Music and Musicians

Методическая цель: создание на уроке условий для интеллектуального и эмоционального развития учащихся.
Познавательная цель: знакомство с творчеством великих композиторов.
Развивающая цель: развитие способности к комбинированию и трансформированию речевых единиц.
Учебная цель: совершенствование речевых навыков.

Different composers from different countries have conquered the hearts and feelings of people all over the world.

Mach the names of a composer
and the country they are from
Bach
Gershwin
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
Vivaldi
Wagner
Stravinsky
the USA
Germany
Austria
Russia
Italy
Germany
Russia
Germany

Your ideas
What countries do you think are internationally known as musical countries? What composers made their countries musical powers?
Model: I think Germany, Russia and Italy overwhelm the world with their music. No doubt that Bach, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, etc. wrote music performed all over the world.

Your ideas
Do you know anything about the composers you’ve read about?
What is special about them?
What is their contribution to the world of music?
I know that Mozart started writing music when he was 5.
Tchaikovsky is famous for his ballets “Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake”.

P.I. Tchaikovsky
B. Britten
J. Srtauss
S.Rachmaninovff
L. Beethoven
JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACH
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Henry Purcell

The greatest Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived only 35 years, but everybody admires his works and enjoys listening to his magnificent simphonies, concerts and operas.

Johan Sebastian Bach
He was born in Eisenach Germany on the 21st of March in 1685 in a family of musician. Johan Sebastian Bach wrote many compositions. His works include: - cello suites,- violin sonatas and parties,- lute suites, - sonatas for flute, violin, viola - organ and choral music for the church, some works for teaching haw to play musical instrument.

Henry Purcell was a famous original English composer of the time. He composed for the church, stage and court. He was born in Westminster, England, in 1659.He composed music for 43 plays. Masterpieces are “Dido and Aeneas”, “The Indian Queen”.

Ludwig van Beethoven is the greatest composer who ever lived. We remember him for many masterpeases such as The Moonlight Sonata and Ninth Sympony.

Viennese Waltz King
Johann Strauss
Johann Strauss Jr. was born on the 25th of October 1825 in Vienna. His father, a famous musician himself, forbid him a musical career. When Johann II was 17 that he was able to concentrate fully on a career as a composer. He was successful and soon rose to be the most dangerous competitor to his father. He become the most popular of all waltz composers

Viennese Waltz King
Johann Strauss
He is famous for his Operetta, Opera, Waltz.
His first operetta "Die Fledermaus“had its premiere in 1871

B. Britten
Benjamin Britten was an English composer; also pianist and conductor, chief creator of Aldeburgh Festival and English Opera Group. He was much influenced by Purcell, and had stylistic links with Stravinsky. Benjamin Britten wrote many operas, ballets, concert works, string quartets and folk arrangements.

Pyotr Tchaikovsky is a well-known Russian composer. He created wonderful music: 10 operas, 3 ballets, 6 symphonies, 7 large symphonic poems and many other musical pieces, a new type of opera, which was a great success all over the world.

Tchaikovsky’s masterpieces
The Nutcracker
Eugene Onegin
Swan Lake
The Sleeping Beauty
The Romeo and Juliet Overture
The seasons
Ballet"Swan Lake"

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian-American composer, pianist, and conductor.
He was one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, the last great representative of Russian late Romanticism in classical music.

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff
Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and other Russian composers gave way to a lyricism, expressive breadth and a tonal palette of rich orchestral colors.

The 1917 Russian Revolution meant the end of Russia as the composer had known it.
He emigrated to the USA.
He was a popular figure in America.

Rachmaninoff wrote five works for piano and orchestra—four Concertos plus the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Of the concertos, the Second and Third are the most popular.
He also wrote three symphonies.
Rachmaninoff became famous around the world for his piano performances

P.43 Ex.1 Work in pairs.
Your time is limited to 3 minutes.
These musicians made their countries musical powers.
What is special about your composer?
What is his contribution to the world of music?
Henry Purcell
Benjamin Britten
Ludwig van Beethoven

Listen to your group mates and fill in the table.
Try to do it briefly.
Use no more than 3 words.

What countries are internationally known as musical countries?
What composers made their musical powers?
Use these expressions
I think … overwhelmed the world with his music.
In my opinion .. Filled the world with his music.
No doubt … wrote music performed all over the world.

Do you agree with your classmates? Why?
I agree with …
… is really musical country because…
I’m afraid I can’t agree with … because…

Sergei Rachmaninoff was the person that connected Russia with the rest of the world.
Have you learned something new about the musician?
What was Sergei Rachmaninoff?
What was he famous for?
What kind of music did he write?
What are his greatest compositions?
Using the plan tell about the composer
you are impressed most of all.

Have you ever listened to any of the compositions of the musician that were mentioned?
What are they?
Listen to some tunes and match them with the names written on the blackboard.
Mind that some names are extra.

Match the name of the composer and № of the tune
Mozart
Schubert
Rachmaninoff
Strauss
Beethoven
Khachaturian
Mind that some names are extra.
№5
№4
№3
№2
№1

Match the name of the composer and № of the tune
Mozart
Schubert
Rachmaninoff
Strauss
Beethoven
Khachaturian
Mind that some names are extra.
№5
№4
№3
№2
№1

Match the name of the composer and № of the tune
Mozart
Schubert
Beethoven
Khachaturian
Strauss
№1
№2
№3
№4
№5

Tastes differ.
What performer or composer is in your world of music?
What tunes are there?
You should be ready to tell us about your world of music next time.

My world of music includes
the music I love
famous composers and musicians
the sounds of nature
happy memories
my favourite groups & singers
…