4. Fast Reading Choose the best title: A: Three Great Austrian Composers B:Three Great Composers of the Eighteenthe Century C:Three Great Child Composers

5. 1.How did Haydn change the form of symphonies? Fast reading (I) 2. How long did he work in eastern Austria? He made them longer and for a larger orchestra. He worked in eastern Austria for 30 years.

6. Fast reading (II) 1.How many pieces of music did Mozart compose ? 2. How old was he when he played for the Empress of Austria? 3. How long were Mozart and Haydn friends? He composed over 600 pieces of music. He was six years old. They were friends for ten years.

7. Fast reading (III) 1.Who taught Beethoven how to play the piano? 2. Did he stop composing when he became deaf? His father taught him. No, he continued composing when he became deaf.

8. namebirthplace family background Haydn Mozart Beethoven Austria peasant Austria musician orchestra conductor Germany singer Read quickly and fill in the table

9. Read the whole text very carefully again, and fill in the blanks with proper words or phrases. Read the whole text very carefully again, and fill in the blanks with proper words or phrases.

10. Joseph Haydn, an Austrian ________, was born in a village and is _________ the father of the symphony. He _______ the symphony into a long piece for a large orchestra. After________ music in Vienna, he went to work at the _____ of a prince in eastern Austria. Thirty years _____, he moved to London, _____ he was very successful. composer known as changed changed studying court later where

11. Another Austrian composer, Mozart, was born in Salzburg. _______ he only lived 35 years, he composed _________ 600 pieces of music, Mozart had musical _____ from a very early age. _________ he was 14, he had composed many pieces for the harpsichord, piano and violin, ________ for orchestras. Though more than talent By the time as well as

12. In 1781 Haydn met Mozart and was very _________ with him. They were friends ______ Mozart’s death. Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany. When he was very young, he learned to play the violin and the piano _____ his father. impressed until from

13. In 1791, Beethoven met Haydn, who __________ Beethoven to move to Vienna. Beethoven became very _______ in Austria, and stayed there for the ___ of his life. Even after he became _________ deaf, he ________ composing. encouraged popular rest completely completely continued

14. Discussion What can you learn from Beethoven?