De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
You are going to read a text about the famous English composer Henry Purcell.
Read the text and do assignment 1.
Read the text again and do assignment 2.
Optional: assignment 3.
Assignment 1
Download the worksheet and fill in the grid (on your own) and discuss the answers in your group.
Text: Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell (10 September 1659– 21 November 1695) was an English composer. Although incorporating Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, Purcell's legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers.
Purcell is said to have been composing at nine years old, but the earliest work that can be certainly identified as his is an ode for the King's birthday, written in 1670. (The dates for his compositions are often uncertain, despite considerable research.) He attended Westminster School and in 1676 was appointed copyist at Westminster Abbey.
In 1679 Purcell devoted himself almost entirely to the composition of sacred music, and for six years severed his connection with the theatre. Between 1680 and 1688 Purcell wrote music for seven plays. The composition of his chamber opera Dido and Aeneas, which forms a very important landmark in the history of English dramatic music, has been attributed to this period, and its earliest production may well have predated the documented one of 1689. It was written to a libretto furnished by Nahum Tate, and performed in 1689 in cooperation with Josias Priest, a dancing master and the choreographer for the Dorset Garden Theatre. Priest's wife kept a boarding school for young gentlewomen, first in Leicester Fields and afterwards at Chelsea, where the opera was performed. It is occasionally considered the first genuine English opera, the action does not progress in spoken dialogue but in Italian-style recitative. The composition of Dido and Aeneas gave Purcell his first chance to write a sustained musical setting of a dramatic text. It was his only opportunity to compose a work in which the music carried the entire drama.
In 1692, he composed The Fairy-Queen (an adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream), the score of which (his longest for theatre) was rediscovered in 1901 and published by the Purcell Society.
Purcell died in 1695 at his home in Dean's Yard, Westminster, at the height of his career.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
You now get a chance to practise your speaking in various different situations that are all related to the theme. Practise as many as you can!
If you have enough time, use the peer-feedback form. Make a copy of the worksheet on your own account (File - Make a copy ...) or download the worksheet (File - Download as)..
Comparing instruments
Download the worksheet: Comparing instruments.
On the worksheet there are images of various instruments.
Task:
Work together with a classmate.
Each of you chooses one instrument.
Write down the English name of this instrument.
Discuss the instruments you chose together: What are the differences between them? Which instrument do you find more interesting or more beautiful? Can you play these instruments?
When you're finished, choose two different instruments.
Step 6 - Writing
A review about Dido and Aeneas
You have read a text about Henry Purcell and maybe you have already listened to a piece of the opera ‘Dido and Aeneas’. Now you are going to write a review about it.
Listen to the music.
Introduce the subject.
What do you think of this piece of music?
Should other people listen to it as well? Yes or no? Explain why.
Ask your teacher how many words you have to use.
Step 7 - Evaluation
What have you learnt in this period?
Answer the following questions:
What was the easiest part of this lesson?
What did you already know?
What was the most difficult part?
What was new to you in this lesson?
What do you have to ask your teacher?
Step 8 - Extra
How to Listen to Classical Music: General Ideas
Watch the video.
What do you think of classical music?
Come up with two questions that can be answered by the video.
Ask your classmate to answer the questions.
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Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1, 2 en 3. Dit is thema 14 'Spare time and music'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: Classical music. Deze les gaat over muziekgeschiedenis, muziekstijlen, muziekinstrumenten en muzikanten. Ook wordt Henry Purcell als voorbeeld genoemd van een componist. In het grammaticaonderdeel wordt een toets gegeven van alle behandelde onderdelen in thema 14 (bijwoord, bijvoeglijk naamwoord, present perfect en present perfect continuous).
Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1, 2 en 3. Dit is thema 14 'Spare time and music'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: Classical music. Deze les gaat over muziekgeschiedenis, muziekstijlen, muziekinstrumenten en muzikanten. Ook wordt Henry Purcell als voorbeeld genoemd van een componist. In het grammaticaonderdeel wordt een toets gegeven van alle behandelde onderdelen in thema 14 (bijwoord, bijvoeglijk naamwoord, present perfect en present perfect continuous).