Quiz+Answers

Following are the answers to the Quiz questions found on the previous page. Mark yourself and evaluate your knowledge of the Romantic Period of Music.
 * 1) Shubert was Austrian.
 * 2) Shubert was unable to obtain employment for the majority of his life, so he worked for his father.
 * 3) Michael Holzer, Kapellmeister of the Lichtenthal Church was Shubert's first teacher.
 * 4) Shubert's first school was the Convict, the main music school in Vienna.
 * 5) Salieri gave Shubert private composition lessons.
 * 6) Shubert was buried next to Ludwig Van Beethoven at his request.
 * 7) Chopin had already composed 2 polonaises by age 7.
 * 8) Chopin was taught at the Warsaw Conservatory.
 * 9) Chopin initially showed a great interest in folk and country music.
 * 10) In 1830, immediately after his farewell concert in Warsaw, Chopin headed for Vienna.
 * 11) Chopin, although regarded as one of the great pianists of all time, disliked public performances greatly.
 * 12) Maria Wodzinski was Chopin's love.
 * 13) Chopin's last concert was performed on the 16th November 1848.
 * 14) Beethoven was 7.5 when he gave his very first public performance.
 * 15) Gottlob Neefe was Beethoven's first teacher.
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Beethoven was appointed organist of the court of Maximillan Franz, Elector of Cologne.
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Beethoven was sent to Vienna to meet Mozart.
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Deafness complicated Beethoven's ability to compose music.
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Beethoven caught a cold which compounded his existing health issues in 1826, causing his death.
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Immanuel Kant was born in 1724.
 * 21) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">J.L Christian said "The essence of thinking is, Hegal says is change".