- •О музыке и музыкантах
- •Предисловие
- •I. Musical instruments
- •1.1. Wide possibilities of folk instruments active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a yuri kazakov: “I played bach on my accordion”
- •After you have read the text
- •Text b russian guitar
- •Before you read the text
- •1.2. Russian soul mirrored in their art active words and word combinations
- •Тexт a russian soul mirrored in its art
- •After you have read the text
- •Vysotsky forever
- •1.3. Stringed instruments active words
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a stringed instruments
- •After you have read the text
- •Text в рianoforte
- •1.4. Wind instruments active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a wind instruments
- •After you have read the text
- •Text в brass instruments
- •1.5. Organ active words and word combinations
- •Вefоre you read the тext
- •Text a organ
- •After you read тнe text
- •Text b harmonium
- •2. Geniusses of russian music
- •2.1. Тhe father of russian music active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a the father of russian music
- •After you have read the text
- •Text в folk songs
- •2.2. Opera is always on modern lines active words
- •Before you read the text
- •After you have read the text
- •Text в from the history of opera
- •2.3. Pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky active words and word combinations
- •Before you read text
- •Text a р. I. Тсhаiкоvsку about himself
- •After you have read text
- •Text b p.I. Tchaikovsky in new york
- •2.4. Sergei rachmaninov active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a sergei rachmaninov: liturgy of st. John chrisostom
- •After you have read the text
- •Text b rachmaninov’s vespers
- •2.5. The greatest composer
- •Active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a the greatest composer of the mid-20th century
- •After you have read the text
- •Text в how did it start?
- •2.6. Leading interpreters of music active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a one of the leading interpreters of music: conductor yevgeni mravinsky
- •After you have read the text
- •Text b musician’s rebellious nature
- •3. Brilliance of german music
- •3.1. Johann sebastian bach active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a j.S. Bach in leipzig
- •Proper Names
- •After you have read the text
- •Text b early years of j. S. Bach
- •3.2. Wolfgang amadeus mozart active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a wolfgang amadeus mozart
- •After you have read the text
- •Text b reinterpreting mozart
- •3.3. Ludwig van beethoven active words
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a ludwing van beethoven
- •After you have read the text
- •Text в beethoven’s sonatas
- •3.4. Exponents of romanticism in german music active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •After you have read the text
- •Text в robert schumann
- •3.5. Richard wagner active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a richard wagner
- •After you have read the text
- •Text b wagner’s childhood and youth
- •3.6. New viennise school active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a arnold schoenberg
- •Proper Names
- •After you have read the text
- •Text в paul hindemith
- •4. English and american music
- •4.1. From the history of english music active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a from the history of english music
- •Proper Names
- •After you have read the text
- •4.2. Opera, symphonic and chamber music
- •In england active words and word combinations
- •Text b henry purcell
- •Proper Names
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a glimpse of english opera
- •After you have read the text
- •Text b promenade concerts
- •4.3. English light music of the 20th century active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a the beatles
- •After you have read the text
- •Text b the rolling stones
- •Proper Names
- •4.4. From the history of american music active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a from the history of american music
- •After you have read тнe тexт
- •Text b music of african americans
- •4.5. The greatest american composers of the 20th century active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a george gershwin
- •After you have read the text
- •Text b leonard bernstein
- •4.6. Stars of american music active words and word combinations
- •Before you read the text
- •Text a the “duke” is gone but he’s left us with a rich legacy
- •After you have read the text
- •Text b marty lacker: portrait of a friend
- •Additional vocabulary
- •Contents
- •455036, Г. Магнитогорск, ул. Грязнова, 22
4. English and american music
4.1. From the history of english music active words and word combinations
1. accents [‘xksqnts] |
речь, язык |
2. adapt [q‘dxpt] |
приспосабливать, переделывать |
3. anthem [‘xnTqm] |
гимн, церковный хорал |
4. be spared |
быть пощаженным |
5. chapel |
капелла |
6. extant [eks’txnt] |
сохранившийся, cуществующий в наше время |
7. faith |
вера, доверие |
8. fame |
слава, известность; молва |
9. favour [‘feivq] |
благоволить, покровительствовать |
10. follower |
последователь |
11. foster |
воспитывать, поощрять |
12. grant |
дарить, даровать, предоставлять |
13. in spite of |
несмотря на |
14. jointly |
совместно, сообща |
15. junior [‘GHnjq] |
младший |
16. overshadow [‘ouvq‘Sxdou] |
затемнять, затмевать |
17. pave the way |
прокладывать путь |
18. persecution [,pq:si‘kjuSn] |
преследование, гонение |
19. prevent [pri‘vent] |
мешать, препятствовать |
20. recall |
вспоминать, напоминать, воскрешать в пямяти |
21. reign [rein] |
царствовать, господствовать, править |
22. revive [ri’vQiv] |
возрождать, восстанавливать |
23. secular [‘sekjulq] |
мирской, светский |
24. slow down |
замедлять /ся/ |
25. spectacle [‘spektqkl] |
зрелище |
26. strife |
борьба; спор, раздор |
27. supposedly [sq‘pouzidli] |
по общему мнению, предположительно |
28. supreme [sjH‘prJm] |
верховный, высочайший |
29. survive [sq‘vQiv] |
пережить |
30. virginal [‘vWGinl] |
ист. муз. спинет без ножек, верджинел |
Before you read the text
1. Practise aloud.
sing – song, employ – employment, add – addition, follow – follower, ассоmраnу – accompaniment, madrigal – madrigalist, virginal – virginalist; chorus – choral, liturgy – liturgical; call – recall, harmony – harmonize, shadow – overshadow
2. Pronounce correctly.
tradition, document, canon, manuscript, mass, Protestant, melody, liturgy, accent, genius, madrigal, fantasy, genre, ode, stimulus, model, decade, masque, spectacle, cantata, restoration, Puritan, suite, viol; European, Rоman, Catholic, liturgical, Latin, ceremonial, public, simultaneous, vocal; harmonize, print, cultivate, train
3. Read the sentences and translate them paying special attention to the italicized words.
1. Like many musicians Schoenberg had private pupils. 2. Wagner's music is a landmark in the history of world culture. 3. Bach mainly wrote church music. 4. Wagner was not a skilled pianist. 5. The British today revive their folk traditions. 6. The festivities in the Middle Age wеге accompanied by cheerful music. 7. This folk dance dates from the 13th century. 8. It is said that Queen Elizabeth was a perfect virginalist. 9. Within many years Wagner had no right to settle in Germany because of his revolutionary past. 10. Lute and keyboard music was widely developed in England in the 16th century.
6. Look through text A and tell a few words about it contents.
7. Read text A carefully.