ГДЗ Англійська мова 8 клас. Підручник [Несвіт А.] 2021
Unit 4. Lesson 11
1. a) Look at the pictures of two famous composers. Read and tick the statements T (True) or F (False).1. False. Mozart was born in Austria. 2. True. 3. True. 4. True. Ludwig van Beethoven studied not only under Mozart but also under Franz Joseph Haydn and Antonio Salieri.
2. Work in groups. Read the texts and then exchange information.
Group A. 1. Beethoven lived in the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century.
2. He got his education in Vienna.
3. I know the Moonlight Sonata and Ninth Symphony.
4. Mozart and Haydn were his teachers.
5. When Beethoven was 32 he went deaf.
Group B. 1. Mozart began composing at the age of five, from the age of six he toured Europe and gave concerts in Austria, Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland.
2. Mozart lived only 35 years, but he became one of the world’s most famous composers.
3. Mozart could play different instruments.
4. Mozart composed «The Marriage of Figaro» and «The Magic Flute».
5. I think that the legends around Mozart’s life are just legends.
3. Speak in class. Tell your friends what you have learnt about Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Start like this:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a famous composer. He was born in Austria in 1756. He started playing different musical instruments at the age of four.
He began composing at the age of five. From the age of six he toured Europe and gave concerts in Austria, Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland. He wrote symphonies and several great operas. His most important works include «The Marriage of Figaros and «The Magic Flute»
4. Read the information about the modern Ukrainian composer. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form.
Kyrylo Stetsenko is a grandson of the Ukrainian composer Kyrylo Stetsenko, a classic of the Ukrainian music. He picked up the family musical tradition at the age of five when began to Learn to play the violin. Such remarkable violinists as Bohodar Kotorovych, Leonid Kohan and Valeriy Klymov were among his teachers.
Kyrylo Stetsenko has won Ukrainian and International prizes; he has toured the USA, Canada, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium and Portugal with concerts; he writes classical music, pop music and music for television programmes and feature films.
5. Find information and write a short report for the school e-newspaper about a famous composer. You can write about George Frederick Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, Joseph Haydn, Johann Sebastian Bach, or such famous Ukrainian composers as Mykola Lysenko, Mykhailo Verbytskiy, Levko Revutskiy, Borys Laytoshynskiy, Myroslav Skoryk, Valentyn Silvestrov, Yevhen Stankovych and Volodymyr Ronchak.
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn is one of the creators of the fundamental genres of classical music. Ludwig van Beethoven was his most famous pupil. Joseph Haydn was born on March 31, 1732 in Rohrau, Austria. At the age of 8 he started singing in the choir at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna where he learnt playing the violin and the piano. In 1761 he became a court musician of Prince Pal Antal Esterhazy in his castle at Estenstadt. His famous works are «Paris symphonies» (1785-1786) and the original orchestral version of «The Seven Last Words of Christ» (1786). In 1795 he returned to Vienna. He died there at the age of 77.