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1.
Оргмомент.
Glad to see you, my dear
students, in our musical parlour. And I’d like to start with the words of Victor
Hugo, “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is
impossible to be silent”. So, we are going to speak about music today
and to discuss the following statement, “Classical music
belongs to the past. Modern people require modern music”. And of
course, admirable and marvelous sounds of music will accompany us.
(Mozart. The 40th
symphony)
T: What can you say about the
appearance of music?
S: Music is one of the fine
arts. Maybe it’s the oldest of them. When man first began to notice his
surroundings, there was a kind of music already there.
S2: When the first man-made
music appeared, people started to express all feelings from happiness to
despair in it. It’s difficult to understand everybody but music is the unique
language.
2.
Основная часть
урока.
Поэзия о музыке.
T: You had to find poems about
music. Have you succeeded? Now we are going to listen to the ones you have
chosen. After the listening you should express the main ideas of the poems.
Of course, music will sound simultaneously with poetry.
On Music (by Thomas Moore)
When through life unblest we rove,
Losing all that made life dear,
Should some notes we used to love,
In days of boyhood, meet our ear,
Oh! how welcome breathes the strain!
Wakening thoughts that long have slept,
Kindling former smiles again
In faded eyes that long have wept.
Like the gale, that sighs along
Beds of oriental flowers,
Is the grateful breath of song,
That once was heard in happier hours.
Fill'd with balm the gale sighs on,
Though the flowers have sunk in death;
So, when pleasure's dream is gone,
Its memory lives in Music's breath.
Music, oh, how faint, how weak,
Language fades before thy spell!
Why should Feeling ever speak,
When thou canst breathe her soul so well?
Friendship's balmy words may feign,
Love's are even more false than they;
Oh! 'tis only music's strain
Can sweetly soothe, and not betray.
(Mozart. The
41st symphony)
Sonnet 128: How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st (by William
Shakespeare)
How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st,
Upon that blessèd wood whose motion sounds
With thy sweet fingers when thou gently sway'st
The wiry concord that mine ear confounds,
Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap
To kiss the tender inward of thy hand,
Whilst my poor lips, which should that harvest reap,
At the wood's boldness by thee blushing stand!
To be so tickled, they would change their state
And situation with those dancing chips
O'er whom thy fingers walk with gentle gait,
Making dead wood more blest than living lips.
Since saucy jacks so happy are in this,
Give them thy fingers, me thy lips to kiss.
MUSIC (by Charles Baudelaire)
MUSIC doth uplift me like a sea
Towards my planet pale,
Then through dark fogs or heaven's infinity
I lift my wandering sail.
With breast advanced, drinking the winds that flee,
And through the cordage wail,
I mount the hurrying waves night hides from me
Beneath her sombre veil.
I feel the tremblings of all passions known
To ships before the breeze;
Cradled by gentle winds, or tempest-blown
I pass the abysmal seas
That are, when calm, the mirror level and fair
Of my despair!
We are the music makers,
and we are the dreamers
of the dream.
Wandering by lone sea
breakers,
and sitting by desolate
streams.
World losers and world
forsakers,
for whom the pale moon
gleams.
Yet we are movers and
the shakers
of the world forever it
seems
(by Arhtur O’Shanessey)
There's music in the sighing of a reed;
There's music in the gushing of a rill;
There's music in all things, if men had ears:
Their earth is but an echo of the spheres.
(by Lord Byron)
(Tchaikovsky.
The Swan Lake)
3. Мысли великих о музыке.
T:
You see, these poems are wonderful because they are about the wonder of
music. Can you choose the best reciter? (Students express their opinions)
Do you remember my question I
had asked you before you started your reciting? Well, can you express the
ideas of the poems?
S: It’s difficult to say in my
own words. We have found some quotations of great people about music and
would like everybody to get acquainted with them.
(Every student reads the
quotation he/she has found and sticks the sheet with the words to the
blackboard. The sheets are in different colours.)
Music is expression of harmony in sound. Love is the expression of harmony
in life.
Author: Stephen F. Gaskin
Music is Love in search of a word.
Author: Sidney Lanier
Music is the key to the female heart.
Author: Johann G. Seume
Music is well said to be the speech of angels
Author: Thomas Carlyle
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Author: Red Auerbach
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they
never had and never will have
Author: Edgar Watson Howe
Where words fail, music speaks
Author: Hans Christian Anderson
Without music life would be a mistake
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
Without music, life is a journey through a desert.
Author: Pat Conroy
4. Игра «Кто Вы?».
T: We have two guests today but nobody knows their names.
You should only guess their names asking general questions. The composers may
only answer “Yes” or “No”.
(Prepared students from another class play the parts of
the composers)
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Questions
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Mozart
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Tchaikovsky
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1) Did
you live in the 20/ 19/ 18/ 17 century?
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Yes (18)
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Yes (19)
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2) Was
Russia your Motherland?
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No
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Yes
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3) Did
you compose/ perform music?
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Yes (both)
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Yes (composed)
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4) Were
you rich?
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No
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No
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5) Did
you have a wife and children?
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Yes
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No
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6) Did
you have any other profession?
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No
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Yes
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7) Did
you become famous in your youth?
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Yes
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No
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8) Did
you compose instrumental music/ ballets/ operas?
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Yes (everything)
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Yes (everything)
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9) You
died honorably surrounded by your relatives and colleagues, didn’t you?
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No
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Yes
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10) Were you a child
prodigy?
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Yes
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No
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11) Your
music has passed the test of time, hasn’t it?
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Yes
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Yes
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(уч-ся задают дополнительные
вопросы и делают выводы о именах композиторов)
5.
Интервью.
T: Can you imagine
the situation of taking an interview of any great composer? Switch on your
imagination and try to believe that this is the first of the great romantics!
Here is
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! He
kindly agreed to answer your questions about his life and creativity. Make
notes of the most interesting facts!
(Mozart. Eine
Kleine Nachtmusik)
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Interviewer:
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Welcome to our class, Mr. Mozart. May
we ask you some more questions?
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Mozart:
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Yes, of course.
What would you like to know?
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Interviewer:
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Where were you born, Mr. Mozart?
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Mozart:
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I was born about 250 years ago. In Salzburg. Actually my birthday is January 27, 1756.
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Interviewer:
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Do you have any brothers and sisters?
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Mozart:
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Yes, I have one sister named Maria
Anna. We called her Nannerl and she was an excellent pianist. My other 5
brothers and sisters died very young.
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Interviewer:
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Could you tell us your full name?
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Mozart:
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Yes, of course.
My name is Johannes Chrysostomus
Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart.
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Interviewer:
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Why are you called Amadeus?
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Mozart:
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That is a very good question. I don’t
know. I only know that Amadeus is the Latin word for Theophilus.
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Interviewer:
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People often speak of you as a child
prodigy or genius. Why?
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Mozart:
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Before I was 4 I could play the piano
and the violin. My father, Nannerl and I
went on our first concert trip when I
was only 6.
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Interviewer:
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That must have been an interesting
experience.
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Mozart:
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Yes, it was. I played for kings and
princes.
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Interviewer:
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But that doesn’t really explain why
they called you a child prodigy.
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Mozart:
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True. I had to do all kinds of tricks.
Sometimes they wanted me to play with a
blindfold over my eyes, sometimes they put a cloth over my hands while I
was playing, or I was allowed to hear a melody once and then I had to play
it myself.
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Interviewer:
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Did you compose many pieces?
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Mozart:
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Yes, I did. During my lifetime, I
composed 626 pieces. They are all listed in the Köchel Index.
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Interviewer:
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What is the Köchel Index?
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Mozart:
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A knight called Köchel made a list of
all my works in the year 1862.
This list is called the Köchel Index.
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Interviewer:
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Were you always successful?
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Mozart:
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I was successful as a musician. But I
was a poor man.
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Interviewer:
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What is your favorite composition?
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Mozart:
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I like them all. But many people like “Die
Zauberflöte” best.
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Interviewer:
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Thank you very much for the interview,
Mr. Mozart.
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Mozart:
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You’re welcome. It was my pleasure!
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T: What facts
were new for you?
What fact was
the most interesting or even striking?
Students
answer the questions.
6. Говорение.
T: It’s not a
secret that some people believe, “Classical music belongs to the past.
Modern people require modern music”. What do you think on the problem?
Let’s divide
into three groups:
1)
Fan club of classical music
2)
Opponents
3)
Those who are not for or against it
Учащиеся в группах обсуждают проблему
«Классическая музыка принадлежит прошлому. Современным людям нужна
современная музыка».
T:
a)
In your own group discuss the problem and come
to a common opinion.
b)
Choose a person who will state it and present
the arguments on behalf of the whole group.
c)
Discuss all opinions trying to convince all
the rest to support your ideas.
Remember to
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take an active part in the conversation and be
polite;
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come up with ideas;
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give good reasons;
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find out your friends’ attitudes and take them
into account.
Use the glossary (each
group gets it in sheets of paper) to express your
preferences:
I enjoy/ like/ prefer/ hate
I’d rather … than …
I’m bored by …
I’m keen on…
I find … fascinating/ interesting
opinion:
I agree entirely.
That’s exactly what I think/ what I
wanted to say/
I couldn’t agree more.
I can’t agree with you there.
Perhaps, but you don’t think that …
That may be true, but …
to support the talk:
By the way
That reminds me …
Excuse me, I’d just like to say that …
May I come in here?
May I say something?
That’s right, but you don’t think that …
Представители групп высказываются по
обсуждаемой проблеме, другие уч-ся присоединяются к полилогу, доказывая свою
точку зрения и опровергая оппонентов.
(The conclusion: Tastes differ. But even
if you don’t like classical music, give it a try!)
(Tchaikovsky.
The Swan Lake)
7. Подведение итогов урока.
T: Thank you for your participation in
our wonderful heart-to-heart talk about music. There is no one indifferent to
music in this classroom. It doesn’t matter that our tastes differ. Being
tolerant and able to respect other people’s opinion is what counts. I’d like
to finish our meeting with the last quotation:
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it
was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.
~Robert G. Ingersol
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