Unit 12: Writing

Tuesday , March 13th Tuesday , March 13th 2007 2007 Unit 12 : Music Unit 12 : Music Writing WRITING A PROFILE Scott Joplin (1868 - 1917) - Scott Joplin was born in Texas in 1868, into a poor family. He learnt to play music when he was young. He quickly became famous. He wrote 50 piano rags and was called the King of Ragtime. He died in 1917. Vocabulary 1. compose (v): /kəm’p z/ soạn nhạc 2. Tune (n): /tju:n / một bài hát, một bản nhạc 3. All in all (idm): nói chung, nhìn chung 4. rag (n): /r„g/ một bản nhạc Ragtime 5. Ragtime (n) : / ‘r„g taim/ một thể nhạc dành cho piano, chòu ảnh hưởng của nhạc Jazz, rất phổ biến ở Hoa Kỳ vào đầu thế kỷ 20 0. Scott was born in Texas in 1868, into a poor but musical black family 1. He learnt to play music when he was young. 2. Scott learnt to play the works of composers like Bach, Beethoven and Mozart as well as to compose music. 3. He quickly became famous. 4. His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime. 5. All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime. 6. Scott Joplin died in 1917 (1868 - 1917) VAN CAO (1923 - 1995) When was Van Cao born? (1923) Where was Van Cao born? (Nam Ha) How was his family? (poor) When did he compose music? (when he was very young) When did he compose his first song? (1939) When did he compose Vietnamese national anthem Tien Quan Ca? (1944) What are his artistic works? (songs, poems and paintings) When did he die? (1995) Q & A His first song was written in 1939 and he quickly became famous. He composed Tien Quan ca (National Anthem) in 1944. His artistic works included songs, poems and paintings. He died on July 10, 1995. He was known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by the Vietnamese people. Van Cao was born in Nam Dinh on November 15, 1923, into a poor worker family. He composed music when he was very young. Content (4) Accuracy (3) Fluency (3) Total (10) Student 1 Student 2 GAME - SPEAKING THANK YOU SO MUCH HAVE A GOOD DAY . Tuesday , March 13th Tuesday , March 13th 2007 2007 Unit 12 : Music Unit 12 : Music Writing WRITING A PROFILE Scott Joplin (1868 - 1917) - Scott Joplin