Classical Music
All over the world people listen to classical music.
Classical music is difficult to describe. It means different things to
different people. Some famous classical composers were Bach,
Vivaldi, Haydn, and Mozart. In their music, they did not tell a story or show strong
emotion. They wanted to make a beautiful, interesting design.
They wanted to write lovely sounds. Then composers started to interpret
ideas.They told stories about wars, armies, and soldiers.
They wrote about religion. Sometimes they composed music for holidays.
They told love stories and showed strong emotion. Some of these composers were
Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn,
Wagner, and T chaikovsky. Classical music stays with people a long time. Bach
wrote about 300 years ago, Beethoven wrote about 200 years ago, and T
chaikovsky wrote over 100 years ago. Sometimes people close their eyes to listen to classical music.
When they close their eyes, they can see the design. They can listen to the
same classical music many times and enjoy it. Sometimes it is difficult to
understand. The listener has to think about it. However, we can
all learn to enjoy some classical music. It is very important to people.
A Vocabulary
war religion armies however
holiday soldiers around strong
classical even composers emotion
design energy crop both
1. Some famous classical___________________ were Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, and Mozart.
2. They wanted to make a beautiful, interesting_______________________.
3. They wrote about ___________________.
4. Sometimes they composed music for_________________________.
5. They told stories about____________________, ____________________, and ______________.
6. In their music, they did not tell a story or show____________________ ____________________.
7. ______________________, we can all learn to enjoy some classical music.
8. All over the world people listen to ________________________ music.
B Vocabulary (new context)
War religion army however
holiday soldiers different strong
classical even composers emotion
design energy crop both
1. Ali is is Muslim. This is his__________________. Maria is a Christian.
2. We can make rubber from petroleum.________________, we cannot use it for all kinds of tires.
3. The Second World ________________ started in 1939 and ended in 1945.
4. Bob was in the______________________ for Four years. He was a __________________.
5. Some people go to sleep when they hear __________________________ music.
6. Today the school, banks, and offices are closed. No one is going to work because today is a _______________.
7. Leonard Bernstein wrote a lot of popular music. He was a famous ____________________.
8. I cannot drink this coffee because it is too__________________.
9. From the air, the city lights make a beautiful__________________________.
10. Love and hate are _____________________________.
C Vocabulary Review
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plan skin sections palm
earth mixed evaporates freshwater
music only weighs stomach
1. Helen has a new ____________________. She will work at the university.
2. Seats in some __________________of the stadium are expensive.
3. The Jensen ________________________to go to japan next summer.
4. Pat’s hair is not really blond. The __________________color is brown.
5. The moon travels around the _____________________once every twenty four hours.
6. If you leave water our in the sun, it _________________________.
7. Food stays in your ___________________for several hours.
8. Students from different countries are ________________________together in the same class.
9. Some _______________________fish live in very cold water.
10. A hippopotamus _______________________ more than a camel.
11. You can hear ______________________ on the radio twenty-four hours a day.
12. People from different parts of the world have different color ________________.
D Questions
1. Where is classical music famous?
2. What did Bach want to do in his music?
3. Name two composers who told stories and showed strong emotion.
4. Why do people sometimes close their eyes when they listen to classical music?
5. When did Tchaikovsky write his music?
6. What kinds of stories did some composers tell in their music?
7. Is classical music always easy to understand?
8. *Why is classical music important to people?
E Comprehension
1. Bach composed his music ___________years ago.
a. thousands of c. about 300
b. over 500 d. fifty
2. Vivaldi wanted to _______________.
a. make a design c. tell a love story
b. show strong emotion d. tell a story about war
3. The first classical composers wanted to__________.
a. tell stories about religion c. write lovely sounds
b. make an interesting design d. b and c
4. Tchaikovsky ______________.
a. did not tell stories c. showed emotion
b. wrote 200 years ago d. a and c
5. Haydn composed _____________.
a. love stories c. classical emotion
b. stories d. ideas
6. Some people enjoy _______________classical music.
a. smelling c. growing
b. listening to d. feeding