts in that

Teenage girls screamed and fainted

Artists who have very serious skills on their instruments

Franz Liszt also is known as

One of history's most successful piano teachers

Paganini was famous for his Caprices for Violin, Opus 1. What is a "caprice"?

An etude (or study) for a solo instrument

Paganini wrote his famous "Moses Variations" on a Theme by Rossini to be played on only one string because

He was in jail and he had broken three out of four strings on his violin

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The Romantic Era: The Age of the Virtuosi

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Questions relating to the Romantic Era of classical music concentrating on Paganini, Liszt and Chopin.

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1
Chopin spent much of his life performing in the salons of this European capital
Vienna
Tallahassee
Warsaw
Paris
2
Paganini's concerts were very much like Elvis Presley's concerts in that
Both of them played the violin
Both had great light shows and bands
Teenage girls screamed and fainted
Both were great dancers
3
"Virtuosos are:
People who play instruments and dance at the same time
Musicians who are also body builders
People who lecture audiences about religion and "virtuous" things
Artists who have very serious skills on their instruments
4
Chopin wrote many of these pieces that are used for studying the piano
Etudes
Bagatelles
Textbooks
Doctoral Dissertations
5
This virtuoso pianist is of considered to be the bridge between composers of the Classical and Romantic Periods
Elton John
Ludwig van Beethoven
Frederick Chopin
Ray Charles
6
Frederic Chopin was a native of this country
Hungary
Poland
Antactica
Argentina
7
Franz Liszt was one of the finest virtuosi on this instrument:
The jaw harp
The piano
The violin
The accordian
8
Franz Liszt was one of the first and most famous composers to write this genre of compositions for symphony orchestras
Portraits
Novellas
Fugues
Tone poems
9
Franz Liszt also is known as
"Bubba"
The inventor of the polio vaccine
One of history's most successful piano teachers
The inventor of the vaccine for the black plague
10
Paganini was famous for his Caprices for Violin, Opus 1. What is a "caprice"?
A whimsical choice
An etude (or study) for a solo instrument
A type of candy
Compsitions about the wind
11
Remembering Paganini, he
was a popular romantic hero
Both red and blue
was a good businessman and wasn't regularly employed by royalty
often invested in crypto currency
12
What instrument did Nicolo Paganini (1782 - 1840) play?
He didn't play an instrument--he was a singer and conductor
The piano
The violin
The ukulele
13
Chopin included this instrument in all of his compositions
The bagpipes
The piano
The violin
The guitar
14
Paganini wrote his famous "Moses Variations" on a Theme by Rossini to be played on only one string because
Rossini had treated him to a wonderful pasta dinner of clams in red sauce
Musical scholars don't agree on the answer to this question
He was in jail and he had broken three out of four strings on his violin
Rossini had lectured him about the biblical importance of Moses
15
Paganini was often said to have made a deal with this entity to attain his fantastic technique:
Thor (the God of love and thunder)
Moses
John the Baptist
The Devil
16
Franz Liszt later became
A priest
A personal life coach
An emergency medical technician
A rabbi

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