新编英语教程4 Unit 10

3.Individual work: famous composers Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750 ) (Germany)
• Bach's most famous works are probably the Brandenburg Concertos and the St. Matthew Passion. He was born in Einich, Germany, Bach was the most famous Baroque composer, most surprisingly of all he had 20 children!
2. Study the text in detail
• Summarize the main ideas in one sentence: • Para. 1 He (the composer) gives us himself. • Para. 2 Sentence 1 • Para. 3 It is the interactions of personality and the period that results in the formation of a composer’s style. • Para. 4 The interpreter is a kind of middleman in music. • Para. 5 …he (the interpreter) exists to serve the composer. •
• 5.My understanding of the title • --composer:a person who writes music, • create music, a mirror of his personality and the influences of his time • --interpreter: a person who performs musical compositions, e.g., pianist, violinist, cellist, or a conductor of a symphony orchestra,assimilate and recreate music reproducing the very thought of the composer • --listener:a person who listens to music , fully involved in the music, influencing the art of composition and interpretation
• Chopin, Frederic (1810-1849 )(Poland)
• Chopin's most interesting trait was that he wrote exclusively for the piano, with few exceptions. Though born in Poland, Chopin spent the last half of his life in Paris, arriving there in 1831. In Paris, he came to know the novelist George Sand, and was her lover for a time. •
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While-reading activities
• 1.What’s the text about? • --This is an expository piece of writing, dealing with the relationship between the composer, interpreter and listener, the different role each plays in a musical experience. • --Typical of an expository piece of writing is that its purpose is to explain. Exposition is usually formal and academic. It is directed at a fairly well-educated audience but one that is not as well-informed as the writer on the subject. The vocabulary the writer employs is wide-ranging and fairly demanding.
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4.How to Appreciate All Kinds of Music
• Steps
• 1. Listen to all kinds of music, everything from 50 Cent to Mozart, from Backstreet Boys to Van Halen, from the Rolling Stones to Beethoven...You get the point. • 2. Try to understand the message that the artist is sending to you. If you can't understand what they're saying, then go to the artist's website and look up lyrics.
• Schumann, Robert (1810 - 1856 )(Germany)
• Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyitch (1840-1893 )(Russia)
• Tchaikovsky is most famous for his ballet music (The Nutcracker Suite, Swan Lake) and the 1812 Overture. There is still some controversy over the nature of Tchaikovsky's death. It happened very suddenly without much warning, and it has been speculated that Tchaikovsky committed suicide. •
• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791 )(Austria)
• Mozart was a child prodigy. Mozart was probably the greatest composer that ever lived for he had a gift that no one else has ever had. He could compose a perfect piece of music, while playing cards with his friends. Yet even with this gift Mozart died at the young age of thirty-five from over work. Most sadly of all the genius was buried in a pauper's grave.
• Beethoven, Ludwig Van Bonn (1770-1827 )(Germany)
• Beethoven was the moodiest of the famous composers. He could be easy to anger one day and happy the next. Beethoven is most famous for his deafness, which he gradually acquired. Even then he could compose beautiful pieces like the Fur Elise. There is a story that when Beethoven did not like the meal that he ordered he ended up dumping his meal over the waitor's head.
2.Group work:functions of music
• • • • • --make one feel happy/pleasant --put one in the right mood --relaxes one’s nerves --regulates the work pace --is a great way to promote certain musicians and singers • --creates a pleasant atmosphere • --make one want to buy or eat more
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Contents
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Text I Pre-reading activities
• 1.Pair work: My favorite music • --Classical,country,light, jazz, blues, heavy metal, soul, spiritual, rock, pop, folk, rap, ballad, swing, sonata, symphony, patriotic, religious, military
l Detailed study of Text I & II l Oral work: • Role-play: What a Pity • Interaction activities: Music I Like and Dislike l Guided writing: • Basic writing techniques—Expansion of the sentence base • Composition writing—exposition • Letter writing—Describing the changes in one’s own town • •