LESSON 14 • IT’S MUSIC TO MY EARS

LESSON 14 • IT’S MUSIC TO MY EAR

Lesson 14

Music is feeling

1.1	Listen to some of the types of music below and number them in the order you hear them. The first one has been done for you.

Folk
Pop
Hard rock
Rap
Latin
Classical

Disco
Reggae
Jazz
Soul
Techno
Classic rock

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1.2	Which of these types of music are you familiar with?

Music is communication

2.1	In what ways is music communication? Work in groups and write down at least two ideas.

2.2	Listen to a radio programme about a science project in which experts decided that the best way to communicate with aliens would be with music. What reasons did the experts give for choosing music as a means of communication? Take down notes.

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2.3

Listen again and decide if the following statements are True (T) or False (F).

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1. Voyager 1 and 2 were launched in 1970.
2. Scientists decided to send mathematics into space
3. The disc consisted of both songs and instrumental music.
4. Scientists chose music from all continents.
5. The disc was made of gold.
6. The disc will last a century.

2.4	Work in groups. If you were to choose pieces of Greek music for this disc, which ones would you choose and why?

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Music is culture

1. What are some of the things that may influence the music of a country?
2. What musical instruments and music are common to your culture?
3. How do you feel about current musical trends and/or hits in Greece?

Fernando Botero, “The Musicians”, 2001

Language focus

4.1	Look at the following sentences and complete the rule. This question was posed to a committee. ‘The Magic Flute' wasn't composed by Beethoven. Messages of greeting were carried by two American spacecraft on a disc. The disc was made of gold-plated copper.

The Passive voice in the Simple Past tense is formed with:
subject + …………………… + ……………………

4.2	How do we form the passive voice in the present perfect and the simple future tenses? Complete the table below.

Simple Present
Simple Past
Present Perfect

Simple Future

Millions of CDs
Many concerts
This singer

The festival

are
were
(1) …………

(2) …………

sold every day.
held last year.
awarded three
prizes so far.
held next month.

4.3	Look at the examples. The “Choral Symphony” was composed by Beethoven. The songs for the contest are written by the students. What word do we use after a passive verb to say who does the action?

Grammar Reference, p. 173

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Famous people

Make sentences combining the information from the lists.

e.g. ‘The Umbrellas' was painted by August Renoir.

1. The ‘Mona Lisa' and ‘The Last Supper' / paint	a. Maria Callas
2. The role of ‘King Lear’ / perform	b. Shakespeare
3. More than 100 sonnets / write	c. Praxiteles
4. ‘Carmen' and ‘Madame Butterfly' / sing	d. John Lennon
5. The song ‘Imagine' / compose	e. Emilios Veakis
6. ‘Hermes' / sculpt	f. Leonardo Da Vinci

Great composers

6.1

Listen and match the classical compositions below with their composers.

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1. Bach (1685-1750)

2. Mozart (1756-1791)

3. Beethoven (1770-1827)

4. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

5. Debussy (1862-1918)

a. Fifth Symphony

b. Arabesque No. 1

c. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (“A Little Night Music”)

d. Well-Tempered Clavier

e. Sleeping Beauty

6.2	These master composers belong to different periods of classical music. Listen again and match each period with its main characteristics.

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1.	The Baroque Period (1600-1750)	a.	During this period, common people began to go to concerts and so the music was written for everyone to enjoy. It was not very complicated to play and expressed the new age, the Age of Reason.
2.	The Classical Music Era (1770-1830)	b.	Only kings and the church heard the music composed during this era. Composers were influenced by the art and architecture of this period.
3.	The Romantic Era (1805-1910)	c.	Many types of music came together and inspired the composers of this period. New techniques were used and original ideas appeared to create a novel kind of music.
4.	The Modern Classical Era (1900 - today)	d.	Pieces composed in this era were dramatic and emotional. They were often sad stories of love, or myths and fantasies.

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6.3

Memory quiz

How much do you remember about the composers? Compare
your answers with your partner's.

Which composer
1. wrote music for the ballet? .........................................
2. lost his hearing? ...........................................
3. became famous 100 years after he died? .................................
4. could write from memory a work that he had composed entirely
in his head? ....................
5. wrote music which is played on the piano but creates the sound of a harp? .....................

6.4	Find representatives of classical music in Greece and play their music in class. Ask your Music teacher for help.

Project time: Art throughout time!!!

Invite your Art and / or Music teacher to give a short talk about artists (painters or musicians)
who were representative of their times and inspired new artistic movements. After this
presentation, get into groups and choose one of the artists presented or any other artist you
would like to learn more about.

Research the artist's life and the era he/she
lived in. The following questions might help you.

What country was the artist from?
When did the artist begin to paint / play music?
What other artists or movements inspired this
artist?
How does the artist's work reflect the places,
people, or events in his / her life?
What was unique, innovative, or impressive
about the artist's work?

Explore the works of this artist in order to create a visual timeline of his / her art and life. Go to
page 161 of your book to see what a timeline looks like. Your timeline should include at least
5 works from different periods of the artist's life.

Once you have selected the works of art you want to present, make copies of the paintings or
tape the pieces of music. Create a label for each one that includes the title, date and
description. The description should answer some of the questions in step 1.

Have an ‘Artist Day' in your class. Present your timelines to the rest of the class and display
them on your bulletin board.

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